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  • ISBN-10: 1118925157
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Master your virtual environment with the ultimate vSphere guide Mastering VMware vSphere 6 is the fully updated edition of the bestselling guide to VMware's virtualization solution. With comprehensive coverage of this industry-leading toolset, this book acts as an informative guide and valuable reference. Step-by-step instruction walks you through installation, configuration, operation, security processes, and much more as you conquer the management and automation of your virtual environment. Written by certified VMware vExperts, this indispensable guide provides hands-on instruction and detailed conceptual explanations, anchored by practical applications and real-world examples.

This book is the ultimate guide to vSphere, helping administrators master their virtual environment. Learn to:





Install, configure, and manage the vCenter Server components Leverage the Support Tools to provide maintenance and updates Create and configure virtual networks, storage devices, and virtual machines Implement the latest features to ensure compatibility and flexibility Manage resource allocation and utilization to meet application needs Monitor infrastructure performance and availability Automate and orchestrate routine administrative tasks

Mastering VMware vSphere 6 is what you need to stay up-to-date on VMware's industry-leading software for the virtualized datacenter.
Foreword xxiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 Introducing VMware vSphere 6 1(24)
Exploring VMware vSphere 6.0
1(20)
Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite
3(5)
Examining the Features in VMware vSphere
8(9)
Licensing VMware vSphere
17(4)
Why Choose vSphere?
21(1)
The Bottom Line
22(3)
Chapter 2 Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 25(30)
Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
25(5)
Choosing a Server Platform
26(2)
Determining a Storage Architecture
28(1)
Integrating with the Network Infrastructure
29(1)
Deploying VMware ESXi
30(17)
Installing VMware ESXi Interactively
30(5)
Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi
35(4)
Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy
39(8)
Performing Postinstallation Configuration
47(6)
Installing the vSphere Desktop Client
47(2)
Reconfiguring the Management Network
49(2)
Configuring Time Synchronization
51(2)
Configuring Name Resolution
53(1)
The Bottom Line
53(2)
Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring vCenter Server 55(70)
Introducing vCenter Server
55(8)
Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On
56(3)
Understanding the Platform Services Controller
59(1)
Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration
60(1)
Providing an Extensible Framework
61(2)
Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
63(1)
Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
64(8)
Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server
64(2)
Choosing a Database Server for vCenter Server
66(2)
Planning for vCenter Server Availability
68(2)
Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs
70(2)
Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
72(13)
Configuring the vCenter Server Backend Database Server
73(4)
Configuring the ODBC DSN
77(2)
Installing the vCenter Server Components
79(6)
Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group
85(3)
Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
88(3)
Exploring vCenter Server
91(3)
What's in the vSphere Web Client Home Screen?
92(2)
Using the Navigator
94(1)
Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
94(6)
Understanding Inventory Views and Objects
94(3)
Creating and Adding Inventory Objects
97(3)
Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
100(15)
Understanding Basic Host Management
101(2)
Examining Basic Host Configuration
103(3)
Using Scheduled Tasks
106(2)
Using the Events Console in vCenter Server
108(1)
Working with Host Profiles
109(3)
Tags
112(3)
Managing vCenter Server Settings
115(4)
General vCenter Server Settings
116(2)
Licensing
118(1)
Message of the Day
119(1)
Advanced Settings
119(1)
vSphere Web Client Administration
119(3)
Roles
119(1)
Licensing
120(1)
vCenter Solutions Manager
120(1)
Log Browser
120(2)
The Bottom Line
122(3)
Chapter 4 vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools 125(54)
vSphere Update Manager
125(2)
Installing vSphere Update Manager
127(11)
Defining the Requirements
128(1)
Configuring VUM's Database
129(2)
Creating the Open Database Connectivity Data Source Name
131(1)
Installing VUM
132(3)
Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional)
135(1)
Installing the vSphere Update Manager Client
136(1)
Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility
137(1)
Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version
138(1)
Configuring vSphere Update Manager
138(6)
Creating Baselines
144(4)
Routine Updates
148(13)
Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups
148(3)
Performing a Scan
151(3)
Staging Patches
154(1)
Remediating Hosts
155(4)
Upgrading VMware Tools
159(2)
Upgrading Virtual Appliances and Host Extensions
161(1)
Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
161(6)
Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline
162(2)
Upgrading a Host
164(2)
Upgrading VM Hardware
166(1)
Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
167(1)
Investigating Alternative Update Options
168(2)
Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI
168(1)
Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager
168(2)
vCenter Support Tools
170(7)
ESXi Dump Collector
170(4)
Syslog Collector
174(3)
Other vCenter Support Tools
177(1)
The Bottom Line
177(2)
Chapter 5 Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks 179(90)
Putting Together a Virtual Network
179(3)
Working with vSphere Standard Switches
182(42)
Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches
183(1)
Understanding Ports and Port Groups
184(1)
Understanding Uplinks
184(4)
Configuring Management Networking
188(3)
Configuring VMkernel Networking
191(6)
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
197(1)
Configuring TCP/IP Stacks
197(3)
Configuring VM Networking
200(2)
Configuring VLANs
202(5)
Configuring NIC Teaming
207(12)
Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping
219(1)
Bringing It All Together
220(4)
Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
224(34)
Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch
225(4)
Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch
229(1)
Removing a Distributed Switch
230(1)
Managing Distributed Switches
231(3)
Working with Distributed Port Groups
234(7)
Managing VMkernel Adapters
241(6)
Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches
247(2)
Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols
249(1)
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
250(1)
Setting Up Private VLANs
251(3)
Configuring LACP
254(4)
Examining Third-Party Distributed Virtual Switches
258(2)
Cisco Nexus 1000V
259(1)
IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V
259(1)
HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v
260(1)
Configuring Virtual Switch Security
260(6)
Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode
260(1)
Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits
261(5)
Looking Ahead
266(1)
The Bottom Line
266(3)
Chapter 6 Creating and Configuring Storage Devices 269(108)
Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
269(2)
Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
271(32)
Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage
273(2)
Defining Common Storage Array Architectures
275(2)
Explaining RAID
277(4)
Understanding Virtual SAN
281(3)
Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design
284(2)
Choosing a Storage Protocol
286(15)
Making Basic Storage Choices
301(2)
Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
303(67)
Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts
304(18)
Understanding Virtual Volumes
322(2)
SCs vs. LUNs
324(1)
Storage Policies
324(1)
Virtual Volumes
325(1)
Working with VMFS Datastores
325(20)
Working with Raw Device Mappings
345(2)
Working with NFS Datastores
347(11)
Working with VM-Level Storage Configuration
358(12)
Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
370(5)
The Bottom Line
375(2)
Chapter 7 Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity 377(54)
Understanding the Layers of High Availability
377(1)
Clustering VMs
378(14)
Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering
379(1)
Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering
380(12)
Implementing vSphere High Availability
392(21)
Understanding vSphere High Availability
392(2)
Understanding vSphere HA's Underpinnings
394(2)
Introducing Virtual Machine Component Protection
396(2)
Enabling vSphere High Availability
398(2)
Configuring vSphere High Availability
400(11)
Managing vSphere High Availability
411(2)
Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
413(6)
Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability
418(1)
Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases
419(1)
Planning for Business Continuity
419(10)
Providing Data Protection
420(3)
Recovering from Disasters
423(2)
Using vSphere Replication
425(4)
The Bottom Line
429(2)
Chapter 8 Securing VMware vSphere 431(50)
Overview of vSphere Security
431(1)
Securing ESXi Hosts
432(24)
Working with ESXi Authentication
432(6)
Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts
438(8)
Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched
446(1)
Managing ESXi Host Permissions
446(9)
Configuring ESXi Host Logging
455(1)
Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations
456(1)
Securing vCenter Server
456(22)
Managing vSphere Certificates
457(2)
Getting Started with Certificate Manager
459(2)
Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On
461(4)
Understanding the vpxuser Account
465(2)
Managing vCenter Server Permissions
467(11)
Examining vCenter Server Logging
478(1)
Securing Virtual Machines
478(1)
Configuring Network Security Policies
478(1)
Keeping VMs Patched
479(1)
The Bottom Line
479(2)
Chapter 9 Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 481(50)
Understanding Virtual Machines
481(7)
Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside
481(3)
Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside
484(4)
Creating a Virtual Machine
488(15)
Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine
498(5)
Installing a Guest Operating System
503(6)
Working with Installation Media
504(2)
Using the Installation Media
506(1)
Working in the Virtual Machine Console
507(2)
Installing VMware Tools
509(6)
Installing VMware Tools in Windows
510(3)
Installing VMware Tools in Linux
513(2)
Managing Virtual Machines
515(3)
Adding or Registering Existing VMs
516(1)
Changing VM Power States
517(1)
Removing VMs
518(1)
Deleting VMs
518(1)
Modifying Virtual Machines
518(11)
Changing Virtual Machine Hardware
519(5)
Using Virtual Machine Snapshots
524(5)
The Bottom Line
529(2)
Chapter 10 Using Templates and vApps 531(36)
Cloning vMs
531(10)
Installing Sysprep on the vCenter Server
532(2)
Creating a Customization Specification
534(4)
Cloning a Virtual Machine
538(3)
Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
541(5)
Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template
543(1)
Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
544(2)
Using OVF Templates
546(7)
Deploying a VM from an OVF Template
546(4)
Exporting a VM as an OVF Template
550(1)
Examining OVF Templates
551(2)
Using Content Libraries
553(3)
Content Library Data and Storage
554(1)
Content Library Synchronization
554(1)
Creating and Publishing a Content Library
555(1)
Subscribing to a Content Library
555(1)
Working with vApps
556(8)
Creating a vApp
557(1)
Editing a vApp
558(4)
Changing a vApp's Power State
562(1)
Cloning a vApp
563(1)
Importing Machines from Other Environments
564(1)
The Bottom Line
564(3)
Chapter 11 Managing Resource Allocation 567(50)
Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
567(3)
Working with Virtual Machine Memory
570(13)
Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies
571(3)
Controlling Memory Allocation
574(9)
Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
583(6)
Default CPU Allocation
584(1)
Setting CPU Affinity
585(1)
Using CPU Reservations
585(1)
Using CPU Limits
586(1)
Using CPU Shares
587(2)
Summarizing How Reservations, Limits, and Shares Work with CPUs
589(1)
Using Resource Pools
589(9)
Configuring Resource Pools
591(2)
Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools
593(5)
Regulating Network I/O Utilization
598(6)
Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
604(11)
Enabling Storage I/O Control
605(3)
Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine
608(4)
Using Flash Storage
612(3)
The Bottom Line
615(2)
Chapter 12 Balancing Resource Utilization 617(52)
Comparing Utilization with Allocation
617(1)
Exploring vMotion
618(11)
Examining vMotion Requirements
622(4)
Performing a vMotion Migration Within a Cluster
626(3)
Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
629(5)
Using Per-Virtual-Machine CPU Masking
629(2)
Using VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
631(3)
Using Storage vMotion
634(3)
Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
637(3)
Introducing Cross vCenter vMotion
640(3)
Examining Cross vCenter vMotion Requirements
641(1)
Performing a Cross vCenter Motion
642(1)
Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
643(10)
Understanding Manual Automation Behavior
643(1)
Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior
644(1)
Examining Fully Automated Behavior
645(1)
Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules
646(7)
Working with Storage DRS
653(13)
Creating and Working with Datastore Clusters
654(4)
Configuring Storage DRS
658(8)
The Bottom Line
666(3)
Chapter 13 Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance 669(38)
Overview of Performance Monitoring
669(1)
Using Alarms
670(10)
Understanding Alarm Scopes
672(1)
Creating Alarms
672(7)
Managing Alarms
679(1)
Working with Performance Charts
680(12)
Overview Layout
681(2)
Advanced Layout
683(9)
Working with resxtop
692(3)
Using resxtop
692(2)
Capturing and Playing Back Performance Data with resxtop
694(1)
Monitoring CPU Usage
695(3)
Monitoring Memory Usage
698(2)
Monitoring Network Usage
700(2)
Monitoring Disk Usage
702(3)
The Bottom Line
705(2)
Chapter 14 Automating VMware vSphere 707(44)
Why Use Automation?
707(1)
vSphere Automation Options
708(1)
Automating with PowerCLI
709(17)
PowerShell and PowerCLI
709(4)
What's New in PowerCLI 6
713(1)
Installing and Configuring PowerCLI
713(3)
Getting Started with PowerCLI
716(4)
Building PowerCLI Scripts
720(2)
PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities
722(4)
Using vCLI from vSphere Management Assistant
726(3)
What's New in vCLI and vMA for vSphere 6
727(1)
vCLI Requirements
727(1)
Getting Started with vCLI
727(2)
Using vSphere Management Assistant for Automation with vCenter
729(2)
ESXCLI and PowerCLI
731(1)
Leveraging the Perl Toolkit with vSphere Management Assistant
731(3)
Automating with vRealize Orchestrator
734(15)
New Features in vRealize Orchestrator 5.5
735(1)
Understanding vRealize Orchestrator Prerequisites
735(1)
Configuring vRealize Orchestrator
736(7)
vRealize Orchestrator Appliance
743(1)
Implementing the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance
744(1)
Accessing vRealize Orchestrator
745(1)
vRealize Orchestrator and vCenter Server
745(2)
Assigning a Workflow to vCenter Inventory Object
747(1)
Using an Orchestrator Workflow
747(2)
The Bottom Line
749(2)
Appendix The Bottom Line 751(28)
Index 779
Nick Marshall is an Integration Architect at VMware, where he helps build products including vSphere, vRealize Operations Manager, and vRealize Automation Center. He has over 14 years of IT experience and holds multiple advanced IT certifications. Nick helps run the vBrownBag podcast, blogs at nickmarshall.com.au, and runs a site dedicated to home labs at www.labguides.com. He can be found on Twitter @nickmarshall9.