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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

By : Nick Marshall, Mike Brown, G. Blair Fritz, Ryan Johnson
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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

By: Nick Marshall, Mike Brown, G. Blair Fritz, Ryan Johnson

Overview of this book

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 is the fully updated edition of the bestselling guide to VMware's virtualization solution. Fully updated for vSphere 6.7, it provides comprehensive coverage of all the newest features and capabilities. Written by certified VMware vExperts, this indispensable guide provides hands-on instruction and detailed conceptual explanations, anchored by practical applications and real-world examples. The book begins by introducing the vSphere product suite and its great features, enabling you to learn the process of installation and configure vSphere's extensive networking and storage functionality. You wrap up the configuration discussion with chapters on high availability, redundancy, and resource utilization. After completing the installation and configuration, you learn virtual machine creation and management and then monitoring and troubleshooting. Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 is what you need to stay up-to-date on VMware's industry-leading software for the virtualized datacenter.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Cover
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Cover
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Acknowledgments
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Acknowledgments
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About the Author
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About the Author
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About the Contributors
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About the Contributors
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Foreword
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Introduction
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What Is Covered in This Book
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The Mastering Series
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The Hardware Behind the Book
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Who Should Buy This Book
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How to Contact the Authors
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Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
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Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
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Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7
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Why Choose vSphere?
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The Bottom Line
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Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
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Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
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VMware ESXi Architecture
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Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
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Deploying VMware ESXi
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Performing Post-installation Configuration
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Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
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Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
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Introducing vCenter Server
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Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
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Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
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Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
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Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group
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Exploring vCenter Server
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Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
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Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
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Managing vCenter Server Settings
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vSphere Web Client Administration
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VMware Appliance Management Administration
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Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
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Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
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vSphere Update Manager
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vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance
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Configuring vSphere Update Manager
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Creating Baselines
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Routine Updates
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Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
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Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
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Investigating Alternative Update Options
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vSphere Auto Deploy
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Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy
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vCenter Support Tools
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Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
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Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
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Putting Together a vSphere Network
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Working with vSphere Standard Switches
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Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
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Configuring Virtual Switch Security
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Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
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Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
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Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
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Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
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Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
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Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
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Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
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Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
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Understanding the Layers of High Availability
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Clustering VMs
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Implementing vSphere High Availability
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Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
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Planning for Business Continuity
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Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
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Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
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Overview of vSphere Security
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Securing ESXi Hosts
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Securing vCenter Server
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Securing Virtual Machines
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Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
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Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
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Understanding Virtual Machines
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Creating a Virtual Machine
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Installing a Guest Operating System
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Installing VMware Tools
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Managing Virtual Machines
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Modifying Virtual Machines
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Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
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Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
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Cloning VMs
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Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
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Using OVF Templates
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Using Content Libraries
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Working with vApps
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Importing Machines from Other Environments
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Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
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Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
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Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
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Working with Virtual Machine Memory
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Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
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Using Resource Pools
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Regulating Network I/O Utilization
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Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
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Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
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Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
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Comparing Utilization with Allocation
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Exploring vMotion
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Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
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Using Storage vMotion
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Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
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Cross-vCenter vMotion
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Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
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Working with Storage DRS
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Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
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Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
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Overview of Performance Monitoring
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Using Alarms
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Working with Performance Charts
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Working with esxtop
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Monitoring CPU Usage
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Monitoring Memory Usage
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Monitoring Network Usage
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Monitoring Disk Usage
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Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
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Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
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Why Use Automation?
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vSphere Automation Options
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Automating with PowerCLI
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Additional Resources
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Index
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End User License Agreement
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End User License Agreement
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Appendix A: The Bottom Line
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Appendix A: The Bottom Line
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Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
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Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
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Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
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Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
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Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
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Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
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Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
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Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
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Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
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Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
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Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
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Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
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Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
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Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere

Monitoring Disk Usage

Monitoring a host's controller or VM's virtual disk usage is similar in scope to monitoring network usage. This resource, which represents a controller or the storing of a VM's virtual disk on a type of supported storage, isn't restricted by CPU or memory mechanisms like reservations, limits, or shares. The only way to restrict a VM's disk activity is to assign shares on the individual VM, which in turn may have to compete with other VMs running from the same storage volume. vCenter Server's charts come to our aid again in showing actual usage for both ESXi hosts and VMs.

Perform the following steps to create a host chart showing disk controller utilization:

  1. Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to a vCenter Server instance.
  2. Navigate to the Hosts And Clusters view.
  3. In the navigator, select an ESXi host.

    This shows you the Summary tab in the Details section on the right.

  4. Click the Monitor tab, and the Performance sub-tab. Then switch...
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