Index

A

• Active Directory domain
  • VMware vMA, configuring to join / Configuring VMware vMA to join an existing domain, How to do it…
• AD authentication
  • used, for adding vCenter Server to vMA / Adding vCenter to vMA with AD authentication, How it works…
• Add-DeployRule command / How it works…
• added target server
  • reconfiguring / Reconfiguring an added target server, Changing the authentication policy, Changing or recovering a user, How it works…
  • authentication policy, changing / Changing the authentication policy
  • user, changing / Changing or recovering a user
  • user, recovering / Changing or recovering a user
• additional VMKernel interfaces
  • creating, on VDS / Creating additional VMkernel interfaces on a VDS, How to do it…, How it works…
• Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) / Introduction
• affinity rules, host
  • VM, creating / Creating VMs to the host affinity rules, Getting ready, How it works…
• arbitrary virtual machine snapshot
  • switching / Switching to an arbitrary virtual machine snapshot, How to do it..., How it works...
• array
  • active/active array / How it works...
  • active/passive array / How it works...
  • Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA)-based array / How it works...
• Atomic Test and Set (ATS) / Introduction
• Auto Deploy Server / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
• Auto Deploy stateful install
  • performing / Performing an Auto Deploy stateful install, How to do it…, How it works…

B

• backup, VDS
  • creating / Creating a backup of a VDS, How it works...
• baseline
  • about / Creating a baseline
  • sets / Creating a baseline
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• baseline types
  • Host Patch / How it works...
  • Host Upgrade / How it works...
  • Host Extension / How it works...
  • VA Upgrade / How it works...
• batch mode
  • esxtop, running in / Running esxtop in batch mode, How it works…

C

• CHAP / Introduction
• CLI commands
  • running, on target servers / Running CLI commands on target servers, Method 2 – issuing commands by specifying a target server, Method 3 – issuing commands against a vCenter added as the target
  • issuing, on default target / Method 1 – issuing commands on the default target
  • issuing, by specifying target server / Method 2 – issuing commands by specifying a target server
  • issuing, against vCenter added as target / Method 3 – issuing commands against a vCenter added as the target
• cluster
  • vSphere HA, enabling / Enabling vSphere HA on a cluster, How it works...
  • vSphere DRS, enabling / Enabling vSphere DRS on a cluster, How it works…
  • remediating / Remediating a host or a cluster, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
  • remediating, maintenance mode options / Cluster maintenance mode options for remediation
• cluster automation level, for VM
  • overriding / Overriding the cluster automation level for a VM, How it works…
• cluster imbalance check / How to do it...
• cmdlets
  • about / Introduction
• command line interface (CLI) / Introduction
• community PVLAN / How it works…
• compatibility modes, RDM
  • physical compatibility / How it works...
  • virtual compatibility / How it works...
• Content Addressable Memory (CAM) / Introduction
• Converged Network Adapter (CNA) / Introduction
• current virtual machine snapshot
  • reverting / Reverting to a current virtual machine snapshot, How it works...

D

• -d switch / How to do it…
• data
  • downloading, in UMDS / Configuring UMDS and downloading data, How to do it...
• database compatibility
  • checking / Checking database compatibility
• database connectivity
  • preparing, for VUM / Preparing database connectivity for VUM, How to do it…, How it works...
• datacenter
  • VDS, importing into / How to do it…, How it works...
• datastore
  • about / Introduction
  • viewing, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client to view the datastores
  • viewing, with ESXi CLI / Using the ESXi CLI to view the datastores
• datastore cluster
  • creating / Creating a datastore cluster, How to do it..., How it works...
  • requisites / Creating a datastore cluster
• datastore heartbeating
  • configuring / Configuring datastore heartbeating, How to do it..., How it works...
• datastores
  • user-defined capability tags, adding to / Creating user-defined capability tags for datastores, How to do it…
• datastores, seen by ESXi hosts
  • viewing / Viewing the datastores seen by the ESXi hosts
• Del EqualLogic MEM
  • URL / How it works...
• deploy rule
  • creating / Creating a deploy rule, How to do it…, How it works…
  • activating / Activating a deploy rule, How it works…, There's more…
• DHCP server
  • configuring, for PXE boot / Configuring the DHCP server for PXE boot, How to do it…
• DHCP Server / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
• Direct Attached Storage (DAS) / Introduction
• Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) / Configuring the ESXi Management Network
• disk shares, on VM
  • modifying / Modifying disk shares on a VM, How it works...
• distributed locking / Introduction
• Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) / Exporting a virtual machine
• Distributed Power Management (DPM) / Introduction
• download source
  • adding / Adding a download source, How it works...
• DRAC (Dell), console access method / Using ESXi CLI
• DRS automation level
  • selecting / Choosing a DRS automation level, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…
  • fully automated / How it works…
  • partially automated / How it works…
  • manual / How it works…
• DRS host groups
  • creating / Creating DRS host groups
• DRS VM groups
  • creating / Creating DRS VM groups
• DSN, for SQL database
  • creating / Creating a DSN for the SQL database for vCenter Server
• dvPortGroup
  • about / Introduction
  • creating / Creating a distributed port group, How to do it..., How it works...
  • port binding / Port binding
  • port allocation / Port allocation
  • network resource pools / Network resource pools
• dvUplink
  • about / Introduction
  • physical adapter (vmnic), mapping to / Mapping a physical adapter (vmnic) to a dvUplink, How it works...
• dynamic discovery / Introduction

E

• eager zeroed thick provisioning method / How it works...
• effective MAC address / Security
• EMC PowerPath
  • URL / How it works...
• Enterprise plus License / Introduction
• Ephemeral ports
  • URL / Performing a new installation of vCenter Server
• esxcfg-mpath command / Using ESXi CLI
• esxcfg-vmknic
  • used, for creating VMKernel interface / Using esxcli and esxcfg-vmknic, There's more…
• esxcfg-vswitch
  • used, for adding uplink / Using esxcfg-vswitch
  • used, for adding standard vSwitch / Using esxcfg-vswitch
  • used, for mapping physical adapter (vmnic) dvUplink / Using esxcfg-vswitch, How it works...
• esxcli
  • used, for creating vSwitch / Using esxcli
  • used, for deleting vSwitch / Using esxcli
  • used, for creating VMKernel interface / Using esxcli and esxcfg-vmknic, There's more…
  • used, for mounting unmounted volume / Using esxcli to mount an unmounted volume
• ESXi 5.5
  • features / Introduction
  • about / Introduction
  • installing / Installing ESXi 5.5, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • URL / Getting ready
  • reference links / Getting ready
  • URL, for download / Getting ready
• ESXi CLI
  • used. for viewing LUN information / Using the ESXi CLI to view the LUN information
  • used, for viewing datastores / Using the ESXi CLI to view the datastores
  • using / Using ESXi CLI
  • used, for creating VMFS volume / Using ESXi CLI to create a VMFS volume, There's more…
  • used, for unmounting VMFS datastore / Using the ESXi CLI tool "unmount"
• ESXi cluster
  • VMware EVC, configuring / How to do it…, How it works…
• ESXi host
  • upgrading, to Version 5.5 / Upgrading ESXi to Version 5.5, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • attaching, to Host Profile / Attaching/detaching ESXi hosts to/from a Host Profile, How to do it…
  • detaching, from Host Profile / Attaching/detaching ESXi hosts to/from a Host Profile, How to do it…
  • profile compliance, verifying / Verifying the profile compliance of an ESXi host, How to do it…
  • remediating, for profile compliance / Remediating an ESXi host for profile compliance, How to do it…
  • adding, to vMA / Adding an ESXi host to vMA, How to do it…, How it works…
• ESXi Host / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
• ESXi host compatibility
  • checking with vCenter / Checking ESXi host compatibility with vCenter
• ESXi hypervisor / Installing ESXi 5.5
• ESXi Image / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
• ESXi Image Builder
  • about / Introduction
  • data requisites / Introduction
• ESXi Image Profile
  • selecting, for vSphere Auto Deploy / Choosing an ESXi Image Profile to deploy, How to do it…
• ESXi image profile
  • removing / Removing an ESXi image profile, How it works...
  • VIB, adding / Getting ready, How to do it...
  • HA VIB, adding / How to do it...
  • exporting, as ISO / Exporting an image profile as an ISO or offline bundle, How it works...
  • exporting, as offline bundle / Exporting an image profile as an ISO or offline bundle, How it works...
  • creating, from scratch / Creating an image profile from scratch, How to do it..., How it works...
  • applying, to host / Applying an image profile to the host, How to do it..., How it works...
• ESXi Images
  • importing / Importing ESXi Images, How to do it...
• ESXi Management Network
  • configuring / Configuring the ESXi Management Network, How to do it…, There's more…
• ESXi offline bundle
  • downloading / Downloading an ESXi offline bundle
  • URL, for download / How to do it...
• ESXi software depot
  • adding / Adding an ESXi software depot
• esxtop
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for monitoring performance / Using esxtop to monitor performance, How to do it…
  • URL / See also
  • running, in batch mode / Running esxtop in batch mode, How it works…
  • chart types / Using vCenter performance graphs
• esxtop configuration
  • exporting / Exporting and importing esxtop configurations, How to do it…
  • importing / Exporting and importing esxtop configurations, How to do it…
• existing hard disk
  • adding, to virtual machine / Adding an existing hard disk to a virtual machine, How to do it...

F

• failover
  • configuring, on VDS / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…
  • configuring, on standard vSwitch / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…
  • Failover Detection / Failover Detection and Failover Order
  • Failover Order / Failover Detection and Failover Order
  • defining / How to do it...
• failover capacity / Configuring vSphere HA Admission Control
• Failover Detection
  • about / Failover Detection and Failover Order
• Failover Order
  • about / Failover Detection and Failover Order
• fastpass (fpauth) authentication
  • used, for adding vCenter Server to vMA / Adding vCenter to vMA with fastpass (fpauth) authentication, How to do it…, How it works…
• Fault Domain Manager (FDM) / How it works...
• FC Host Bus Adapter (FC-HBA) / Introduction
• FC over Ethernet (FCoE) / Introduction
• Fiber Channel (FC) storage / Introduction
• forged transmits / Security
• fully qualified domain name (FQDN) / How to do it…

G

• Guest Operating System (GOS) / How it works..., How to do it...

H

• hard disk
  • creating, for virtual machine / Creating a new hard disk for a virtual machine, How to do it..., How it works...
• HA VIB
  • adding, to ESXi image profile / Adding the HA VIB to the image profile, How to do it...
• Hewlett-Packard Integrated Lights-Out (HP iLO) / How it works…
• host
  • ESXi image profile, applying / Applying an image profile to the host, How to do it..., How it works...
  • remediating / Remediating a host or a cluster, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
  • remediating, maintenance mode options / Host maintenance mode options for remediation
• host baseline group
  • creating / Creating a host baseline group, How to do it...
• host isolation response
  • about / Setting the host isolation response for an HA cluster
  • setting, for vSphere HA / Setting the host isolation response for an HA cluster, How to do it...
• host monitoring
  • disabling / Disabling host monitoring, How to do it...
• Host Profile
  • creating / Creating a Host Profile, How to do it…, How it works…
  • exporting / Exporting a Host Profile, How to do it…, How it works…
  • importing / Importing a Host Profile, How to do it…, How it works…
  • duplicating / Duplicating a Host Profile, How it works…
  • ESXi hosts, attaching to / Attaching/detaching ESXi hosts to/from a Host Profile, How to do it…
  • ESXi hosts, detaching from / Attaching/detaching ESXi hosts to/from a Host Profile, How to do it…
  • used, for pushing configuration change / Using Host Profiles to push a new configuration change, How to do it…
• host profile
  • creating / Creating a Host Profile, How to do it…
• hosts
  • adding, to VDS / Adding hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch, How to do it...
• HP Insight Control Storage Manager (HPICSM) / How to do it…
• HTTP Boot Request / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture

I

• identity sources
  • adding, to SSO server / Adding an additional Identity Source to the SSO server, How to do it…, How it works…
• identity sources, types
  • Active directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) / How it works…
  • Active directory as an LDAP server / How it works…
  • Open LDAP / How it works…
  • local OS / How it works…
• ILO (HP), console access method / Using ESXi CLI
• image profile
  • about / Image profiles
• Increase Datastore Capacity wizard
  • used, for growing VMFS datastore / Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard
  • used, for expanding VMFS datastore / Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard
  • used, for extending VMFS datastore / Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard
• independent disk mode
  • persistent mode / How it works...
  • nonpersistent mode / How it works...
• infrastructure components, vSphere 5.5
  • VMware vCenter Server / Introduction
  • vCenter Inventory Service / Introduction
  • vSphere Web Client / Introduction
  • vSphere Update Manager / Introduction
  • vSphere Auto Deploy / Introduction
  • VMware ESXi / Introduction
• initial MAC address / Security
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPM) / How it works…
• Intrusion Detection System (IDS) / Enabling port mirroring on a VDS
• iSCSI
  • about / Introduction
• iSCSI connection / Introduction
• iSCSI fundamentals
  • iSCSI initiator / Introduction
  • iSCSI target / Introduction
  • iSCSI session / Introduction
  • iSCSI connection / Introduction
  • iSCSI portal / Introduction
  • CHAP / Introduction
  • dynamic discovery / Introduction
  • static discovery / Introduction
• iSCSI initiator / Introduction
• iSCSI multipathing
  • vSphere network, preparing for / Preparing the vSphere network for iSCSI multipathing, How to do it…, How it works…
  • port binding, using / Preparing the vSphere network for iSCSI multipathing
• iSCSI portal / Introduction
• iSCSI session / Introduction
• iSCSI Session ID (ISID) / How it works...
• iSCSI target / Introduction
• iSCSI target server
  • adding, to software iSCSI adapter / Adding an iSCSI target server to the software iSCSI adapter, How to do it..., How it works...
• ISO
  • ESXi image profile, exporting as / Exporting an image profile as an ISO or offline bundle, How it works...
• isolated PVLAN / How it works…

K

• keys / How to do it…
• kilobits per second (kbps) / Traffic shaping
• Kilo Bytes (KB) / Traffic shaping

L

• lazy zeroed thick provisioning method / How it works...
• load balancing
  • route based on the originating virtual port / Load balancing
  • route based on IP Hash / Load balancing
  • route based on source MAC Hash / Load balancing
  • user explicit failover order / Load balancing
  • route based on Physical NIC load / Load balancing
• Logical Unit Access (ALUA)-based array / How it works...
• LUN
  • about / Introduction
  • viewing, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client to view the LUNs
  • viewing, with ESXi CLI / Using the ESXi CLI to view the LUN information
  • paths, masking to / Masking paths to a LUN, How to do it...
  • paths, unmasking to / Unmasking paths to a LUN, How to do it...
• LUN multipathing
  • viewing / Viewing and changing the multipathing of a LUN, Using the vSphere Web Client GUI, Using ESXi CLI, How it works...
  • changing / Viewing and changing the multipathing of a LUN, Using the vSphere Web Client GUI, Using ESXi CLI, How it works...
  • vSphere Web Client GUI, using / Using the vSphere Web Client GUI
• LUNs, presented to ESXi host
  • viewing / Viewing the LUNs presented to an ESXi host, Using the ESXi CLI to view the LUN information, How it works...
  • viewing, ways / How to do it...

M

• MAC address changes / Security
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 Feature Pack
  • URL / How to do it…
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack
  • URL / How to do it…
• migration threshold
  • setting / Setting a migration threshold, Getting ready, How it works…
• Most Recently Used (MRU) / How it works...
• multi-portal storage array / How it works…
• Multipathing Plugins (MPP) / How it works...

N

• -n switch / How to do it…
• Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP) / How it works...
• NetFlow
  • enabling, on VDS / Enabling NetFlow on a VDS, How to do it..., How it works...
  • settings / How it works...
• Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • about / Introduction
  • iSCSI / Introduction
  • NFS / Introduction
• NFS / Introduction
• NFS Datastore
  • about / Introduction
  • creating / Creating an NFS Datastore, How it works...
• NFS Export / Introduction
• NFS fundamentals
  • NFS Datastore / Introduction
  • NFS Export / Introduction
• NFS volume / Introduction
• NRP
  • about / Network resource pools
  • creating, on VDS / Creating Network Resource Pools on a VDS, How to do it…, How it works…, User-defined network resource pools
  • criteria / How it works…
  • system / System network resource pools
  • user defined / User-defined network resource pools
• NRP, criteria
  • limit / How it works…
  • Physical Adapter Shares / How it works…
  • Quality of Service (QoS) tag / How it works…

O

• offline bundle
  • about / Offline bundles
  • ESXi image profile, exporting as / Exporting an image profile as an ISO or offline bundle, How it works...
• open virtual machine format (OVF) / Exporting a virtual machine
• OVA
  • URL / Getting ready

P

• patches
  • staging / How to do it...
• paths
  • masking, to LUN / Masking paths to a LUN, How to do it...
  • unmasking, to LUN / Unmasking paths to a LUN, How to do it...
• Path Selection Plugin (PSP) / How it works...
• path selection plugins, VMware
  • Most Recently Used (MRU) / How it works...
  • fixed / How it works...
  • Round Robin (RR) / How it works...
• per-host level
  • power management, enabling / Enabling power management on a per-host level
• performance
  • monitoring, with esxtop / Using esxtop to monitor performance, How to do it…
• physical adapter (vmnic)
  • mapping, to dvUplink / Mapping a physical adapter (vmnic) to a dvUplink, How it works...
• Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) / How it works...
• port allocation
  • about / Port allocation
  • elastic / Port allocation
  • fixed / Port allocation
• port binding
  • about / Port binding
  • static binding / Port binding
  • dynamic binding / Port binding
  • ephemeral binding / Port binding
  • used, for iSCSI multipathing / Preparing the vSphere network for iSCSI multipathing
• port group
  • about / Introduction
  • deleting, from standard vSwitch / Deleting a port group from a standard vSwitch, Using the vSphere Web Client, Using esxcli, How it works…
  • deleting, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • deleting, with esxcli / Using esxcli
• port mirroring
  • enabling, on VDS / Enabling port mirroring on a VDS, How to do it...
  • distributed port mirroring / How it works...
  • remote mirroring source / How it works...
  • remote mirroring destination / How it works...
  • encapsulated remote mirroring (L3) source / How it works...
  • distributed port mirroring (legacy)Topicn / How it works...
  • maximum packet length (bytes) / How it works...
  • Sampling Rate / How it works...
• power management
  • enabling, on per-host level / Enabling power management on a per-host level
• pre-upgrade checks
  • carrying out / Carrying out pre-upgrade checks, How to do it...
  • ESXi host compatibility, checking with vCenter / Checking ESXi host compatibility with vCenter
  • VMware vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker feature / Running the VMware vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker
  • database compatibility, checking / Checking database compatibility
  • SSL certificates, backing up / Backing up SSL certificates
  • SSL certificates verification, enabling / Enabling SSL certificate verification
• predefined ESXi image profile
  • cloning, for image profile creation / Creating an image profile by cloning a predefined profile
  • ESXi software depot, adding / Adding an ESXi software depot
  • available image profiles, listing / Listing available image profiles
  • cloning, for new image profile creation / Cloning a predefined ESXi image profile to form a new one, How it works..., See also
• profile compliance, of ESXi host
  • verifying / Verifying the profile compliance of an ESXi host, How to do it…
• promiscuous mode / Security
• promiscuous PVLAN / How it works…
• Putty
  • URL, for download / Using the ESXi CLI to view the LUN information
• PVLANs
  • configuring, on VDS / Configuring private VLANs on a VDS, How to do it..., How it works…
  • promiscuous PVLAN / How it works…
  • community PVLAN / How it works…
  • isolated PVLAN / How it works…
• PXE boot
  • DHCP server, configuring / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
  • configuration, testing / Testing the PXE boot configuration, How to do it…, How it works…
• PXE boot configuration
  • testing / Testing the PXE boot configuration, How to do it…, How it works…

Q

• Quality of Service (QoS) / Creating Network Resource Pools on a VDS

R

• RAW Device Mappings (RDM) / Viewing the LUNs presented to an ESXi host
• RDM
  • about / Attaching RDM to a virtual machine
  • attaching, to virtual machine / Attaching RDM to a virtual machine, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• reference host
  • preparing / Preparing a reference host, How to do it…
• remediation / Remediating a host or a cluster
• Round Robin (RR) / How it works...

S

• SCSI Bus Sharing modes
  • virtual / There's more...
  • physical / There's more...
• SecureCRT
  • URL, for download / Using the ESXi CLI to view the LUN information
• Secure Token Service (STS) / How it works…
• security
  • configuring, on VDS / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, Security
  • configuring, on standard vSwitch / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…, Security
• SEND TARGETS command / How it works...
• Service Principal Name (SPN) / How it works…
• shared repository
  • creating / Creating a shared repository, How it works...
  • using / Using a shared repository
  • access, configuring to / How to do it...
• single-portal storage arrays / How it works…
• Single Sign-On (SSO) component
  • upgrading / Upgrading the Single Sign-On component, How to do it...
• SIOC
  • about / Introduction
  • enabling / Enabling Storage I/O Control, How to do it…, How it works...
  • URL / See also
• Sizing Estimator
  • about / See also
  • URL / See also
• snapshot LUN
  • VMFS, mounting / Mounting VMFS from a snapshot LUN, Using the New Datastore wizard, Using ESXi CLI, How it works...
  • VMFS, resignaturing / Resignaturing VMFS on a snapshot LUN, Using the datastore wizard
  • ESXi CLI, using / Using ESXi CLI, How it works...
• snapshots
  • consolidating / Consolidating snapshots, How it works...
• software iSCSI adapter
  • adding / Adding the software iSCSI adapter, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
  • VMkernel interfaces, binding / Binding VMkernel interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter, How to do it..., There's more…
  • iSCSI target server, adding to / Adding an iSCSI target server to the software iSCSI adapter, How to do it..., How it works...
• Solution/database interoperability option
  • URL / Checking database compatibility
• SSL certificates
  • backing up / Backing up SSL certificates
  • verification, enabling / Enabling SSL certificate verification
• SSO
  • deploying, for vCenter Linked Mode / Deploying SSO for the vCenter Linked Mode, How to do it…, How it works…
• SSO server
  • identity sources, adding / Adding an additional Identity Source to the SSO server, How to do it…, How it works…
• staging process / Staging patches
• standard vSwitch
  • VMKernel interface, creating / Creating a VMkernel interface on a standard vSwitch
  • port group, deleting from / Deleting a port group from a standard vSwitch, Using the vSphere Web Client, Using esxcli, How it works…
  • uplink, adding / Adding an uplink to a standard vSwitch, How to do it...
  • security, configuring / On a standard vSwitch, Security
  • traffic shaping, configuring / On a standard vSwitch, Traffic shaping
  • teaming, configuring / On a standard vSwitch, Teaming and failover
  • failover, configuring / On a standard vSwitch
• standard vSwitch, and VDS
  • VMKernel interfaces, migrating between / Getting ready, How to do it…
• stateful install
  • performing / Performing an Auto Deploy stateful install, How to do it…, How it works…
• stateless caching
  • about / Enabling Stateless Caching
  • enabling / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• static discovery / Introduction
• storage
  • about / Introduction
  • Fiber Channel (FC) storage / Introduction
  • FC over Ethernet (FCoE) / Introduction
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS) / Introduction
  • Direct Attached Storage (DAS)Topicn / Introduction
• Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) / How it works...
• Storage DRS
  • enabling / Enabling Storage DRS, How to do it..., How it works...
  • initial placement / Initial placement
  • space utilization, balancing / Balancing space utilization
  • I/O load, balancing / Balancing I/O load
  • references / See also
• storage provider
  • adding / Adding a storage provider, How to do it..., How it works...
• superblock / How it works...
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux (SLES) / Preparing VMware vMA for first use
• system network resource pools
  • traffic classifications / System network resource pools
• system storage capability / Adding a storage provider

T

• target servers
  • CLI commands, RUNNING ON / How to do it…, Method 2 – issuing commands by specifying a target server, Method 3 – issuing commands against a vCenter added as the target
• teaming
  • configuring, on standard vSwitch / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…, Teaming and failover
  • configuring, on VDS / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…, Teaming and failover
• TFTP server
  • about / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
  • configuring, with vSphere Auto Deploy files / Configuring a TFTP Server with Auto Deploy files, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / Getting ready, How it works…
• thick provisioning method
  • about / How it works...
  • eager zeroed / How it works...
  • lazy zeroed method / How it works...
• top / Introduction
• traffic shaping
  • configuring, on VDS / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…, Traffic shaping
  • configuring, on standard vSwitch / Configuring security, traffic shaping, teaming and failover on a vSwitch and a VDS, How it works…, Traffic shaping
  • average bandwidth / Traffic shaping
  • peak bandwidth / Traffic shaping
  • burst size / Traffic shaping

U

• UMDS
  • installing / Installing the Update Manager Download Service, How to do it...
  • data, downloading / Configuring UMDS and downloading data, How to do it...
  • configuring / Configuring UMDS and downloading data, How to do it...
• uplink
  • adding, to standard vSwitch / Adding an uplink to a standard vSwitch, How to do it...
  • adding, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • adding, with esxcfg-vswitch / Using esxcfg-vswitch
• user-defined capability tags
  • creating, for datastores / Creating user-defined capability tags for datastores, How to do it…
• user defined network resource pools / User-defined network resource pools
• users/groups
  • assigning, vCenter Server / Assigning users/groups to the vCenter Server, How to do it…
• UUID / How it works...

V

• VA
  • about / Creating a VM and VA baseline group
  • remediating / Remediating a VM or a VA, How to do it..., How it works...
• VA baseline group
  • creating / Creating a VM and VA baseline group, How to do it...
• vCenter
  • ESXi host compatibility,checking with / Checking ESXi host compatibility with vCenter
• vCenter 5.5
  • hosting, operating systems / Carrying out pre-upgrade checks
  • installing / Installing vCenter 5.5, Getting ready
  • DSN, creating for SQL database / Creating a DSN for the SQL database for vCenter Server
  • new installation, performing / Performing a new installation of vCenter Server, How it works…
• vCenter Inventory Service
  • about / Introduction
  • upgrading / Upgrading the vCenter Inventory Service, How to do it...
• vCenter Linked Mode
  • SSO, deploying for / Deploying SSO for the vCenter Linked Mode, How to do it…, How it works…
  • group, creating / Creating a vCenter Linked Mode group, Getting ready, How to do it...
• vCenter Linked Mode group
  • creating / Creating a vCenter Linked Mode group, Getting ready, How to do it...
• vCenter performance charts
  • types / How it works…
• vCenter performance graphs
  • using / Using vCenter performance graphs, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / See also
• vCenter Server
  • upgrade, performing / Performing an upgrade of vCenter Server, How to do it...
  • users/groups, assigning / Assigning users/groups to the vCenter Server, How to do it…
  • storage provider, adding / How to do it...
  • adding, to vMA with AD authentication / Adding vCenter to vMA with AD authentication, How it works…
  • adding, to vMA with fastpass (fpauth) authentication / Adding vCenter to vMA with fastpass (fpauth) authentication, How to do it…, How it works…
• vCenter Server Appliance 5.5
  • deploying / Deploying vCenter Server Appliance 5.5, How to do it...
• vCenter Single Sign-On (SOS)
  • about / Introduction
• vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • about / Introduction
  • identity sources / Introduction
  • placement methods, first SSO server / Introduction
  • placement methods, additional SSO server / Introduction
  • placement methods, additional SSO server at new site / Introduction
• VCSA
  • upgrading, to Version 5.5 / Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance to Version 5.5, How to do it...
  • URL / Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance to Version 5.5
  • working / How it works...
• VDS
  • about / Introduction
  • creating / Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch, How to do it..., How it works...
  • hosts, adding / Adding hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch, How to do it...
  • security, configuring / On a VDS, How it works…, Security
  • traffic shaping, configuring / On a VDS, Traffic shaping
  • teaming, configuring / On a VDS, Teaming and failover
  • failover, configuring / On a VDS
  • load balancing / Load balancing
  • additional VMKernel interfaces, creating / Creating additional VMkernel interfaces on a VDS, How to do it…, How it works…
  • backup, creating / Creating a backup of a VDS, How it works...
  • configuration, restoring / Restoring a VDS configuration, How it works…
  • importing, into datacenter / Importing a VDS into the data center from a backup, How it works...
  • NRP, creating on / Creating Network Resource Pools on a VDS, How to do it…, How it works…, User-defined network resource pools
  • port mirroring, enabling / Getting ready, How to do it...
  • NetFlow, enabling / Enabling NetFlow on a VDS, How to do it..., How it works...
  • PVLANs, configuring / Configuring private VLANs on a VDS, How it works…
• VDS, and standard vSwitch
  • VMKernel interfaces, migrating between / Getting ready, How to do it…
• VDS configuration
  • restoring / Restoring a VDS configuration, How it works…
• VERITAS Dynamic Multipathing for VMware
  • URL / How it works...
• Version 5.5
  • ESXi host, upgrading to / Upgrading ESXi to Version 5.5, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • VCSA, upgrading to / Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance to Version 5.5, How to do it...
• VIB
  • about / vSphere Installation Bundle
  • adding, to ESXi image profile / Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
• virtual appliances / Creating a baseline
• virtual machine
  • hardware components / Introduction
  • hardware wizard components / Introduction
  • configuration files / Introduction
  • creating / Creating a virtual machine, How to do it...
  • new hard disk, creating / Creating a new hard disk for a virtual machine, How to do it..., How it works...
  • existing hard disk, adding / Adding an existing hard disk to a virtual machine, How to do it...
  • RDM, attaching / Attaching RDM to a virtual machine, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • virtual network adapter, adding / Adding a new virtual network adapter to a virtual machine, How to do it...
  • exporting / Exporting a virtual machine, How to do it..., How it works...
• virtual machine (VM)
  • about / Introduction
  • cluster automation level, overriding / Overriding the cluster automation level for a VM, How it works…
  • creating, to host’s affinity rules / Creating VMs to the host affinity rules, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• virtual machine, packaging
  • open virtual machine format (OVF) / Exporting a virtual machine
  • Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) / Exporting a virtual machine
• virtual machine BIOS file
  • about / Introduction
• virtual machine configuration (VMX) / Introduction
• virtual machine disk (VMDK) / How it works...
• virtual machine disks
  • VM storage policies, assigning / Assigning VM storage policies to virtual machine disks, How to do it…, How it works…
• virtual machine hardware
  • upgrading / Upgrading the virtual machine hardware, How to do it...
  • upgrade, scheduling / Scheduling the virtual machine hardware upgrade, How to do it...
• virtual machine network
  • migrating, from vSwitch To VDS / How to do it…, How it works...
• virtual machine snapshot
  • creating / Creating a virtual machine snapshot, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • data, capturing / Creating a virtual machine snapshot
  • deleting / Deleting a virtual machine snapshot, How to do it..., How it works...
  • delete operation / Deleting a virtual machine snapshot
  • delete all operation / Deleting a virtual machine snapshot
• virtual machine snapshot database (VMSD) / How it works...
• VM
  • disk shares, modifying / Modifying disk shares on a VM, How it works...
  • creating / Creating a VM and VA baseline group, How to do it...
  • remediating / Remediating a VM or a VA, How to do it..., How it works...
• VMA
  • about / Introduction
  • updating / Updating the vMA, How to do it…, There's more...
• vMA
  • ESXi host, adding to / Adding an ESXi host to vMA, How it works…
• vMA, adding to vCenter Server
  • AD authentication, using / Adding vCenter to vMA with AD authentication, How it works…
  • fastpass (fpauth) authentication, using / Adding vCenter to vMA with fastpass (fpauth) authentication, How to do it…, How it works…
• VMA 5.5
  • components / Introduction
• vMA appliance
  • deploying / Deploying the vMA appliance, Getting ready
  • URL / Deploying the vMA appliance
  • supported host / Getting ready
  • deploying, with vSphere Web Client interface / How to do it…
• VM affinity/anti-affinity rules
  • creating / Creating VM affinity/anti-affinity rules, How it works…
• VM configuration
  • used, for overriding monitoring settings / Configuring a VM to override host monitoring and VM monitoring settings, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for overriding host monitoring / Configuring a VM to override host monitoring and VM monitoring settings, How to do it...
• VM Directory (VMDir) / Introduction
• VMDK
  • about / How it works...
  • thick provisioning method / How it works...
  • thin provisioning method / How it works...
  • dependent disk mode / How it works...
  • independent disk mode / How it works...
• VMFS
  • about / Introduction
  • upgrading, with vSphere Web Client GUI / Upgrading the VMFS using the vSphere Web Client GUI
  • upgrading, with vmkfstool / Upgrading using the ESXi CLI tool vmkfstools, How it works...
  • mounting, from snapshot LUN / Mounting VMFS from a snapshot LUN
  • resignaturing, on snapshot LUN / Resignaturing VMFS on a snapshot LUN, Using the datastore wizard, Using ESXi CLI, How it works...
• VMFS, mounting from snapshot LUN
  • ways / How to do it...
  • New Datastore wizard, using / Using the New Datastore wizard
  • ESXi CLI, using / Using ESXi CLI
• VMFS, resignaturing from snapshot LUN
  • ways / How to do it...
  • datastore wizard, using / Using the datastore wizard
  • ESXi CLI, using / Using ESXi CLI
• VMFS3
  • upgrading, to VMFS5 / Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5
• VMFS5
  • VMFS3, upgrading to / Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5
• VMFS datastore
  • creating / Creating a VMFS datastore
  • New Datastore wizard, using / Using the New Datastore wizard
  • ESXi CLI, used for creating VMFS volume / Using ESXi CLI to create a VMFS volume
  • expanding / Expanding/growing a VMFS datastore, How to do it...
  • growing / Expanding/growing a VMFS datastore
  • Increase Datastore Capacity wizard, using / Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard, Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard
  • vmkfstools, using / Using the ESXi CLI tool vmkfstools, Using vmkfstools
  • extending / Extending a VMFS datastore, How to do it..., Using the Increase Datastore Capacity wizard, Using vmkfstools, How it works...
  • unmounting / Unmounting a VMFS datastore
  • unmounting, with vSphere Web Client GUI / Using the vSphere Web Client GUI to unmount a datastore
  • unmounting, with ESXi CLI / Using the ESXi CLI tool "unmount"
  • mounting / Mounting a VMFS datastore
  • mounting, with vSphere Web Client UI / Using the vSphere Web Client UI to mount
  • mounting, with esxcli / Using esxcli to mount an unmounted volume
  • deleting / Deleting a VMFS datastore, How to do it...
• VMFS volume
  • about / Introduction
  • creating, with ESXi CLI / Using ESXi CLI to create a VMFS volume, There's more…
• VM I/O statistics
  • gathering, with vscsiStats / Gathering VM I/O statistics using vscsiStats, How to do it…
• VMKernel interface
  • creating, on standard vSwitch / Creating a VMkernel interface on a standard vSwitch
  • creating, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • creating, with esxcli / Using esxcli and esxcfg-vmknic, See also
  • creating, with esxcfg-vmknic / Using esxcli and esxcfg-vmknic, There's more…
• VMkernel interfaces
  • binding, to software iSCSI adapter / Binding VMkernel interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter, How to do it..., There's more…
• VMKernel interfaces
  • migrating, between standard vSwitch and VDS / Migrating VMkernel interfaces between a standard vSwitch and VDS, How to do it…
• VMKernel port / Introduction
• vmkfstools
  • used, for expanding VMFS datastore / Using the ESXi CLI tool vmkfstools, How it works...
  • used, for growing VMFS datastore / Using the ESXi CLI tool vmkfstools
  • used, for extending VMFS datastore / Using vmkfstools
  • used, for upgrading VMFS / Upgrading using the ESXi CLI tool vmkfstools, How it works...
• VM monitoring
  • configuring / Configuring VM monitoring, How to do it..., How it works...
• VM overrides / Configuring a VM to override host monitoring and VM monitoring settings
• VM restart priority
  • setting, for vSphere HA / Setting the VM restart priority for an HA cluster, How it works...
• VM storage policies
  • about / Introduction
  • creating / Creating VM storage policies, How to do it…
  • assigning, to virtual machine disks / Assigning VM storage policies to virtual machine disks, How to do it…, How it works…
• VMware administrator
  • about / Introduction
• VMware Compatibility Guide
  • URL / Carrying out pre-upgrade checks, Adding a storage provider, Installing vSphere Update Manager
• VMware ESXi / Introduction
• VMware EVC
  • configuring / Configuring VMware EVC, How it works…
• VMware KB 2004746
  • URL / There's more...
• VMware Knowledge Base article
  • URL / Performing a new installation of vCenter Server
• VMware Operating Specific Packages (OSPs)
  • URL / Upgrading VMware Tools
• VMware PowerCLI
  • preparing, for first use / Preparing VMware PowerCLI for first use, How to do it…, How it works…
  • URL / Preparing VMware PowerCLI for first use
• VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes
  • about / Preparing database connectivity for VUM
  • URL / Preparing database connectivity for VUM
• VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes web portal
  • URL / Checking ESXi host compatibility with vCenter
• VMware tools
  • upgrading / Upgrading VMware Tools, How to do it..., How it works...
  • components / Upgrading VMware Tools
• VMware vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker feature
  • running / Running the VMware vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker
• VMware vCenter Server
  • about / Introduction
• VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance / Introduction
• VMware vMA
  • preparing / Preparing VMware vMA for first use, How to do it…, How it works…
  • preparing, tasks / How it works…
  • configuring, to join an Active Directory domain / Configuring VMware vMA to join an existing domain, How to do it…
• VMware vSphere® Storage DRS Interoperability Guide
  • URL / There's more...
• VMworld 2013
  • URL / Introduction
• VMX file
  • numvcpus / Introduction
  • cpuid.coresPerSocket / Introduction
  • scsiX.virtualDev / Introduction
  • ethernetX.virtualDev / Introduction
  • ethernetX.generatedAddress / Introduction
  • guestOS / Introduction
  • uuid.bios / Introduction
  • vc.uuid / Introduction
• vNIC
  • about / Mapping a virtual machine's vNIC to a different port group
  • adding, to virtual machine / Adding a new virtual network adapter to a virtual machine, How to do it...
• vNIC, virtual machine
  • mapping, to different port group / Mapping a virtual machine's vNIC to a different port group, How it works...
• vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS)
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction
• vscsiStats
  • used, for gathering VM I/O statistics / Gathering VM I/O statistics using vscsiStats, How to do it…
• vSphere 5.1
  • scalability / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction, How it works...
• vSphere 5.5
  • about / Introduction
  • infrastructure components / Introduction
  • scalability / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction
  • upgrade path / Introduction
  • downloading / Downloading vCenter 5.5, How to do it...
  • URL, for download / How to do it...
  • virtual machine enhancements / Introduction
• vSphere Auto Deploy / Introduction
  • about / Introduction
  • architecture / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
  • working / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
  • vSphere environment, preparing / Preparing a vSphere environment for vSphere Auto Deploy
  • preparing, for provisioning / Preparing vSphere Auto Deploy for provisioning, Adding a Software Depot, How it works…
  • Software Depot, adding / Adding a Software Depot
  • ESXi Image Profile, selecting for / Choosing an ESXi Image Profile to deploy, How to do it…
  • testing / Testing Auto Deploy, How it works…
  • first boot / First boot
  • subsequent boot / Subsequent boot
• vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
  • about / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
  • components / vSphere Auto Deploy architecture
• vSphere Auto Deploy files
  • used, for configuring TFTP server / Configuring a TFTP Server with Auto Deploy files, How to do it…, How it works…
• vSphere Auto Deploy server
  • installing / Installing an Auto Deploy server, How to do it…
• vSphere DPM
  • configuring / Configuring vSphere Distributed Power Management, Getting ready, How it works…
• vSphere DRS
  • about / Introduction
  • enabling, on cluster / Enabling vSphere DRS on a cluster, How it works…
  • working / How it works…
• vSphere environment
  • preparing, for vSphere Auto Deploy / Preparing a vSphere environment for vSphere Auto Deploy
• vSphere HA
  • about / Introduction
  • enabling, on cluster / Enabling vSphere HA on a cluster, How to do it..., How it works...
  • host isolation response, setting / Setting the host isolation response for an HA cluster, How to do it...
  • VM restart priority, setting / Setting the VM restart priority for an HA cluster, How it works...
• vSphere HA Admission Control
  • configuring / Configuring vSphere HA Admission Control, How to do it..., How it works...
  • methods / Configuring vSphere HA Admission Control
  • failover capacity / How it works...
• vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) / Choosing an ESXi Image Profile to deploy
• vSphere network
  • preparing, for iSCSI multipathing / Preparing the vSphere network for iSCSI multipathing, How to do it…, How it works…
• vSphere networking
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction
• vSphere Update Manager / Introduction
• vSphere Web Client
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction, There's more...
  • upgrading / How to do it..., There's more...
  • example / There's more...
  • used, for creating vSwitch / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for deleting vSwitch / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for creating VMKernel interface / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for deleting port group / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for deleting esxcli / Using esxcli
  • used, for adding uplink / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for mapping physical adapter (vmnic) dvUplink / How to do it..., Using the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for unmapping physical network adapter / There's more…
  • used, for viewing LUN information / Using the vSphere Web Client to view the LUNs
  • used. for viewing datastores / Using the vSphere Web Client to view the datastores
• vSphere Web Client GUI
  • using / Using the vSphere Web Client GUI
  • used, for unmounting VMFS datastore / Using the vSphere Web Client GUI to unmount a datastore
  • used, for mounting VMFS datastore / Using the vSphere Web Client UI to mount
  • used, for upgrading VMFS / Upgrading the VMFS using the vSphere Web Client GUI
• vSphere Web Client interface
  • used, for deploying vMA appliance / How to do it…
• vStorage API for Storage Awareness (VASA) / Introduction
• vSwitch
  • about / Introduction, Creating a vSphere Standard Switch
  • creating / How to do it…, How it works…
  • creating, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • creating, with esxcli / Using esxcli
  • deleting / Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch
  • deleting, with vSphere Web Client / Using the vSphere Web Client
  • deleting, with esxcli / Using esxcli
• vSwitch, to VDS
  • virtual machine network, migrating from / Migrating a virtual machine network from a vSphere Standard Switch to a vSphere Distributed Switch, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works...
• VUM
  • about / Introduction
  • database connectivity, preparing for / Preparing database connectivity for VUM, How to do it…, How it works...
  • installing / Installing vSphere Update Manager, How to do it...
  • plugin, installing / Installing the vSphere Update Manager plugin, How to do it...
• VUM plugin
  • installing / Installing the vSphere Update Manager plugin, How to do it...

W

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) / How it works…
• Windows Performance Monitor (PerfMon) / How it works…