Index
A
- Active adapters / How it works…
- Active Directory (AD) / How to do it…
- Add Host wizard / How it works…
- AMD-V / How it works…
- AMD No Execute (NX) / How to do it…
- AMD RVI / How it works…
- anti-affinity rules
- Application owners
- roles / How it works…
- architecture design document
- creating / Creating the architecture design document, How it works...
- contents / How to do it...
- sample outline / How it works...
- assumptions / How it works…
- A001 / Assumptions
- A002 / Assumptions
- A003 / Assumptions
B
- Basic Input Output System (BIOS) / Virtual machines
- Business unit managers
- roles / How it works…
C
- CA / How it works…
- Capacity Assessment (CA) / How to do it…
- Capacity Planner
- engaging, steps / How to do it…
- working / How it works…, There's more…
- Capacity Planner assessments
- CE / How it works…
- CA / How it works…
- Capacity Planner collector / How it works…
- Capacity Planner engagement / How it works…
- Capacity Planner tool / Introduction
- CE / How it works…
- Certificate Authority (CA) / How to do it…
- Change Block Tracking (CBT) / Replicating virtual machines with vSphere Replication
- Clone to Template wizard / How it works…
- Community PVLAN / How it works…
- compute
- about / Introduction
- conceptual design
- creating / Creating the conceptual design, How it works...
- example / How it works...
- design requirements / Design requirements
- design constraints / Design constraints
- assumptions / Assumptions, There's more...
- Consolidation Estimate (CE) / How to do it…
- constraints / How it works…
- converged network adapters (CNA) / How to do it…
- Converged Network Adapters (CNA) / How to do it..., How it works…
- Converter Standalone agent / How to do it…
- Convert to Template wizard / How to do it…
- CPU Hot Add and Memory Hot Plug
- about / Enabling CPU Hot Add and Memory Hot Plug
- enabling / How to do it…
- working / How it works…
- CPU resources requirement
- about / Calculating CPU resource requirements
- calculating / How to do it…, How it works…
- Create Storage dialog / How to do it…
- custom ESXi image
- creaing / Creating a custom ESXi image, How to do it…
- working / How it works…, There's more…
- Custom ISOs tab / There's more…
D
- database interoperability
- determining / Determining database interoperability, How to do it…, How it works...
- datacenter
- designing, with holistic approach / Using a holistic approach to datacenter design, How to do it..., How it works...
- Data Collector Set / How to do it…
- Data Collector Set application / How to do it…
- data fragment (DF) / There's more…
- datastore
- about / Sizing datastores, How to do it...
- sizing / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- cluster, creating / There's more...
- datastore clusters
- best practices / There's more...
- dependencies
- identifying / Identifying dependencies, How it works…
- mapping, diagram / How it works…
- Deploy VM from this Template wizard / How to do it…
- design
- influencing, factors / Introduction
- presenting, for approval / Presenting the design
- presentation informationroval / How it works...
- implementing / Implementing the design
- implementing, steps / How to do it...
- design assumptions
- making / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- design constraints
- identifying / Identifying design constraints, How it works...
- design documentation / Introduction
- design factors
- about / Identifying the design factors
- identifying, requirements / How to do it…
- identifying / How it works…
- functional requirements / How it works…
- nonfunctional requirements / How it works…
- assumptions / How it works…
- constraints / How it works…
- risks / How it works…
- determining / Introduction
- design factors, determining factors
- Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) / How it works…
- Service-Level Objective (SLO) / How it works…
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / How it works…
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO) / How it works…
- Operation-Level Agreements (OLAs) / How it works…
- design process
- phases, diagram / Introduction
- design requirements
- identifying / Identifying design requirements, How to do it..., How it works...
- functional requirements / Identifying design requirements
- nonfunctional requirements / Identifying design requirements
- existing environment size / How it works...
- design risks
- identifying / Identifying design risks, How it works...
- Destination Location / How to do it…
- Destination Virtual Machine / How to do it…
- Direct
- using, best practices / How it works...
- Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) / The hypervisor, How to do it…
- DirectPath I/O / There's more…
- discovery process
- discovery phase / Introduction
- about / Introduction
- tools / Introduction
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / Virtual infrastructure management, vMotion network design considerations, Introduction
- Distributed switch only option / How to do it…
- distributed virtual switches / Standard or distributed virtual switches
- documented design
- contents / Introduction
E
- EMC Avamar / Deploying VMware Data Protection
- end users
- roles / How it works…
- Enterprise Edition / Protecting the virtual datacenter with Site Recovery Manager
- ESXi
- host configuration / Backing up ESXi host configurations
- host logging / Configuring ESXi host logging
- ESXi host BIOS settings
- about / Best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings
- best practices / How to do it…, How it works…
- ESXi host configurations
- about / Backing up ESXi host configurations
- backing up / How to do it..., There's more…
- ESXi host logging
- about / Configuring ESXi host logging
- configuring / How to do it…, How it works…
- EsxImageProfile PowerCLI command / How to do it…
- EsxSoftwarePackage PowerCLI command / How to do it…
- EVC
- Extended Page Tables (EPT) / How to do it…
- Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) / Virtual machines
F
- -flat.vmdk file extension / Virtual machines
- Failback setting / How it works…
- FC
- about / How it works...
- using, best practices / How it works...
- FCoE
- about / How it works...
- using, best practices / How it works...
- fixed host / How it works...
- functional requirements / How it works…
G
- Get-EsxImageProfile PowerCLI command / How to do it…
- gigabits per second (Gbps) / Determining network bandwidth requirements
- Gigabytes (GB)
- calculating / Calculating storage capacity requirements
H
- HA resources
- reserving, for failover support / Reserving HA resources to support failover, How it works…
- HCL / How it works...
- High Availability (HA) / Introduction
- holistic approach
- using, to design datacenter / Using a holistic approach to datacenter design, How to do it...
- Host Bus Adapter (HBA) / How it works...
- hypervisor
- diagram / Introduction
- about / The hypervisor
I
- implementation plan
- about / Writing an implementation plan
- contents / How to do it...
- writing / How it works...
- access requirements / How it works...
- facility requirements / How it works...
- hardware requirements / How it works...
- high-level overview / How it works...
- project documentation deliverables / How it works...
- outline / How it works...
- Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) / How to do it…
- installation guide
- developing / Developing an installation guide, How it works...
- contents / How to do it...
- for examples / How it works...
- outline / How it works...
- Intel Execute Disable (XD) / How to do it…
- Intel VTx / How it works…
- IOPS requirements
- calculating / How to do it...
- IP storage network
- design considerations / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- Software FCoE adapter, enabling / How it works…
- jumbo frames, enabling / There's more…
- iSCSI
- about / How it works...
- using, best practices / How it works...
- Isolated PVLAN / How it works…
- IT
- roles / How it works…
L
- .log file extension / Virtual machines
- Link Status Only option / How it works…
- load balancing policies
- applying, to virtual switches / How it works…
- Local Area Network (LAN) / How it works…
- locally installed database
- selecting, reasons / How it works…
- Logical Unit Number (LUN) / The hypervisor
M
- management availability
- desigining for / Designing for management availability, How to do it…, How it works…
- management cluster
- best practices / How to do it…
- sizing / How to do it…
- designing / How it works…, There's more…
- management components
- securing / Securing the management components, How to do it…
- best practices / There's more…
- maximum utilization threshold / How it works…
- megabits per second (Mbps) / Determining network bandwidth requirements
- memory resource requirements
- about / Calculating memory resource requirements
- calculating / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- Microsoft Windows PerfMon / Using Windows Performance Monitor
- Most Recently Used (MRU) / How it works...
- Multiple-NIC vMotion
- about / How it works…
- configuring / How it works…
- mutlipathing
- about / Storage path selection plugins
- determining / How to do it...
N
- .nvram file extension / Virtual machines
- NAS / How it works...
- Native Multipathing PSPs
- fixed host / How it works...
- Most Recently Used (MRU) / How it works...
- Round Robin (RR) / How it works...
- network availability
- providing / Providing network availability
- network bandwidth requirements
- determining / Determining network bandwidth requirements, How it works…, There's more…
- Network File System (NFS) / Virtual machines
- Network Interface Controller (NIC) / How it works…
- network resource
- managing / How to do it…, How it works…
- traffic shaping / How it works…
- traffic shaping / How it works…
- New Cluster dialog / How it works…
- New vApp wizard / How to do it…
- New VM Guest Customization Spec wizard / There's more…
- NFS
- about / How it works...
- best practices / How it works...
- NMP
- about / How it works...
- NMP PSP policies / How it works...
- non-uniform memory architecture (NUMA) / How to do it…
- nonfunctional requirements / How it works…
O
- Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (OpenLDAP) / How to do it…
- Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) / Virtual machines
- Open Virtualization Format (OVF) / Virtual machines
- Operation-Level Agreements (OLAs) / How it works…
- operational procedures
- about / Writing operational procedures
- information, requiring / How to do it...
- writing / How it works...
- procedure examples / How it works...
- outline example / How it works...
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) / Identifying when not to virtualize
P
- path selection policy
- Native Multipathing PSP / How it works...
- changing / How it works...
- Performance Monitor (PerfMon) / Introduction
- Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) / How to do it...
- Physical-to-Physical (P2P) / How it works…
- Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) / How it works…
- physical compute design
- about / Creating the physical compute design
- factors / How to do it…
- creating / How to do it…
- logical specification / How it works…
- influencing, factors / How it works…
- example / How it works…
- diagram example / How it works…
- physical network design
- about / Understanding the physical network design
- factors / How to do it…
- completing steps / How to do it…
- working / How it works…
- logical network design specifications / How it works…
- influencing, factors / How it works…
- diagram / How it works…
- physical servers
- converting, vCenter Converter Standalone used / How to do it…, How it works…
- physical storage design
- about / Understanding the physical storage design
- steps / How to do it…
- logical specifications / How it works…
- influencing, factors / How it works…
- Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) / How it works...
- PowerCLI
- downloading / How to do it…
- project documentation deliverables
- architecture design / How it works...
- implementation plan / How it works...
- installation guide / How it works...
- validation test plan / How it works...
- operational procedures / How it works...
- Promiscuous PVLAN / How it works…
- protection groups / How it works…
- PSP
- about / How it works...
- optimal PSP / How it works...
- PVLANs
- about / Using private VLANs
- using / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- working / How it works…
- Promiscuous PVLAN / How it works…
- Community PVLAN / How it works…
- Isolated PVLAN / How it works…
- configuring, on Cisco IOS switch / There's more…
Q
- Quality of Service (QoS) / How it works…
R
- RAID
- about / Identifying RAID levels
- RAID0 / How it works...
- RAID1 / How it works...
- RAID1+0 / How it works...
- RAID1/0 / How it works...
- RAID5 / How it works...
- RAID6 / How it works...
- RAID levels
- identifying / Identifying RAID levels, How it works...
- RAID0 / How it works...
- RAID1 / How it works...
- RAID 1/0 / How it works...
- RAID 1+0 / How it works...
- RAID 10 / How it works...
- RAID5 / How it works...
- RAID6 / How it works...
- Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) / How to do it…
- Ready to Complete screen / How to do it…
- recovery plans / How it works…
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO) / How it works…
- Recovery settings menu / How to do it…
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / How it works…
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) / How it works…
- Restore distributed switch and all port groups option / How it works…
- Restore distributed switch only option / How it works…
- right-sizing
- about / Right-sizing virtual machines
- virtual machines / How to do it…, How it works…
- risks / How it works…
- Round Robin (RR) / How it works...
- RPO
- about / Introduction
- RTO
- about / How it works..., Introduction
S
- SATP / How it works...
- scaling in / How it works…, There's more…
- scaling out / Scaling up or scaling out, How it works…, There's more…
- scaling up / Scaling up or scaling out
- Secure Shell (SSH) / The hypervisor, How to do it…
- Secure Shell Daemon (SSHD) / How it works…
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / How it works…
- Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) / How it works…
- Service-Level Objective (SLO) / How it works…
- Single Points of Failure (SPOF) / Providing network availability
- Single Sign-On (SSO) server) / Identifying vCenter components and dependencies
- Site Recovery Manager (SRM) / There's more…
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / How it works...
- SRM
- about / Protecting the virtual datacenter with Site Recovery Manager
- used, for virtual datacenter protection / How to do it…, How it works…
- SSO
- SSO Configuration
- backing up / How to do it…
- stakeholder interview
- conducting / Conducting stakeholder interviews, How it works…
- business requirements questions / How to do it…
- technical requirements questions / How to do it…
- design factors, determining factors / How it works…
- stakeholders
- about / Identifying stakeholders
- identifying / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- C-level executives / How it works…
- Business unit managers or directors / How it works…
- Application owners / How it works…
- IT / How it works…
- Application or end users / How it works…
- interviews, conducting / Conducting stakeholder interviews
- Standard Edition / Protecting the virtual datacenter with Site Recovery Manager
- standard virtual switch (vSwitch) / How it works…
- Standby adapters / How it works…
- statement of work / Writing an implementation plan
- Storage Area Network (SAN) / The hypervisor
- storage capacity
- measuring / Calculating storage capacity requirements
- requirement, calculating / How to do it..., There's more...
- storage capacity requirements
- calculating / How to do it..., There's more...
- storage connectivity requirements
- calculating / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- storage performance requirements
- calculating / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) / How it works…
- storage throughput
- calculating / Calculating storage throughput, How it works...
- requirements, calculating / How to do it...
- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) / How it works…
- Summary screen / How to do it…
- Summary tab / How it works…
T
- TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) / How it works...
- Teaming and failover options / How it works…
- Terabytes (TB)
- calculating / Calculating storage capacity requirements
- traffic shaping or Network I/O Control (NIOC) / How it works…
- traffic shaping policy
- bandwidth characteristics, applying / How it works…
- Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) / The hypervisor, There's more…, How it works…
U
- Unused adapters / How it works…
V
- .vmdk file extension / Virtual machines
- .vmsd file extension / Virtual machines
- .vmsn file extension / Virtual machines
- .vmx file extension / Virtual machines
- .vswp file extension / Virtual machines
- validation test plan
- active adapters / How it works…
- standby adapters / How it works…
- unused adapters / How it works…
- about / Creating a validation test plan
- information, requiring / How to do it..., How it works...
- usability testing procedures, examples / How it works...
- reliability testing procedures, examples / How it works...
- example / How it works...
- vApps
- used, for virtualized application organization / Using vApps to organize virtualized applications, How to do it…, How it works…
- about / How it works…
- VCAP5-DCA exam
- about / Passing the VMware VCAP-DCD exam
- VCAP5-DCD exam
- about / Passing the VMware VCAP-DCD exam, Getting ready
- passing / How to do it…
- tips / How to do it…
- vCenter
- components, identifying / Identifying vCenter components and dependencies
- deployment option, selecting / Selecting a vCenter deployment option, How to do it…, How it works…
- system requirements, determining / Determining the vCenter system requirements, How to do it…, How it works…
- SSO mode, choosing / Choosing a vCenter Single Sign-On deployment mode, How it works…, There's more…
- server components, backing up / Backing up the vCenter Server components, How to do it…, How it works...
- Server Heartbeat, using / Using vCenter Server Heartbeat to provide vCenter availability
- protecting, with vCenter Server Heartbeat / How it works…
- vCenter components
- about / Identifying vCenter components and dependencies
- VMware SSO / How to do it…
- VMware vCenter Inventory Service / How to do it…
- VMware vCenter Server / How to do it…
- VMware vSphere Web Client / How to do it…
- working / How it works…
- dependencies / How it works…
- vSphere virtual environment / There's more…
- vCenter Converter Standalone
- used, for physical servers conversion / Converting physical servers with vCenter Converter Standalone, How to do it…, How it works…
- about / How to do it…
- vCenter deployment
- option, selecting / Selecting a vCenter deployment option, How to do it…, How it works…
- database, selecting for / How to do it…, How it works…
- vCenter Inventory Service
- backing up, on VCSA / How to do it…
- vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPs) / How it works…
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) / Virtual infrastructure management
- vCenter Server components
- installation order / How to do it…
- about / Backing up the vCenter Server components
- backing up / How to do it…
- vCenter Server Heartbeat
- about / Using vCenter Server Heartbeat to provide vCenter availability
- using, for vCenter availability / How to do it…, How it works…
- vCenter SSL certificates
- backing up / How to do it…
- vCenter SSO deployment mode
- selecting / How to do it…, How it works…
- in multisite mode / How it works…
- vCenter system requirements
- determining / Determining the vCenter system requirements, How to do it…, How it works…
- VCP5-DCV exam
- about / Getting ready
- vCPU-to-core ratio
- about / Determining the vCPU-to-core ratio
- determining / How to do it…, How it works…
- VCSA
- about / How it works…
- limitations / How it works…
- VDP
- about / Deploying VMware Data Protection
- A / Deploying VMware Data Protection
- deploying / How to do it…, How it works…
- VDP Advanced (VDPA)
- about / Deploying VMware Data Protection
- vDSwitch
- about / How it works…
- using, features / How it works…
- Network I/O Control configurations / How it works…
- Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) / How it works…
- Virtual CPUs (vCPUs) / Identifying when not to virtualize
- virtual datacenter
- protecting, with SRM / Protecting the virtual datacenter with Site Recovery Manager, How it works…
- virtual datacenter architect
- becoming / How to do it…
- virtual distributed switch
- using / How it works…
- virtual distributed switch configurations
- about / Backing up virtual distributed switch configurations
- backing up / How to do it…, How it works…
- Virtual distributed switches (vDSwitches)
- configuring / How it works…
- virtual infrastructure management
- virtualization
- about / Introduction
- benefits / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- non-suitability reasons / Identifying when not to virtualize
- virtualization, benefits
- vSphere ESXi / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- HA / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- vMotion and the VMware DRS / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- Resource pools / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- thin provisioning / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- Hot add CPU and memory / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- Storage vMotion / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- vSphere Data Protection (VDP) / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- vCenter Server / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- vCenter Server Linked Mode / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- Host Profiles / Understanding the benefits of virtualization
- virtualized applications
- organizing, with vApps / Using vApps to organize virtualized applications, How to do it…, How it works…
- Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) / How to do it..., How to do it…
- virtual machine
- about / Virtual machines
- file extensions / Virtual machines
- deploying, with methods / Virtual machines
- templates, creating / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- Virtual Machine Affinity Rule / There's more…
- Virtual machine anti-affinity rules / There's more…
- virtual machine design
- about / Introduction
- Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) / There's more…
- Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) / The hypervisor
- virtual machines
- right-sizing / Right-sizing virtual machines
- right-sizing / How to do it…, How it works…
- replicating, with vSphere Replication / Replicating virtual machines with vSphere Replication, How to do it…, How it works…
- virtual machines backup
- VMware Data Protection, using for / How to do it…, How it works…
- virtual machine templates
- virtual machine workloads
- backing up, methods / Introduction
- virtual switch security
- about / Virtual switch security
- working / How to do it…, How it works…
- Security settings, applying / How it works…
- virtual switch security settings
- promiscuous mode / How it works…
- MAC address changes / How it works…
- Forged transmits / How it works…
- VM affinity rules
- VMkernel network connectivity
- bandwidth requirements / How it works…
- vmkping command / There's more…
- vMotion network
- about / vMotion network design considerations
- design considerations / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- VMware
- Capacity Planner / VMware Capacity Planner
- VMware Capacity Planner Dashboard
- URL / How it works…
- VMware Capacity Planner Data Manager
- diagram / How it works…
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional-Data Center Design (VCAP-DC) / Introduction
- VMware Data Protection
- using, for virtual machines backup / Using VMware Data Protection to back up virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…
- VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) / Storage connectivity options
- VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) / Storage connectivity options
- VMware HCL
- using / How to do it…, There's more…
- VMware HCL
- VMware High Availability (HA) / Virtual infrastructure management, Storage connectivity options
- VMware SSO / How to do it…
- VMware vCenter Inventory Service / How to do it…
- VMware vCenter Server / How to do it…
- VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) / There's more...
- VMware vSphere Web Client / How to do it…
- vSphere
- virtual network switch technologies / Introduction
- compute design / Introduction
- vSphere 5.x
- IP-based storage protocols / IP storage network design considerations
- vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) / How it works…
- vSphere Client
- path management, displaying in / How it works...
- vSphere cluster
- about / Clustering compute resources
- working / How it works…
- vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI) / Virtual infrastructure management, How to do it…
- vSphere Command-line Interface (vCLI) / How it works…
- vSphere Data Protection management option / How to do it…
- vSphere design
- storage / Introduction
- requirements / Introduction
- vSphere DRS
- used, for cluster resources balancing / Using distributed resource scheduling to balance cluster resources, How it works…
- enabling / How it works…
- vSphere Enterprise Plus Licensing / How it works…
- vSphere High Availability (HA) / Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS / There's more...
- vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) / How to do it…
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) / Virtual infrastructure management, How it works…
- vSphere physical design
- about / Introduction
- vSphere Replication
- about / Replicating virtual machines with vSphere Replication, How it works…
- used, for virtual machine replication / Replicating virtual machines with vSphere Replication, How to do it…, How it works…
- vSphere virtual environment
- VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) tool / There's more…
- ESXi Dump Collector tool / There's more…
- VMware vSphere Syslog Collector tool / There's more…
- VMware vSphere Auto Deploy tool / There's more…
- VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy tool / There's more…
- vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) / How it works..., How it works…
- vSwitch / How it works…
W
- Wide Area Network (WAN) / How it works…
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) / How it works…
- Windows Performance Monitor
- about / Using Windows Performance Monitor
- using / How to do it…
- working / How it works…, There's more…