Index

A

• Admission Control
  • enabling / How to do it...
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
  • about / How it works...
• affinity rules
  • types / Automating VM placement with VM affinity
• Affinity rules feature
  • about / Automating VM placement with VM affinity
• alarm
  • creating, in vCenter Client / How to do it...
• application monitoring
  • about / Configuring the HA feature
• Application Program Interface (API)
  • about / Automating VM deployments

B

• backup retention policy
  • configuring / Configuring the backup retention policy
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • about / Getting ready
• baselines
  • creating / Creating baselines and groups
  • attaching, to hosts / Attaching baselines or groups to hosts
• behavior, Lockdown mode
  • about / Securing host management access
• behavior, Normal mode
  • about / Securing host management access
• Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  • about / Configuring the HA feature

C

• Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
  • about / Backing up/restoring .vmdk files
• CLI
  • about / Getting familiar with new CLI
• Compare VMware vSphere Editions page
  • URL / vSphere editions
• CPU, VM
  • increasing / Increasing a VM's RAM and CPU online, How to do it..., There's more…
• customizations
  • creating / Delivering new VMs faster with customizations, How to do it...
  • about / Delivering new VMs faster with customizations
  • using / Using customization
  • troubleshooting / Troubleshooting customizations, How to do it...
• custom policy / There's more…

D

• database cluster
  • about / Clustering the database
  • pros / Clustering the database
  • cons / Clustering the database
• datastore cluster
  • creating / Creating a datastore cluster
• datastores
  • grouping, into folders / Creating folders for datastores
  • tagging / Enable storage profiles and tag datastores
• datastore space utilization
  • controlling / Controlling datastore space utilization
  • default alarm, disabling / Disabling default alarm
  • folders, creating for datastores / Creating folders for datastores
  • alarm definitions, creating / Creating alarm definitions for each folder
• direct-to-host restore option
  • about / Restoring VM backup without vCenter
• disk formats
  • converting / Converting disk formats
• disk provisioning
  • selecting, for new VMs / Choosing disk provisioning for new VMs
• Distributed Power Management (DPM)
  • about / Optimizing host power consumption
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • about / Balancing loads between hosts, Automating VM placement with VM affinity
• Distributed Switch configuration
  • exporting, in Web Client / How to do it...
• DRS
  • disabling / Disabling DRS
• DRS cluster
  • creating / Creating a DRS cluster

E

• email alerts
  • visibility, improving with / Improving visibility with email alerts
  • testing / Testing email alerts
  • configuring / Configuring email alerts for important events
• esxcli
  • about / Getting familiar with new CLI
  • user authentication / Getting familiar with new CLI
  • formatter options / Formatter options
  • management operations / Management operations
  • power operations / Power operations
  • networking operations / Networking operations
• ESXi host
  • configuring / Configuring the ESXi host for Netdump
• example, workflow / Delivering new VMs faster with templates
• existing VMs
  • adding, to datastore cluster / Adding existing VMs to a datastore cluster

F

• failover hosts
  • host redundancy, protecting with / Protecting host redundancy with failover hosts, How to do it...
• Fault Tolerance (FT)
  • about / Ensuring 100 percent uptime for critical VMs
• firewall
  • configuring, from CLI / Configuring the firewall from CLI
  • rules, working with / Working with rules
• Flash Read Cache
  • host productivity, improving / Improving host productivity with Flash Read Cache, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • about / Improving host productivity with Flash Read Cache, Speeding up VMs with Flash Read Cache
  • VMs, speeding up with / Speeding up VMs with Flash Read Cache, Getting ready, How to do it...
• FT
  • about / Introduction
  • enabling, requirements / Getting ready
  • enabling / How to do it...
  • disabling / Disabling FT, There's more…

G

• groups
  • creating / Creating baselines and groups
  • attaching, to hosts / Attaching baselines or groups to hosts

H

• HA
  • about / Introduction, Configuring the HA feature
• HA feature
  • configuring / Configuring the HA feature, How to do it...
  • host protection, enabling / Enabling host protection
  • VM monitoring, enabling / Enabling VM monitoring
• Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
  • about / Getting ready
• hardware versions
  • comparing / Using new virtual hardware
• host configuration
  • maintaining / Keeping host configuration consistent, Getting ready
  • profile creating, reference host used / Creating a profile using a reference host
  • host, adding to profile / Add a host to a profile
  • host's compliance, checking / Check a host's compliance
  • profile, applying to host / Applying a profile to a host
• hostd
  • bypassing / Bypassing "hostd" when it's unresponsive with CLI, How to do it...
• host local storage
  • utilizing / Utilizing host local storage, How to do it...
  • VMkernel NIC, creating for vSAN / Create VMkernel NIC for vSAN
  • vSAN, enabling on cluster level / Enable vSAN on cluster level
  • vSAN disk groups, creating / Create vSAN disk groups
  • storage policy, creating / Creating a storage policy, How it works...
• host logs
  • storing, on shared datastore / Storing host logs on a shared datastore, How to do it..., There's more…
• host management access
  • securing / Securing host management access, How to do it...
  • Common Information Model (CIM) / Securing host management access
  • Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) / Securing host management access
  • Tech support mode (TSM) / Securing host management access
  • vSphere Application Programming Interface (API) / Securing host management access
• host monitoring
  • about / Configuring the HA feature
• host power consumption
  • optimizing / Optimizing host power consumption, Getting ready
  • DPM, configuring / Configuring DPM
  • HPM, configuring / Configuring HPM, How it works..., There's more…
• Host Power Management (HPM)
  • about / Optimizing host power consumption
• host productivity
  • improving, with Flash Read Cache / Improving host productivity with Flash Read Cache, Getting ready, How to do it...
• host profiles
  • about / Keeping host configuration consistent
• host protection
  • enabling / Enabling host protection
• host redundancy
  • protecting, for equally sized hosts / Protecting host redundancy for equally sized hosts, How to do it...
  • protecting, for significantly different hosts / Protecting host redundancy for significantly different hosts, How to do it...
  • protecting, with failover hosts / Protecting host redundancy with failover hosts, How to do it...
• hosts
  • accessing, via SSH / Accessing hosts via SSH
  • deploying, with scripted installation / Deploying new hosts faster with scripted installation
  • deploying, with auto deploy / Deploying new hosts faster with auto deploy, Getting ready
• hosts, with auto deploy
  • TFTP server, configuring / Configuring the TFTP server
  • image profile, assigning to hosts / Assigning an image profile to hosts
  • host profile, assigning to hosts / Assigning a host profile to hosts
  • assigning, to folder in vCenter / Assigning a host to a folder or cluster in vCenter, How it works...
  • assigning, to cluster in vCenter / Assigning a host to a folder or cluster in vCenter, How it works...
• hosts, with scripted installation
  • installation script, creating / Creating an installation script
  • installation script used, for configuring ESXi / Use the installation script to configure ESXi
• Host Swap Cache
  • enabling / How to do it...
  • settings, checking / How to do it...
• Hot Add
  • about / Increasing a VM's RAM and CPU online
• Hot Add, of CPUs
  • about / Getting ready
• Hot Add, of RAM
  • about / Getting ready
• HotPlug
  • enabling / How to do it...
• HPM power options
  • about / How it works...
  • high performance policy / How it works...
  • balanced policy / How it works...
  • low power policy / How it works...
• hyper-threading
  • using / How to do it...
• hypervisor
  • about / vCPU versus pCPU and time slots
• hypervisor swapping
  • about / Limiting resources used by VMs

I

• I/O needs
  • meeting, with VMWare Paravirtual controller / Meeting higher I/O needs with the VMware Paravirtual controller
• I/Os
  • limiting, per VM / Limiting I/Os per VM
• individual VM settings Web client
  • changing / How to do it...
• install command
  • about / Creating an installation script
• installorupgrade command
  • about / Creating an installation script
• internal flows
  • about / There's more…

K

• KB 1028019 article
  • URL / Upgrading the virtual hardware
• KB article 1006025
  • URL / There's more…
• KB article 2014140
  • URL / There's more…
• Knowledge Base article KB2002531
  • URL / There's more…

L

• Limit parameter
  • about / Creating network resource pool
• limits
  • about / Limiting resources used by VMs
• Linked Mode groups
  • about / Managing several vCenter Servers from one client
• loads
  • balancing, between hosts / Balancing loads between hosts, Getting ready
  • balancing, between datastores / Balancing loads between datastores, How to do it...
• Lockdown Mode
  • enabling, from vCenter / How to do it...
  • enabling, from Web Client / How to do it...
  • enabling, from ESXi console / Enable Lockdown mode from the ESXi console
• Lockdown mode
  • about / Securing host management access
• logging options
  • Syslog.global.logDirUnique / There's more…
  • Syslog.global.defaultRotate / There's more…
  • Syslog.global.defaultSize / There's more…

M

• MAC address prefix
  • selecting / Choosing a MAC address prefix, How to do it...
• management interfaces
  • about / Securing host management access
• management network configuration recovery
  • about / Management network configuration recovery, How to do it...

N

• Netdump collector service
  • configuring / Configuring the Netdump collector service
• NetFlow protocol
  • about / Gathering network traffic, There's more…
  • configuring, in Web Client / How to do it...
• Network command
  • about / Creating an installation script
• Network I/O Control (NIOC)
  • about / Limiting VM network I/O consumption
• network performance
  • improving, with VMXNET 3 network adapter / Improving network performance with the VMXNET 3 network adapter, How to do it...
• network rollback / Management network configuration recovery
  • disabling / How to do it...
• network traffic
  • gathering / Gathering network traffic
• NUMA
  • configuring, during RAM configuration / Considering NUMA when configuring RAM, How to do it...

O

• objects
  • scanning / Scanning and remediating objects
  • remediating / Scanning and remediating objects
  • categorizing, in environment / Categorizing objects in the environment, How to do it...
• options, installation script
  • about / Use the installation script to configure ESXi
• options, timeout
  • Minimum uptime / Tuning up vSphere HA
  • Maximum per-VM resets / Tuning up vSphere HA
  • Maximum resets time window / Tuning up vSphere HA

P

• 100 percent uptime
  • ensuring, for critical VMs / Ensuring 100 percent uptime for critical VMs, Getting ready, How to do it...
• passthroughauth option
  • about / Getting familiar with new CLI
• pCPU
  • versus vCPU / vCPU versus pCPU and time slots
• policies
  • about / Automating VM placement with storage profiles
• policy types
  • about / Protecting host redundancy for significantly different hosts
• PowerCLI
  • about / Automating VM deployments
• Power Usage / There's more…
• processor performance states, in ACPI
  • C0 / How it works...
  • C1 / How it works...
  • C2 / How it works...
  • C3 / How it works...
• Profile Driven Storage
  • about / Automating VM placement with storage profiles
• profile workflow
  • about / How to do it...
• protocols, ESXi
  • about / Getting ready
  • Wake-on-LAN (WOL) / Getting ready
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) / Getting ready
  • Integrated Lights Out (iLO) / Getting ready
• PSTATE MHZ / There's more…
• PVSCSI, for existing OS virtual drives
  • about / PVSCSI for existing OS virtual drives
• PVSCSI, for new virtual drives
  • about / PVSCSI for new virtual drives
• PVSCSI, for new VM
  • about / PVSCSI for a new VM

Q

• QoS tag
  • about / Creating network resource pool

R

• RAM, VM
  • increasing / Increasing a VM's RAM and CPU online, How to do it...
• Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
  • about / Getting ready
• remote logging
  • configuring / Configuring remote logging, How to do it...
• reservations
  • about / Ensuring VMs have enough resources to run
• resource pools
  • about / Grouping VMs by resource usage
  • creating / How to do it...
  • editing / How to do it...
  • deleting / How to do it...
• resources, VMs
  • availability / Ensuring VMs have enough resources to run, How to do it...
  • limiting / Limiting resources used by VMs, How to do it...

S

• scheduled tasks
  • using / There's more…
• scheduler
  • tasks, automating with / Automating tasks with a scheduler, How to do it...
• SDRD recommendations
  • reviewing / Reviewing and applying recommendations
  • applying / Reviewing and applying recommendations
• SDRS
  • about / Configuring storage load balancing thresholds
• SDRS rules
  • Intra-VM / Automating VM placement with storage affinity
  • VM-to-VM / Automating VM placement with storage affinity
• several vCenter servers
  • managing, from one client / Managing several vCenter Servers from one client, Getting ready
• shared datastore
  • host logs, storing on / Storing host logs on a shared datastore, How to do it..., There's more…
• Share option
  • about / Creating network resource pool
• shares
  • VMs, prioritizing with / Prioritizing VMs with shares, How to do it...
  • about / Prioritizing VMs with shares
• SIOC
  • enabling, on datastore / Enabling SIOC on a datastore
• snapshots
  • about / Managing the space used by snapshots
  • space, managing / Managing the space used by snapshots, How to do it...
• Software Development Kit (SDK)
  • about / Configuring the HA feature, Automating VM deployments
• Solid State Disk (SDD)
  • about / Getting ready
• space
  • managing, used by snapshots / Managing the space used by snapshots, How to do it...
• space usage
  • controlling, by snapshots / Controlling the space used by snapshots, How to do it...
• SRDS
  • about / Balancing loads between datastores
  • features / Balancing loads between datastores
  • resource aggregation / Balancing loads between datastores
  • Initial placement / Balancing loads between datastores
  • load balancing / Balancing loads between datastores
  • datastore maintenance mode / Balancing loads between datastores
  • affinity rules / Balancing loads between datastores
• SSH
  • hosts, accessing via / Accessing hosts via SSH
• SSH port
  • opening, on firewall / Opening the SSH port on the firewall
• SSH service
  • starting / Starting an SSH service, There's more…
• storage affinity
  • VM placement, automating with / Automating VM placement with storage affinity
  • Intra-VM rule, creating / Creating the Intra-VM rule
  • VM-to-VM rule, creating / Creating a VM-to-VM rule
  • default affinity rule, changing / Changing default affinity rule, There's more…
• Storage Area Networks (SAN)
  • about / Controlling storage space used by virtual disks
• Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS)
  • about / Controlling datastore space utilization
• storage load balancing thresholds
  • configuring / Configuring storage load balancing thresholds
• storage profiles
  • VM placement, automating with / Automating VM placement with storage profiles
  • enabling / Enable storage profiles and tag datastores
  • storage policy, creating / Creating storage policy
  • storage policy, assigning to VM / Assigning storage policy to a VM
• storage space
  • controlling, used by virtual disks / Controlling storage space used by virtual disks

T

• tagging
  • about / Categorizing objects in the environment
• tags
  • about / Automating VM placement with storage profiles, Categorizing objects in the environment
  • storage tag, creating / How to do it...
  • associating / How to do it...
• tasks
  • automating, with scheduler / Automating tasks with a scheduler, How to do it...
• task scheduler
  • about / Automating tasks with a scheduler
• template
  • creating / Delivering new VMs faster with templates, How to do it..., There's more…
• templates
  • maintaining, up to date / Keeping templates up to date, How to do it...
• thick provisioned disk
  • about / Controlling storage space used by virtual disks
• thin provisioned disk
  • about / Controlling storage space used by virtual disks
• third-party solutions
  • Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) / Third-party solutions
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn / Third-party solutions
  • Veritas Cluster Services (VCS) / Third-party solutions
• threshold
  • changing, for new clusters / Changing the threshold for new clusters
  • changing, for existing clusters / Changing the threshold for existing clusters, How it works...

U

• %USED / There's more…
• %UTIL / There's more…
• Update Manager plugin
  • about / Keeping hosts up to date
  • prerequisites / Getting ready
  • installing / Installing the Update Manager plugin
• Update Manager server
  • maintaining / Keeping hosts up to date
  • prerequisites / Getting ready
  • installing / Installing the Update Manager server
  • URL / Installing the Update Manager server
• Update Manager Web Client plugin
  • about / Keeping hosts up to date
• upgrade command
  • about / Creating an installation script

V

• .vmdk files
  • backing up / Backing up/restoring .vmdk files, Getting ready, VM backup, VM restore, There's more…
  • restoring / Backing up/restoring .vmdk files, Getting ready, VM backup, VM restore, There's more…
• vCenter
  • running, on VM / How to do it...
  • joining, to group / Joining vCenter to a group
  • removing, from group / Removing vCenter from a group
  • features / Accessing new vCenter features
  • virtualizing / Virtualizing vCenter
  • pros / Virtualizing vCenter
  • cons / Virtualizing vCenter
  • third-party solutions / Third-party solutions
  • configuring / How to do it...
• vCenter Client
  • using / Creating a VM-to-VM rule
• vCenter edition
  • selecting / Choosing the right vSphere and vCenter editions, vSphere editions, vCenter editions
  • defining / vCenter editions
  • comparision / vCenter editions
• vCenter features
  • accessing / Accessing new vCenter features, How to do it..., There's more…
• vCenter Server
  • URL / There's more…
• vCenter server, on VM
  • about / vCenter Server on a VM
• vCenter Server Appliance
  • URL / How to do it...
• vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)
  • about / Getting ready
• vCenter VM
  • protecting / Protecting the vCenter VM
  • cons / Third-party solutions
  • pros / Third-party solutions
• vCenter Web Client
  • about / Accessing new vCenter features
• vCPU
  • versus pCPU / vCPU versus pCPU and time slots
• VDP features
  • about / Backing up/restoring .vmdk files
• VDS configuration backup and restore
  • about / VDS configuration backup and restore, How to do it...
• Virtual Flash File System (VFFS)
  • about / Improving host productivity with Flash Read Cache
• virtual flash resource
  • configuring / Getting ready
• virtual hardware
  • using / Using new virtual hardware
  • version, selecting / Choosing a virtual hardware version
  • upgrading / Upgrading the virtual hardware
• virtual machine resource limits
  • changing / How to do it...
• virtual machine resource reservations
  • changing / How to do it...
• virtual machine shares
  • changing / How to do it...
• Virtual SAN (vSAN)
  • about / Utilizing host local storage
  • requirements / Getting ready
  • installing / How to do it...
  • enabling / Enable vSAN on cluster level
• visibility
  • improving, with email alerts / Improving visibility with email alerts
• VM
  • vCenter, running on / How to do it...
  • deploying, from template / How to do it...
• VM affinity
  • VM placement, automating with / Automating VM placement with VM affinity, How to do it...
  • VM-to-Host rules, creating / Creating VM-to-Host rules
  • VM-to-VM rules, creating / Creating VM-to-VM rules
• VM backup
  • defining / VM backup
  • restoring, without vCenter / Restoring VM backup without vCenter, How to do it...
• VM clone
  • scheduling / Scheduling the VM clone
  • script, creating / Creating the script
  • scheduled task, creating / Creating a scheduled task
• VM deployments
  • automating / Automating VM deployments
  • deployment script, creating / Creating a deployment script
  • deployment script, running / Running a deployment script
• VM FT status
  • verifying / Verifying VM FT status
• VMkernel dumps
  • redirecting, to another server / Redirecting VMkernel dumps to another server, How to do it...
  • Netdump collector service, configuring / Configuring the Netdump collector service
  • ESXi host, configuring / Configuring the ESXi host for Netdump
• VM monitoring
  • about / Configuring the HA feature
  • enabling / Enabling VM monitoring
• VM network I/O consumption
  • limiting / Limiting VM network I/O consumption
  • NIOC, enabling / Enabling NIOC
  • network resource pool, creating / Creating network resource pool
  • port groups, assigning to network resource pools / Assigning port groups to network resource pools
  • network resource pool, editing / Editing the network resource pool
  • network resource pool, deleting / Deleting a network resource pool
• VM options
  • configuring / Configuring VM options
• VM placement
  • advantages / Taking advantage of initial placement
  • automating, with storage profiles / Automating VM placement with storage profiles
  • automating, with VM affinity / Automating VM placement with VM affinity, How to do it...
  • automating, with storage affinity / Automating VM placement with storage affinity
• VM restore
  • defining / VM restore, There's more…
• VMs
  • prioritizing, for recovery / Prioritizing VMs for recovery, How to do it...
  • speeding up, with Flash Read Cache / Speeding up VMs with Flash Read Cache, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • prioritizing, with shares / Prioritizing VMs with shares, How to do it...
  • grouping, by resource usage / Grouping VMs by resource usage, How to do it..., There's more…
• VM snapshot file location
  • changing / Changing the VM snapshot file location
• VM storage I/O consumption
  • limiting / Limiting VM storage I/O consumption
• VMware KB 2003322
  • URL / There's more…
• VMware KB article 1004250
  • URL / Redirecting VMkernel dumps to another server
• VMware Knowledge Base
  • URL / How to do it...
• VMware Knowledge Base website
  • URL / Third-party solutions
• VMWare Paravirtual storage adapter (PVSCSI)
  • about / Meeting higher I/O needs with the VMware Paravirtual controller
  • supporting operating systems / Meeting higher I/O needs with the VMware Paravirtual controller
• VMware vSphere Network Dump Collector / Redirecting VMkernel dumps to another server
• VMware website
  • URL / Creating an image profile
• VMXNET 3
  • supporting operating systems / Improving network performance with the VMXNET 3 network adapter
• VMXNET 3 network adapter
  • network performance, improving with / Improving network performance with the VMXNET 3 network adapter, How to do it...
• vSphere
  • editions / vSphere editions
  • features / vSphere editions
  • URL / Automating VM deployments
• vSphere 4
  • URL / vSphere editions
• vSphere5 documentation
  • URL / Creating an installation script
• vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
  • about / Automating VM placement with storage profiles
• vSphere Auto Deploy
  • about / Deploying new hosts faster with auto deploy
  • using / Getting ready
• vSphere Data Protection (VDP)
  • about / Backing up/restoring .vmdk files
• vSphere edition
  • selecting / Choosing the right vSphere and vCenter editions, vSphere editions, vCenter editions
  • defining / vSphere editions
  • kits / vSphere editions
• vSphere HA
  • tuning / Tuning up vSphere HA, How to do it...
• vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
  • about / Getting familiar with new CLI
• vSphere Update Manager
  • about / Keeping hosts up to date

W

• witness host
  • about / How it works...
• workflow, Update Manager
  • about / Keeping hosts up to date
• world
  • about / vCPU versus pCPU and time slots