Index
A
- active-active storage system
- about / Designing vSphere storage
- capabilities / Designing vSphere storage
- active-passive storage system
- about / Designing vSphere storage
- capabilities / Designing vSphere storage
- Active Directory (AD)
- about / Post-migration
- Advanced Service Designer
- Amazon Web Services
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS)
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- Application Architecture
- about / Design integration
- Application Director
- Application Services
- asymmetrical storage system
- about / Designing vSphere storage
- capabilities / Designing vSphere storage
- Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA)
- about / Designing vSphere storage
B
- bidirectional traffic shaping
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- Business Architecture
- about / Design integration
- BusLogic Parallel
C
- capacity planning
- about / Technical assessment
- cloud
- VMware vSphere, designing / Designing VMware vSphere for your cloud
- ESXi host design, considerations / ESXi host design and configuration considerations for a cloud
- ESXi host configuration, considerations / ESXi host design and configuration considerations for a cloud
- vCenter, design consideration / vCenter design essentials for the cloud
- cluster, design consideration / Cluster design essentials for the cloud
- network, design consideration / Network design essentials for the cloud
- storage, design consideration / Storage design essentials for the cloud
- security, design consideration / Security design essentials for the cloud
- cloud computing
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- IaaS / Cloud computing essentials
- PaaS / Cloud computing essentials
- SaaS / Cloud computing essentials
- deployment models / Cloud computing essentials
- characteristics / Cloud computing essentials
- cloud consumer
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- cloud fit-for-purpose
- considerations / Cloud fit-for-purpose considerations
- cloud migration
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- cloud multi-tenant
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- cloud provisioning
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- cloud service provider
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- cluster
- design consideration, for cloud / Cluster design essentials for the cloud
- Common Information Model (CIM)
- about / Designing ESXi
- community PVLAN
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- components, VMware vSphere
- ESXi / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- Management Layer / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- vCompute / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- vNetwork / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- vStorage / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- Database / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- Computing as a Service
- about / Cloud computing essentials
D
- 4D stage analysis
- Data Architecture
- about / Design integration
- Database
- database
- about / Designing essentials for the management layer
- requisites / OS instances and database requirements
- data store
- Denial of Service (DOS)
- deployment models, cloud computing
- Private Cloud / Cloud computing essentials
- Public Cloud / Cloud computing essentials
- Hybrid Cloud / Cloud computing essentials
- deployment models, vCenter SSO
- basic vCenter SSO / Basic vCenter SSO
- multiple SSO instances, in same location / Multiple SSO instances in the same location
- multiple SSO instances, in different location / Multiple SSO instances in different locations
- design configurations, ESXi
- about / Design configurations for ESXi
- design considerations, ESXi
- design decisions, management layer
- about / Design decisions for the management layer
- vCenter, identifying to be hosted on physical or VM Server / Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on a physical server or on VM Server
- vCenter, identifying to be hosted on Windows or Linux platform / Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on the Windows platform or vCSA on the Linux platform
- database server location, identifying on primary or remote sites / Identifying the database server location on primary sites or remote sites
- maximum supported configurations / Configuration maximums to be considered
- design essentials, ESXi
- about / Design essentials for ESXi
- design essentials, for migrating ESXi
- about / Design essentials for migrating ESXi
- pre-migration tasks / Pre-migration
- migration / Migration
- post-migration / Post-migration
- delivery considerations / Delivery considerations
- provisioning / Provisioning
- operations / Operations
- design essentials, management layer
- Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
- about / Designing ESXi, Post-migration
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
- Distributed Virtual Uplinks (dvUplinks)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- Domain Name Service (DNS) / Designing an ESXi scenario
- DV port groups
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
E
- elicitation
- about / Requirements
- enhancers
- selecting / Choosing the right enhancers
- ESXi
- about / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- design essentials / Design essentials for ESXi
- release history / Design essentials for ESXi
- advantage / Design essentials for ESXi
- designing / Designing ESXi
- design configurations / Design configurations for ESXi
- design considerations / Key design considerations for ESXi
- scenario, designing / Designing an ESXi scenario
- upgrading / Design essentials for upgrading ESXi
- migrating / Design essentials for migrating ESXi
- ESXi host
- configuration considerations, for cloud / ESXi host design and configuration considerations for a cloud
- design considerations, for cloud / ESXi host design and configuration considerations for a cloud
- ESXi server architecture
- Ethernet capacity
- sizing / Ethernet capacity sizing
F
- FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet)
- Fiber Channel (FC)
- Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) / Designing an ESXi scenario
H
- HA load balancer
- Hybrid Cloud
- about / Cloud computing essentials
I
- I/O virtualization
- about / Ethernet capacity sizing
- influencing factors, storage
- determining / Determining factors that influence vSphere storage
- hard disks / Hard disks
- performance / Performance
- capacity / Capacity
- IOPS / IOPS
- spindles / Spindles
- cost / Cost
- influencing factors, virtual networks
- determining / Determining factors that influence virtual networks
- physical switch, selecting / Choosing a physical switch
- virtual switch, selecting / Choosing the right virtual switch
- Ethernet capacity, sizing / Ethernet capacity sizing
- enhancers, selecting / Choosing the right enhancers
- ESXi server architecture, adapting / Adapting the ESXi server architecture to accommodate the network
- IOPS
- about / IOPS
- isolated PVLAN
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- IT as a Service (ITaaS)
- about / Cloud computing essentials
- IxChariot
- about / Choosing the right enhancers
J
- Jumbo frames (JF)
- about / Performance
L
- Large Receive Offload (LRO)
- about / Performance
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- local storage
- low-level design
- about / Performance
- LSI Logic Parallel
- LSI Logic SAS
M
- Management Layer
- management layer
- design essentials / Designing essentials for the management layer
- database / OS instances and database requirements
- OS instance / OS instances and database requirements
- vCenter SSO / vCenter SSO
- vCenter Inventory Service / VMware vCenter Inventory Service
- design decisions / Design decisions for the management layer
- design considerations / Design considerations for management layers with industry inputs
- design values / Design considerations for management layers with industry inputs
- principles / Design considerations for management layers with industry inputs
- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- multipathing
- about / Multipathing
- SAN multipathing / SAN multipathing
- native multipathing plugin / Native multipathing plugin
- NAS multipathing / NAS multipathing
N
- NAS multipathing
- about / NAS multipathing
- native multipathing plugin
- about / Native multipathing plugin
- NetI/O meter
- about / Choosing the right enhancers
- NetQueue
- configuring / Choosing the right enhancers
- network
- design consideration, for cloud / Network design essentials for the cloud
- Network I/O Control (NetIOC)
- Network Input Output Control (NIOC)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- capabilities / Choosing the right enhancers
- Network Layer Architecture
- about / Design integration
- Network Time Protocol (NTP) / Designing an ESXi scenario
- Network vMotion
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- NFS
- NVIDIA GRID vGPU
O
- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model
- Open Virtualization Format (OVF) package / Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on the Windows platform or vCSA on the Linux platform
- OS instance
- requisites / OS instances and database requirements
P
- path failover
- about / Multipathing
- Path Selection Plugin (PSP)
- about / Native multipathing plugin
- physical switch
- selecting / Choosing a physical switch
- Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
- about / Native multipathing plugin
- Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- port groups
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- PPP
- about / Designing VMware vSphere
- PPP framework
- about / The PPP framework
- Product / The PPP framework
- People / The PPP framework
- Process / The PPP framework
- primary PVLAN
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- Private Cloud
- Private Virtual Local Area Networks (PVLANs)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- Private VLAN (PVLAN)
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- procedures, VMware vSphere design
- about / Procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphere
- discovery / Discovery
- existing document, reviewing / Requirement gathering, Reviewing the existing document
- technical assessment / Technical assessment
- design integration / Design integration
- promiscuous PVLAN
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- Proof of Concept (POC)
- about / Analysis
- Public Cloud
- PVLAN
- primary PVLAN / Choosing a physical switch
- secondary PVLAN / Choosing a physical switch
- promiscuous PVLAN / Choosing a physical switch
- isolated PVLAN / Choosing a physical switch
- community PVLAN / Choosing a physical switch
R
- raw device mapping
- about / VMware vSphere storage essentials, Raw device mapping
- virtual compatibility mode / Raw device mapping
- physical compatibility mode / Raw device mapping
- limitations / Raw device mapping
- virtual SAN / Virtual SAN
- RDMs
- compatibility modes / VMware vSphere storage essentials
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- about / Recovery
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- about / Recovery
- release history, ESXi / Design essentials for ESXi
- Request for Proposals (RFPs)
- about / Requirements
S
- SAN multipathing
- about / SAN multipathing
- active-active arrays / SAN multipathing
- active-passive arrays / SAN multipathing
- secondary PVLAN
- about / Choosing a physical switch
- security
- design consideration, for cloud / Security design essentials for the cloud
- Security Token Service (STS)
- about / vCenter SSO
- Service Console
- about / Design essentials for ESXi
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- about / Performance
- shared storage
- Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
- Single Sign-On
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- storage
- essentials / VMware vSphere storage essentials
- influencing factors, determining / Determining factors that influence vSphere storage
- designing / Designing vSphere storage
- considerations / Storage considerations
- local storage / Local storage versus shared storage
- shared storage / Local storage versus shared storage
- multipathing / Multipathing
- configuration considerations / Configuration considerations for better vSphere storage design
- design considerations, with industry inputs / Design considerations of storage layers with industry inputs
- design consideration, for cloud / Storage design essentials for the cloud
- Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP)
- about / Native multipathing plugin
- Storage DRS (SDRS)
- Storage Policy Based Management
- Storage Replication Adapters (SRAs)
T
- TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
- about / Performance, Choosing a physical switch
- Technology Architecture
- about / Design integration
- Thick Provision Eager Zero
- thick provisioning
- Thick Provision Lazy Zero
- Thin Provisioned
- third-party virtual switch support
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- transparent failover
- about / Designing vSphere storage
U
- uplink connecters
- about / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
V
- values, VMware vSphere design
- about / The values and procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphere
- readiness / Readiness
- performance / Performance
- manageability / Manageability
- recovery / Recovery
- security / Security
- assumptions / Assumptions
- constraints / Constraints
- risk management / Risk
- vCenter
- design consideration, for cloud / vCenter design essentials for the cloud
- vCenter Inventory Service
- vCenter Server Hardware
- requisites / OS instances and database requirements
- vCenter Simple Install
- about / Basic vCenter SSO
- vCenter SSO
- about / vCenter SSO
- hardware requisites / vCenter SSO
- deploying / Deploying SSO models
- deployment models / Deploying SSO models
- vCenter vMotion
- about / VMware vCenter Inventory Service
- vCloud Director (vCD) / Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on a physical server or on VM Server
- vCompute
- VDS
- design / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- configuration / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- architecture / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- functionalities / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- benefits / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- features / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- networking features / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- terminology / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- virtual infrastructure
- challenges and encounters / List of challenges and encounters faced on the virtual infrastructure
- designing / Designing accelerates the solution that resolves real-world obstacles, Designing
- requisites / Requirements
- analysis / Analysis
- planning / Planning
- phases, of planning / Planning
- virtualized datacenter
- benefits / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)
- about / Designing ESXi
- virtual port storage system
- capabilities / Designing vSphere storage
- virtual SAN
- about / Virtual SAN
- limitations / Virtual SAN
- virtual switch
- VMDirectPath I/O
- about / Choosing the right enhancers
- VMFS
- VMkernel
- about / Designing ESXi
- processes / Designing ESXi
- vMotion
- VMware Capacity Planner
- about / Planning
- VMware Directory Service
- about / vCenter SSO
- VMware Horizon infrastructure / Identifying whether vCenter will be hosted on a physical server or on VM Server
- VMware Paravirtual
- VMware vCenter
- VMware vCenter Server Appliance Hardware
- requisites / OS instances and database requirements
- VMware vCloud Air
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Automation
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials, The design of the VMware vRealize Suite
- Application Services / The design of the VMware vRealize Suite
- VMware vRealize Business
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Code Stream
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Hyperic
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Log Insight
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Operations
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Orchestrator
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Suite
- about / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- products / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- benefits / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- Enterprise edition / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- Advanced edition / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Automation / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Operations / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Log Insight / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Business / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Code Stream / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Orchestrator / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- VMware vRealize Hyperic / VMware vRealize Suite essentials
- designing / The design of the VMware vRealize Suite
- VMware vShield Endpoint
- about / Security
- VMware vSphere
- benefits / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- components / Introducing the VMware vSphere landscape
- designing / Designing VMware vSphere
- PPP framework / The PPP framework
- values, for designing / The values and procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphere
- procedures, for designing / Procedures to be followed while designing VMware vSphere
- networking / VMware vSphere networking essentials
- designing, for cloud / Designing VMware vSphere for your cloud
- VMware vSphere 6.0
- features / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- versus VMware vSphere 5.5 / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- VMware vSphere 6.0, availability area
- vMotion enhancements / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- replication-assisted vMotion / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- fault tolerance / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- VMware vSphere 6.0, management area
- Content Library / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- Cross-vCenter Clone / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- Cross-vCenter Migration / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- enhanced user interface / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- VMware vSphere 6.0, network area
- NetIOC support / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- multicast snooping / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- multiple TCP/IP stack for vMotion / New features of VMware vSphere 6.0
- VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
- about / Performance
- vNetwork
- vShield App
- vShield Endpoint solution
- vSphere 5.5
- enchantments / Choosing a physical switch
- vSphere command line interface (vCLI) / Operations
- vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC)
- about / Performance
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) / Operations
- vSphere network
- designing / Designing a vSphere network
- readiness / Readiness
- performance / Performance
- management / Management
- recoverability / Recoverability
- configuration limits / Network configuration limits
- design considerations / Design considerations for networks with industry inputs
- vSphere network Resource Pools
- about / Choosing the right enhancers
- VSS
- design / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- versus VDS / The design of VMware VSS and VDS
- vStorage