Index

A

• access controls
  • about / Access controls and configuring roles and permissions
• Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) / Advantages of vCenter Single Sign-On
• alarm
  • about / Alarms and notifications
  • creating / Alarms and notifications
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Monitoring resource usage
• architecture components, vCenter Server
  • vSphere Web Client / vCenter Server architecture
  • vSphere Client / vCenter Server architecture
  • vCenter Server Database / vCenter Server architecture
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) / vCenter Server architecture
  • vSphere Inventory Service / vCenter Server architecture
  • Managed Hosts / vCenter Server architecture
• Auto Deploy method
  • about / Auto Deploy

B

• backup job
  • creating / Data backup
• ballooning / Memory reclamation techniques
• basic network operations
  • performing / Basic network operations using vSphere
  • IP address, assigning to ESXi host / Assigning an IP address to an ESXi host
  • virtual switches, creating / Creating vSwitches and virtual ports
  • virtual ports, creating / Creating vSwitches and virtual ports
• blade server-based approach
  • about / Blade server-based approach
• Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  • about / Understanding High Availability

C

• C# client
  • about / Managing ESXi
• centralized routing
  • components / Centralized routing
• Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
  • about / Virtual machines
  / Data deduplication
• clone
  • creating / Creating templates and clones
• cluster
  • host, adding to / Adding a host to the cluster
  • virtual machines, adding to / Adding virtual machines to the cluster
  • power resources, managing in / Managing power resources in a cluster
• cold migration
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
• compliance, virtual machine
  • checking / Virtual machine compliance
• components, Logical Switching
  • NSX Manager / Logical switching
  • Controller Cluster / Logical switching
  • User World Agent (UWA) / Logical switching
  • VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) / Logical switching
• components, NSX
  • NSX manager / NSX components
  • NSX vSwitch / NSX components
  • NSX controller / NSX components
  • NSX Edge Gateway / NSX components
  • NSX Distributed Firewall / NSX components
• components, vCenter Server
  • core services / Additional vCenter Server components
  • distributed services / Additional vCenter Server components
  • additional services / Additional vCenter Server components
  • database interface / Additional vCenter Server components
  • vSphere APIs / Additional vCenter Server components
• components, vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS)
  • vShield Manager / Using vCloud Networking and Security
  • vShield Edge / Using vCloud Networking and Security
  • vShield App / Using vCloud Networking and Security
  • VShield App with Data Security / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• content library
  • about / Content library
• core services / Additional vCenter Server components
• CPU load balancing
  • about / CPU load balancing
• CPU virtualization
  • about / CPU virtualization
• Critical Host Patches
  • about / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
• Cross-vCenter / Cross-vSwitch vMotion
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
• customization specifications
  • reference link / Customizing the guest operating system

D

• data center object
  • about / Data center objects
• datacenters
  • virtual machine, deploying / Deploying virtual machines across data centers
• data centre access layer deployment
  • about / Data center access layer deployment
• data deduplication, VADP
  • about / Data deduplication
  • post-process deduplication / Data deduplication
  • in-line deduplication / Data deduplication
• Data Source Name (DSN) / Hardware, software, and network requirements
• Datastore Heartbeating
  • about / VMFS datastores
• datastore properties, VSAN
  • about / Virtual SAN datastore properties
• datastores
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems, Datastores
  • managing / Managing and configuring datastores
  • configuring / Managing and configuring datastores
• devices
  • adding, to virtual machine / Adding devices to a virtual machine
• Direct Attached Storage
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
  • about / vSphere Web Client, Assigning an IP address to an ESXi host
• Direct Console user Interface (DCUI)
  • about / Fresh installation
• disk controllers
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• disk descriptor file
  • about / Virtual machine snapshots
• Distributed Power Management (DPM) / Managing power resources in a cluster
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN, Using VMware vMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • configuring / Configuring DRS
  • High Availability (HA), using with / Using HA and DRS together
• distributed routing
  • components / Distributed routing
• distributed services / Additional vCenter Server components
• DRS cluster
  • about / DRS Cluster
  • optimizing / Managing and optimizing DRS Clusters
  • managing / Managing and optimizing DRS Clusters
• dvSwitch
  • about / vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch

E

• e-mails
  • sending, notifications used / Alarms and notifications
• Easy Install / vCenter Server installation
• End-User License Agreement (EULA) / vCenter Server installation, Configuring and managing vCenter Server
• Enhanced vMotion
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
  • using / Using Enhanced vMotion
  • host requirements / Host requirements for Enhanced vMotion
  • optional considerations / Host requirements for Enhanced vMotion
  • used, for migrating virtual machine / Migrating a virtual machine using Enhanced vMotion
• ESXi
  • history / History of ESXi
  • about / Understanding ESXi
  • managing / Managing ESXi
• ESXi firewall
  • configuring / Configuring ESXi firewall
• ESXi host
  • upgrading / Upgrading an ESXi host
  • IP address, assigning / Assigning an IP address to an ESXi host
• ESXi host patch management
  • enabling / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
• ESXi hosts
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• esxtop / Monitoring resource usage
• expandable reservation
  • about / Expandable reservation

F

• Fault Tolerance (FT)
  • about / Fault Tolerance
  • functionality / Functionality
  • requisites / Requirements for FT
  • configuring / Configuring FT
• fiber channel
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• Fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• files, virtual machine
  • about / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vmx / Virtual machine files
  • VM.nvram / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vmdk / Virtual machine files
  • VM-flat.vmdk / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vswp / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vmsd / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vmsn / Virtual machine files
  • VM-000001.vmdk / Virtual machine files
  • VM-000001-flat.vmdk / Virtual machine files
  • vmware.log / Virtual machine files
  • VM.rdm / Virtual machine files
  • VM.vmss / Virtual machine files
• file systems
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems

G

• guest operating system
  • installing / Installing a guest operating system
  • customizing / Customizing the guest operating system
  • customizing, with VMware tools / VMware Tools
  / Monitoring resource usage
• guest operating system physical memory / Virtual memory management

H

• hard disk drives
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN
• Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
  • URL / Requirements of VSAN
• High Availability (HA)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN, Understanding High Availability
  • configuring / Configuring HA
  • using, with Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / Using HA and DRS together
• host
  • adding, to vCenter Server / Adding the host to vCenter Server
  • adding, to cluster / Adding a host to the cluster
• host bus adapter (HBA)
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• Host Level SSD swapping / Memory reclamation techniques
• host physical memory / Virtual memory management
• host requirements, vMotion
  • characteristics / Host requirements for vMotion
  • VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) / Host requirements for vMotion
• hyper-threading
  • about / Hyper-threading
• Hyper-V / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors

I

• Identity Sources / Advantages of vCenter Single Sign-On
• Instant Clone
  • about / Instant Clone
• IP address
  • assigning, to ESXi host / Assigning an IP address to an ESXi host
• iSCSI
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems

J

• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) / vCenter Server installation

K

• KVM
  • about / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors

L

• licensing, vCenter Server
  • product / vCenter Server licensing
  • license key / vCenter Server licensing
  • asset / vCenter Server licensing
• limits
  • implementing, on resource pool / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
  • about / Physical and virtual networking
• load balancing
  • about / Load Balancing with vSphere
  • route based, on originating Virtual Port ID / Load Balancing with vSphere
  • route, based on source MAC hash / Load Balancing with vSphere
  • route, based on IP Hash / Load Balancing with vSphere
  • Explicit failover / Load Balancing with vSphere
• lockdown mode
  • about / Lockdown mode
  • enabling, vSphere Web Client used / Lockdown mode
• logical firewalls
  • about / Logical firewalls
  • network isolation / Network isolation
  • network segmentation / Network segmentation
• logical load balancing
  • about / Logical load balancing
• logical routing
  • about / Logical routing
  • distributed routing / Distributed routing
  • centralized routing / Centralized routing
• Logical Switching
  • about / Logical switching
  • components / Logical switching
• long-distance vMotion
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
• Long Distance vMotion
  • about / Long-distance vMotion

M

• maintenance mode
  • about / Maintenance mode
• Managed Hosts / vCenter Server architecture
• memories, vSphere
  • host physical memory / Virtual memory management
  • guest operating system physical memory / Virtual memory management
• memory compression / Memory reclamation techniques
• memory reclamation techniques
  • transparent page sharing / Memory reclamation techniques
  • ballooning / Memory reclamation techniques
  • memory compression / Memory reclamation techniques
  • Host Level SSD swapping / Memory reclamation techniques
  • page virtual machine memory out to disk / Memory reclamation techniques
• memory state file
  • about / Virtual machine snapshots
• memory virtualization
  • about / Memory virtualization
• Microsoft Active Directory
  • integrating, with vSphere / Microsoft Active Directory integration with vSphere
• Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) / Datastores
• migration, virtual machine
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
  • cold migration / Migrating virtual machines
  • suspended migration / Migrating virtual machines
  • vMotion / Migrating virtual machines
  • Storage vMotion / Migrating virtual machines
  • Enhanced vMotion / Migrating virtual machines
  • long-distance vMotion / Migrating virtual machines
  • Cross-vCenter / Cross-vSwitch vMotion / Migrating virtual machines
  • vMotion, using / Using VMware vMotion
  • Storage vMotion, using / Using Storage vMotion
  • Enhanced vMotion, using / Using Enhanced vMotion
• modes, Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
  • pass-through mode / Datastores
  • non-pass-through mode / Datastores
• modes for enabling virtual infrastructure, Virtual SAN (vSAN)
  • Hybrid mode / vSAN All-Flash
  • All-Flash mode / vSAN All-Flash
• mouse/keyboard/screen (MKS) process
  • about / Understanding ESXi
• Multi-CPU Fault Tolerance (SMP-FT)
  • about / Multi-CPU Fault Tolerance (SMP-FT)

N

• Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • about / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• network design
  • ideas / Design ideas
  • blade server-based approach / Blade server-based approach
  • rack server-based approach / Rack server-based approach
  • fault tolerance, optimizing / Additional ideas for optimizing fault tolerance network designs
• Network File System (NFS)
  • about / Datastores
• Network Interface Cards
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• network isolation / Network isolation
• network security policies
  • about / Network security policies
  • security policy / Security policy
  • traffic shaping / Traffic shaping
  • NIC teaming / NIC teaming
• network segmentation / Network segmentation
• NFS datasores
  • about / NFS datastores
• NFS datastore
  • creating, in vSphere Web Client / Creating an NFS datastore in vSphere Web Client
• NIC teaming
  • about / NIC teaming
  • modifying / NIC teaming
  • implementing / NIC teaming
• Non-Critical Host Patches
  • about / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
• notifications
  • sending, e-mails used / Alarms and notifications
• NSX
  • components / NSX components
• NSX Controller
  • about / NSX components
• NSX Distributed Firewall
  • about / NSX components
• NSX Edge Gateway
  • about / NSX components
• NSX Manager
  • deploying / Deploying NSX Manager
  • installing, steps / Steps for installing NSX Manager
• NSX manager
  • about / NSX components
• NSX vSwitch
  • about / NSX components
• NVIDIA GRID vGPU technology
  • about / NVIDIA GRID vGPU technology

O

• Object Store File System (OSFS)
  • about / Virtual SAN datastore properties
• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) / Hardware, software, and network requirements
• Open Virtual Format (OVF) / vCenter Server Appliance benefits
• Open Virtualization Format (OVF) / Importing the vCenter Server Appliance
  • about / Importing an OVF file
• OVF file
  • importing / Importing an OVF file

P

• patches upgrades, VMware vSphere Update Manager
  • baselines / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
  • baselines groups / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
• permissions
  • configuring / Access controls and configuring roles and permissions
• physical networking
  • about / Physical and virtual networking
• physical storage
  • about / Physical and virtual storage
• Platform Services Controller (PSC) / vCenter Server architecture
• port group
  • virtual machine, connecting / Connecting a virtual machine to a port group
• power resources
  • managing, in cluster / Managing power resources in a cluster
• Project Fargo
  • about / Instant Clone

R

• rack server-based approach
  • about / Rack server-based approach
• Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
  • about / Datastores
  • modes / Datastores
• raw device mappings (RDMs)
  • about / Virtual machines
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)
  • about / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors
• requisites, VSAN
  • vCenter Server / Requirements of VSAN
  • ESXi hosts / Requirements of VSAN
  • disk controllers / Requirements of VSAN
  • hard disk drives / Requirements of VSAN
  • Solid State Drives (SSDs) / Requirements of VSAN
  • Virtual Switch Types / Requirements of VSAN
  • VMkernel network / Requirements of VSAN
• reservations
  • implementing, on resource pool / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
• resource-monitoring tools, VMware architecture
  • guest operating system / Monitoring resource usage
  • vCenter Server performance charts / Monitoring resource usage
  • vRealize Operations / Monitoring resource usage
  • vRealize Log Insight / Monitoring resource usage
  • resxtop / Monitoring resource usage
  • esxtop / Monitoring resource usage
• resource controls
  • about / Resource controls
• resource pool
  • about / Resource pools
  • benefits / Resource pools
  • creating / Creating a resource pool
  • shares, implementing on / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
  • limits, implementing on / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
  • reservations, implementing on / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
• resource usage
  • monitoring / Monitoring resource usage
• response types, for controlling isolation
  • leave powered on / Understanding High Availability
  • shut down / Understanding High Availability
  • power off / Understanding High Availability
• resxtop / Monitoring resource usage
• roles
  • configuring / Access controls and configuring roles and permissions
• Root Object / Managing inventory, hosts, VMs, and templates via vCenter
• Round Trip Time (RTT)
  • about / Migrating virtual machines, Long-distance vMotion

S

• SAP HANA, on VMware vSphere Best Practices Guide
  • URL / Scale-up
• SAP Note 1788665
  • URL / Scale-up
• scale-out feature, vSphere 6.0
  • about / Scale-out
• scale-up feature, vSphere 6.0
  • about / Scale-up
• search field, vSphere Web Client
  • hosts and clusters view / Navigating the vSphere Web Client
  • VMs and templates view / Navigating the vSphere Web Client
  • networking view / Navigating the vSphere Web Client
  • storage view / Navigating the vSphere Web Client
• security policy
  • about / Security policy
• security policy, exceptions
  • promiscuous mode / Security policy
  • MAC address changes / Security policy
  • forged transmit / Security policy
• security profile
  • about / Understanding security profile services and lockdown mode
• settings, virtual machine
  • modifying / Modifying the virtual machine settings
  • devices, adding / Adding devices to a virtual machine
  • virtual disk size, increasing / Increasing the size of a virtual disk
  • thin provisioned disk, inflating / Inflating a thin provisioned disk
• shared storage system, advantages
  • DRS / storage DRS / VMFS datastores
  • vMotion / Storage vMotion / VMFS datastores
  • Storage I/O Control (SIOC) / VMFS datastores
  • Datastore Heartbeating / VMFS datastores
• shares
  • implementing, on resource pool / Implementing shares, limits, and reservations on resource pools
• Single Sign-On (SSO) / vCenter Server architecture, vCenter Server architecture
• sizing tool, VSAN
  • about / VSAN sizing tool
  • URL / VSAN sizing tool
• Small Medium Business (SMBs) / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors
• snapshot delta file
  • about / Virtual machine snapshots
• snapshot list file
  • about / Virtual machine snapshots
• snapshots
  • about / Virtual machine snapshots
  • memory state file / Virtual machine snapshots
  • disk descriptor file / Virtual machine snapshots
  • snapshot delta file / Virtual machine snapshots
  • snapshot list file / Virtual machine snapshots
  • taking / The process of taking snapshots
  • managing / Managing snapshots
• software-defined data center (SDDC)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN
• software-defined storage (SDS)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN
• Solid State Drives (SSDs)
  • about / An overview of Virtual SAN, Requirements of VSAN
• storage, vSphere 6.0
  • vSAN All-Flash / vSAN All-Flash
• storage capabilities, VSAN
  • number of failures, to tolerate / Failure resilience with VSAN
  • number of disk stripes per object / Failure resilience with VSAN
  • flash read cache reservation / Failure resilience with VSAN
  • object space reservation / Failure resilience with VSAN
  • force provisioning / Failure resilience with VSAN
• Storage DRS
  • about / Storage DRS
  • configuring / Storage DRS
• Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
  • about / VMFS datastores
• storage needs for vUM, virtual infrastructure
  • reference link / vSphere Update Manager requirements
• storage options, VMware vSphere
  • Direct Attached Storage / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
  • fiber channel / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
  • Fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
  • iSCSI / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS) / Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• storage policies, virtual machine
  • about / Virtual machine storage policies
  • enabling / Enabling and creating virtual machine storage policies
  • creating / Enabling and creating virtual machine storage policies
  • assigning, during provisioning / Assigning a virtual machine storage policy during provisioning
• Storage vMotion
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
  • using / Using Storage vMotion
  • use cases / Using Storage vMotion
  • used, for migrating virtual machine / Migrating a virtual machine using Storage vMotion
  • usage guidelines / Guidelines to use Storage vMotion
• suspended migration
  • about / Migrating virtual machines

T

• template
  • creating / Creating templates and clones
  • virtual machine, deploying / Deploying a virtual machine from a template
• Thick Provision Eager-Zeroed
  • about / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• thick provisioning
  • of virtual disks / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• Thick Provision Lazy-Zeroed
  • about / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• Thin Provision
  • about / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• thin provisioned disk
  • inflating / Inflating a thin provisioned disk
• thin provisioning
  • of virtual disks / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• traffic shaping
  • about / Traffic shaping
• traffic shaping, configuration parameters
  • Average Bandwidth / Traffic shaping
  • Peak Bandwidth / Traffic shaping
  • Burst Size / Traffic shaping
• transparent page sharing / Memory reclamation techniques

U

• use cases, vMotion
  • maintenance tasks, without downtime / Using VMware vMotion
  • load-balancing / Using VMware vMotion
  • application resilience / Using VMware vMotion
• User World Agent (UWA) / Logical switching

V

• VADP
  • about / vSphere Storage APIs for Data Protection (VADP)
  • data deduplication / Data deduplication
• vCenter
  • inventory, managing / Managing inventory, hosts, VMs, and templates via vCenter
  • hosts, managing / Managing inventory, hosts, VMs, and templates via vCenter
  • VMs, managing / Managing inventory, hosts, VMs, and templates via vCenter
  • inventory objects, organizing / Organizing the inventory objects
• vCenter, and ESXi hosts
  • communication / Communication between vCenter Server and ESXi hosts
• vCenter Server
  • about / Need and use of VMware vSphere, Introduction to vCenter Server, Requirements of VSAN
  • architecture / vCenter Server architecture, vCenter Server architecture
  • components / Additional vCenter Server components
  • comparing, with vCenter Server Appliance / Comparison of vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance
  • configuring / Configuring and managing vCenter Server
  • managing / Configuring and managing vCenter Server
  • host, adding to / Adding the host to vCenter Server
  • backing up / Backing up vCenter Server
  • features / vCenter Server features
• vCenter Server Appliance
  • comparing, with vCenter Server / Comparison of vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance
  • importing / Importing, starting, and configuring the vCenter Server Appliance, Importing the vCenter Server Appliance
  • starting / Importing, starting, and configuring the vCenter Server Appliance
  • configuring / Importing, starting, and configuring the vCenter Server Appliance
  • features / vCenter Server Appliance features
  • benefits / vCenter Server Appliance benefits
  • requisites / vCenter Server Appliance requirements
• vCenter Server Appliance Inventory Service database
  • reference link, for backup and restore / Backing up vCenter Server
• vCenter Server Appliance services
  • managing / Managing vCenter Server Appliance services
• vCenter Server Appliance time zone
  • configuring / Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance time zone
• vCenter Server Appliance vPostgres database
  • reference link, for backup and restore / Backing up vCenter Server
• vCenter Server Database / vCenter Server architecture
• vCenter Server installation, on Windows
  • about / Preparing and installing vCenter Server on Microsoft Windows, vCenter Server installation
  • hardware requisites / Hardware, software, and network requirements
  • software requisites / Hardware, software, and network requirements
  • network requisites / Hardware, software, and network requirements
  • database, preparing / Database preparation
• vCenter Server licensing
  • about / vCenter Server licensing
• vCenter Server performance charts / Monitoring resource usage
• vCenter Single Sign-On
  • about / Single Sign-On
  • advantages / Advantages of vCenter Single Sign-On
  • characteristics / Characteristics of vCenter Single Sign-On
• vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 configuration
  • reference link, for backup and restore / Backing up vCenter Server
• vCloud Air Disaster Recovery
  • about / vCloud Air Disaster Recovery
• vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS)
  • using / Using vCloud Networking and Security
  • components / Using vCloud Networking and Security
  • URL / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• vCSA 5.5
  • URL / vCenter Server Appliance requirements
  • starting / Starting the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5
  • versus vCSA 6 / vCenter Server features
• vCSA 6
  • versus vCSA 5.5 / vCenter Server features
• vCSA 6.0
  • URL / vCenter Server Appliance requirements
  • deploying / Deploying vCSA 6.0
• VDP
  • deploying / Deploying and configuring VDP
  • configuring / Deploying and configuring VDP
• VDP appliance
  • about / vSphere Data Protection Appliance
  • editions / Available editions
  • backup jobs, creating / Data backup
  • data recovery / Data recovery
• vDS
  • about / vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch
• virtual appliance
  • importing / Importing an OVF file
• Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure (VAMI) / vCenter Server Appliance features
• virtual CPU (vCPU)
  • about / Virtual CPU
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
  • about / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors, Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks, Virtual desktop infrastructure
• virtual disk
  • size, increasing / Increasing the size of a virtual disk
• virtual disks
  • thin provisioning / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
  • thick provisioning / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
  • Thick Provision Lazy-Zeroed / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
  • Thick Provision Eager-Zeroed / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
  • Thin Provision / Thick and thin provisioning of virtual disks
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN )
  • about / NSX components
• Virtual Graphics Processing Unit (vGPU)
  • about / Virtual desktop infrastructure
• virtual hardware versions
  • about / Virtual hardware versions, Virtual hardware versions
  • reference link / Virtual hardware versions
• virtual machine
  • overview / Overview of virtual machines
  • files / Virtual machine files
  • virtual hardware versions / Virtual hardware versions
  • creating / Creating a virtual machine
  • creating, wizard used / Creating a new virtual machine using the wizard
  • OVF file, importing / Importing an OVF file
  • deploying, from template / Deploying a virtual machine from a template
  • cloning / Cloning a virtual machine
  • restoring / Data recovery
  • deploying, across datacenters / Deploying virtual machines across data centers
  • settings, modifying / Modifying the virtual machine settings
  • migrating / Migrating virtual machines
  • migrating, vMotion used / Migrating a virtual machine
  • migrating, Storage vMotion used / Migrating a virtual machine using Storage vMotion
  • migrating, Enhanced vMotion used / Migrating a virtual machine using Enhanced vMotion
  • snapshots / Virtual machine snapshots
• virtual machine (VM)
  • about / Virtual machines
• virtual machine disk (vmdk)
  • about / Creating a new virtual machine using the wizard
• virtual machine executable (VMX) process
  • about / Understanding ESXi
• Virtual Machine File System (VMFS)
  • about / Datastores
• virtual machine memory
  • over commitment / Virtual machine memory over-commitment
• virtual machine monitor (VMM) process
  • about / Understanding ESXi
• virtual machine ports
  • about / Virtual switch ports
• virtual machine requirements, VSAN
  • storage policies / Virtual machine storage policies
  • compliance / Virtual machine compliance
• virtual machines
  • adding, to clusters / Adding virtual machines to the cluster
• virtual machine swap files / Virtual machine swap files
• virtual memory management
  • about / Virtual memory management
  • virtual machine memory over commitment / Virtual machine memory over-commitment
  • virtual machine swap files / Virtual machine swap files
  • reclamation techniques / Memory reclamation techniques
  • virtual CPU (vCPU) / Virtual CPU
  • CPU load balancing / CPU load balancing
  • hyper-threading / Hyper-threading
• virtual network
  • about / Virtual network
  • virtual switches / An overview of virtual switches
• virtual networking
  • about / Physical and virtual networking
• virtual ports
  • creating / Creating vSwitches and virtual ports
  • virtual machine ports / Virtual switch ports
  • VMkernel port / Virtual switch ports
  • adding / Virtual switch ports
  • virtual machine, connecting to port group / Connecting a virtual machine to a port group
• Virtual SAN (vSAN)
  • about / vSAN All-Flash
• virtual storage
  • about / Physical and virtual storage, Understanding virtual storage, datastores, and file systems
• virtual switch
  • network design / Design ideas
• virtual switches
  • about / An overview of virtual switches
  • creating / Creating vSwitches and virtual ports
  • vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch / Understanding virtual switch and port types
  • vNetwork Standard Switch / vNetwork Standard Switch
• Virtual Switch Types
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• Virtual Volumes
  • about / Virtual Volumes
• VLANs
  • about / An overview of VLANs
  • benefits / An overview of VLANs
  • creating / Creating VLANs
• VMFS
  • versions, comparing / VMFS datastores
• VMFS datastore
  • creating, vSphere Web Client used / Creating a VMFS datastore using vSphere Web Client
  • upgrading / Upgrading a VMFS datastore
  • capacity, increasing / Increasing the VMFS datastore's capacity
  • size, increasing with vSphere Web Client / Increasing the VMFS datastore's size using vSphere Web Client
  • unmounting / Unmounting and mounting a VMFS datastore
  • mounting / Unmounting and mounting a VMFS datastore
  • removing / Removing a VMFS datastore
• VMFS datastores
  • about / VMFS datastores
• VMkernel network
  • about / Requirements of VSAN
• VMkernel port
  • about / Virtual switch ports
• vMotion
  • about / Migrating virtual machines
  • using / Using VMware vMotion
  • use cases / Using VMware vMotion
  • virtual machine requirements / Virtual machine requirements for vMotion
  • host requirements / Host requirements for vMotion
  • virtual machine, migrating / Migrating a virtual machine
• VMware
  • URL / Additional vCenter Server components
• VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
  • about / VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
  • requisites / EVC requirements
  • reference link / EVC requirements
  • configuring / Configuring EVC
• VMware ESXi
  • about / Need and use of VMware vSphere
• VMware Fault Tolerance
  • reference link / Requirements for FT
• VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO)
  • about / VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO)
• VMware knowledge base
  • URL / Memory reclamation techniques, Functionality
• VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
  • URL / Database preparation, vCenter Server Appliance features, vSphere Update Manager requirements
• VMware Product Interoperability Matrix, on VMware website
  • URL / Upgrading an ESXi host
• VMware SAP virtualization portal
  • URL / Scale-up
• VMware tools
  • installing / VMware Tools
• VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace
  • URL / Importing an OVF file
• VMware vSphere
  • benefits / Need and use of VMware vSphere
  • comparing, with other hypervisors / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors
• vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch
  • about / Understanding virtual switch and port types, vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch
  • creating / vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch
  • benefits / Benefits of distributed over standard
  • disadvantages / Benefits of distributed over standard
• vNetwork Standard Switch
  • about / vNetwork Standard Switch
  • creating / vNetwork Standard Switch
• vPostgres / vCenter Server architecture
• vRealize Log Insight / Monitoring resource usage
• vRealize Operations / Monitoring resource usage
• VSAN
  • overview / An overview of Virtual SAN
  • requisites / Requirements of VSAN
  • benefits / Benefits of using VSAN
  • sizing tool / VSAN sizing tool
  • installing / Installing and configuring VSAN
  • configuring / Installing and configuring VSAN
  • disks, adding to disk groups / Installing and configuring VSAN
  • automatic creation, of disk groups / Installing and configuring VSAN
  • datastore properties / Virtual SAN datastore properties
  • storage capabilities / Failure resilience with VSAN
• VSAN 5.5
  • versus VSAN 6 / An overview of Virtual SAN
• vSAN All-Flash
  • about / vSAN All-Flash
• vShield App
  • about / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• vShield App, Data Security
  • about / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• vShield Edge
  • about / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• vShield Manager
  • about / Using vCloud Networking and Security
• vSphere
  • editions / vSphere editions and kits
  • kits / vSphere editions and kits
  • Microsoft Active Directory, integrating with / Microsoft Active Directory integration with vSphere
• vSphere 5.0
  • URL / Virtual hardware versions
• vSphere 5.1
  • URL / Virtual hardware versions
• vSphere 5.5
  • URL / Virtual hardware versions
• vSphere 6.0
  • URL / Virtual hardware versions
  • about / Introduction to vSphere 6.0
  • scale-up feature / Scale-up
  • scale-out feature / Scale-out
• vSphere APIs
  • about / Additional vCenter Server components
• vSphere client
  • about / vSphere Client
• vSphere Client
  • about / vCenter Server architecture
• vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI)
  • about / vSphere Web Client
• vSphere Data Protection
  • about / vSphere Data Protection
• vSphere free hypervisor
  • URL, for downloading / Understanding ESXi
• vSphere HA VM Monitoring
  • configuring / Understanding High Availability
• vSphere installations, types
  • about / Different types of vSphere installations
  • fresh installation / Fresh installation
  • Auto Deploy / Auto Deploy
  • ESXi host, upgrading / Upgrading an ESXi host
• vSphere Inventory Service / vCenter Server architecture
• vSphere Management Appliance (vMA)
  • about / vSphere Web Client
• vSphere PowerCLI
  • about / vSphere Web Client
• vSphere Update Manager (VUM)
  • about / Managing ESXi
• vSphere Update Manager (vUM)
  • about / Getting started with vSphere Update Manager, vCenter Server features
  • requisites / vSphere Update Manager requirements
  • installing / Installing vSphere Update Manager
  • configuring / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
  • using / Configuring and using VMware vSphere Update Manager
• vSphere Web Client / vCenter Server architecture
  • about / vSphere Web Client, vSphere Web Client
  • navigating / Navigating the vSphere Web Client
  • used, for creating VMFS datastore / Creating a VMFS datastore using vSphere Web Client
  • NFS datastore, creating in / Creating an NFS datastore in vSphere Web Client
  • used, for increasing VMFS datastore size / Increasing the VMFS datastore's size using vSphere Web Client
  • used, for enabling lockdown mode / Lockdown mode
• VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) / Logical switching

W

• web interface, on vSphere 5.x
  • connecting to / Connecting to the web interface on vSphere 5.x
• wizard
  • used, for creating virtual machine / Creating a new virtual machine using the wizard

X

• XenServer
  • about / Differences between VMware vSphere and other hypervisors