Index

A

• <accessmode> tag
  • values / Using security certificates and encryption
• actions, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Resource elements and actions
• admission control, vSphere HA
  • about / Admission control
  • disabling / Admission control
  • policies / Admission control policies
• admission control policies, HA
  • about / Admission control policies
  • host failure cluster tolerates / Admission control policies
  • percentage of cluster resource / Admission control policies
  • specified failover hosts / Admission control policies
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) standard / CPU power management
• affinity rules, DRS cluster
  • VM-to-Host affinity rules / Affinity rules
  • VM-to-VM affinity rules / Affinity rules
  • VM-to-Host affinity rule, creating / Affinity rules
  • VM-to-Host affinity rule, specifications / Affinity rules
  • VM-to-Host affinity rule, using / Affinity rules
  • VM-to-VM rule, creating / Affinity rules
• alarms
  • about / Alarms and events
  • events / Alarms and events
  • event notifications / Alarms and events
  • severity levels / Alarms and events
  • triggered alarms, acknowledging / Acknowledging and resetting triggered alarms
  • triggered alarms, resetting / Acknowledging and resetting triggered alarms
  • host health, monitoring / Monitoring host health
  • e-mail notification, configuring / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
  • SMTP traps, configuring / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
  • SMTP traps, sending / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
• AMD No eXecute (NX) / EVC mode
• array-based failover
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover
• audit trails
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• authentication, user management
  • about / Authentication

B

• ballooning
  • about / Memory pressure and ballooning
• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) / Using power management
• baselines
  • working with / Working with baselines
  • default baselines / Working with baselines
  • Manage Baseline privilege / Working with baselines
  • non-conflicting baselines / Working with baselines
  • options / Working with baselines
  • fixed baselines / Working with baselines
  • dynamic baselines / Working with baselines
  • attaching / Working with baselines
  • detaching / Working with baselines
• best practices, VM templates
  • about / Template best practices
• broadcast domain / vSphere Standard Switch
• BusLogic Parallel adapter
  • about / Host storage adapters and storage configuration, The SCSI controller

C

• %CSTP value / Virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
• Certificate Authority (CA)
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• certificate signing request (CSR)
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• cloning, VM
  • hot cloning / Hot and cold cloning
  • cold cloning / Hot and cold cloning
  • post-cloning tasks / Postcloning tasks for Windows guests
• cold cloning, VM
  • about / Hot and cold cloning
• CPU affinity rules, DRS cluster
  • creating / CPU affinity rules
  • about / CPU affinity rules
• CPU features / EVC mode
• cpuid.coresPerSocket parameter / Virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
• CPU power management, DRS cluster
  • about / CPU power management
  • CPU states / CPU power management
  • P-states / CPU power management
  • power options / CPU power management

D

• database, vCenter Server
  • configuring / Configuring a database for vCenter Server
• datastore heartbeating
  • about / Datastore heartbeating
  • scenarios / Datastore heartbeating
• datastores
  • about / Storage LUNs and datastores
  • adding, in vSphere Client / Storage LUNs and datastores
  • properties / Storage LUNs and datastores
• default ESXi roles
  • about / Roles and permissions
• delta / Snapshots
• direct access users
  • about / Users and groups
• downtime
  • reducing / Reducing planned and unplanned downtime
  • planned downtime / Planned downtime
  • unplanned downtime / Unplanned downtime
• DRS
  • HA, using with / Using HA with DRS
  • FT, using with / Using FT with DRS
• DRS cluster
  • about / DRS
  • features / DRS
  • load balancing / DRS
  • power management / DRS
  • affinity / DRS
  • requisites / Understanding the DRS cluster requirements
  • creating / Creating a DRS cluster
  • host, adding / Creating a DRS cluster
  • host, removing / Creating a DRS cluster
  • disabling / Disabling DRS
  • power management, using / Using power management
• dynamic baselines
  • about / Working with baselines

E

• e-mail notification, alarms
  • configuring / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
  • sending / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
• EHCI + UHCI controller
  • about / USB support
• ESX/ESXi
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• ESXi host management
  • hosts, adding / Adding and removing existing hosts
  • hosts, removing / Adding and removing existing hosts
  • storage / Storage
  • physical storage / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • networking / Networking
  • EVC mode / EVC mode
  • Host Profiles / Host Profiles
• ESXi security
  • about / Securing ESXi
  • firewall, using / Using a firewall
  • security certificates, using / Using security certificates and encryption
  • lockdown mode, enabling / Enabling lockdown mode
• evaluation tasks, vCenter Operations
  • about / Evaluation tasks
  • badges / Badges and scores
  • scores / Badges and scores
  • score thresholds / Badges and scores
  • hierarchy views / Hierarchy views
  • health details / Health details
  • scorecards / Scorecards
  • heat map, used for analyzing / Analyse using heat maps
  • memory pressure / Memory pressure and ballooning
  • high balloon memory utilization / Memory pressure and ballooning
  • ballooning / Memory pressure and ballooning
• EVC mode
  • about / EVC mode
  • enabling / Managing hosts with different CPUs
• events
  • about / Alarms and events
  • viewing / Alarms and events

F

• failover configuration, with Fibre Channel
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover
• Fault Tolerance
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• Fault Tolerance (FT)
  • about / Fault Tolerance
  • cluster requisites / Preparing hosts and VMs
  • hosts requisites / Preparing hosts and VMs
  • VM requisites / Preparing hosts and VMs
  • configuring / Configuring FT
  • using, with DRS / Using FT with DRS
• Fibre Channel (FC)
  • about / Fibre Channel (FC)
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• firewall, ESXi security
  • using / Using a firewall
  • using, on physical machines / Using a firewall
  • using, on virtual machines / Using a firewall
  • software-based firewall / Using a firewall
  • hardware-based firewall / Using a firewall
  • disabling / Using a firewall
  • re-enabling / Using a firewall
• fixed baselines
  • about / Working with baselines

G

• groups
  • creating / Users and groups
  • removing / Users and groups
  • adding / Users and groups
  • editing / Users and groups

H

• HA agent logging configuration
  • about / HA security and logging
• hardware monitoring
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• HA security
  • about / HA security and logging
• HA settings
  • about / HA settings
• HBA failover
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover
• High Availability (HA)
  • features / Planned downtime
  • about / High availability (HA)
• High Availability feature
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• high availability management
  • downtime, reducing / Reducing planned and unplanned downtime
  • vSphere HA cluster, creating / Creating a vSphere HA cluster
  • Fault Tolerance / Fault Tolerance
• host-based failover
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover
• host failure
  • types / Host monitoring status
• host hardware health
  • monitoring / Monitoring host health
• Host Power Management (HPM) / CPU power management
• Host Profiles
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS, Host Profiles
  • workflow / Profile workflow
  • managing / Managing profiles
  • compliance, checking / Checking compliance
• hot cloning, VM
  • about / Hot and cold cloning
• hypervisor
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • bare metal hypervisor / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • hosted hypervisor / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • requisites / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS

I

• infrastructure services, VMware vSphere virtualization layer
  • about / vSphere component layers
  • compute service / vSphere component layers
  • storage service / vSphere component layers
  • network services / vSphere component layers
• initial configuration, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Initial configuration
  • network access / Network access
  • SSL certificate / SSL certificate
  • LDAP configuration / LDAP configuration
  • database connection, configuring / Database connection
  • server certificate / Server certificate
  • plugin configuration / Plugin configuration
• Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) / Using power management
• Intel eXecute Disable (XD) / EVC mode
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) / Using power management
• interface layer, VMware vSphere
  • about / vSphere component layers
• iSCSI
  • about / Internet SCSI (iSCSI)
• iSCSI physical adapters
  • about / Internet SCSI (iSCSI)

L

• LDAP authentication, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • configuring / LDAP configuration
  • LDAP search queries, customizing / LDAP configuration
• limits, resource allocation
  • about / Understanding limits
• Linked Mode group
  • about / Linked Mode groups
  • configuring / Linked Mode groups
  • prerequisites / Linked Mode groups
  • vCenter Server, adding / Linked Mode groups
  • vCenter Server, removing / Linked Mode groups
• Linux guest OS
  • VM drive, extending / Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system
  • VMware Tools, installing / Installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest
• local storage
  • about / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• lockdown mode, ESXi security
  • enabling / Enabling lockdown mode
• LSI Logic Parallel adapter
  • about / The SCSI controller
• LSI Logic SAS adapter
  • about / The SCSI controller
• LSI Parallel storage adapter
  • about / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• LUN
  • about / Storage LUNs and datastores
  • considerations / Storage LUNs and datastores

M

• Managed Object ID (MOID)
  • about / Host monitoring status
• management layer, VMware vSphere
  • about / vSphere component layers
• management suite
  • installing / Installing the Management Suite
  • additional modules, installing / Installing the Management Suite
  • Linked Mode group / Linked Mode groups
• memory ballooning
  • about / Memory pressure and ballooning
• memory pressure metric
  • about / Memory pressure and ballooning
• Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) / The SCSI controller
• multipathing
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover

N

• Network-attached storage (NAS)
  • about / Network-attached storage (NAS)
• network adapters
  • configuring / Network adapters and network configuration
• networked storage
  • about / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• Network File System (NFS) protocol
  • about / Network-attached storage (NAS)
• networking
  • about / Networking
  • configuring / Network adapters and network configuration
  • virtual switches / Virtual switch concept
  • setting up, with redundancy / Setting up networking with redundancy
• Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) / CPU affinity rules

O

• objects, Update Manager
  • scanning / Scanning and remediating objects
  • compliance scanning / Scanning and remediating objects
  • remediating / Scanning and remediating objects
• Open Virtualization Format (OVF) / Virtual versus physical vCenter Server
• OVF template
  • about / Importing/exporting an OVF template
  • importing, from GUI / Importing the OVF template using the command line and GUI
  • importing, into older versions of vSphere / Importing OVF templates into previous versions of vSphere
  • USB support / USB support
• OVF Tool
  • using / Importing the OVF template using the command line and GUI

P

• patch management
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• path failover
  • about / Storage multipathing and failover
• permissions, built-in users
  • root user / Roles and permissions
  • Vpxuser / Roles and permissions
  • Dcui user / Roles and permissions
• permissions, in vCenter
  • about / Roles and permissions
  • inheritance / Roles and permissions
  • object permissions / Roles and permissions
• physical adapters, ESXi host management
  • SCSI / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • RAID / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • Fibre Channel / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • Fibre Channel (FC) / Fibre Channel (FC)
  • iSCSI / Internet SCSI (iSCSI)
  • NAS / Network-attached storage (NAS)
• physical storage, ESXi host management
  • local storage / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • networked storage / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• planned downtime
  • about / Planned downtime
  • reducing / Planned downtime
  • HA and redundancy features, using / Planned downtime
  • vSphere requisites, for vMotion / vSphere requirements for vMotion
  • migration, with vMotion / Migration with vMotion
• Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) / Authentication
• plugin configuration, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Plugin configuration
  • mail plugin / Plugin configuration
• post-cloning tasks, for Windows guests
  • about / Postcloning tasks for Windows guests
• post-deployment tasks, VM
  • customization / Postdeployment tasks
• power management settings, DRS cluster
  • about / Using power management
  • automatic option / Using power management
  • threshold setting / Using power management
  • host option / Using power management
  • disabling / Using power management
  • DPM activity, monitoring / Using power management
  • cluster validity / Cluster validity
  • affinity rules / Affinity rules
  • affinity rules, creating / Affinity rules
  • CPU affinity rules / CPU affinity rules
  • CPU power management / CPU power management
• properties, vSphere Standard Switch
  • load balancing / Setting up networking with redundancy
  • network failover detection list / Setting up networking with redundancy
  • failback, selecting / Setting up networking with redundancy
• pvdisplay command / Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system

R

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• reservations, resource allocation
  • about / Understanding reservations
• resource allocation
  • about / Resource allocation
  • settings / Resource allocation
  • options / Resource allocation
  • shares / Understanding shares
  • reservations / Understanding reservations
  • limits / Understanding limits
• resource elements, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Resource elements and actions
• resource management
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • resource allocation / Resource allocation
  • resource pools / Resource pools
  • DRS / DRS
• resource pool
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• resource pools
  • about / Resource pools
  • advantages / Advantages
  • creating / Creating and editing pools
  • editing / Creating and editing pools
  • VM, assigning / Creating and editing pools
  • VM, removing / Creating and editing pools
  • removing / Creating and editing pools
• roles, in vCenter
  • about / Roles and permissions
  • adding / Roles and permissions
  • removing / Roles and permissions
  • cloning / Roles and permissions
  • editing / Roles and permissions

S

• SCSI controller, VM
  • about / The SCSI controller
  • BusLogic Parallel adapter / The SCSI controller
  • LSI Logic Parallel adapter / The SCSI controller
  • LSI Logic SAS adapter / The SCSI controller
  • VMware Paravirtual adapter / The SCSI controller
  • Windows installation example / The SCSI controller
• security certificates, ESXi security
  • about / Using security certificates and encryption
  • SSL timeouts, configuring / Using security certificates and encryption
  • service configuration example / Using security certificates and encryption
• security management
  • user management / User management
  • ESXi security / Securing ESXi
• server certificate, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Server certificate
  • self-signed certificate / Server certificate
• session management
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• shares, resource allocation
  • about / Understanding shares
  • custom values, setting up / Understanding shares
  • using / Understanding shares
• SMASH protocol
  • about / Monitoring host health
• SMTP traps, alarms
  • sending / Setting up e-mail alerts and SNMP traps
• snapshots
  • about / Snapshots
  • creating / Snapshots
  • deleting / Snapshots
  • free space / Free space
  • additional free space, seeking / Seeking additional free space
  • another task in progress situation / Another task is in progress
• snapshot size monitoring
  • about / Snapshot size monitoring
• software iSCSI
  • about / Internet SCSI (iSCSI)
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / Setting up networking with redundancy
• Standard deployment, vCenter Operations Manager
  • system requisites / vCenter Operations Manager Standard deployment
  • Virtual appliance requisites / vCenter Operations Manager Standard deployment
• storage, ESXi host management
  • about / Storage
  • host storage adapters / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • configuration / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
  • LUNs / Storage LUNs and datastores
  • datastores / Storage LUNs and datastores
  • multipathing / Storage multipathing and failover
  • path failover / Storage multipathing and failover
  • thin provisioning / Storage Thin Provisioning
• storage-related features, vSphere 5
  • about / Storage
• Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • about / vSphere physical topology
• Storage vMotion / Planned downtime
• system monitoring
  • performance statistics, viewing / Guest performance and storage usage
  • storage monitoring / Guest performance and storage usage
  • reports view / Guest performance and storage usage
  • maps view / Guest performance and storage usage
  • snapshot size monitoring / Snapshot size monitoring

T

• task
  • about / Viewing and scheduling tasks
  • viewing / Viewing and scheduling tasks
  • canceling / Viewing and scheduling tasks
  • scheduling / Viewing and scheduling tasks
• Thick Provision Eager Zeroed, virtual disk options / Virtual disks
• Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, virtual disk options / Virtual disks
• Thin Provision, virtual disk options / Virtual disks
• thin provisioning
  • about / Storage Thin Provisioning
• tick counting approach
  • about / Tick counting
• tickless timekeeping approach
  • about / Tickless timekeeping

U

• Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) / Postcloning tasks for Windows guests
• unplanned downtime
  • reducing / Unplanned downtime
  • vSphere HA / High availability (HA)
• Update Manager module
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• Update Manager plugin
  • about / The Update Manager plugin
  • tasks, performing / The Update Manager plugin
  • installing / Installation
  • compliance view / Installation
  • administration view / Installation
  • baselines / Working with baselines
  • objects, scanning / Scanning and remediating objects
  • objects, remediating / Scanning and remediating objects
  • Windows updates, deploying / Deploying Windows updates
• USB controllers
  • about / USB support
  • xHCI / USB support
  • EHCI + UHCI / USB support
• USB support, OVF template
  • about / USB support
• uselvdisplay command / Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system
• user-configurable subsystem
  • about / Events, alarms, and system monitoring
  • alarms / Alarms and events
• user management
  • about / User management
  • authentication / Authentication
  • users / Users and groups
  • roles / Roles and permissions
  • permissions / Roles and permissions
• users
  • vCenter users / Users and groups
  • direct access users / Users and groups
  • creating / Users and groups
  • modifying / Users and groups
  • deleting / Users and groups
  • removing / Users and groups

V

• vCenter
  • functions / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • features / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • management suite, installing / Installing the Management Suite
  • accessing, with vSphere Client / Accessing vCenter with vSphere Client
  • accessing, with web client / Accessing vCenter with web client
  • user-configurable subsystem / Events, alarms, and system monitoring
• vCenter Chargeback Manager
  • capabilities / What is vCenter Operations?
• vCenter Configuration Manager
  • capabilities / What is vCenter Operations?
• vCenter features / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • vCSA / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • vSphere Web Client / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • hardware monitoring / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • storage maps and reports / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • customizable topology views / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • host profiles / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • vCenter Single Sign-On / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • resource management / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • dynamic allocation of resources / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • energy efficient resource optimization / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • automatic restart of virtual machines / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • fine-grained access control / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • Network Information Service (NIS) integration / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • custom roles and permissions / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • audit trails / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • session management / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • patch management / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • VMware vCenter Orchestrator / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • VMware vCenter Operations Manager Foundation / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • linked mode / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• vCenter functions
  • visibility / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • scalability / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • automation / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
  • capabilities / What is vCenter Operations?
• vCenter Operations
  • about / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Manager / What is vCenter Operations?
  • vCenter Configuration Manager / What is vCenter Operations?
  • vCenter Infrastructure Navigator / What is vCenter Operations?
  • vCenter Chargeback Manager / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Standard edition / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Advanced edition / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Enterprise edition / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Enterprise Plus edition / What is vCenter Operations?
  • configuring / Basic configuration
  • additional configuration / Additional configuration and usage
• vCenter Operations Manager
  • capabilities / What is vCenter Operations?
  • Standard deployment / vCenter Operations Manager Standard deployment
• vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / The VMware licensing model
• vCenter Server
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • database, configuring / Configuring a database for vCenter Server
• vCenter Server Linked Mode
  • about / The VMware licensing model
• vCenter Single Sign-On
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• vCenter users
  • about / Users and groups
• vCSA
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• vgdisplay command / Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system
• virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
  • about / Virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
• virtual disk, VM
  • about / Virtual disks
  • Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed option / Virtual disks
  • Thick Provision Eager Zeroed option / Virtual disks
  • Thin Provision option / Virtual disks
  • creating / Virtual disks
  • independent (persistent) disks / Virtual disks
  • independent (nonpersistent) disks / Virtual disks
• virtualization layer, VMware vSphere
  • about / vSphere component layers
  • infrastructure services / vSphere component layers
  • application services / vSphere component layers
• virtual machine options
  • about / Virtual machine options
  • restart priority setting / Restart priority
  • isolation response setting / Isolation response
• virtual machines, for vCenter Server
  • advantages / Virtual versus physical vCenter Server
• virtual SCSI controllers / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• Virtual SMP
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• virtual switches
  • vSphere Standard Switch / vSphere Standard Switch
  • vSphere Distributed Switch / vSphere Distributed Switch
• VM
  • CPU compatibility / EVC mode
  • creating / Creating a new VM, New VM wizard
  • hardware version / Virtual hardware
  • virtual CPUs / Virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
  • SCSI controller / The SCSI controller
  • virtual disk options / Virtual disks
  • drive, expanding / Expanding a drive
  • booting, from CD-ROM / Booting a VM from CD-ROM
  • drive, extending in Linux guest OS / Extending a drive in a Linux guest operating system
  • cloning / Hot and cold cloning
• VM deployment, from template
  • performing / Deploying a VM from a template
  • template, creating / Creating a template
  • post-deployment tasks / Postdeployment tasks
  • template, updating / Keeping templates up-to-date
  • template best practices / Template best practices
• VMFS
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMkernel
  • about / vSphere Standard Switch
  • networking, setting up / vSphere Standard Switch
• VM management
  • VM, creating / Creating a new VM
  • VMware Tools / VMware Tools
  • VM, cloning / Cloning the existing VM
  • VM, deploying from template / Deploying a VM from a template
  • OVF template, exporting / Importing/exporting an OVF template
  • OVF template, importing / Importing the OVF template using the command line and GUI
  • snapshots / Snapshots
• VM Monitoring
  • settings / VM monitoring
• vMotion
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VM time synchronization
  • options / VM time synchronization
  • about / VM time synchronization
  • advantages / VM time synchronization
  • disadvantages / VM time synchronization
• VMware licensing model
  • about / The VMware licensing model
  • licensing restrictions / The VMware licensing model
• VMware Paravirtual adapter (PVSCSI)
  • about / The SCSI controller
  • guest operating systems / The SCSI controller
• VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
  • about / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• VMware terminologies
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • VMware vSphere / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • ESX/ESXi / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • hypervisor / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware Tools
  • about / VMware Tools
  • functions / VMware Tools
  • features / VMware Tools
  • installing, on Windows guest / Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest
  • installing, on on Linux guest / Installing VMware Tools on a Linux guest
  • time synchronization / Time synchronization
  • configuring, for time synchronization / VM time synchronization
• VMware Update Manager
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• VMware vCenter Operations Manager Foundation
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
• VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities, Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • features / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • components / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • workflow library / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • workflow engine / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • architecture / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
  • system requisites / System requirements and components setup
  • components setup / System requirements and components setup
  • configuring / System requirements and components setup
  • performance, improving / System requirements and components setup
  • database, setting up / System requirements and components setup
  • general requisites / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • downloading / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • standalone version, installing / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • installing / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • configuration, exporting / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • uninstalling / Installing and upgrading Orchestrator
  • initial configuration / Initial configuration
  • installing, as system service / Installing Orchestrator as a system service
  • administering / Administering vCenter Orchestrator
  • workflows / Overview of workflows
  • resource elements / Resource elements and actions
  • actions / Resource elements and actions
• VMware vCenter Server Foundation edition
  • capabilities / The VMware licensing model
• VMware vCenter Server Standard edition
  • capabilities / The VMware licensing model
• VMware View
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware vSphere
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • features / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • DRS / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • High Availability feature / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • Fault Tolerance feature / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • vMotion / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • storage vMotion / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • vSphere Storage DRS / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • VMFS / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • resource pool / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • VMware Update Manager / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
  • VMware View / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware vSphere Client
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware vSphere Essentials Bundle / The VMware licensing model
• VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit benefits / The VMware licensing model
• VMware vSphere SDKs
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• VMware vSphere Web Client
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• vSphere 5
  • storage-related features / Storage
• vSphere Authentication Proxy module
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• vSphere Auto Deploy module
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• vSphere Client
  • used, for accessing vCenter / Accessing vCenter with vSphere Client
  • hardware requisites / Accessing vCenter with web client
• vSphere component layers
  • about / vSphere component layers
  • virtualization layer / vSphere component layers
  • management layer / vSphere component layers
  • interface layer / vSphere component layers
• vSphere Distributed Power Management (DPM) / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• vSphere Distributed Switch
  • about / vSphere Distributed Switch
• vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• vSphere environment
  • planning / Planning the vSphere environment
  • vCenter 5.0 deployment / Planning the vSphere environment
  • vCenter 5.1 deployment / Planning the vSphere environment
  • hardware requisites / vCenter system requirements
  • JVM heap requisites / vCenter system requirements
  • software requisites / vCenter system requirements
  • vSphere physical topology / vSphere physical topology
  • VMware vSphere Client (vSphere Client) / vSphere physical topology
  • vSphere Web Client / vSphere physical topology
  • vSphere Command-Line Interface (vSphere CLI) / vSphere physical topology
  • virtual versus, physical vCenter Server / Virtual versus physical vCenter Server
• vSphere ESXi Dump Collector module
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• vSphere HA cluster
  • creating / Creating a vSphere HA cluster
  • prerequisites / Creating a vSphere HA cluster
  • HA settings / HA settings
  • host monitoring status / Host monitoring status
  • datastore heartbeating / Datastore heartbeating
  • virtual machine options / Virtual machine options
  • VM monitoring / VM monitoring
  • admission control / Admission control
  • using, with DRS / Using HA with DRS
  • enabled state / What to expect when HA is enabled
• vSphere physical topology
  • about / vSphere physical topology
• vSphere Standard Switch
  • about / vSphere Standard Switch
  • uses / vSphere Standard Switch
  • port groups / vSphere Standard Switch
  • creating / vSphere Standard Switch
  • configuring / vSphere Standard Switch
  • properties / Setting up networking with redundancy
• vSphere Storage DRS
  • about / VMware terminologies – vSphere, ESX, ESXi, hypervisor, and VMFS
• vSphere Syslog Collector module
  • about / Installing the Management Suite
• vSphere Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore / Host storage adapters and storage configuration
• vSphere vMotion® / Planned downtime
• vSphere Web Client
  • about / Key vCenter functions and capabilities
  • hardware requisites / Accessing vCenter with web client
  • supported operating systems / Accessing vCenter with web client
• vSphere Web Client 5
  • supported browsers / Accessing vCenter with web client
• vSphere Web Client 5.1
  • supported browsers / Accessing vCenter with web client

W

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) / Using power management
• web client
  • used, for accessing vCenter / Accessing vCenter with web client
• Windows guest OS
  • VMware Tools, installing / Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest
• workflow, VMware vCenter Orchestrator
  • about / Overview of workflows
  • overview / Overview of workflows
• workflow engine
  • about / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator
• workflow library
  • about / Installing and configuring vCenter Orchestrator

X

• xHCI controller
  • about / USB support