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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7, - Second Edition

By : Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi, Karel Novak
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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7, - Second Edition

By: Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi, Karel Novak

Overview of this book

vSphere 6.7 is the latest release of VMware’s industry-leading, virtual cloud platform. It allows organisations to move to hybrid cloud computing by enabling them to run, manage, connect and secure applications in a common operating environment. This up-to-date, 2nd edition provides complete coverage of vSphere 6.7. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples and self-assessment questions, you will begin with an overview of the products, solutions and features of the vSphere 6.7 suite. You’ll learn how to design and plan a virtual infrastructure and look at the workflow and installation of components. You'll gain insight into best practice configuration, management and security. By the end the book you'll be able to build your own VMware vSphere lab that can run even the most demanding of workloads.

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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
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1
Section 1: Getting Started
Section 1: Getting Started
2
Evolution to vSphere 6.7
Evolution to vSphere 6.7
Introduction to VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere ecosystem
Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS
What's new in VMware vSphere 6.7?
Reasons for and against upgrading
Summary
Questions
Further reading
3
Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
Planning a virtual infrastructure project
Physical hardware considerations
Assess
Design
Different scenarios
Summary
Questions
Further reading
4
Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
Analyzing a physical environment before virtualizing
Assessing an existing virtual environment
Summary
Questions
Further reading
5
Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
vSphere components and workflow
ESXi deployment plan
ESXi installation
vCenter Server components
vCenter Server Appliance deployment
vCSA HA
Summary
Questions
Further reading
6
Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client
Configuring ESXi
Backing up and restoring ESXi
Configuring vCSA
Exporting and importing the vCSA configuration
Managing data centers, clusters, and hosts
Automating tasks with scripts
Summary
Questions
Further reading
7
Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
Patching a vSphere 6.7 environment
Upgrade flow to vSphere 6.7
Upgrading vCSA 6.5 to vCSA 6.7
Upgrading vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCenter 6.7 for Windows
Migrating vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCSA 6.7
Upgrading standalone ESXi servers
VUM
Updating the vCSA
Summary
Questions
Further reading
8
Section 2: Managing Resources
Section 2: Managing Resources
9
Managing Networking Resources
Managing Networking Resources
Basic network overview
Virtual networking with switches
Managing standard virtual networking
Managing distributed virtual networking
NIOC
Advanced network functions
Summary
Questions
Further reading
10
Managing Storage Resources
Managing Storage Resources
Storage basics
VMware vSphere storage types
VMware vSphere storage configuration
SIOC and storage DRS
Advanced storage features
Storage integration
Introducing VMware vSAN
Summary
Questions
Further reading
11
VM Deployment and Management
VM Deployment and Management
The components of a virtual machine
Deploying VMs
Content library
Managing VMs
Importing and exporting VMs
Converting VMs
Summary
Questions
Further reading
12
VM Resource Management
VM Resource Management
Virtual machine resource management
Virtual machine migration
DRS
Resource pools and vApps
Network and storage resources
Summary
Questions
Further reading
13
Section 3: Advanced Topics
Section 3: Advanced Topics
14
Availability and Disaster Recovery
Availability and Disaster Recovery
VMware vSphere HA
VMware vSphere FT
Virtual machine clustering
Virtual machine backup
VMware vSphere Replication
Disaster recovery and disaster avoidance
VMware solutions
Summary
Questions
Further reading
15
Securing and Protecting Your Environment
Securing and Protecting Your Environment
Security and hardening concepts in vSphere
Authentication and identity
Active directory integration
vCenter Server, ESXi, and VM hardening
Encryption options of the vSphere
Summary
Questions
Further reading
16
Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
Monitoring a virtual environment
VM optimization
Log management
vRealize Operations
Other monitoring tools
Summary
Questions
Further reading
17
Troubleshooting Your Environment
Troubleshooting Your Environment
What is troubleshooting?
Troubleshooting a virtual environment
Logs
Troubleshooting vSphere components
Summary
Questions
Further reading
18
Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment
Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment
19
Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab
Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab
The importance of lifelong learning
Choosing the right platform
Software components and licensing
Architecture and logical design
A detailed implementation guide
Summary
20
Assessment
Assessment
Chapter 1: Evolution to vSphere 6.7
Chapter 2: Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
Chapter 3: Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
Chapter 4: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
Chapter 5: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
Chapter 7: Managing Networking Resources
Chapter 8: Managing Storage Resources
Chapter 9: VM Deployment and Management
Chapter 10: VM Resource Management
Chapter 11: Availability and Disaster Recovery
Chapter 12: Securing and Protecting Your Environment
Chapter 13: Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
Chapter 14: Troubleshooting Your Environment
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Storage basics

There are different types of storage, with different protocols, architectures, scaling capabilities, and purposes. In a virtual environment, you will need a resilient and reliable storage solution that meets your required performance and that can scale for the future. This is only possible using enterprise storage products, with some exceptions for the ROBO and SMB scenarios, as discussed in Chapter 2, Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure.

Enterprise-class storage can be classified in different ways:

  • Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • Object-based storage/cloud storage

For VMware vSphere, the first three storage classes are the most relevant as they are the only solutions that can be used for running VMs. Object-based storage, however, could be used by other solutions (such as backup products...

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