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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.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Getting Started
8
Section 2: Managing Resources
13
Section 3: Advanced Topics
18
Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment

Further reading

Read the following articles for more information:

  • vSphere security: vSphere security provides information about securing your vSphere environment for VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESXi and it focuses on the following subjects:
    • Permissions and user management
    • Host security features
    • Virtual machine encryption
    • GuestOS security
    • Managing TLS protocol configuration
    • Security best practices and hardening
    • vSphere privileges

For more information refer to https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-67-security-guide.pdf.

  • VMware security advisories: VMware's security advisories document remediation for security vulnerabilities that are reported in VMware products. For more information, refer to https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories.html.
  • Cybersecurity – attack and defense strategies: The book will start talking about...