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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

Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading

  1. (b) vCSA 6.5 with embedded PSC to vCSA 6.7 with embedded PSC, (d) vCenter Server for Windows with external PSC to vCSA with External PSC, (f) vCenter for Windows 6.5 with embedded PSC and embedded database to vCenter 6.7 for Windows with embedded PSC and embedded database
  2. (b) False
  3. (a) vSphere Update Manager, (c) The esxcli tool, (d) ISO installation media
  4. (a) True
  5. Critical Host Patches, Non-Critical Host Patches, VMware Tools Upgrade to Match Host, VM Hardware Upgrade to Match Host and VA Upgrade to Latest
  6. (b) False
  7. The Migration assistant serves two purposes. The first is running pre-checks on the source Windows vCenter Server. The Migration Assistant displays warnings of installed extensions and provides a resolution for each. It will also show the source and the destination deployment types. The second purpose...