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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 10: VM Resource Management

  1. (b) False
  2. The differences between reservations, limits, and shares are as follows:
    • Reservations specify the minimum allocation guaranteed to a VM. When the VM is powered on, the ESXi hypervisor assigns resources based on the specified minimum reservation regardless of whether the physical server is heavily loaded.
    • Using limits, you can specify the maximum amount of resources a VM can use. If the limit is not set, a VM will consume up to the maximum amount of resources based on its configuration and the virtual hardware used.
    • Shares specify the priority of a VM to get resources during a period of contention. When resources in an ESXi host are limited, and the VMs compete to access resources, the VMs configured with higher shares will have higher priority to access more of the host's resources. Shares can be specified as high, normal, or...