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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

Design

The design process is well covered in the VMware vSphere Design Workshop course.
The VMware vSphere Design Workshop course includes the following modules:

  • Design process overview
  • VMware vSphere storage design
  • VMware vSphere network design
  • Compute resources design
  • Virtual machine design
  • VMware vSphere virtual data center design
  • Management and monitoring design
vSphere Design Workshop is a three-day, instructor-led class at https://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=one&id_subject=79170.

VCDX certification also provides some useful information; the entire path of VCDX-DCV certification provides a complete VCDX methodology. This methodology focuses on how to identify business needs and how to map them to design and implement decisions.

You can find more information about becoming VCDX at https://www.vmware.com/education-services/certification/vcdx...