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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

Questions

  1. Which protocols can be used to manage the ESXi hypervisor?

a) HTTP
b) RDP
c) HTTPS
d) Telnet
e) SSH
f) VNC

  1. Why should you configure the NTP client on the ESXi server?
  2. There are three partitions created by default on the ESXi server during installation:

a) True
b) False

  1. Describe why you should perform periodic backups of ESXi server and vCSA.
  2. The IP address and the DNS settings of vCSA can't be changed after the installation:

a) True
b) False

  1. What is the difference between vCenter Essentials, vCenter Foundation, and vCenter Standard?
  2. You can integrate vCenter Server to the remote identity source. What are the valid sources for your users and groups?

a) Active Directory, Open LDAP, LocalOS, and Local Domain
b) Open LDAP, Local Domain, and LocalOS
c) Active Directory, Lotus Notes, Open LDAP, and Local Domain
d) Active Directory, Novell Netware, and Open LDAP...