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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
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Section 1: Getting Started
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Section 2: Managing Resources
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Section 3: Advanced Topics
18
Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment

Upgrading vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCenter 6.7 for Windows

vCenter for Windows is a fully supported deployment type in VMware vSphere 6.7, but keep in mind that this is the last version that supports vCenter for Windows. In the next release, vCSA will be the only supported deployment.

The upgrade consists of two steps:

  1. Upgrade PSC (the embedded version is not used)
  2. Upgrade vCenter Server

PSC upgrade

Before you upgrade vCenter for Windows to vCSA, the PSC must be migrated to the corresponding vSphere version, which in our case is vSphere 6.7.

If you are migrating vCenter for Windows with an embedded PSC, you can skip this step. You can follow these steps to upgrade your PSC:

  1. Perform a backup of the Windows Server that...