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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

Migrating vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCSA 6.7

Historically, many infrastructures were based on vCenter for Windows, especially those that were not deployed after vSphere 6.5 was announced. Before vSphere 6.5 was introduced, the vCSA was an appliance with a limited set of features and many companies preferred to use a full-feature vCenter Server running on Windows.

From vSphere 6.5, vCSA is the preferred vCenter deployment option, and vSphere 6.7 is the last release that supports vCenter for Windows. Customers are encouraged to perform the migration from vCenter for Windows to vCSA.

VMware introduced the vCenter for Windows to vCSA migration wizard in vSphere 6.5 as an integrated part of the vCSA installation.

Migration procedure

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