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VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook - Third Edition

By: Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright

Overview of this book

VMware is the industry leader in data center virtualization. The vSphere 6.x suite of products provides a robust and resilient platform to virtualize server and application workloads. This book uses proven infrastructure design principles and applies them to VMware vSphere 6.7 virtual data center design through short and focused recipes on each design aspect. The second edition of this book focused on vSphere 6.0. vSphere features released since then necessitate an updated design guide, which includes recipes for upgrading to 6.7, vCenter HA; operational improvements; cutting-edge, high-performance storage access such as RDMA and Pmem; security features such as encrypted vMotion and VM-level encryption; Proactive HA; HA Orchestrated Restart; Predictive DRS; and more. By the end of the book, you will be able to achieve enhanced compute, storage, network, and management capabilities for your virtual data center.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Upgrading an ESXi host

Many environments have already adopted some level of virtualization. A data center design will likely have to include upgrading the current infrastructure to leverage new features and functionality. Upgrading ESXi is a simple process, but it requires some planning to ensure compatibility and supportability. Chapter 4, vSphere Management Design, provides details about upgrading vCenter Server. This recipe will provide the details for planning an upgrade of ESXi hosts.

ESXi 5.x can be upgraded directly to ESXi 6.0 or 6.5. If you want to upgrade a host to 6.7 from 5.x, you'll first need an upgrade to 6.0 or 6.5, then another upgrade to 6.7.

How to do it...

When preparing to upgrade ESXi hosts, use...