In a large environment, it is entirely possible that you arrive at a configuration change that needs to be published across different sets of hosts or, let's say, host clusters. Since a host or a cluster can only be attached to a single Host Profile at any point in time, there should be a way to publish configuration changes across clusters. It wouldn't make any sense to duplicate Host Profiles whenever such a need arises. Starting with vSphere 6.5, Host Profiles we can now copy settings from one Host Profile to one or more other Host Profiles. The following diagram shows a high—level overview of the logical steps involved in copying settings to host profiles:
VMware vSphere 6.7 Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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Overview of this book
VMware vSphere is the most comprehensive core suite of SDDC solutions on the market. It helps transform data centers into simplified on-premises private cloud infrastructures. This edition of the book focuses on the latest version, vSphere 6.7.
The books starts with chapters covering the greenfield deployment of vSphere 6.7 components and the upgrade of existing vSphere components to 6.7. You will then learn how to configure storage and network access for a vSphere environment. Get to grips with optimizing your vSphere environment for resource distribution and utilization using features such as DRS and DPM, along with enabling high availability for vSphere components using vSphere HA, VMware FT, and VCHA. Then, you will learn how to facilitate large-scale deployment of stateless/stateful ESXi hosts using Auto Deploy. Finally, you will explore how to upgrade/patch a vSphere environment using vSphere Update Manager, secure it using SSL certificates, and then monitor its performance with tools such as vSphere Performance Charts and esxtop.
By the end of this book, you'll be well versed in the core functionalities of vSphere 6.7 and be able to effectively deploy, manage, secure, and monitor your environment.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
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Deploying a New vSphere 6.7 Infrastructure
Planning and Executing the Upgrade of vSphere
Configuring Network Access Using vSphere Standard Switches
Configuring Network Access Using vSphere Distributed Switches
Configuring Storage Access for Your vSphere Environment
Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores
SIOC, Storage DRS, and Profile-Driven Storage
Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC
Achieving High Availability in a vSphere Environment
Achieving Configuration Compliance Using vSphere Host Profiles
Building Custom ESXi Images Using Image Builder
Auto-Deploying Stateless and Stateful ESXi Hosts
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Upgrading and Patching Using vSphere Update Manager
Securing vSphere Using SSL Certificates
Monitoring the vSphere Infrastructure
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