The first step after the vCenter is built is to create a vCenter inventory as per the organization's needs. The vCenter inventory is just the logical representation of how you are going to manage the virtual environment. So, for example, if you are managing a different set of ESXi hosts' across a different geographical area, department, project, and so on, you can create a separate view for each of these and assign permissions to individual objects.
VMware ESXi Cookbook
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VMware ESXi Cookbook
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Overview of this book
<p>VMware ESX and VMware ESXi hypervisors are used for providing the foundation for building and managing a virtualized IT infrastructure. vSphere 5.1 delivers the same industry-leading performance and scalability as prior vSphere releases, with several additional benefits including its improved reliability and security. VMware vSphere 5.1 is based on the ESXi hypervisor architecture, a thin purpose-built hypervisor that does not depend on a general purpose operating system, which does away with the requirement of persistent storage. So we can now store it on a dedicated compact storage device, drastically reducing the hypervisor install footprint to less than 150MB.</p>
<p>"VMware ESXi 5.1 Cookbook" explores every aspect of VMware administration. We will learn to configure and to administer vSphere including high availability (HA), distributed resource scheduler (DRS), fault tolerance (FT), vMotion , svMotion, virtual machine provisioning, update manager, and distributed virtual switches. We will also explore advanced level operations with lots of tips and tricks to ease your job.</p>
<p>"VMware ESXi 5.1 Cookbook" offers a comprehensive understanding of new features released with vSphere 5.1 and how it enhances your VMware virtual environment. Starting with the installation and configuration of ESXi and vCenter and followed by the configuration of various core components including the network, storage, virtual machine administration, security, performance, and patching, along with the high availability of the virtual infrastructure.</p>
<p>Also exploring how the vSphere environment can be secured, learn to monitor your virtual environment using default alarms available with the vCenter server and to collect performance reports for your vSphere environment.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
VMware ESXi Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Installing and Configuring ESXi
Installing and Using vCenter
Networking
Storage
Resource Management and High Availability
Managing Virtual Machines
Securing the ESXi Server and Virtual Machines
Performance Monitoring and Alerts
vSphere Update Manager
Index
Customer Reviews