Index
A
- AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- Atomic Test & S et (ATS) / vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- automation levels, vSphere DRS
- manual / DRS automation levels
- partial automated / DRS automation levels
- fully automated / DRS automation levels
B
- blade server
- advantages / Host hardware types
- disadvantages / Host hardware types
C
- Common Internet File System (CIFS) / vSphere NFS storage components
- compatibility modes, RDM
- virtual compatibility mode / RDM – does it need to be used in your environment?
- physical compatibility mode / RDM – does it need to be used in your environment?
- connection options, vMA
- --vihost / Using the VMware commands
- --username / Using the VMware commands
- --url / Using the VMware commands
- --server / Using the VMware commands
- --savesessionfile / Using the VMware commands
- --config / Using the VMware commands
- --password / Using the VMware commands
- --portnumber / Using the VMware commands
- CPU hardware virtualization
- disadvantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- advantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- CPU software virtualization
- advantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- disadvantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
D
- Datastore / vRealize displays the WorkLoad Badge Metrics
- datastore types, vSphere storage design
- about / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Production VM / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- IT VM / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Staging VM / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Isolated VM / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Template and ISO / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Desktop VM / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- SRM placeholder / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- rules / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- Storage I/O control / Storage I/O Control – is it needed to enable the feature?
- Shared I/O Control settings / A Shared I/O Control settings explanation
- RDM / RDM – does it need to be used in your environment?
- ESXi multipathing policies / How to design ESXi multipathing policies
- zoning / How to design zoning and masking
- masking / How to design zoning and masking
- design key points, ESXi host
- about / ESXi host design key points
- CPU capacity / CPU capacity
- host count / Number of hosts
- hardware type / Host hardware types
- design key points, virtual machine
- about / Virtual machine design key points
- virtual CPUs, count / Number of virtual CPUs
- memorys performance, ensuring / Ensuring the memory's performance
- resource, setting / VM resource setting – limit, reservation, and share
- limit / VM resource setting – limit, reservation, and share
- reservation / VM resource setting – limit, reservation, and share
- shares / VM resource setting – limit, reservation, and share
- virtual SCSI HBA type / Virtual SCSI HBA type – which one fits your OS?
- device driver queue / Concepts of storage virtualization
- Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) / Enabling and accessing ESXi Shell
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
E
- End User License Agreement (EULA) / Installing the VMware ESXi host
- Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) / vSphere FT
- esxcfg-mapth command, options
- -l / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -L / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -m / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -b / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -s / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -G / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -d / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -r / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- esxcfg-scsidevs command, options
- -l / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -m / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -d / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -u / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -f / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -a / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -c / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- -A / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- esxcfg-vmknic command / A vSphere NFS storage troubleshooting example
- esxcli
- multipathing / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
- ESXi
- reviewing / Reviewing ESXi and vCenter Server logs
- ESXi host
- about / ESXi host design key points
- design key points / ESXi host design key points
- naming convention / Host naming conventions
- design, example / An ESXi host design example
- ESXi host design
- example / An ESXi host design example
- management cluster specifications / Management cluster specifications
- Oracle cluster specifications / Oracle cluster specifications
- VMware ESXi physical specifications / VMware ESXi physical specifications
- Oracle Cluster VMware ESXi physical specifications / Oracle cluster VMware ESXi physical specifications
- ESXi multipathing policies
- ESXi Shell
- enabling / Enabling and accessing ESXi Shell
- accessing / Enabling and accessing ESXi Shell
- enabling, from vSphere Client / Enabling ESXi Shell from vSphere Client
- accessing, from DCUI / Accessing ESXi Shell from DCUI
- accessing, from SSH client / Accessing the remote ESXi Shell from the SSH client
- vm-support log file, exporting / Exporting the vm-support log file from ESXi Shell
- ESXi technical support mode
- configuring / Configuring ESXi technical support mode
- esxtop / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- Extended Page Tables (EPT) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
F
- Fabric A / Second scenario
- Fabric B / Second scenario
- FC-SAN multipathing
- FC Swtich A / Second scenario
- FC Swtich B / Second scenario
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) / Concepts of storage virtualization
G
- Guest Average Latency (GAVG) / A vSphere Fibre Channel storage troubleshooting example
- Guest Physical Memory / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- Guest Virtual Memory / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
H
- hard disk, virtual machine
- deploying / Virtual machine hard disk – how to deploy and which types?
- multiple virtual disks / Multiple virtual disks
- disk location / Virtual disk location
- swap file location / Swap file location
- hardware abstraction layer (HAL) / Number of virtual CPUs
- hardware acceleration API
- hardware MMU virtualization
- advantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- disadvantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- hardware virtualization
- High Availability (HA) / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) / Physical and virtual architecture
- host naming convention / Convention for naming a host
- Host Physical Memory / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
I
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
- input/output operations per second (IOPS) / Storage design key points
- installations
- VMware ESXi host / Installing the VMware ESXi host
- VMware vCenter Server / Installing VMware vCenter Server, Prerequisites
- VMware vCenter Server Appliance / Installing the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) / Accessing ESXi Shell from DCUI
- Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-x) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- Internet Small Computer System Interface / vSphere iSCSI storage components
K
- Kernel Average Latency (KAVG) / A vSphere Fibre Channel storage troubleshooting example
- kernel queue / Concepts of storage virtualization
L
- Linked Mode configuration / Installing the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- LUN masking
- about / LUN masking
- -l option / LUN masking
- -L option / LUN masking
- -m option / LUN masking
- -b option / LUN masking
- -s option / LUN masking
- -G option / LUN masking
- -D option / LUN masking
- -r option / LUN masking
- -t option / LUN masking
- -A option / LUN masking
- -C option / LUN masking
- -T option / LUN masking
- -P option / LUN masking
- LUN Masking
- implementing / How to design zoning and masking
M
- management commands, vMA
- vifp addserver / Using the VMware commands
- vifp removeserver / Using the VMware commands
- vifp reconfigure / Using the VMware commands
- vifp rotatepassword / Using the VMware commands
- vifp listservers / Using the VMware commands
- vifptarget --set | -s / Using the VMware commands
- vifptarget --clear | -c / Using the VMware commands
- vifptarget --display | -d / Using the VMware commands
- vicfg-hostops / Using the VMware commands
- vicfg-cfgbackup / Using the VMware commands
- vicfg-authconfig / Using the VMware commands
- masking
- about / How to design zoning and masking
- memory management unit (MMU) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) / Concepts of storage virtualization, How to design ESXi multipathing policies
- migration threshold
- working / DRS automation levels
- conservative / DRS automation levels
- moderate-conservative / DRS automation levels
- moderate / DRS automation levels
- moderate-aggressive / DRS automation levels
- Most Recently Used (MRU) / Virtual machine storage profile, How to design ESXi multipathing policies
- Multipathing Plugin (MPP) / Virtual machine storage profile
- Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) / Virtual machine storage profile
- Path Selection Plugin (PSP) / Virtual machine storage profile
N
- naming convention, ESXi host / Host naming conventions
- Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP)
- about / Virtual machine storage profile
- NFS storage
- component / vSphere NFS storage components
- case study / A vSphere NFS storage case study
- troubleshooting example / A vSphere NFS storage troubleshooting example
P
- Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) / Virtual SCSI HBA type – which one fits your OS?
- physical architecture
- differentiating, with virtual architecture / Physical and virtual architecture
- physical machine
- comparing, with virtual machines / A comparison between physical and virtual machines
- Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) / Virtual machine storage profile, vSphere storage components
- PowerPath/VE
- PSA
- analyzing / Analyzing PSA and multipathing using esxcli
Q
- queue depth / Concepts of storage virtualization
R
- rack server modularity
- advantages / Host hardware types, DRS rules
- disadvantages / Host hardware types, DRS rules
- Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- RDM
- about / RDM – does it need to be used in your environment?
- compatibility modes / RDM – does it need to be used in your environment?
- resxtop utility
- default mode (interactive mode) / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- batch mode / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- replay mode / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- Round robin (RR) / How to design ESXi multipathing policies
- Round Robin (RR) / Virtual machine storage profile
- rules, vSphere DRS
S
- SAN switch
- reference link / How to design zoning and masking
- service-level agreement (SLA) / Getting started with vSphere storage design
- settings, Storage I/O control
- Storage I/O enabled / A Shared I/O Control settings explanation
- Storage I/O shares / A Shared I/O Control settings explanation
- Limit IOPs / A Shared I/O Control settings explanation
- share storage size, vSphere storage design
- about / Share storage size – how many datastore requirements fit?
- virtual machines per LUN / Virtual machines per LUN
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- software MMU virtualization
- advantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- disadvantages / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- software virtualization
- SSD devices
- identifying / Identifying and tagging SSD devices
- tagging / Identifying and tagging SSD devices
- storage design
- key points / Storage design key points
- Storage I/O control
- storage performance problems, vSphere
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting vSphere storage performance problems
- scenarios / First scenario, Second scenario
- storage virtualization
- concepts / Concepts of storage virtualization
- symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) / Number of virtual CPUs
T
- Technical Supported Mode (TSM) / Using the VMware commands
- translation look-aside buffer (TLB) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- Transport Control Protocol (TCP) / vSphere iSCSI storage components
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- about / Which platform do you choose?
- troubleshooting example, NFS storage / A vSphere NFS storage troubleshooting example
V
- vCenter Server
- connecting, vSphere Client used / Connecting to vCenter Server with vSphere Client
- connecting, vSphere Web Client used / Connecting to vCenter Server with vSphere Web Client
- vCenter Server logging
- vCenter Server logs
- reviewing / Reviewing ESXi and vCenter Server logs
- location / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vpxd.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vpxd-profiler.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- scoreboard.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- profiler.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- cim-diag.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vws.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vpxd-alert.log / The location of the vCenter Server log
- drmdump\ / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vCenter Single Sign On (SSO) / Prerequisites
- vCenter troubleshooting FC storage
- vifp interface / Using the VMware commands
- virtual architecture
- differentiating with physical architecture / Physical and virtual architecture
- virtual disk
- in VMFS / Concepts of storage virtualization
- in RDM / Concepts of storage virtualization
- virtual machine
- storage profile / Virtual machine storage profile
- design key points / Virtual machine design key points
- hard disk, deploying / Virtual machine hard disk – how to deploy and which types?
- hard disk, types / Virtual machine hard disk – how to deploy and which types?
- design, example / A virtual machine design example
- Virtual Machine (VM) / Software and hardware virtualization techniques
- virtual machines
- comparing, with physical machine / A comparison between physical and virtual machines
- virtual SCSI HBA type
- about / Virtual SCSI HBA type – which one fits your OS?
- virtual NICs / Virtual NICs
- hardware compatibility / Virtual machine hardware compatibility
- guest OS / Considering guest OS
- vm-support log file
- exporting, from vSphere Client / Exporting the vm-support log file from vSphere Client
- exporting, from ESXi Shell / Exporting the vm-support log file from ESXi Shell
- vMA
- deploying / Deploying vMA
- URL / Deploying vMA
- Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed option / Deploying vMA
- Thick Provision Eager Zeroed option / Deploying vMA
- Thin Provision option / Deploying vMA
- IP address allocation policy / Deploying vMA
- VMFS
- about / Concepts of storage virtualization
- virtual disk, accessing / Concepts of storage virtualization
- volume copies, applying / Applying VMFS volume copies resignaturing
- resignaturing / Applying VMFS volume copies resignaturing, Troubleshooting VMware snapshots and VMFS resignaturing
- VMFS datastore volume
- unmounting / VMFS DataStore volume unmounting
- vmhba3 adapter / LUN masking
- vmkping command / A vSphere NFS storage troubleshooting example
- VMM
- about / Understanding the VMM
- monitor modes / Understanding the VMM
- VMware
- URL / vSphere 5 storage maximums
- recommended paths / How to design ESXi multipathing policies
- VMware commands
- using / Using the VMware commands
- esxcli / Using the VMware commands
- resxtop / Using the VMware commands
- vicfg- commands / Using the VMware commands
- esxcfg- commands / Using the VMware commands
- vmware-vmd / Using the VMware commands
- management commands / Using the VMware commands
- connection options / Using the VMware commands
- VMware ESXi host
- installing / Installing the VMware ESXi host
- VMware ESXi Host Cluster / VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
- VMware Knowledge Base
- VMware snapshots
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting VMware snapshots and VMFS resignaturing
- VMware vCenter Server
- installing / Installing VMware vCenter Server
- URL / Installing VMware vCenter Server
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- about / VMware vCenter Server
- platform, selecting / Which platform do you choose?, Deploying on a physical server or a virtual machine?
- VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- about / Installing the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- installing / Installing the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- URL / Installing the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- VMware vCenter server DB
- deploying / How to deploy VMware vCenter Server DB
- VMware vSphere ESXi
- architecture / The VMware vSphere ESXi architecture
- troubleshooting / The VMware vSphere ESXi architecture
- VMware vSphere Server installer
- VMware vSphere Storage DRS (SDRS)
- about / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- creating / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- VMware vSphere Storage DRS (SDRS), rules
- VMDK affinity rules / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- VMDK anti-affinity rules / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- VM anti-affinity rules / VMware vSphere Storage DRS
- VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
- VPX Operational Dashboard (VOD) / The location of the vCenter Server log
- vSphere
- storage performance problems, troubleshooting / Troubleshooting vSphere storage performance problems
- vSphere 5 storage
- maximums / vSphere 5 storage maximums
- vSphere Client
- used, for connecting vCenter Server / Connecting to vCenter Server with vSphere Client
- vm-support log file, exporting / Exporting the vm-support log file from vSphere Client
- vSphere clusters
- about / vSphere clusters, Number of vSphere clusters
- tier one cluster / A tier one cluster
- management cluster / A management cluster
- vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) / A vSphere NFS storage case study
- vSphere DRS
- about / vSphere DRS
- automation levels / DRS automation levels
- rules / DRS rules
- vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) / Installing the VMware ESXi host
- vSphere Fibre Channel storage
- about / The vSphere Fibre Channel storage component
- troubleshooting example / A vSphere Fibre Channel storage troubleshooting example
- vSphere FT
- about / vSphere FT
- vSphere HA
- about / vSphere HA
- useful tips / Useful tips
- vSphere High Availability (HA) / Installing the VMware ESXi host
- vSphere iSCSI storage
- components / vSphere iSCSI storage components
- troubleshooting example / vSphere iSCSI storage troubleshooting examples
- vSphere log
- used, for troubleshooting vSphere storage problem / Identifying the vSphere log used to troubleshoot a storage problem
- vSphere performance monitoring tools
- using / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- characters / Using vSphere performance monitoring tools
- vSphere Server log
- locations / The location of the vSphere Server log
- vSphere Standard Switch (VSS) / A vSphere NFS storage case study
- vSphere storage
- monitoring / Monitoring vSphere storage
- managing, with command line / vSphere storage management using the command line
- components / vSphere storage components
- vSphere storage APIs
- for array integration / vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- for storage awareness / vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- vSphere storage architecture
- about / The vSphere storage architecture
- vSphere storage design
- about / Getting started with vSphere storage design
- share storage size / Share storage size – how many datastore requirements fit?
- datastore types / Datastore types – how many types fit your environment?
- vSphere storage issue
- troubleshooting, with vSphere log / Identifying the vSphere log used to troubleshoot a storage problem
- vSphere virtual datacenter design
- key points / vSphere virtual datacenter design key points
- example / A vSphere virtual datacenter design example
- vSphere Web Client
- used, for connecting vCenter Server / Connecting to vCenter Server with vSphere Web Client
- vStorage APIs, for Array Integration
- about / vStorage APIs for Array Integration
- hardware offloaded copy up / vStorage APIs for Array Integration
- Write same / Zero 10 / vStorage APIs for Array Integration
- hardware offloaded locking SCSI reservation conflicts / vStorage APIs for Array Integration
W
- World Wide Number (WWN) / vSphere storage management using the command line
Z
- zoning