In Chapter 9, Configure and Administer vSphere and vCenter Availability Solutions, we covered the HA capabilities that are available in vSphere 6.5, and explained the configuration of the vSphere HA cluster and the vCSA HA setup. The deployment of virtual machines is the final step in vSphere 6.5 infrastructure configuration. Understanding the available settings and configuration options of virtual machines is a key point that's covered in Objective 10.1 to ensure that you have the correct VMs deployment.
This chapter will also explain the concept and configuration of the content library feature, pointing out its benefits and the new capabilities introduced in vSphere 6.5 to ensure consistency and compliance of the network when deploying workloads, especially in large environments.
The consolidation of physical machines using...