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VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Amidst all the recent competition from Citrix and Microsoft, VMware's vSphere product line is still the most feature rich and futuristic product in the virtualization industry. Knowing how to install and configure vSphere components is important to give yourself a head start towards virtualization using VMware. If you want to quickly grasp the installation and configuration procedures, especially by using the new vSphere 5.1 web client, this book is for you.VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook will take you through all the steps required to accomplish a task with minimal reading required. Most of the tasks are accompanied with relevant screenshots with an intention to provide a visual guidance as well.The book has many useful recipes that will help you progress through the installation of VMware ESXi 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1. You will learn to use Auto Deploy and Image Profiles to deploy stateless/stateful ESXi servers, configure failover protection for virtual machines using vSphere HA, configure automated load balancing using vSphere DRS and DPM. Finally, the book guides you through upgrading or patching ESXi servers using VMware Update Manager and also deploying and configuring vSphere Management Assistant (VMA) to be able to run scripts to manage the ESXi servers.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Importing ESXi Images


For you to be able to create a Host Upgrade baseline or a baseline group, you need to have ESXi Images imported to the Update Manager server's repository.

How to do it...

The following procedure will help you import an ESXi Image into Update Manager's repository.

  1. Connect to the vCenter Server as an administrator, using the vSphere Client.

  2. Go to Home | Update Manager.

  3. Navigate to the ESXi Images tab and click on Import ESXi Image to bring up the Import ESXi Image wizard.

  4. At the Import ESXi Image wizard, browse to add an ESXi Image and click on Next.

  5. It will upload and import the image.

  6. Once the upload is complete, the wizard will display the image details.

  7. Subsequently, the wizard will prompt you to create an upgrade baseline. Enter a baseline name and click on Finish. At this screen you can choose not to create a baseline by unchecking the Create a Baseline using the ESXi Image checkbox.

How it works...

When you import an ESXi Image by using the Import ESXi Image wizard, the wizard...