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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

Enabling Stateless Caching


ESXi servers deployed using AutoDeploy require the Auto Deploy server to be available and reachable every time the host reboots. Prior to vSphere 5.1, if the network boot fails, the server did not have a source to continue the boot process. Now with vSphere 5.1, you can enable Stateless Caching that will add a level resiliency in case the network boot (PXE boot) fails. The Stateless Caching mode is enabled by editing the Host Profile associated to the ESX server.

How to do it…

The following procedure will help you enable Stateless Caching:

  1. Select the Host Profile and navigate to Actions | Edit Host Profile.

  2. At the Edit Host Profile wizard, click on Next to go to the Edit Host Profile page of the wizard.

  3. Expand Advanced Configuration Settings and then check the System Image Cache Configuration checkbox.

  4. On the right-pane, use the System Image Cache Profile Settings drop-down menu to select Enable stateless caching on the host from the list.

  5. Once selected, it will show...