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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

Adding a new virtual network adapter to a virtual machine


You can add an additional virtual network adapter to a virtual machine. Such a need is dictated by the purpose of the virtual machine.

In this recipe we will learn how to add a new virtual network adapter to a VM.

How to do it...

The following procedure explains how to add an new virtual network adapter to a VM:

  1. Navigate to the VM and Templates inventory view, select and right-click on the VM to which you intend to add a virtual network adapter (vNIC), and then click on Edit Settings.

  2. Use the New device option available at the Edit Settings window, select Network as the device option, and then click on Add.

  3. A New Network entry for the adapter is available on the settings page. Use the drop-down box next to the New Network to select a port group, and then click on OK to confirm the settings.