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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 storage provider


If you have a VASA capable array, then you can add a VASA provider to the vCenter Server so that it can generate array capabilities for each LUN/datastore. A capability generated by the provider is called a system storage capability.

To check whether the array used in your environment is VASA capable, use the VMware Compatibility Guide available at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vasa.

The P4000 VSA used in the lab for this book, is VASA capable. In this recipe we will learn how to add a storage provider corresponding to the array to the vCenter Server.

Getting ready

Since we are using a HP P4000 VSA, you will need a storage provider server configured with HP Insight Control for Storage installed. Since the installation instructions are beyond the scope of this book, we assume that the insight control for storage is installed and configured correctly. For storage provider-specific instructions, refer the vendor documentation.

How...