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Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6

• Exploring VMware vSphere 6.0
• Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite
• Examining the Features in VMware vSphere
• Licensing VMware vSphere
• Why choose vSphere?
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi

• Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
• Choosing a Server Platform
• Determining a Storage Architecture
• Integrating with the Network Infrastructure
• Deploying VMware ESXi
• Installing VMware ESXi Interactively
• Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi
• Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy
• Performing Post installation Configuration
• Installing the vSphere Desktop Client
• Reconfiguring the Management Network
• Configuring Time Synchronization
• Configuring Name Resolution
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server

• Introducing vCenter Server
• Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On
• Understanding the Platform Services Controller
• Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration
• Providing an Extensible Framework
• Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
• Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
• Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server
• Choosing a Database Server for vCenter Server
• Planning for vCenter Server Availability
• Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs
• Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
• Configuring the vCenter Server Backend Database Server
• Configuring the ODBC DSN
• Installing the vCenter Server Components
• Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group
• Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
• Exploring vCenter Server 91
• What's in the vSphere Web Client Home Screen?
• Using the Navigator
• Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
• Understanding Inventory Views and Objects
• Creating and Adding Inventory Objects
• Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
• Understanding Basic Host Management
• Examining Basic Host Configuration
• Using Scheduled Tasks
• Using the Events Console in vCenter Server
• Working with Host Profiles
• Tags
• Managing vCenter Server Settings
• General vCenter Server Settings
• Licensing
• Message of the Day
• Advanced Settings
• vSphere Web Client Administration
• Roles
• Licensing
• vCenter Solutions Manager
• Log Browser
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools

• vSphere Update Manager
• Installing vSphere Update Manager
• Defining the Requirements
• Configuring VUM's Database
• Creating the Open Database Connectivity Data Source Name
• Installing VUM
• Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional)
• Installing the vSphere Update Manager Client
• Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility
• Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version
• Configuring vSphere Update Manager
• Creating Baselines
• Routine Updates
• Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups
• Performing a Scan
• Staging Patches
• Remediating Hosts
• Upgrading VMware Tools
• Upgrading Virtual Appliances and Host Extensions
• Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
• Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline
• Upgrading a Host
• Upgrading VM Hardware
• Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
• Investigating Alternative Update Options
• Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI
• Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager
• vCenter Support Tools
• ESXi Dump Collector
• Syslog Collector
• Other vCenter Support Tools
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks

• Putting Together a Virtual Network
• Working with vSphere Standard Switches
• Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches
• Understanding Ports and Port Groups
• Understanding Uplinks
• Configuring Management Networking
• Configuring VMkernel Networking
• Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
• Configuring TCP/IP Stacks
• Configuring VM Networking
• Configuring VLANs
• Configuring NIC Teaming
• Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping
• Bringing It All Together
• Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
• Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch
• Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch
• Removing a Distributed Switch
• Managing Distributed Switches
• Working with Distributed Port Groups
• Managing VMkernel Adapters
• Using Net Flow on vSphere Distributed Switches
• Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols
• Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions
• Setting Up Private VLANs
• Configuring LACP
• Examining Third-Party Distributed Virtual Switches
• Cisco Nexus 1000V
• IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V
• HP Flex Fabric Virtual Switch 5900v
• Configuring Virtual Switch Security
• Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode
• Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits
• Looking Ahead
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices

• Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
• Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
• Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage
• Defining Common Storage Array Architectures
• Explaining RAID
• Understanding Virtual SAN
• Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design
• Choosing a Storage Protocol
• Making Basic Storage Choices
• Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
• Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts
• Understanding Virtual Volumes
• SCs vs. LUNs
• Storage Policies
• Virtual Volumes
• Working with VMFS Data stores
• Working with Raw Device Mappings
• Working with NFS Data stores
• Working with VM-Level Storage Configuration
• Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity

• Understanding the Layers of High Availability
• Clustering VMs
• Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering
• Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering
• Implementing vSphere High Availability
• Understanding vSphere High Availability
• Understanding vSphere HA's Underpinnings
• Introducing Virtual Machine Component Protection
• Enabling vSphere High Availability
• Configuring vSphere High Availability
• Managing vSphere High Availability
• Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
• Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability
• Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases
• Planning for Business Continuity
• Providing Data Protection
• Recovering from Disasters
• Using vSphere Replication
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere

• Overview of vSphere Security
• Securing ESXi Hosts
• Working with ESXi Authentication
• Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts
• Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched
• Managing ESXi Host Permissions
• Configuring ESXi Host Logging
• Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations
• Securing vCenter Server
• Managing vSphere Certificates
• Getting Started with Certificate Manager
• Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On
• Understanding the vpxuser Account
• Managing vCenter Server Permissions
• Examining vCenter Server Logging
• Securing Virtual Machines
• Configuring Network Security Policies
• Keeping VMs Patched
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

• Understanding Virtual Machines
• Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside
• Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside
• Creating a Virtual Machine
• Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine
• Installing a Guest Operating System
• Working with Installation Media
• Using the Installation Media
• Working in the Virtual Machine Console
• Installing VMware Tools
• Installing VMware Tools in Windows
• Installing VMware Tools in Linux
• Managing Virtual Machines
• Adding or Registering Existing VMs
• Changing VM Power States
• Removing VMs
• Deleting VMs
• Modifying Virtual Machines
• Changing Virtual Machine Hardware
• Using Virtual Machine Snapshots
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps

• Cloning vMs
• Installing Sysprep on the vCenter Server
• Creating a Customization Specification
• Cloning a Virtual Machine
• Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
• Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template
• Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
• Using OVF Templates
• Deploying a VM from an OVF Template
• Exporting a VM as an OVF Template
• Examining OVF Templates
• Using Content Libraries
• Content Library Data and Storage
• Content Library Synchronization
• Creating and Publishing a Content Library
• Subscribing to a Content Library
• Working with vApps
• Creating a vApp
• Editing a vApp
• Changing a vApp's Power State
• Cloning a vApp
• Importing Machines from Other Environments
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation

• Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
• Working with Virtual Machine Memory
• Understanding ESXi Advanced Memory Technologies
• Controlling Memory Allocation
• Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
• Default CPU Allocation
• Setting CPU Affinity
• Using CPU Reservations
• Using CPU Limits
• Using CPU Shares
• Summarizing How Reservations, Limits and Shares Work with CPUs
• Using Resource Pools
• Configuring Resource Pools
• Understanding Resource Allocation with Resource Pools
• Regulating Network I/O Utilization
• Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
• Enabling Storage I/O Control
• Configuring Storage Resource Settings for a Virtual Machine
• Using Flash Storage
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization

• Comparing Utilization with Allocation
• Exploring vMotion
• Examining vMotion Requirements
• Performing a vMotion Migration within a Cluster
• Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
• Using Per-Virtual-Machine CPU Masking
• Using VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Using Storage vMotion
• Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
• Introducing Cross vCenter vMotion
• Examining Cross vCenter vMotion Requirements
• Performing a Cross vCenter Motion
• Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
• Understanding Manual Automation Behavior
• Reviewing Partially Automated Behavior
• Examining Fully Automated Behavior
• Working with Distributed Resource Scheduler Rules
• Working with Storage DRS
• Creating and Working with Data store Clusters
• Configuring Storage DRS
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance

• Overview of Performance Monitoring
• Using Alarms
• Understanding Alarm Scopes
• Creating Alarms
• Managing Alarms
• Working with Performance Charts
• Overview Layout
• Advanced Layout
• Working with resxtop
• Using resxtop
• Capturing and Playing Back Performance Data with resxtop
• Monitoring CPU Usage
• Monitoring Memory Usage
• Monitoring Network Usage
• Monitoring Disk Usage
• The Bottom Line

Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere

• Why Use Automation?
• vSphere Automation Options
• Automating with PowerCLI
• PowerShell and PowerCLI
• What's New in PowerCLI 6
• Installing and Confi guring PowerCLI
• Getting Started with PowerCLI
• Building PowerCLI Scripts
• PowerCLI Advanced Capabilities
• Using vCLI from vSphere Management Assistant
• What's New in vCLI and vMA for vSphere 6
• vCLI Requirements
• Getting Started with vCLI
• Using vSphere Management Assistant for Automation with vCenter
• ESXCLI and PowerCLI
• Leveraging the Perl Toolkit with vSphere Management Assistant
• Automating with vRealize Orchestrator
• New Features in vRealize Orchestrator 5.5
• Understanding vRealize Orchestrator Prerequisites
• Configuring vRealize Orchestrator
• vRealize Orchestrator Appliance
• Implementing the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance
• Accessing vRealize Orchestrator
• vRealize Orchestrator and vCenter Server
• Assigning a Workflow to vCenter Inventory Object
• Using an Orchestrator Workflow
• The Bottom Line

Appendix: The Bottom Line
Index

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