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Marshall Nick. Mastering VMware vSphere 6
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
What Is Covered in This Book
The Mastering Series
The Hardware behind the Book
Who Should Buy This Book
How to Contact the Author
Chapter 1. Introducing VMware vSphere 6
Exploring VMware vSphere 6.0
Why Choose vSphere?
The Bottom Line
Chapter 2. Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
Deploying VMware ESXi
Performing Postinstallation Configuration
The Bottom Line
Chapter 3. Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
Introducing vCenter Server
Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group
Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
Exploring vCenter Server
Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
Exploring vCenter Server’s Management Features
Managing vCenter Server Settings
vSphere Web Client Administration
The Bottom Line
Chapter 4. vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
vSphere Update Manager
Installing vSphere Update Manager
Configuring vSphere Update Manager
Creating Baselines
Routine Updates
Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
Investigating Alternative Update Options
vCenter Support Tools
The Bottom Line
Chapter 5. Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks
Putting Together a Virtual Network
Working with vSphere Standard Switches
Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
Examining Third-Party Distributed Virtual Switches
Configuring Virtual Switch Security
Looking Ahead
The Bottom Line
Chapter 6. Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
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
Implementing vSphere High Availability
Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
Planning for Business Continuity
The Bottom Line
Chapter 8. Securing VMware vSphere
Overview of vSphere Security
Securing ESXi Hosts
Securing vCenter Server
Securing Virtual Machines
The Bottom Line
Chapter 9. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Understanding Virtual Machines
Creating a Virtual Machine
Installing a Guest Operating System
Installing VMware Tools
Managing Virtual Machines
Modifying Virtual Machines
The Bottom Line
Chapter 10. Using Templates and vApps
Cloning vMs
Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
Using OVF Templates
Using Content Libraries
Working with vApps
Importing Machines from Other Environments
The Bottom Line
Chapter 11. Managing Resource Allocation
Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
Working with Virtual Machine Memory
Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
Using Resource Pools
Regulating Network I/O Utilization
Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
The Bottom Line
Chapter 12. Balancing Resource Utilization
Comparing Utilization with Allocation
Exploring vMotion
Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
Using Storage vMotion
Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
Introducing Cross vCenter vMotion
Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
Working with Storage DRS
The Bottom Line
Chapter 13. Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
Overview of Performance Monitoring
Using Alarms
Working with Performance Charts
Working 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
Using vCLI from vSphere Management Assistant
Using vSphere Management Assistant for Automation with vCenter
ESXCLI and PowerCLI
Leveraging the Perl Toolkit with vSphere Management Assistant
Automating with vRealize Orchestrator
The Bottom Line
Appendix. The Bottom Line
Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6
Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks
Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
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