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Master Your Virtual Environment with This Expert Guide to vSphere
VMware vSphere leads the field in server virtualization technology, and this full-spectrum guide is the leading resource on this groundbreaking tool. Fully updated for vSphere 6.7, it provides comprehensive coverage of all the newest features and capabilities. From step-by-step installation and configuration instructions to the complexities of managing and automating your environment, it solidifies learning with hands-on exercises and detailed conceptual explanations. Practical applications and real-world examples prepare you to take control.
Written by experts who helped build the vSphere software, this book provides everything the administrator needs to know to take full advantage of this industry-leading toolset. You'll find it a valuable reference as you manage your virtual environment.
Coverage includes:
- Planning a VMware vSphere deployment
- Installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCenter Server(R) components
- Leveraging the support tools for maintenance and updating
- Creating and configuring virtual networks, machines, and storage devices
- Implementing the latest features to ensure compatibility and flexibility
- Managing resource allocation and utilization
- Monitoring infrastructure performance and availability
- Preparing for business continuity
- Automating and orchestrating routine administrative tasks
Master Your Virtual Environment with This Expert Guide to vSphere
VMware vSphere leads the field in server virtualization technology, and this full-spectrum guide is the leading resource on this groundbreaking tool. Fully updated for vSphere 6.7, it provides comprehensive coverage of all the newest features and capabilities. From step-by-step installation and configuration instructions to the complexities of managing and automating your environment, it solidifies learning with hands-on exercises and detailed conceptual explanations. Practical applications and real-world examples prepare you to take control.
Written by experts who helped build the vSphere software, this book provides everything the administrator needs to know to take full advantage of this industry-leading toolset. You'll find it a valuable reference as you manage your virtual environment.
Coverage includes:
- Planning a VMware vSphere deployment
- Installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCenter Server(R) components
- Leveraging the support tools for maintenance and updating
- Creating and configuring virtual networks, machines, and storage devices
- Implementing the latest features to ensure compatibility and flexibility
- Managing resource allocation and utilization
- Monitoring infrastructure performance and availability
- Preparing for business continuity
- Automating and orchestrating routine administrative tasks
Nick Marshall has worked in the IT industry for nearly 20 years. As a senior integration architect at VMware, he now helps develop products such as VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Validated Designs and vSphere itself. Nick blogs at [...].au and you can follow him on Twitter at [...]
Contents
Foreword xxiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 ¿ Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 1
Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7 1
Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite 3
Examining the Features in VMware vSphere 8
Licensing VMware vSphere 17
Why Choose vSphere? 20
The Bottom Line 22
Chapter 2 ¿ Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 23
VMware ESXi Architecture 23
Understanding the ESXi Hypervisor 23
Examining the ESXi Components 24
Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment 25
Choosing a Server Platform 26
Determining a Storage Architecture 28
Integrating with the Network Infrastructure 29
Deploying VMware ESXi 30
Installing VMware ESXi Interactively 31
Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi 35
Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy 38
Performing Post-installation Configuration 40
Reconfiguring the Management Network 40
Using the vSphere Host Client 42
Configuring Time Synchronization 43
Configuring Name Resolution 45
The Bottom Line 46
Chapter 3 ¿ Installing and Configuring vCenter Server .47
Introducing vCenter Server 47
Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On 49
Understanding the Platform Services Controller 52
Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration 53
Providing an Extensible Framework 54
Choosing the Version of vCenter Server 55
Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment 56
Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server 56
Planning for vCenter Server Availability 58
Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs 60
Installing vCenter Server and Its Components 63
Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group 74
Exploring vCenter Server 77
The vSphere Web Client Home Screen 78
Using the Navigator 80
Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory 80
Understanding Inventory Views and Objects 80
Creating and Adding Inventory Objects 83
Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features 86
Understanding Basic Host Management 86
Examining Basic Host Configuration 89
Using Scheduled Tasks 93
Using the Events and Events Consoles in vCenter Server 95
Working with Host Profiles 95
Tags and Custom Attributes 99
Managing vCenter Server Settings 102
General vCenter Server Settings 102
Licensing 105
Message of the Day 106
Advanced Settings 106
Auto Deploy 106
vCenter HA A 106
Key Management Servers 106
Storage Providers 106
vSphere Web Client Administration 106
Roles 107
Licensing 107
vCenter Solutions Manager 107
System Configuration 107
VMware Appliance Management Administration 109
Summary 110
Monitor 111
Access 113
Networking 113
Time 113
Services 113
Update 114
Administration 114
Syslog 114
Backup 115
The Bottom Line 115
Chapter 4 ¿ vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools .117
vSphere Update Manager 117
vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance 120
Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional) 121
The vSphere Update Manager Plug-in 122
Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility 123
Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version 124
Configuring vSphere Update Manager 124
Creating Baselines 130
Routine Updates 134
Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups 135
Performing a Scan 137
Staging Patches 141
Remediating Hosts 142
Upgrading VMware Tools 145
Upgrading Host Extensions 148
Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager 148
Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline 148
Upgrading a Host 151
Upgrading VM Hardware 152
Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade 154
Investigating Alternative Update Options 155
Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI 155
Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager 156
vSphere Auto Deploy 157
Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy 157
vCenter Support Tools 172
ESXi Dump Collector 172
Other vCenter Support Tools 175
The Bottom Line 176
Chapter 5 ¿ Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network .179
Putting Together a vSphere Network 179
Working with vSphere Standard Switches 182
Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches 183
Understanding Ports and Port Groups 184
Understanding Uplinks 186
Configuring the Management Network 189
Configuring VMkernel Networking 192
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 197
Configuring TCP/IP Stacks 198
Configuring Virtual Machine Networking 200
Configuring VLANs 202
Configuring NIC Teaming 207
Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping 219
Bringing It All Together 220
Working with vSphere Distributed Switches 224
Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch 224
Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch 229
Removing a Distributed Switch 230
Managing Distributed Switches 231
Working with Distributed Port Groups 234
Managing VMkernel Adapters 240
Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches 245
Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols 247
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 248
Setting Up Private VLANs 249
Configuring LACP 252
Configuring Virtual Switch Security 256
Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode 257
Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits 258
The Bottom Line 262
Chapter 6 ¿ Creating and Configuring Storage Devices .265
Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design 265
Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals 267
Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage 269
Defining Common Storage Array Architectures 271
Explaining RAID 273
Understanding vSAN 278
Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design 282
Choosing a Storage Protocol 284
Making Basic Storage Choices 299
Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals 301
Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts 302
Understanding Virtual Volumes 318
SCs vs LUNs 320
Storage Policies 320
Virtual Volumes 321
Working with VMFS Datastores 322
Working with Raw Device Mappings 337
Working with NFS Datastores 339
Working with vSAN 347
Working with Virtual Machine-Level Storage Configuration 349
Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices 361
The Bottom Line 366
Chapter 7 ¿ Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity .369
Understanding the Layers of High Availability 369
Clustering VMs 371
Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering 371
Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering 372
Implementing vSphere High Availability 384
Understanding vSphere High Availability Clusters 384
Understanding vSphere High Availability's Core Components 385
Enabling vSphere HA 389
Configuring vSphere High Availability 393
Configuring vSphere HA Groups, Rules, Overrides, and
Orchestrated VM Restart 409
Managing vSphere High Availability 413
Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance 415
Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability 421
Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases 421
Planning for Business Continuity 422
Providing Data Protection 422
Recovering from Disasters 426
Using vSphere Replication 427
The Bottom Line 432
Chapter 8 ¿ Securing VMware vSphere .433
Overview of vSphere Security 433
Securing ESXi Hosts 434
Working with ESXi Authentication 434
Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts 439
Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched 447
Managing ESXi Host Permissions 447
Configuring ESXi Host Logging 455
Securing the ESXi Boot Process 456
Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations 459
Securing vCenter Server 459
Managing vSphere Certificates 460
Working with Certificate Stores 460
Getting Started with Certificate Management 463
Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On 465
Understanding the vpxuser Account 469
Managing vCenter Server Permissions 470
Configuring vCenter Server Appliance Logging 482
Securing Virtual Machines 483
Configuring a Key Management Server for VM and VSAN Encryption 483
Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0 490
Configuring Network Security Policies 491
Keeping VMs Patched 492
The Bottom Line 492
Chapter 9 ¿ Creating and Managing Virtual Machines .495
Understanding Virtual Machines 495
Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside 495
Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside 498
Creating a Virtual Machine 503
Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine 513
Sizing Virtual Machines 514
Naming Virtual Machines 516
Sizing Virtual Machine Hard Disks 516
Virtual Machine Graphics 518
Installing a Guest Operating System 518
Working with Installation Media 519
Using the Installation Media 521
Working in the Virtual Machine Console 523
Installing VMware Tools 524
Installing VMware Tools in Windows 525
Installing VMware Tools in Linux 529
Managing Virtual Machines 532
Adding or Registering Existing VMs 532
Changing VM Power States 534
...| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Datenkommunikation, Netze & Mailboxen |
| Genre: | Informatik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119512943 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119512948 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Fritz, G. Blair
Brown, Mike Marshall, Nick Johnson, Ryan |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Maße: | 233 x 187 x 43 mm |
| Von/Mit: | G. Blair Fritz (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.01.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 1,375 kg |
Nick Marshall has worked in the IT industry for nearly 20 years. As a senior integration architect at VMware, he now helps develop products such as VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Validated Designs and vSphere itself. Nick blogs at [...].au and you can follow him on Twitter at [...]
Contents
Foreword xxiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 ¿ Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 1
Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7 1
Examining the Products in the vSphere Suite 3
Examining the Features in VMware vSphere 8
Licensing VMware vSphere 17
Why Choose vSphere? 20
The Bottom Line 22
Chapter 2 ¿ Planning and Installing VMware ESXi 23
VMware ESXi Architecture 23
Understanding the ESXi Hypervisor 23
Examining the ESXi Components 24
Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment 25
Choosing a Server Platform 26
Determining a Storage Architecture 28
Integrating with the Network Infrastructure 29
Deploying VMware ESXi 30
Installing VMware ESXi Interactively 31
Performing an Unattended Installation of VMware ESXi 35
Deploying VMware ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy 38
Performing Post-installation Configuration 40
Reconfiguring the Management Network 40
Using the vSphere Host Client 42
Configuring Time Synchronization 43
Configuring Name Resolution 45
The Bottom Line 46
Chapter 3 ¿ Installing and Configuring vCenter Server .47
Introducing vCenter Server 47
Centralizing User Authentication Using vCenter Single Sign-On 49
Understanding the Platform Services Controller 52
Using the vSphere Web Client for Administration 53
Providing an Extensible Framework 54
Choosing the Version of vCenter Server 55
Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment 56
Sizing Hardware for vCenter Server 56
Planning for vCenter Server Availability 58
Running vCenter Server and Its Components as VMs 60
Installing vCenter Server and Its Components 63
Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group 74
Exploring vCenter Server 77
The vSphere Web Client Home Screen 78
Using the Navigator 80
Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory 80
Understanding Inventory Views and Objects 80
Creating and Adding Inventory Objects 83
Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features 86
Understanding Basic Host Management 86
Examining Basic Host Configuration 89
Using Scheduled Tasks 93
Using the Events and Events Consoles in vCenter Server 95
Working with Host Profiles 95
Tags and Custom Attributes 99
Managing vCenter Server Settings 102
General vCenter Server Settings 102
Licensing 105
Message of the Day 106
Advanced Settings 106
Auto Deploy 106
vCenter HA A 106
Key Management Servers 106
Storage Providers 106
vSphere Web Client Administration 106
Roles 107
Licensing 107
vCenter Solutions Manager 107
System Configuration 107
VMware Appliance Management Administration 109
Summary 110
Monitor 111
Access 113
Networking 113
Time 113
Services 113
Update 114
Administration 114
Syslog 114
Backup 115
The Bottom Line 115
Chapter 4 ¿ vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools .117
vSphere Update Manager 117
vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance 120
Installing the Update Manager Download Service (Optional) 121
The vSphere Update Manager Plug-in 122
Reconfiguring the VUM or UMDS Installation with the Update Manager Utility 123
Upgrading VUM from a Previous Version 124
Configuring vSphere Update Manager 124
Creating Baselines 130
Routine Updates 134
Attaching and Detaching Baselines or Baseline Groups 135
Performing a Scan 137
Staging Patches 141
Remediating Hosts 142
Upgrading VMware Tools 145
Upgrading Host Extensions 148
Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager 148
Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline 148
Upgrading a Host 151
Upgrading VM Hardware 152
Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade 154
Investigating Alternative Update Options 155
Using vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI 155
Upgrading and Patching without vSphere Update Manager 156
vSphere Auto Deploy 157
Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy 157
vCenter Support Tools 172
ESXi Dump Collector 172
Other vCenter Support Tools 175
The Bottom Line 176
Chapter 5 ¿ Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network .179
Putting Together a vSphere Network 179
Working with vSphere Standard Switches 182
Comparing Virtual Switches and Physical Switches 183
Understanding Ports and Port Groups 184
Understanding Uplinks 186
Configuring the Management Network 189
Configuring VMkernel Networking 192
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 197
Configuring TCP/IP Stacks 198
Configuring Virtual Machine Networking 200
Configuring VLANs 202
Configuring NIC Teaming 207
Using and Configuring Traffic Shaping 219
Bringing It All Together 220
Working with vSphere Distributed Switches 224
Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch 224
Removing an ESXi Host from a Distributed Switch 229
Removing a Distributed Switch 230
Managing Distributed Switches 231
Working with Distributed Port Groups 234
Managing VMkernel Adapters 240
Using NetFlow on vSphere Distributed Switches 245
Enabling Switch Discovery Protocols 247
Enabling Enhanced Multicast Functions 248
Setting Up Private VLANs 249
Configuring LACP 252
Configuring Virtual Switch Security 256
Understanding and Using Promiscuous Mode 257
Allowing MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits 258
The Bottom Line 262
Chapter 6 ¿ Creating and Configuring Storage Devices .265
Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design 265
Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals 267
Comparing Local Storage with Shared Storage 269
Defining Common Storage Array Architectures 271
Explaining RAID 273
Understanding vSAN 278
Understanding Midrange and External Enterprise Storage Array Design 282
Choosing a Storage Protocol 284
Making Basic Storage Choices 299
Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals 301
Reviewing Core vSphere Storage Concepts 302
Understanding Virtual Volumes 318
SCs vs LUNs 320
Storage Policies 320
Virtual Volumes 321
Working with VMFS Datastores 322
Working with Raw Device Mappings 337
Working with NFS Datastores 339
Working with vSAN 347
Working with Virtual Machine-Level Storage Configuration 349
Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices 361
The Bottom Line 366
Chapter 7 ¿ Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity .369
Understanding the Layers of High Availability 369
Clustering VMs 371
Introducing Network Load Balancing Clustering 371
Introducing Windows Server Failover Clustering 372
Implementing vSphere High Availability 384
Understanding vSphere High Availability Clusters 384
Understanding vSphere High Availability's Core Components 385
Enabling vSphere HA 389
Configuring vSphere High Availability 393
Configuring vSphere HA Groups, Rules, Overrides, and
Orchestrated VM Restart 409
Managing vSphere High Availability 413
Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance 415
Using vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance with vSphere High Availability 421
Examining vSphere Fault Tolerance Use Cases 421
Planning for Business Continuity 422
Providing Data Protection 422
Recovering from Disasters 426
Using vSphere Replication 427
The Bottom Line 432
Chapter 8 ¿ Securing VMware vSphere .433
Overview of vSphere Security 433
Securing ESXi Hosts 434
Working with ESXi Authentication 434
Controlling Access to ESXi Hosts 439
Keeping ESXi Hosts Patched 447
Managing ESXi Host Permissions 447
Configuring ESXi Host Logging 455
Securing the ESXi Boot Process 456
Reviewing Other ESXi Security Recommendations 459
Securing vCenter Server 459
Managing vSphere Certificates 460
Working with Certificate Stores 460
Getting Started with Certificate Management 463
Authenticating Users with Single Sign-On 465
Understanding the vpxuser Account 469
Managing vCenter Server Permissions 470
Configuring vCenter Server Appliance Logging 482
Securing Virtual Machines 483
Configuring a Key Management Server for VM and VSAN Encryption 483
Virtual Trusted Platform Module 2.0 490
Configuring Network Security Policies 491
Keeping VMs Patched 492
The Bottom Line 492
Chapter 9 ¿ Creating and Managing Virtual Machines .495
Understanding Virtual Machines 495
Examining Virtual Machines from the Inside 495
Examining Virtual Machines from the Outside 498
Creating a Virtual Machine 503
Choosing Values for Your New Virtual Machine 513
Sizing Virtual Machines 514
Naming Virtual Machines 516
Sizing Virtual Machine Hard Disks 516
Virtual Machine Graphics 518
Installing a Guest Operating System 518
Working with Installation Media 519
Using the Installation Media 521
Working in the Virtual Machine Console 523
Installing VMware Tools 524
Installing VMware Tools in Windows 525
Installing VMware Tools in Linux 529
Managing Virtual Machines 532
Adding or Registering Existing VMs 532
Changing VM Power States 534
...| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Datenkommunikation, Netze & Mailboxen |
| Genre: | Informatik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119512943 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119512948 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Fritz, G. Blair
Brown, Mike Marshall, Nick Johnson, Ryan |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Maße: | 233 x 187 x 43 mm |
| Von/Mit: | G. Blair Fritz (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.01.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 1,375 kg |
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