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1 online resource (xxv, 561 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 543) and index. |
| Summary |
Edward Haletky's Complete, Solutions-Focused Guide to Running ESX Server 3.5, vSphere, and VMware 4.X Extensively updated and revised, this is the definitive real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing VMware ESX Server 3.5, VMware ESXi, or VMware vSphere 4.x cloud computing in mission-critical environments. Drawing on extensive experience consulting on enterprise VMware implementations, Edward Haletky offers a "soup-to-nuts" collection of field-tested best practices and solutions. He illuminates the real issues, tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with VMware's newest platforms, using real-world examples that draw upon both VMware and third-party products. This edition adds a new chapter on automated deployment and configuration; detailed coverage of new hardware and processors; and a significantly expanded discussion of auditing and monitoring. Haletky offers new or enhanced coverage of VMFS, NIC Teaming, distributed virtual switches, vSafe, and more. All new coverage is thoroughly integrated into Haletky's expert discussion of the entire lifecycle: planning, installation, templates, monitoring, tuning, clustering, security, disaster recovery, and more. Haletky consistently presents the most efficient procedures, whether they use graphical tools or the command line. You'll learn how to: Assess VMware datacenter and infrastructure hardware requirements Understand technical, licensing, and management differences between ESX/ESXi 4.x and 3.5 Plan installation for your environment and identify potential "gotchas" Cost-effectively select, configure, utilize, and support storage Manage key operational issues associated with virtual infrastructure Adapt existing network and security infrastructure to virtualization Configure vSphere from host connections Configure ESX Server from Virtual Centers or hosts Create, modify, and manage VMs (with detailed Windows, Linux, and NetWare examples) Troubleshoot VM issues with eDirectory, private labs, firewalls, and clusters Utilize vSphere 4.1's improved Dynamic Resource Load Balancing (DRLB) Implement disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup Plan for vApps and the future of virtualization. |
| Language |
English. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1 System Considerations -- Basic Hardware Considerations -- Feature Considerations -- Processor Considerations -- Cache Considerations -- Memory Considerations -- I/O Card Considerations -- 10Gb Ethernet -- Converged Network Adapters -- Disk Drive Space Considerations -- Basic Hardware Considerations Summary -- Specific Hardware Considerations -- Blade Server Systems -- 1U Server Systems -- 2U Server Systems -- Large Server-Class Systems -- The Effects of External Storage -- Examples -- Example 1: Using Motherboard X and Esxi Will Not Install -- Example 2: Installing Esx and Expecting a Graphical Console -- Example 3: Existing Datacenter -- Example 4: Office in a Box -- Example 5: The Latest and Greatest -- Example 6: The San -- Example 7: Secure Environment -- Example 8: Disaster Recovery -- Hardware Checklist -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Version Comparison -- Vmware Esx/Esxi Architecture Overview -- Vmkernel Differences -- Esx Boot Differences -- Tool Differences -- Virtual Networking -- Vnetwork Distributed Switch -- Third-Party Virtual Switches -- Fault Tolerance (Ft) Logging -- Iscsi Participation -- Ipv6 Support -- Vmsafe-Net -- Summary -- Storage -- Grow a Vmfs Volume -- Storage Io Control (Sioc) -- Multipath Plug-in (Mpp) -- Iscsi and Nfs Improvements -- Fcoe -- Storage Summary -- Availability -- Host Profiles -- Fault Tolerance -- Dynamic Power Management -- High Availability (Ha) Improvements -- Vmotion -- Storage Vmotion -- Availability Summary -- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Differences -- Virtual Hardware -- Virtual Machine and Server Management -- Security Differences -- Installation Differences -- Licensing Differences -- Vmware Certification -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Installation -- Preinstallation Checklist -- Preinstallation/Upgrade Steps -- Step 1: Back Up Esx. |
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Step 2: Read the Release Notes -- Step 3: Perform a Pre-Upgrade Test -- Step 4: Prepare Your Esx Host -- Installation/Upgrade Steps -- Step 1: Read the Release Notes -- Step 2: Read All Relevant Documentation -- Step 3: Is Support Available for the Hardware Configuration? -- Step 4: Verify the Hardware -- Step 5: Are the Firmware Levels At Least Minimally Supported? -- Step 6: Is the System and Peripheral Bios Correctly Set? -- Step 7: Where Do You Want the Boot Disk Located? -- Step 8: Vmware Esx Host License -- Step 9: Guest Os License and Installation Materials -- Step 10: Service Console Network Information -- Step 11: Memory Allocated to the Service Console -- Step 12: Vmkernel Network Information -- Step 13: Number of Virtual Network Switches -- Step 14: Virtual Network Switch Label Name(S) -- Step 15: File System Layouts -- Step 16: Configure the Server and the Fc Hba to Boot From San or Boot From Iscsi -- Step 17: Start Esx/Esxi Host Installations -- Step 18: Connecting to the Management User Interface for the First Time -- Step 19: Third-Party Tools to Install -- Step 20: Additional Software Packages to Install -- Step 21: Patch Esx or Esxi -- Step 22: Guest Operating System Software -- Step 23: Guest Operating System Licenses -- Step 24: Network Information for Each Guest Operating System -- Step 25: Guest Upgrades -- Automating Installation -- Exi 4.1 -- Esx 4 -- Kickstart Directives -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Auditing And Monitoring -- Auditing Recipe -- Esx and Esxi -- Esx -- Esxi -- Auditing Conclusion -- Monitoring Recipe -- Host Hardware Monitoring -- Virtual Machine State Monitoring -- Network Monitoring -- Performance Monitoring -- Application Monitoring -- Security Monitoring -- Esx-Specific Auditing and Monitoring Concerns -- Vmkernel Considerations -- Vmotion and Fault Tolerance Considerations -- Other Esx Considerations. |
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What to Do If There Is a Break-In -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Storage With Esx -- Overview of Storage Technology With Esx -- Fc Versus Scsi Versus Sas Versus Ata Versus Sata, and So On -- Fcoe and Converged Network Adapters (Cnas) -- Iscsi (Scsi Over Ip) -- Nas (Network-Attached Storage) -- Sans (Storage Area Networks) -- Storage Best Practices for Esx -- San/Iscsi Best Practices -- Iscsi/Nfs Best Practices -- Virtual Machine File System -- Vmdk and Vmfs Manipulation -- Vmfs Types -- Structure of Vmfs -- Storage Checklist -- Assessing Storage and Space Requirements -- Lun Sizes -- Example of Lun Sizing -- Storage-Specific Issues -- Increasing the Size of a Vmdk -- Increasing the Size of a Vmfs -- Searching for New Luns -- Vmfs Created on One Esx Host Not Appearing on Another -- How to Unlock a Lun -- Boot From San or Iscsi -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Effects On Operations -- Scsi-2 Reservation Issues -- Performance-Gathering and Hardware Agents Within a Vm -- Network Utilization -- Virtual Machine Mobility -- Data Store Performance or Bandwidth Issues -- Other Operational Issues -- Life-Cycle Management -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Networking -- Basic Building Blocks -- Details of the Building Blocks -- Vnetwork Functionality -- Network Definitions -- Virtual Environment Management Network -- Out-of-Band Management Network -- Vmotion Network -- Fault Tolerance Logging Network -- Nfs Network -- Iscsi Network -- Vm Network -- Checklist -- Pswitch Settings Checklist -- Vnetworking -- Vnetworks: The Great Vlan Debate -- Vnetworks: Network Splits -- Vnetworks: Simple Network -- Vnetworks: Adding More to the Virtualization Network -- Vnetwork: Dmz -- Pnic Determination -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Configuring Esx From A Host Connection -- Configuration Tasks -- Server-Specific Tasks -- Esxi Root Password -- Esxi Management Network -- Create Administrative Users. |
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Security Configuration -- Network Time Protocol (Ntp) -- Service Console Memory -- Command Line (Esx V3) -- Vsc (Esx V3) -- Patching Esx and Esxi -- Patching Via Vsphere Host Update Utility -- Patching Via Vmware Update Manager -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Configuring Esx From A Virtual Center Or Host -- Configuration Tasks -- Join Host to Vcenter -- Licensing -- Esx V4 -- Virtual Swap -- Vmfs Manipulation -- Rename Local Vmfs Via Command Line -- Connect to Storage Device -- Vmfs Manipulation With the Vsphere Client -- Growing a Vmfs -- Upgrading From Vmfs V3.Xx to V3.33 or V3.34 -- Masking and Max Lun Manipulations -- Virtual Networking -- Configuring the Service Console or Esxi Management Appliance -- Creating a Vm Network Vswitch -- Creating a Vnetwork Distributed Virtual Switch -- Vsc -- Setting Up Pvlans Within a Distributed Virtual Switch -- Creating a Vmotion Vswitch -- Creating a Ft Network -- Command Line -- Adding An Iscsi Network -- Adding a Nas Vswitch for Use By Nfs -- Adding a Private Vswitch -- Adding Additional Pnics to a Vswitch -- Adding Vswitch Portgroups -- Removing Vswitch Portgroups -- Distributed Vswitch Portgroup -- Vswitch Removal -- Distributed Vswitch Removal -- Vswitch Security -- Vswitch Properties -- Changing Vmkernel Gateways -- Changing Pnic Settings -- Changing Traffic-Shaping Settings -- Iscsi Vmfs -- Command Line -- Vsc -- Network-Attached Storage -- Command Line -- Vsc -- Mapping Information -- Secure Access to Management Interfaces -- Advanced Settings -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Virtual Machines -- Overview of Virtual Hardware -- Creating Vms -- Vm Creation From Vsc -- Vm Creation From Command Line -- Installing Guest Operating Systems -- Using Local to the Esx Host Cd-Roms -- Using a Local or Shared Esx Host Iso Image -- Using Client Device or Iso -- Importance of Dvd/Cd-Rom Devices -- Other Installation Options. |
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Special Situations -- Using Cd/Rw and Dvd/Rw/R+/R- Devices -- Virtual Guest Tagging Driver -- Virtual Hardware for Non-Disk Scsi Devices -- Virtual Hardware for Raw Disk Map Access to Remote Scsi -- Virtual Hardware for Rdm-Like Access to Local Scsi -- Vm Disk Modes and Snapshots -- Os Installation Peculiarities -- Cloning, Templates, and Deploying Vms -- Vm Solutions -- Private Lab -- Firewalled Private Lab -- Firewalled Lab Bench -- Cluster in a Box -- Cluster Between Esx Hosts -- Cluster Between Virtual and Physical Servers -- Vcenter As a Vm -- Virtual Appliances -- Vmware Tools -- Vmx Changes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Dynamic Resource Load Balancing -- Defining Drlb -- The Basics -- The Advanced Features -- Shares -- Resource Pool Addendum -- Network Resources -- Disk Resources -- Cpu Resources -- Memory Resources -- Vapps -- Monitoring -- Alarms -- Performance Analysis -- Putting It All Together -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, And Backup -- Disaster Types -- Recovery Methods -- Best Practices -- Backup and Business Continuity -- Backup -- Business Continuity -- The Tools -- Local Tape Devices -- Vmware Data Recovery -- Third-Party Tools -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Future Of The Virtual Environment -- References -- Index. |
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VMware.
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VMware. |
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VMware |
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Virtual computer systems.
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Virtual computer systems -- Security measures.
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Systèmes virtuels (Informatique) |
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Systèmes virtuels (Informatique) -- Sécurité -- Mesures. |
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
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Virtual computer systems |
| Genre |
Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780137058976 |
| ISBN |
9780137058976 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0137058977 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780137059263 |
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0137059264 |
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1282990330 |
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9781282990333 |
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9786612990335 |
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6612990333 |
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0137058853 |
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9780137058853 |
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9786612990335 |
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9780137059263 |
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