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Author : Mike Greer
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781782170358
This book is intended for virtualization professionals who are experienced with the setup and configuration of VMware vSphere, but didn't get the opportunity to learn how to secure the environment properly.
Author : Michael Greer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1782170340
This book is intended for virtualization professionals who are experienced with the setup and configuration of VMware vSphere, but didn't get the opportunity to learn how to secure the environment properly.
Author : Abhilash G B
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781789951790
Proven, actionable ways to install, manage, secure and monitor your vSphere 6.7 environments Key FeaturesGet up to speed with the installation and life cycle management of a vSphere 6.7 environment, using a task-based approachSecure your vSphere environment using SSL CertificatesGet introduced to the tools that are used to monitor the performance of the vSphere EnvironmentBook Description VMware vSphere is the most comprehensive core suite of SDDC solutions on the market. It helps transform data centers into simplified on-premises private cloud infrastructures. This edition of the book focuses on the latest version, vSphere 6.7. The books starts with chapters covering the greenfield deployment of vSphere 6.7 components and the upgrade of existing vSphere components to 6.7. You will then learn how to configure storage and network access for a vSphere environment. Get to grips with optimizing your vSphere environment for resource distribution and utilization using features such as DRS and DPM, along with enabling high availability for vSphere components using vSphere HA, VMware FT, and VCHA. Then, you will learn how to facilitate large-scale deployment of stateless/stateful ESXi hosts using Auto Deploy. Finally, you will explore how to upgrade/patch a vSphere environment using vSphere Update Manager, secure it using SSL certificates, and then monitor its performance with tools such as vSphere Performance Charts and esxtop. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed in the core functionalities of vSphere 6.7 and be able to effectively deploy, manage, secure, and monitor your environment. What you will learnDeploy a new vSphere 6.7 environment or upgrade an existing vSphere environment to version 6.7Learn how to configure and manage storage and network access for a vSphere environmentEnable high availability for Hosts, VMs and vCenter ServerOptimize your vSphere environment for resource distribution/utilizationPatch or upgrade a vSphere environment using vSphere Update ManagerSecure vSphere infrastructure components using SSL certificatesEffectively monitor the performance of your vSphere environmentWho this book is for If you are a systems administrator, support engineer, or anyone who wants to learn how to install, configure, and manage a vSphere environment in a quick, hands-on manner, then this book is for you. Consultants and infrastructure architects who wish to design and deploy vSphere 6.7 environments will also find this book helpful.
Author : Tony Sangha,Bayu Wibowo
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781785887598
Network virtualization at your fingertips Key Features Over 70 practical recipes created by two VCIX-NV certified NSX experts Explore best practices to deploy, operate, and upgrade VMware NSX for vSphere Leverage NSX REST API using various tools from Python in VMware vRealize Orchestrator Book Description This book begins with a brief introduction to VMware's NSX for vSphere Network Virtualization solutions and how to deploy and configure NSX components and features such as Logical Switching, Logical Routing, layer 2 bridging and the Edge Services Gateway. Moving on to security, the book shows you how to enable micro-segmentation through NSX Distributed Firewall and Identity Firewall and how to do service insertion via network and guest introspection. After covering all the feature configurations for single-site deployment, the focus then shifts to multi-site setups using Cross-vCenter NSX. Next, the book covers management, backing up and restoring, upgrading, and monitoring using built-in NSX features such as Flow Monitoring, Traceflow, Application Rule Manager, and Endpoint Monitoring. Towards the end, you will explore how to leverage VMware NSX REST API using various tools from Python to VMware vRealize Orchestrator. What you will learn Understand, install, and configure VMware NSX for vSphere solutions Configure logical switching, routing, and Edge Services Gateway in VMware NSX for vSphere Learn how to plan and upgrade VMware NSX for vSphere Learn how to use built-in monitoring tools such as Flow Monitoring, Traceflow, Application Rule Manager, and Endpoint Monitoring Learn how to leverage the NSX REST API for management and automation using various tools from Python to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Who this book is for If you are a security and network administrator and looking to gain an intermediate level for network and security virtualization, then this book is for you. The reader should have a basic knowledge with VMware NSX.
Author : Konstantin Kuminsky
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781783552276
If you are a system administrator who has some experience with virtualization and already uses VMware vCenter, but wishes to learn more, then this is the book for you. If you are looking for tips or shortcuts for common administration tasks as well as workarounds for pain points in vSphere administration, you'll find this guide useful.
Author : Mike Brown,Hersey Cartwright
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781789807196
Design a virtualized data center with VMware vSphere 6.7 Key FeaturesGet the first book on the market that helps you design a virtualized data center with VMware vSphere 6.7Learn how to create professional vSphere design documentation to ensure a successful implementationA practical guide that will help you apply infrastructure design principles to vSphere designBook Description VMware is the industry leader in data center virtualization. The vSphere 6.x suite of products provides a robust and resilient platform to virtualize server and application workloads. This book uses proven infrastructure design principles and applies them to VMware vSphere 6.7 virtual data center design through short and focused recipes on each design aspect. The second edition of this book focused on vSphere 6.0. vSphere features released since then necessitate an updated design guide, which includes recipes for upgrading to 6.7, vCenter HA; operational improvements; cutting-edge, high-performance storage access such as RDMA and Pmem; security features such as encrypted vMotion and VM-level encryption; Proactive HA; HA Orchestrated Restart; Predictive DRS; and more. By the end of the book, you will be able to achieve enhanced compute, storage, network, and management capabilities for your virtual data center. What you will learnIdentify key factors related to a vSphere designMitigate security risks and meet compliance requirements in a vSphere designCreate a vSphere conceptual design by identifying technical and business requirementsDesign for performance, availability, recoverability, manageability, and securityMap the logical resource design into the physical vSphere designCreate professional vSphere design documentationWho this book is for If you are an administrator or consultant interested in designing virtualized data center environments using VMware vSphere 6.x (or previous versions of vSphere and the supporting components), this book is for you.
Author : Hersey Cartwright
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781785884894
Over 75 practical recipes to confidently design an efficient virtual datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.x About This Book Get the first book on the market that helps you design a virtualized data center with VMware vSphere 6 Achieve enhanced compute, storage, network, and management capabilities for your virtual data center Exciting and practical recipes help you to design a virtual data easily by leveraging the features of VMware vSphere 6 Who This Book Is For If you are an administrator or consultant interested in designing virtualized datacenter environments using VMware vSphere 6.x or previous versions of vSphere and the supporting components, this book is for you. It will help both new and experienced architects deliver professional VMware vSphere virtual datacenter designs. What You Will Learn Identify key factors related to a vSphere design and apply them to every step of the design process Mitigate security risks and meet compliance requirements in a vSphere design. Create a vSphere conceptual design by identifying technical and business requirements Determine the type of database to use based on the deployment size. Design for performance, availability, recoverability, manageability, and security Map the logical resource design into the physical vSphere design Create professional vSphere design documentation to ensure a successful implementation of the vSphere design Leverage the latest vSphere 6.x features to ensure manageability, performance, availability, and security in a virtual datacenter design In Detail VMware is the industry leader in data center virtualization. The vSphere 6.x suite of products provides a robust and resilient platform to virtualize server and application workloads. With the release of 6.x a whole range of new features has come along such as ESXi Security enhancements, fault tolerance, high availability enhancements, and virtual volumes, thus simplifying the secure management of resources, the availability of applications, and performance enhancements of workloads deployed in the virtualized datacenter. This book provides recipes to create a virtual datacenter design using the features of vSphere 6.x by guiding you through the process of identifying the design factors and applying them to the logical and physical design process. You'll follow steps that walk you through the design process from beginning to end, right from the discovery process to creating the conceptual design; calculating the resource requirements of the logical storage, compute, and network design; mapping the logical requirements to a physical design; security design; and finally creating the design documentation. The recipes in this book provide guidance on making design decisions to ensure the successful creation, and ultimately the successful implementation, of a VMware vSphere 6.x virtual data center design. Style and Approach The book follows a recipe-based approach that consists of practical recipes to effectively design a virtual data center.
Author : Kevin Elder,Christopher Kusek,Prasenjit Sarkar
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781786463296
Over 80 recipes to help you improve vSphere 6.5's performance and solve problems before they arise About This Book The practical recipes provide cost-effective and high performance for any application running in a virtual machine Contains best practices and troubleshooting techniques to resolve vSphere 6.5 performance issues Get a comprehensive coverage of performance issues and solutions including vCenter Server design and virtual machine and application tuning Who This Book Is For If you are a system administrator and are planning to deploy vSphere 6.5 in your organization and want to maximize its performance, then this book is for you. Prior knowledge of the vSphere 6.5 concepts is essential. What You Will Learn Understand the VMM Scheduler, cache aware CPU Scheduler, NUMA aware CPU Scheduler, and more during the CPU Performance Design phase Get to know the virtual memory reclamation technique, host ballooning monitoring, and swapping activity Choose the right platform while designing your vCenter Server, redundant vCenter design, and vCenter SSO and its deployment Learn how to use various performance simulation tools Design VCSA Server Certificates to minimize security threats Use health check tools for storage and boost vSphere 6.5's performance with VAAI and VASA In Detail vSphere is a mission-critical piece of software for many businesses. It is a complex tool, and incorrect design and deployment can create performance related issues that can negatively affect the business. This book is focused on solving these problems as well as providing best practices and performance-enhancing techniques. This edition is fully updated to include all the new features in version 6.5 as well as the latest tools and techniques to keep vSphere performing at its best. This book starts with interesting recipes, such as the interaction of vSphere 6.5 components with physical layers such as CPU, memory, and networking. Then we focus on DRS, resource control design, and vSphere cluster design. Next, you'll learn about storage performance design and how it works with VMware vSphere 6.5. Moving on, you will learn about the two types of vCenter installation and the benefits of each. Lastly, the book covers performance tools that help you get the most out of your vSphere installation. By the end of this book, you will be able to identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot operational faults and critical performance issues in vSphere 6.5. Style and approach This cookbook is written in a practical, helpful style with numerous recipes focusing on answering and providing solutions to common and not-so-common performance issues and problems.
Author : Ryan Troy,Matthew Helmke
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449388867
If you want to gain insight into the real-world uses of VMware ESX and ESXi, this book provides scores of step-by-step solutions for working with these products in a wide range of network environments. You'll not only learn the basics -- how to pool resources from hardware servers, computer clusters, networks, and storage, and then distribute them among virtual machines -- but also the stumbling blocks you'll encounter when you monitor systems, troubleshoot problems, and deal with security. In addition to the recipes, VMware Cookbook includes background information to help you determine your virtualization needs. You'll come to view VMware as part of the real environment, alongside operating systems, storage, and logical and physical network components. Follow best practices for installing VMware in your environment Discover how to secure and monitor your network Understand disk storage implementation and configuration Learn resource management using the distributed resource scheduler, shares, and resource pools Configure logical and physical networks Learn how to clone and migrate servers Gain valuable tips for configuration and fine-tuning Many resources can teach you about virtualization and the basics of VMware. This book is for system administrators who are ready to go beyond an introduction.
Author : Ryan Troy,Matthew Helmke
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449340476
With scores of step-by-step solutions, this cookbook helps you work with VMware ESXi in a wide range of network environments. You’ll not only learn the basics—how to pool resources from hardware servers, computer clusters, networks, and storage, and then distribute them among virtual machines—but also how to overcome the stumbling blocks you’ll encounter when you monitor systems, troubleshoot problems, and deal with security. This expanded second edition covers recent advances in vCloud Director and vShield cloud security. Ideal for system administrators of any level, VMware Cookbook also includes valuable information to help you determine your virtualization needs. Move into the cloud with vCloud Director, and secure virtual datacenters with vSphere Secure and monitor your virtual environment from the command line Manage disk, SSD, and SAN storage implementation and configuration Discover options for managing resources, such as clustering, shares, and hot add/hotplug support Configure logical and physical networks, including virtual switches and software and hardware adapters Make virtual machine replication easier by automating ESXi installations Gain valuable tips for configuration and fine-tuning
Author : Konstantin Kuminsky
Publisher : Packt Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1783553979
If you are a system administrator who has some experience with virtualization and already uses VMware vCenter, but wishes to learn more, then this is the book for you. If you are looking for tips or shortcuts for common administration tasks as well as workarounds for pain points in vSphere administration, you'll find this guide useful.
Author : Christopher Kusek Bio,Kevin Elder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786464624
Over 80 recipes to help you improve vSphere 6.5's performance and solve problems before they ariseAbout This Book* The practical recipes provide cost-effective and high performance for any application running in a virtual machine* It contains best practices and troubleshooting techniques to resolve vSphere 6.5 performance issues* Get a comprehensive coverage of performance issues and solutions including vCenter Server design and virtual machine and application tuningWho This Book Is ForIf you are a sys admin and are planning to deploy vSphere 6.5 in your organization and want to maximize its performance, then this book is for you. Prior knowledge of vSphere 6.5 concepts is essential.What you will learn* Understand the VMM Scheduler, cache aware CPU Scheduler, NUMA Aware CPU Scheduler, and more during the CPU Performance Design phase* Get to know the virtual memory reclamation technique, monitoring host ballooning, and swapping activity* Choose the right platform while designing your vCenter Server, redundant vCenter design, and vCenter SSO and its deployment* Know how to use various performance simulation tools* Design VCSA Server Certificates to minimize security threats* Use health check tools for storage and boost vSphere 6.5's performance with VAAI and VASAIn DetailvSphere 6.5 is a complex tool, and incorrect design and deployment can create performance-related issues. This book is focused on solving these problems, as well as providing best practices and performance-enhancing techniques.This book starts with interesting recipes such as the interaction of vSphere 6.5 components with physical layers such as CPU, memory, network, and storage. Then we focus on tuning, optimizing, and scaling your vSphere 6.5 infrastructure. Next, you'll learn how to select and configure the hardware with VMware vSphere 6.5. Moving on, you will learn about ESXi, Guest OS, and Virtual infrastructure Management. You will also see how to manage changes to the vSphere environment and optimize the performance of all vSphere components. Lastly, the book covers concepts such as high availability, clustering, CPU and VMM scheduler, core sharing, storage array, and command queuing.By the end of this book, you will be able to identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot operational faults and critical performance issues in vSphere 6.5.
Author : Abhilash G B,Cedric Rajendran
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781787285347
Deploy and manage VMware vSphere 6.5 components with ease. Key Features Simplified and to-the-point theory and practical recipes to deploy and manage vSphere 6.5 Discover the best ways to deploy stateless and stateful ESXi hosts and upgrade them Storage and network resource management Certificate management using VMCA Monitor the performance of a vSphere environment. Book Description VMware vSphere is a complete and robust virtualization product suite that helps transform data centers into simplified on-premises cloud infrastructures, providing for the automation and orchestration of workload deployment and life cycle management of the infrastructure. This book focuses on the latest release of VMware vSphere and follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on instructions required to deploy and manage a vSphere environment. The book starts with the procedures involved in upgrading your existing vSphere infrastructure to vSphere 6.5, followed by deploying a new vSphere 6.5 environment. Then the book delves further into the procedures involved in managing storage and network access to the ESXi hosts and the virtual machines running on them. Moving on, the book covers high availability and fair distribution/utilization of clustered compute and storage resources. Finally, the book covers patching and upgrading the vSphere infrastructure using VUM, certificate management using VMCA, and finishes with a chapter covering the tools that can be used to monitor the performance of a vSphere infrastructure. What you will learn Upgrade your existing vSphere environment or perform a fresh deployment Automate the deployment and management of large sets of ESXi hosts in your vSphere Environment Configure and manage FC, iSCSI, and NAS storage, and get more control over how storage resources are allocated and managed Configure vSphere networking by deploying host-wide and data center-wide switches in your vSphere environment Configure high availability on a host cluster and learn how to enable the fair distribution and utilization of compute resources Patch and upgrade the vSphere environment Handle certificate request generation and renew component certificates Monitor performance of a vSphere environment Who this book is for If you are a system administrator, support professional, or anyone interested in learning how to install, configure, and manage a vSphere environment, then this book is for you. This task-oriented reference guide will also benefit consultants or infrastructure architects who design and deploy vSphere 6.5 environments.
Author : Hersey Cartwright
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781782177012
A practical guide packed with step-by-step recipes to design a virtual datacenter using VMware 5.x. This book is a guide for anyone interested in designing virtualized datacenters using VMware vSphere 5.x and the supporting components. Current administrators of VMware vSphere environments will find this book useful when interested in becoming a vSphere Architect or are interested in learning more about the virtual datacenter design process. Knowledge of vSphere installation, configuration, and administration is a prerequisite.
Author : G. B. Abhilash
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781849684033
A fast-paced, task-oriented Cookbook covering recipes on the installation and configuration of vSphere 5.1 components. The recipes are accompanied with relevant screenshots with an intention to provide a visual guidance as well. The book concentrates more on the actual task rather than the theory around it, making it easier to understand what is really needed to achieve the task.This book is a guide for anyone who wants to learn how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. This is an excellent handbook for support professionals or for anyone intending to give themselves a head start in learning how to install and configure vSphere 5.1 components. It is also a good task-oriented reference material for consultants who design and deploy vSphere environments.