Mastering VMware vSphere® 5

Table of Contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dear Reader,
5. Dedication
6. Acknowledgments
7. About the Author
8. About the Contributors
9. Contents at a Glance
10. Contents
11. Introduction
    1. What Is Covered in This Book
    2. The Mastering Series
    3. The Hardware behind the Book
    4. Who Should Buy This Book
    5. How to Contact the Author
12. Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 5
    1. Exploring VMware vSphere 5
    2. Why Choose vSphere?
    3. The Bottom Line
13. Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
    1. Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
    2. Deploying VMware ESXi
    3. Deploying VMware ESXi Embedded
    4. Performing Post-installation Configuration
    5. The Bottom Line
14. Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
    1. Introducing vCenter Server
    2. Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
    3. Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
    4. Installing vCenter Server
    5. Installing vCenter Server in a Linked Mode Group
    6. Deploying the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance
    7. Exploring vCenter Server
    8. Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
    9. Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
    10. Managing vCenter Server Settings
    11. The Bottom Line
15. Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring vSphere Update Manager
    1. Overview of vSphere Update Manager
    2. Installing vSphere Update Manager
    3. Routine Updates
    4. Importing an ESXi Image and Creating the Host Upgrade Baseline
    5. Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
    6. Investigating Alternative Update Options
    7. The Bottom Line
16. Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks
    1. Working with vSphere Standard Switches
    2. Installing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus 1000V
    3. Configuring Virtual Switch Security
17. Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
    1. Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
    2. Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
    3. Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
    4. Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
    5. The Bottom Line
18. Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
    1. Understanding the Layers of High Availability
    2. Clustering VMs
    3. Implementing vSphere High Availability
    4. Implementing vSphere Fault Tolerance
    5. Planning for Business Continuity
    6. The Bottom Line
19. Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
    1. Overview of vSphere Security
    2. Securing ESXi Hosts
    3. Securing vCenter Server
    4. Securing Virtual Machines
    5. The Bottom Line
20. Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
    1. Understanding Virtual Machines
    2. Creating a Virtual Machine
    3. Installing a Guest Operating System
    4. Installing VMware Tools
    5. Managing Virtual Machines
    6. Modifying Virtual Machines
    7. The Bottom Line
21. Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
    1. Cloning VMs
    2. Creating a Customization Specification
    3. Cloning a Virtual Machine
    4. Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
    5. Cloning a Virtual Machine to a Template
    6. Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template
    7. Using OVF Templates
    8. Working with vApps
    9. Importing Machines from Other Environments
    10. The Bottom Line
22. Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
    1. Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
    2. Working with Virtual Machine Memory
    3. Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
    4. Using Resource Pools
    5. Regulating Network I/O Utilization
    6. Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
    7. The Bottom Line
23. Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
    1. Comparing Utilization with Allocation
    2. Exploring vMotion
    3. Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
    4. Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
    5. Using Storage vMotion
    6. Introducing and Working with Storage DRS
    7. The Bottom Line
24. Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
    1. Overview of Performance Monitoring
    2. Using Alarms
    3. Working with Performance Graphs
    4. Working with resxtop
    5. Monitoring CPU Usage
    6. Monitoring Memory Usage
    7. Monitoring Network Usage
    8. Monitoring Disk Usage
    9. The Bottom Line
25. Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
    1. Why Use Automation?
    2. The Bottom Line
26. Appendix A: The Bottom Line
    1. Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 5
    2. Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
    3. Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
    4. Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring vSphere Update Manager
    5. Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks
    6. Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
    7. Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
    8. Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
    9. Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
    10. Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
    11. Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
    12. Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
    13. Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
    14. Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
27. Index