VMware vSphere Design, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Publisher's Note
5. Dedication
6. Acknowledgments
7. About the Authors
8. Introduction
   1. Who Should Read This Book
   2. What You Need
   3. What's Inside
   4. How to Contact the Authors
9. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments
   1. What Is Design?
   2. The Facets of vSphere Design
   3. The Principles of Design
   4. The Process of Design
   5. Summary
10. Chapter 2: The ESXi Hypervisor
    1. Evolution of the vSphere Hypervisor
    2. ESXi Design
    3. ESXi Deployment
    4. Upgrading ESXi
    5. Migrating from ESX
    6. Postinstallation Design Options
    7. Management Tools Overview
    8. Summary
11. Chapter 3: The Management Layer
    1. Reviewing the Components of the Management Layer
    2. Examining Key Management Layer Design Decisions
    3. Creating the Management Layer Design
    4. Summary
12. Chapter 4: Server Hardware
    1. Hardware Considerations
    2. Server Components
    3. Preparing the Server
    4. Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out
    5. Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers
    6. Alternative Hardware Approaches
    7. Summary
13. Chapter 5: Designing Your Network
    1. Examining Key Network Components
    2. Exploring Factors Influencing the Network Design
    3. Crafting the Network Design
    4. Design Scenarios
    5. Looking to the Future
    6. Summary
14. Chapter 6: Storage
    1. Dimensions of Storage Design
    2. Designing for Capacity
    3. Designing for Performance
    4. Local Storage vs. Shared Storage
    5. Choosing a Protocol
    6. Multipathing
    7. vSphere Storage Features
    8. Summary
15. Chapter 7: Virtual Machines
    1. Components of a Virtual Machine
    2. Sizing Virtual Machines
    3. Virtual Machine CPU Design
    4. Virtual Machine Memory Design
    5. Virtual Machine Storage Design
    6. Virtual Machine Network Design
    7. Guest Software
    8. Clones, Templates, and vApps
    9. Virtual Machine Availability
    10. vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
    11. Summary
16. Chapter 8: Datacenter Design
    1. vSphere Inventory Structure
    2. Clusters
    3. Resource Pools
    4. Distributed Resource Scheduling
    5. High Availability and Clustering
    6. Summary
17. Chapter 9: Designing with Security in Mind
    1. Why Is Security Important?
    2. Separation of Duties
    3. vCenter Server Permissions
    4. Security in vCenter Linked Mode
    5. Command-Line Access to ESXi Hosts
    6. Managing Network Access
    7. The DMZ
    8. Firewalls in the Virtual Infrastructure
    9. Change Management
    10. Protecting the VMs
    11. Protecting the Data
    12. Cloud Computing
    13. Auditing and Compliance
    14. Summary
18. Chapter 10: Monitoring and Capacity Planning
    1. Nothing Is Static
    2. Building Monitoring into the Design
    3. Incorporating Capacity Planning in the Design
    4. Summary
19. Chapter 11: Bringing a vSphere Design Together
    1. Sample Design
    2. Examining the Design
    3. Summary
20. Chapter 12: vCloud Design
    1. Differences between Cloud and Server Virtualization
    2. Role of vCloud Director in Cloud Architecture
    3. vCloud Director Use Cases
    4. Components of the vCloud Management Stack
    5. vCloud Cell and NFS Design Considerations
    6. Management vs. Consumable Resources
    7. Database Concepts
    8. vCenter Design
    9. vCloud Management: Physical Design
    10. The Physical Side of Provider Virtual Datacenters
    11. The Logical Side of Provider Virtual Datacenters
    12. Network Pool Decisions
    13. External Networks
    14. Designing Organizations, Catalogs, and Policies
    15. Correlating Organizational Networks to Design
    16. End Users and vApp Networking
    17. Designing Organization Virtual Datacenters
    18. Multiple Sites
    19. Backup and Disaster Recovery
    20. Summary
21. Index