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L. PatrãoVMware vSphere Essentialshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0208-9_10

10. Datacenters and Clusters

Luciano Patrão1  
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Selfkant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
 

This chapter explores the elements of vSphere architecture with a focus, on Datacenters and Clusters within vCenter. It begins by detailing the importance of vCenter Datacenters in structuring infrastructure then progresses to discussing the establishment and oversight of vCenter Clusters to optimize resources and ensure uptime. The chapter also explains the process of integrating ESXi hosts with vCenter, for management and introduces vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) for maintaining cluster well ...

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