VMware vSphere design
"The only book to cover how to properly design a VMware vSphere 4 implementation VMware vSphere is the industry's most widely deployed virtualization solution. The current release VMware vSphere 4 is considered the most robust and sophisticated virtualization product. This book is the only...
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Indianapolis, Ind.
Wylie Pub.
2011
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- ESXi ComponentsESXi Agents; ESXi System Image; ESXi Flavors: Installable and Embedded; ESXi Management; Migrating to ESXi; Testing; Deployment; Management; Summary; Chapter 3 Designing the Management Layer; Components of the Management Layer; VMware vCenter Server; Choosing the Operating System for your vCenter; VMware Update Manager; Management Applications; Sizing Your vCenter Server; Operating System; Using a Remote or Local Server; Number of Objects Managed; Update Manager; Plug-ins; Guided Consolidation; Storage Vendor Plug-in; Linked Mode; Prerequisites; Considerations
- Scaling Is a Matter of PerspectiveRisk Assessment; Choosing the Right Size; Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers; Blade Servers; Rack Servers; Form-Factor Conclusions; Alternative Hardware Approaches; Cloud Computing; Converged Hardware; Summary; Chapter 5 Designing your Network; Designing with Redundancy; Hosts; Network Switches (pSwitches); Security; Management Network; Virtual Machine Traffic; IP Storage Network Traffic; vMotion and FT Traffic; Performance; Service Console; vMotion; IP Storage; Virtual Machine Network; Teaming Options; Guest OS Network Teaming and Virtual Machine Port Groups
- Under the CoversRoles; vCenter: Virtual or Physical; Physical Server; Virtual; Redundancy; vCenter; SQL/Oracle Database; Security; Isolation; Permissions; SSL Certificates; Summary; Chapter 4 Server Hardware; Hardware Considerations; Factors in Selecting Hardware; Computing Needs; Server Constraints; Differentiating Among Vendors; Server Components; CPU; RAM; NUMA; Motherboard; Storage; Network; PCI; Preparing the Server; Configuring the BIOS; Other Hardware Settings; Burn-in; Preproduction Checks; Scale Up vs. Scale Out; Advantages of Scaling Up; Advantages of Scaling Out
- IP StorageJumbo Frames; Fault Tolerance; 10GbE; Physical Network Cable; Switches; Network Modules; vSwitches and vDSs; Central Management; Private VLANs; Port Groups, Management, and VMkernel; Naming and IP Conventions; Design Scenarios; Two NICs; Four NICs; Six NICs; Eight NICs; Two 10GbE NICS; Four 10GbE NICS; Summary; Chapter 6 Storage; Dimensions of Storage Design; Storage Design Factors; Storage Efficiency; Designing for Capacity; RAID Options; Estimating Capacity Requirements; VMFS Capacity Limits; Large or Small Datastores?; VMFS Block Sizes; Thin Provisioning; Data Deduplication
- VMware vSphere Design; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments; What Is Design?; The Facets of vSphere Design; The Technical Facet; The Organizational Facet; The Operational Facet; The Process of Design; Gathering and Defining Functional Requirements; Assessing the Environment; Assembling the Design; Documenting the Design; Performing the Implementation; Summary; Chapter 2 ESX vs. ESXi; Two vSphere Hypervisors; ESX Design; Installation Design Options; Post-Installation Design Options; ESXi Design; Similarities; When to Use ESX; When to Use ESXi