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vSphere Virtual Machine Management. This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and configuring virtual machines to optimizing performance, it’s all here in a crystal clear series of chapters

vSphere Virtual Machine Management. This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and configuring virtual machines to optimizing performance, it’s all here in a crystal clear series of chapters

Rebecca Fitzhugh

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  • vSphere Virtual Machine Management
    • Table of Contents
    • vSphere Virtual Machine Management
    • Credits
    • About the Author
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    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Virtual Machine Concepts
      • vSphere virtual machines
      • Virtual machine components
      • Uses of virtual machines
      • The primary virtual machine resources
        • CPU
        • Memory
        • Network
        • Disk
      • Virtual machine files
        • Configuration files
        • Swap files
        • Virtual disks
        • Snapshot files
        • Other files
        • Viewing virtual machine files
          • Using the vSphere Client
          • Using the vSphere Web Client
          • Using command line
      • VMware Tools
      • Summary
    • 2. Creating a Virtual Machine Using the Wizard
      • vSphere Client versus vSphere Web Client
      • Creating a VM using the typical configuration wizard
        • Name and Location
        • Storage
        • Guest Operating System
        • Network
        • Create a Disk
        • Ready to Complete
        • Editing the settings
      • Creating a VM using the custom configuration wizard
        • Name and Location
        • Storage
        • Virtual Machine Version
        • Guest Operating System
        • CPUs
        • Memory
        • Network
        • SCSI controller
          • Creating a new virtual disk
          • Using an existing virtual disk
          • Raw Device Mappings
          • Do not create disk
        • Ready to Complete
      • Creating a VM using vSphere Web Client
        • Select a name and folder
        • Select a compute resource
        • Select storage
        • Select compatibility
        • Select a guest OS
        • Customize hardware
        • Ready to complete
      • Summary
    • 3. Other Ways to Provision a Virtual Machine
      • Configuring virtual machine customizations
        • Copying Sysprep files to vCenter directory
        • Creating a customization
          • New VM Guest Customization Spec
          • Set Registration Information
          • Set Computer Name
          • Enter Windows License
          • Set Administrator Password
          • Run Once
          • Configure Network
          • Set Workgroup or Domain
          • Set Operating System Options
          • Ready to complete
      • Creating a virtual machine from a template
        • Creating a template
        • Deploying VMs from the template
        • Select a name and folder
        • Select a compute resource
        • Select storage
        • Select clone options
      • Creating a virtual machine by cloning
      • Creating a virtual machine from an OVF file
        • Select source
        • Review details
        • Accept EULAs
        • Select name and location
        • Select storage
        • Setup networks
        • Customize template
        • Ready to complete
      • Creating a virtual machine using VMware vCenter Converter
        • Source System
        • Source Machine
        • Destination System
        • Destination Virtual Machine
        • Destination Location
        • Options
        • Summary (pane)
      • Summary
    • 4. Advanced Virtual Machine Settings
      • Introducing the virtual machine monitor
        • Understanding monitor modes
      • Enabling CPU hot plug / memory hot add
      • The CPUID mask
      • The CPU affinity setting
      • Setting the .vswp location
      • Viewing other advanced options
        • The General Options section
        • The VMware Remote Console Options section
        • The VMware Tools section
        • The Boot Options section
      • Installing VMware Tools
        • Installing VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine
        • Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine
      • Summary
    • 5. Managing Multitiered Applications with vApps
      • What is a vApp?
      • Creating a vApp
      • vApp options
        • IP addressing policies
        • Virtual machine startup/shutdown order
      • Exporting a vApp
      • Cloning a vApp
      • Summary
    • 6. Virtual Machine Performance and Resource Allocation
      • Resource performance concepts
        • CPU virtualization
        • Memory reclamation
          • Transparent page sharing (TPS)
          • Ballooning
          • Compression
          • Swapping to host cache
          • Hypervisor swapping
        • Network constraint
        • Storage constraint
      • Understanding resource controls
        • Shares
        • Limits
        • Reservations
      • Resource pools
        • Creating a resource pool
        • Expandable reservations
      • Network I/O Control
      • Storage I/O Control
        • vSphere Storage APIs
      • Disk alignment
      • Performance tuning
        • Traditional performance practices
        • Performance problems
        • Troubleshooting performance
      • Summary
    • 7. Monitoring Virtual Machines
      • Performance charts
        • Overview performance charts
        • Advanced performance charts
      • Using esxtop
        • Monitoring CPU
        • Monitoring memory
        • Monitoring network
        • Monitoring storage
        • The esxtop options
      • Using alarms
        • Creating condition-based alarms
        • Creating event-based alarms
      • Other places to find information
      • Summary
    • 8. Migrating Virtual Machines
      • vMotion
        • Configuring for vMotion
        • Migration using vMotion
      • Migration using Storage vMotion
      • Cross-host Storage vMotion
      • Summary
    • 9. Balancing Resource Utilization and Availability
      • Clusters
        • Creating a cluster
      • Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
        • Overview of DRS
        • Enabling and configuring DRS
          • DRS recommendations and monitoring DRS
        • Affinity/Anti-affinity rules
      • High Availability
        • Overview of HA
        • Configuring HA
      • Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (SDRS)
        • Overview of SDRS
        • Configuring SDRS
          • Applying SDRS recommendations
        • Anti-affinity rules
      • Summary
    • 10. Virtual Machine Design
      • Comparing provisioning methods
        • Provisioning using templates
        • Using clones for provisioning
        • Using virtual appliances
        • OVF templates
      • Virtual hardware and resource configuration
        • Virtual machine maximums
        • Memory
        • CPU
        • Storage
          • The Disk Provisioning types
          • Disk Mode
          • The SCSI controller
          • Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
        • The virtual network adapters
      • Other considerations
        • Renaming virtual machines
        • Upgrading virtual hardware version
        • Using tags
        • NTP configuration
        • Disabling unused virtual hardware
        • VMware Tools
      • Summary
    • Index
  • Titel: vSphere Virtual Machine Management. This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and configuring virtual machines to optimizing performance, it’s all here in a crystal clear series of chapters
  • Autor: Rebecca Fitzhugh
  • Originaler Titel: vSphere Virtual Machine Management. This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and configuring virtual machines to optimizing performance, it’s all here in a crystal clear series of chapters.
  • ISBN: 9781782172192, 9781782172192
  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2014-03-21
  • Format: E-book
  • Artikelkennung: e_3cq6
  • Verleger: Packt Publishing