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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7,

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7, - Second Edition

By : Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi, Karel Novak
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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7,

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7,

3.6 (5)
By: Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi, Karel Novak
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Overview of this book

vSphere 6.7 is the latest release of VMware’s industry-leading, virtual cloud platform. It allows organisations to move to hybrid cloud computing by enabling them to run, manage, connect and secure applications in a common operating environment. This up-to-date, 2nd edition provides complete coverage of vSphere 6.7. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples and self-assessment questions, you will begin with an overview of the products, solutions and features of the vSphere 6.7 suite. You’ll learn how to design and plan a virtual infrastructure and look at the workflow and installation of components. You'll gain insight into best practice configuration, management and security. By the end the book you'll be able to build your own VMware vSphere lab that can run even the most demanding of workloads.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Section 1: Getting Started
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Section 1: Getting Started
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Evolution to vSphere 6.7
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Evolution to vSphere 6.7
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Introduction to VMware vSphere
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VMware vSphere ecosystem
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Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS
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What's new in VMware vSphere 6.7?
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Reasons for and against upgrading
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
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Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
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Planning a virtual infrastructure project
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Physical hardware considerations
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Assess
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Design
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Different scenarios
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
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Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
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Analyzing a physical environment before virtualizing
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Assessing an existing virtual environment
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
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Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
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vSphere components and workflow
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ESXi deployment plan
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ESXi installation
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vCenter Server components
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vCenter Server Appliance deployment
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vCSA HA
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
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Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
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Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client
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Configuring ESXi
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Backing up and restoring ESXi
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Configuring vCSA
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Exporting and importing the vCSA configuration
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Managing data centers, clusters, and hosts
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Automating tasks with scripts
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
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Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
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Patching a vSphere 6.7 environment
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Upgrade flow to vSphere 6.7
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Upgrading vCSA 6.5 to vCSA 6.7
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Upgrading vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCenter 6.7 for Windows
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Migrating vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCSA 6.7
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Upgrading standalone ESXi servers
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VUM
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Updating the vCSA
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Section 2: Managing Resources
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Section 2: Managing Resources
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Managing Networking Resources
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Managing Networking Resources
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Basic network overview
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Virtual networking with switches
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Managing standard virtual networking
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Managing distributed virtual networking
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Advanced network functions
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Summary
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Managing Storage Resources
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Managing Storage Resources
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Storage basics
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VMware vSphere storage types
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VMware vSphere storage configuration
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SIOC and storage DRS
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Advanced storage features
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Storage integration
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Introducing VMware vSAN
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VM Deployment and Management
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VM Deployment and Management
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The components of a virtual machine
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Deploying VMs
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Content library
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Managing VMs
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Importing and exporting VMs
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Converting VMs
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VM Resource Management
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VM Resource Management
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Virtual machine resource management
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Virtual machine migration
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DRS
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Resource pools and vApps
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Network and storage resources
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Section 3: Advanced Topics
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Section 3: Advanced Topics
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Availability and Disaster Recovery
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Availability and Disaster Recovery
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VMware vSphere HA
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VMware vSphere FT
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Virtual machine clustering
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Virtual machine backup
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VMware vSphere Replication
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Disaster recovery and disaster avoidance
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VMware solutions
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Securing and Protecting Your Environment
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Securing and Protecting Your Environment
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Security and hardening concepts in vSphere
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Authentication and identity
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Active directory integration
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vCenter Server, ESXi, and VM hardening
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Encryption options of the vSphere
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Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
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Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
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Monitoring a virtual environment
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VM optimization
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Log management
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vRealize Operations
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Other monitoring tools
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Troubleshooting Your Environment
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Troubleshooting Your Environment
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What is troubleshooting?
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Troubleshooting a virtual environment
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Logs
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Troubleshooting vSphere components
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment
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Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment
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Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab
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Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab
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The importance of lifelong learning
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Choosing the right platform
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Software components and licensing
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Architecture and logical design
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A detailed implementation guide
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Summary
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Assessment
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Assessment
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Chapter 1: Evolution to vSphere 6.7
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Chapter 2: Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure
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Chapter 3: Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments
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Chapter 4: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation
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Chapter 5: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7
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Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading
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Chapter 7: Managing Networking Resources
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Chapter 8: Managing Storage Resources
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Chapter 9: VM Deployment and Management
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Chapter 10: VM Resource Management
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Chapter 11: Availability and Disaster Recovery
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Chapter 12: Securing and Protecting Your Environment
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Chapter 13: Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment
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Chapter 14: Troubleshooting Your Environment
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Different scenarios

There are different types of typical scenarios where most use cases can fit, but much can also depend on the type of workload and business requirements.

We will consider and discuss, at a high level, just three different cases—Enterprise, SMB, and ROBO. For other, more specific examples, such as for VDI, there are several reference architectures, and also some specific VVDs.

Enterprise

Large companies are usually qualified, by their size, as enterprise or corporate. Their business needs are usually very strictly defined and almost all workloads can be business-critical, including infrastructure workloads such as the vCenter Server.

The number of workloads is usually high; that probably means more...

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