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Tytuł oryginału: 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 o
ISBN: 9781782172192
stron: 326, Format: ebook
Data wydania: 2014-03-21
Księgarnia: Helion

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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 eBook -- spis treści

vSphere Virtual Machine Management
- Table of Contents
- vSphere Virtual Machine Management
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
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    - Why Subscribe?
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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