VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

Abhilash G B

商品描述

A task-oriented guide with over 150 practical recipes to install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere components

About This Book

  • Explore the use of command line interface (CLI) to consistently configure the environment and automate it reasonably
  • Discover the best practices to deploy stateless and statefull ESXi hosts and upgrade them
  • Simplified and to-the-point theory to manage vSphere Storage and Networking Environment

Who This Book Is For

This is an excellent handbook for system administrators, support professionals, or for anyone intending to give themselves a headstart in learning how to install, configure, and manage a vSphere environment. It is also a good task-oriented reference guide for consultants or infrastructure architects who design and deploy vSphere environments.

What You Will Learn

  • Upgrade your existing vSphere environment to vSphere 5.5 or build a new one
  • Autodeploy a large set of stateless/stateful ESXi hosts in your vSphere environment
  • Configure vSphere networking using standard or distributed virtual switches
  • Configure and manage FC, iSCSI, and NAS storage
  • Configure high availability, load distribution, and power savings on an ESXi cluster using vSphere HA, DRS, and DPM
  • Patch and upgrade the vSphere environment using vSphere Update Manager
  • Use vSphere Management Assistant as a remote command-line interface
  • Discover the built-in tools available for monitoring the performance of a vSphere environment

In Detail

VMware is still the undisputed leader in providing virtualization solutions ranging from server virtualization to storage and network virtualization. VMware vSphere is the industry's most complete and robust virtualization platform, transforming data centers into dramatically simplified cloud infrastructures.

VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook will walk you through the procedures involved in installing or upgrading your current vSphere environment to Version 5.5 and also help you perform the most common administration tasks ranging from configuring HA, DRS, and DPM, configuring storage and networking, to patching/upgrading using vSphere Update Manager, performing remote CLI operations using VMA, and monitoring the performance of a vSphere environment.

This book is written with simplified and to-the-point theory eliminating the need for lengthy reading before performing a task. Most of the tasks are accompanied with relevant screenshots and flowcharts to facilitate your understanding.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

一本以任務為導向的指南,提供超過150個實用的食譜,用於安裝、配置和管理VMware vSphere組件。

關於本書:
- 探索使用命令行界面(CLI)來一致地配置環境並合理自動化
- 發現部署無狀態和有狀態ESXi主機並升級它們的最佳實踐
- 简化且直接的理論,用於管理vSphere存儲和網絡環境

本書適合對象:
- 這是一本出色的手冊,適合系統管理員、支援專業人員,或者任何打算在學習如何安裝、配置和管理vSphere環境方面提前入門的人。對於設計和部署vSphere環境的顧問或基礎架構架構師來說,它也是一本很好的任務導向參考指南。

你將學到什麼:
- 將現有的vSphere環境升級到vSphere 5.5或構建一個新的環境
- 在vSphere環境中自動部署大量的無狀態/有狀態ESXi主機
- 使用標準或分佈式虛擬交換配置vSphere網絡
- 配置和管理FC、iSCSI和NAS存儲
- 使用vSphere HA、DRS和DPM在ESXi集群上配置高可用性、負載分配和節能
- 使用vSphere Update Manager對vSphere環境進行補丁和升級
- 使用vSphere Management Assistant作為遠程命令行界面
- 發現用於監控vSphere環境性能的內建工具

詳細內容:
VMware仍然是提供從服務器虛擬化到存儲和網絡虛擬化的解決方案的無可爭議的領導者。VMware vSphere是行業最完整、最強大的虛擬化平台,將數據中心轉變為極簡化的雲基礎架構。

《VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook》將引導您完成安裝或升級現有vSphere環境到5.5版本的程序,並幫助您執行最常見的管理任務,包括配置HA、DRS和DPM、配置存儲和網絡,使用vSphere Update Manager進行補丁/升級,使用VMA執行遠程CLI操作,以及監控vSphere環境的性能。

本書以簡化且直接的理論撰寫,無需冗長閱讀即可執行任務。大多數任務附有相關的屏幕截圖和流程圖,以便您理解。