Implementing VMware vCenter Server

This book starts with the basics then leads you by the hand through a complete Vmware vCenter Server implementation course. Designed to help you administer and manage your environment on a day to day basis.

Overview

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the VMware vCenter features, requirements, and deployment process
• Manage hosts, virtual machines, and learn storage management in VMware vCenter server
• Overview of VMware vCenter Operations Manager and VMware vCenter Orchestrator

In Detail

Virtualization is a hot topic today. It saves time and effort for IT professionals as well as helping to keep infrastructure costs down and makes the IT industry greener. VMware, one of the major players on the virtualization market, offers great scalability and reliability features, professional support, and constantly works on improvements for their products. VMware vCenter Server is a necessary component of any professional vSphere implementation. It offers a great variety of features and capabilities that simplify an administrator’s day-to-day work.

This book is a practical and hands-on guide to VMware vCenter Server, providing a description of its features and capabilities as well as useful tips on doing day-to-day administrative tasks.

This book starts with an introduction to VMware vCenter Server, describing requirements and deployment steps along the way. It takes you through a description of product features and different aspects of administration giving useful tips for day-to-day tasks. You will learn how to deploy VMware vCenter Server, and how to manage hosts and virtual machines. You will also take a look at security features, availability, resource management, and discuss monitoring and automation topics.

The last two chapters will describe additional products that can be used together with VMware vCenter Server: VMware vCenter Operations Manager and VMware vCenter Orchestrator. If you want to learn how VMware vCenter Server can help with managing your environment, then this is the book for you.

What you will learn from this book

• Deploy VMware vCenter Server and ESXi hosts
• Create and clone virtual machines and work with templates
• Reduce downtime, and configure and manage availability features
• Allocate resources, and configure resource pools and DRS
• Manage users
• Secure ESXi hosts
• Learn to use alerts
• Work with VMware vCenter Operations Manager
• Get to grips with VMware vCenter Orchestrator

Approach

This book is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you learn everything you need to know to administer your environment with VMware vCenter Server. Throughout the book, there are best practices and useful tips and tricks which can be used for day-to-day tasks.

Who this book is written for

If you are an administrator or a technician starting with VMware, with little or no knowledge of virtualization products, this book is ideal for you. Even if you are an IT professional looking to expand your existing environment, you will be able to use this book to help you improve the management of these environments. IT managers will find it helpful in terms of improving cost efficiency, ensuring required levels of service and utilising its excellent reporting abilities.

本書從基礎知識開始，然後手把手地引導您完成完整的Vmware vCenter Server實施課程。旨在幫助您每天管理和管理環境。

概述
- 深入了解VMware vCenter的功能、要求和部署過程
- 管理主機、虛擬機器，並學習VMware vCenter Server中的存儲管理
- 概述VMware vCenter Operations Manager和VMware vCenter Orchestrator

詳細內容
虛擬化是當今熱門話題。它為IT專業人員節省時間和精力，同時幫助降低基礎設施成本，使IT行業更環保。作為虛擬化市場的主要參與者之一，VMware提供了出色的可擴展性和可靠性功能、專業支持，並不斷改進其產品。VMware vCenter Server是任何專業vSphere實施的必要組件。它提供了各種功能和能力，可以簡化管理員的日常工作。

本書是一本實用的、實踐性的VMware vCenter Server指南，介紹了其功能和能力，並提供了有關日常管理任務的有用提示。

本書從介紹VMware vCenter Server開始，描述了要求和部署步驟。它通過描述產品功能和管理的不同方面，提供了有關日常任務的有用提示。您將學習如何部署VMware vCenter Server，以及如何管理主機和虛擬機器。您還將瞭解安全功能、可用性、資源管理，並討論監控和自動化主題。

最後兩章將描述可以與VMware vCenter Server一起使用的其他產品：VMware vCenter Operations Manager和VMware vCenter Orchestrator。如果您想了解VMware vCenter Server如何幫助管理您的環境，那麼這本書就是為您而寫的。

從本書中您將學到：
- 部署VMware vCenter Server和ESXi主機
- 創建和克隆虛擬機器，並使用模板
- 減少停機時間，配置和管理可用性功能
- 分配資源，配置資源池和DRS
- 管理用戶
- 保護ESXi主機
- 學習使用警報
- 使用VMware vCenter Operations Manager
- 掌握VMware vCenter Orchestrator

這本書是一本實用的、實踐性的指南，將幫助您學習使用VMware vCenter Server管理環境所需的一切。在整本書中，都有最佳實踐和有用的技巧，可用於日常任務。

本書適合以下讀者：
- 如果您是一名剛開始使用VMware的管理員或技術人員，對虛擬化產品知之甚少或一無所知，那麼這本書非常適合您。
- 即使您是一名IT專業人員，希望擴展現有環境，您也可以使用本書來幫助改進這些環境的管理。
- IT經理將在提高成本效益、確保所需的服務水平和利用其出色的報告功能方面受益。