VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

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.

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.5
Chapter 2. Performing a New Installation of vSphere 5.5
Chapter 3. Using vSphere Host Profiles
Chapter 4. Using ESXi Image Builder
Chapter 5. Using vSphere Auto Deploy
Chapter 6. Configuring vSphere Networking
Chapter 7. Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores
Chapter 8. Managing iSCSI and NFS Datastores
Chapter 9. vSphere Storage Policies and Storage I/O Control
Chapter 10. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
Chapter 11. Configuring vSphere HA
Chapter 12. Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC
Chapter 13. Upgrading and Patching Using vSphere Update Manager
Chapter 14. Using vSphere Management Assistant
Chapter 15. Monitoring the Performance of a vSphere Environment