vSphere Virtual Machine Management. This tutorial will help VMware administrators fine-tune and expand their expertise with vSphere. From creating and

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vSphere Virtual Machine Management
Table of Contents
vSphere Virtual Machine Management
Credits
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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 (...) więcej 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 O autorze: Rebecca Fitzhugh is an independent VMware consultant specializing in architecting vSphere, Horizon, and vCloud environments, along with delivering a variety of authorized VMware courses as VMware Certified Instructor (VCI). Prior to becoming a consultant and instructor, she served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps (2006-2011), where she assisted in the build out and administration of multiple enterprise networks residing on virtual infrastructure. Rebecca has written several white papers and articles for Global Knowledge and VMware Press, as along with previously authoring vSphere Virtual Machine Management (ISBN 9781782172185) for Packt Publishing. Rebecca currently holds multiple IT industry certifications, including VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) in Data Center Design (DCD), Data Center Administration (DCA), and Cloud Infrastructure Administration (CIA). She has been selected as a vExpert three times (2014, 2015, and 2016). You can follow Rebecca on Twitter (@RebeccaFitzhugh) or contact her via LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/rmfitzhugh/). mniej