VMware vSphere For Dummies
by Mitchell, Daniel; Keegan, TomEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-03-08
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Summary
VMware vSphere For Dummies provides all the information needed to understand, design, and deploy a reliable and fault tolerant vSphere environment. The book starts with a general introduction of the technology and each chapter covers the key topics within vSphere so the reader has enough information to design and deploy their first system without being overwhelmed with extensive technical details. The book can also be used as a reference for maintenance and troubleshooting. Parts in the book include:Part I: Introducing Virtualization and VMwarePart II: Designing Your vSphere EnvironmentPart III: Installation and ConfigurationPart IV: Managing Your System
Author Biography
Dan Mitchell is Technical Director for DynamicOps and founder of www.StartsWithV.com, a Web site and blog focused on virtualization technology and the surrounding industry.
Tom Keegan has been working with VMware products for ten years and is certified as a VMware VCP and a Certified Advanced Professional on vSphere 4—Datacenter Design. He is a Technical Director at Fresenius Medical Care.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Deciding on vSphere.
Chapter 1: Getting the Most Out of VMware vSphere.
Chapter 2: Introducing Virtualization.
Chapter 3: Exploring the Capabilities of VMware vSphere.
Chapter 4: Comparing Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 with vSphere 4.x.
Part II: Getting Ready for Sphere.
Chapter 5: Planning for a vSphere Rollout.
Chapter 6: Preparing Network and Storage for vSphere.
Part III: Installing Sphere.
Chapter 7: Installing VMware ESX 4 for the First Time.
Chapter 8: Building the vCenter Server.
Chapter 9: Getting Started with the vSphere Client.
Part IV: Configuring and Connecting vSphere.
Chapter 10: Configuring a New vCenter Server.
Chapter 11: Wiring Up vSphere to the Network, Virtually.
Chapter 12: Connecting vSphere to Shared Storage.
Chapter 13: Assembling an ESX Cluster.
Part V: Administering and Maintaining vSphere.
Chapter 14: Creating, Cloning, and Converting VMs.
Chapter 15: Organizing vSphere Resources.
Chapter 16: Events, Alarms, and Monitoring.
Chapter 17: A Quick Tour of Your Virtual Infrastructure.
Chapter 18: One of These Hosts Is Not Like the Other — Host Profiles.
Part VI: Tuning and Troubleshooting vSphere.
Chapter 19: Making VMs Play Fair with Resource Pools.
Chapter 20: Using vSphere Availability Features.
Chapter 21: Troubleshooting vSphere.
Part VII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 22: Ten Tools to Make vSphere Management Easier.
Chapter 23: Ten Places to Improve Your vSphere Know-How.
Chapter 24: Ten Pro Tips for a Successful vSphere Deployment.
Index.
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