Table of contents Further reading Chapter 4: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation vSphere components and workflow ESXi deployment plan Choosing the hardware platform 127 Identification of the storage architecture 129 Defining the network configuration 129 ESXi installation 131 Where should i install esXi? 131 Preparing for deployment Interactive installation Unattended installation How Auto Deploy works 142 Configuring DHCP Configuring TFTP 144 Creating an image profile 145 Creating deployment rules Auto di Stateless installation 149 Stateless caching installation 149 v Center Server components 151 PSC Linked mode 155 VCenter server Migration from vCenter for Windows to VCSA Where to install -physical or virtual? VCenter Server Appliance deploymen Why deploy VCSa instead of the Windows version? Installing the VCSa PSc 161 Installing the VCSA VCenter 163 Installing the VCSA with Embedded Platform Service Controller 165 VCSA HA vCenter HA configuration 166 70 Questions 171 Further reading Chapter 5: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7 Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client Configuring ESXi 174 Management network configuration 175 Enabling Secure Shell (SSH)access 176 ESXi firewall 178 Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) 179 1V
Table of Contents [ iv ] Further reading 123 Chapter 4: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation 124 vSphere components and workflow 125 ESXi deployment plan 127 Choosing the hardware platform 127 Identification of the storage architecture 129 Defining the network configuration 129 ESXi installation 131 Where should I install ESXi? 131 Preparing for deployment 133 Interactive installation 134 Unattended installation 136 Auto Deploy installation 140 How Auto Deploy works 142 Configuring DHCP 143 Configuring TFTP 144 Creating an image profile 145 Creating deployment rules 146 Auto Deploy modes 149 Stateless installation 149 Stateless caching installation 149 Stateful installation 151 vCenter Server components 151 PSC 152 Linked Mode 155 vCenter Server 156 Migration from vCenter for Windows to vCSA 157 Where to install – physical or virtual? 158 vCenter Server Appliance deployment 158 Why deploy vCSA instead of the Windows version? 160 Installing the vCSA PSC 161 Installing the vCSA vCenter 163 Installing the vCSA with Embedded Platform Service Controller 165 vCSA HA 165 vCenter HA configuration 166 Summary 170 Questions 171 Further reading 172 Chapter 5: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7 173 Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client 174 Configuring ESXi 174 Management network configuration 175 Enabling Secure Shell (SSH) access 176 ESXi firewall 178 Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) 179 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||
Table of contents ESXi 6.7 partition layout Boot banks Scratch partition 183 Centralized log management rEalize Log Insight Free syslog servers Syslog configuration Backing up and restoring ESXi Backing up and restoring ESXi using CLI Backing up and restoring ESXi using PowerCLI Backing up using PowerCLI Restoring using PowerCLl cking up all ESXi servers within a single vCenter server Configuring VCSA 189 Basic setup using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (VAM Modifying the IP address and DNS 190 Exporting a support bundle Configuring time synchronization Changing the vCSa password 191 Licensing 191 Roles and permi D integration 196 Configuring ESXi with AD authentication Installing the VMware Enhanced Authentication plug 199 VCSA and Psc 200 Repointing the vcsa to another external Psc Resetting the sso password bedded PSC to an external PSC Exporting and importing the vCSA configuration The vcsa backup procedure 204 VCSA restoration procedure Managing data centers, clusters, and hosts Creating a data center Adding a host to the vCenter Server 209 Disconnecting a host from vCenter Server 211 Removing a host from vCenter Server 212 Creating a cluster Removing a host from a cluster 213 Scheduling Automating tasks with scripts Automating with PowerCLI PowerCLI script examples
Table of Contents [ v ] ESXi 6.7 partition layout 180 Boot banks 183 Scratch partition 183 Centralized log management 184 vRealize Log Insight 185 Free syslog servers 186 Syslog configuration 186 Backing up and restoring ESXi 186 Backing up and restoring ESXi using CLI 187 Backing up and restoring ESXi using PowerCLI 188 Backing up using PowerCLI 188 Restoring using PowerCLI 188 Backing up all ESXi servers within a single vCenter server 188 Configuring vCSA 189 Basic setup using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) 189 Modifying the IP address and DNS 190 Exporting a support bundle 190 Configuring time synchronization 191 Changing the vCSA password 191 Licensing 191 Roles and permissions 193 AD integration 196 Configuring ESXi with AD authentication 198 Installing the VMware Enhanced Authentication plugin 199 vCSA and PSC 200 Repointing the vCSA to another external PSC 200 Pointing the vCSA with an embedded PSC to an external PSC 201 Resetting the SSO password 202 Exporting and importing the vCSA configuration 204 The vCSA backup procedure 204 vCSA restoration procedure 205 Managing data centers, clusters, and hosts 207 Creating a data center 208 Adding a host to the vCenter Server 209 Disconnecting a host from vCenter Server 211 Removing a host from vCenter Server 212 Creating a cluster 212 Removing a host from a cluster 213 Managing hosts 214 Using tags 215 Tasks 216 Scheduling tasks 216 Managing host profiles 217 Automating tasks with scripts 220 Automating with PowerCLI 221 PowerCLI script examples 224 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||
Table of contents VCenter REST APl Summary 227 Questions eading Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading Patching a vSphere 6.7 environment 231 Upgrade flow to vSphere 6.7 Upgrading the workflow and procedure Step 1- pre-migration Step Upgrading vCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.7 Winrawsg vcenter 6. 5 for windows to center 6. 7tor PSC upgrade Upgrading vCenter Server Migrating v Center 6.5 for Windows to VCSA 6.7 Migration procedure Upgrading standalone EsXi servers 243 ESXi compatibility checker Updating or patching ESXi hosts through the installation ISo 245 Updating or patching ESXi hosts through the command line Rolling back to the previous version 248 VUM Configuring VUM Working with baselines Baseline groups Attaching or detaching baselines 255 Scanning VMs and hosts 256 Staging and remediating patches 57 Upgrading hosts with VUM pgrading VM hardware Upgrading VM Tools 262 Updating the vCSA Updating the vCSa through the command line Staging and remediating patch Updating the VCSA with VAMI 265 Summary 267 Questions 268 Further readi Section 2: Section 2: Managing Resources Chapter 7: Managing Networking Resources Basic network overview 271 ⅵi]
Table of Contents [ vi ] vCenter REST API 225 Summary 227 Questions 227 Further reading 229 Chapter 6: Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading 230 Patching a vSphere 6.7 environment 231 Upgrade flow to vSphere 6.7 232 Upgrading the workflow and procedure 232 Step 1 – pre-migration 233 Step 2 – migration 234 Step 3 – validation 234 Upgrading vCSA 6.5 to vCSA 6.7 235 Upgrading vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCenter 6.7 for Windows 237 PSC upgrade 238 Upgrading vCenter Server 238 Migrating vCenter 6.5 for Windows to vCSA 6.7 239 Migration procedure 240 Upgrading standalone ESXi servers 243 ESXi compatibility checker 244 Updating or patching ESXi hosts through the installation ISO 245 Updating or patching ESXi hosts through the command line 246 Rolling back to the previous version 248 VUM 249 Configuring VUM 249 Working with baselines 252 Baseline groups 254 Attaching or detaching baselines 255 Scanning VMs and hosts 256 Staging and remediating patches 257 Upgrading hosts with VUM 259 Upgrading VM hardware 261 Upgrading VM Tools 262 Updating the vCSA 263 Updating the vCSA through the command line 264 Staging and remediating patches 264 Updating the vCSA with VAMI 265 Summary 267 Questions 268 Further reading 269 Section 2: Section 2: Managing Resources Chapter 7: Managing Networking Resources 271 Basic network overview 271 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||
Table of contents OSI model Encapsulation and de-encapsulation 273 MAC tables and MAC learning process 274 Maximum Transmission Unit(MTU) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)versus User Datagram Protoco/ <76 Virtual LAN (VLAN) DP) 277 IPV6 277 Virtual networking with switches 278 Standard virtual switch(vSwitch) overview Distributed vswitch overview Comparing standard and distributed vSwitches anaging standard virtual networking Creating a new sWtich New vSwitch from EsXi host client New sWitch from vcenter server lew vSwitch from ESXi CLI Working with port groups 291 Creating a new port group from ESXi host client 292 Creating a new port group from vCenter Server Creating a new port group from ESXi CLI 29 Working with VMkernel adapter 296 Creating a new VMkernel adapter from ESXi host client Creating a new VMkernel adapter from vCenter Serve Working with physical NICS TCP/IP stacks Managing distributed virtual networking 304 Creating a distributed vSwitch Attaching the esxi host to the distributed vSwitch Creating distributed port groups 310 Properties and configuration options of the distributed vSwitch 313 Link Aggregation Control Protocol(LACP) 315 Private VLAN(PVLAN) NetFlow Health check Ports, hosts, and VMs Migrate VM networking NIOC Network resource pools 32 Direct allocation on VM Advanced network functions Single Root l/o Virtualization (SR-IOV) Enabling SR-IOV 26 Configuring VM for SR-IOV 327 Traffic filtering and marking [viiI
Table of Contents [ vii ] OSI model 272 Encapsulation and de-encapsulation 273 MAC tables and MAC learning process 274 Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) 275 Virtual LAN (VLAN) 276 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) versus User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 277 IPv6 277 Virtual networking with switches 278 Standard virtual switch (vSwitch) overview 279 Distributed vSwitch overview 281 Comparing standard and distributed vSwitches 283 Managing standard virtual networking 284 Creating a new vSwtich 284 New vSwitch from ESXi host client 284 New vSwitch from vCenter Server 289 New vSwitch from ESXi CLI 290 Working with port groups 291 Creating a new port group from ESXi host client 292 Creating a new port group from vCenter Server 294 Creating a new port group from ESXi CLI 295 Working with VMkernel adapters 296 Creating a new VMkernel adapter from ESXi host client 296 Creating a new VMkernel adapter from vCenter Server 298 Working with physical NICs 299 TCP/IP stacks 301 Managing distributed virtual networking 304 Creating a distributed vSwitch 304 Attaching the ESXi host to the distributed vSwitch 306 Creating distributed port groups 310 Properties and configuration options of the distributed vSwitch 313 Topology 314 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) 315 Private VLAN (PVLAN) 317 NetFlow 318 Port mirroring 319 Health check 319 Ports, hosts, and VMs 320 Migrate VM networking 320 NIOC 321 Network resource pools 322 Direct allocation on VM 324 Advanced network functions 325 Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) 325 Enabling SR-IOV 326 Configuring VM for SR-IOV 327 Traffic filtering and marking 327 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||
Table of contents Summary Questions Further reading Chapter 8: Managing Storage Resources Storage basics Storage arrays 334 Storage performance Replication hysical storage device types SSDs and AFAs symmetric Logical Unit Access(ALUA) arrays VMware vSphere storage types 339 Storage types at the ESXi logical level Storage types at the ES iXi physical level torage types at VM logical levels 343 Storage types at the VM physical level Persistent memory(PMem) VMware vSphere storage configuration FC storage 348 NfS stora SIOC and storage DRS 355 ions. limits. and share RLS calculatio Storage DRS 361 Datastore clusters 363 Anti-affinity rules Advanced storage features 364 Virtual Machine Fil ile System、WMFS)6 Automatic space reclaim Instant clones versus linked clones orage storage tiering RDM Permanent Device Loss(PDL)and All-Paths-Down(APD) Flash Read Cache rage integratio 371 VMware vSphere SPBM Pluggable Storage Architecture(PS I viii I
Table of Contents [ viii ] Summary 329 Questions 329 Further reading 331 Chapter 8: Managing Storage Resources 332 Storage basics 333 Storage arrays 334 Storage performance 335 The RAID level 336 Deduplication 336 Replication 337 Physical storage device types 337 SSDs and AFAs 338 Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) arrays 339 VMware vSphere storage types 339 Storage types at the ESXi logical level 341 Storage types at the ESXi physical level 342 Storage types at VM logical levels 343 Storage types at the VM physical level 345 Persistent memory (PMem) 346 VMware vSphere storage configuration 348 FC storage 348 FCoE storage 350 iSCSI storage 351 NFS storage 354 SIOC and storage DRS 355 SIOC 355 Reservations, limits, and shares 356 Reservations 356 Limits 356 Shares 357 RLS calculations 357 SIOC versions 358 Storage DRS 361 Datastore clusters 363 Anti-affinity rules 363 Advanced storage features 364 Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) 6 364 Automatic space reclaim 365 Instant clones versus linked clones 366 Storage DRS versus storage tiering 367 RDM 368 Permanent Device Loss (PDL) and All-Paths-Down (APD) 368 Flash Read Cache 370 Storage integration 371 VMware vSphere SPBM 371 Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) 372 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||