Table of Contents Using persistent memory to maximize VM performance How to do it How it works Chapter 6: vSphere Network Design 153 Determining network bandwidth requirements How to do it 155 How it works 155 Standard or distributed virtual switches How to do it How it works 158 There's more Providing network availability How to do it How it works Network resource management How to do it How it works Using private VLANs How to do it How it works 170 IP storage network design considerations 172 How to do it 172 How it works 172 Using jumbo frames How to do it 174 How it works 174 Creating custom TCP/P stacks 177 How to do it 177 How it works Designing for VMkernel services How to do it 180 How it wo vMotion network design considerations 181 How to do it 182 How it works There's more Using 10 GbE converged network adapters How to do it IPv6 in a vSphere design 185 How to do it How it works
Table of Contents [ v ] Using persistent memory to maximize VM performance 152 How to do it… 152 How it works… 152 Chapter 6: vSphere Network Design 153 Determining network bandwidth requirements 154 How to do it… 155 How it works… 155 There's more… 157 Standard or distributed virtual switches 158 How to do it… 158 How it works… 158 There's more… 160 Providing network availability 160 How to do it… 161 How it works… 161 Network resource management 164 How to do it… 164 How it works… 165 Using private VLANs 169 How to do it… 169 How it works… 170 There's more… 171 IP storage network design considerations 172 How to do it… 172 How it works… 172 Using jumbo frames 174 How to do it… 174 How it works… 174 Creating custom TCP/IP stacks 177 How to do it… 177 How it works… 177 Designing for VMkernel services 179 How to do it… 180 How it works… 180 vMotion network design considerations 181 How to do it… 182 How it works… 182 There's more… 183 Using 10 GbE converged network adapters 184 How to do it… 184 How it works… 185 IPv6 in a vSphere design 185 How to do it… 185 How it works… 186
Table of Contents Remote direct memory access options How to do it 188 How it works Chapter 7: VSphere Compute Design Calculating CPU resource requirements How to do it How it works Calculating memory resource requirements How to do it 193 How it works 193 Transparent page sharing How to do it 195 How it works There's more 198 Scaling up or scaling out How to do it How it works There's more Determining the vCPU-to- core ratio How to do it How it works 202 Clustering compute resources How to do it 203 How it works 203 Reserving HA resources to support failover How to do it How it works 206 Using distributed resource scheduling to balance cluster resources 208 How to do it 208 How it works Ensuring cluster vMotion compatibility 210 How to do it 210 How it works 210 Using resource pools 212 How to do it 212 How it works Providing Fault Tolerance protection 215 How to do it 216 How it works Leveraging host flash 8 How to do it 218 How it works 219
Table of Contents [ vi ] Remote direct memory access options 188 How to do it… 188 How it works… 188 Chapter 7: vSphere Compute Design 189 Calculating CPU resource requirements 190 How to do it… 191 How it works… 191 Calculating memory resource requirements 192 How to do it… 193 How it works… 193 Transparent page sharing 195 How to do it… 195 How it works… 196 There's more… 198 Scaling up or scaling out 199 How to do it… 199 How it works… 200 There's more… 201 Determining the vCPU-to-core ratio 201 How to do it… 202 How it works… 202 Clustering compute resources 203 How to do it… 203 How it works… 203 Reserving HA resources to support failover 205 How to do it… 205 How it works… 206 Using distributed resource scheduling to balance cluster resources 208 How to do it… 208 How it works… 208 Ensuring cluster vMotion compatibility 210 How to do it… 210 How it works… 210 Using resource pools 212 How to do it… 212 How it works… 213 Providing Fault Tolerance protection 215 How to do it… 216 How it works… 216 Leveraging host flash 218 How to do it… 218 How it works… 219
Table of Contents Chapter 8: vSphere Physical Design Using the VMware Hardware Compatibility List How to do it 223 How it works There's more 226 Understanding the physical storage design How to do it How it works 230 Understanding the physical network design How to do it 231 232 Creating the physical compute design How to do it Creating a custom ESXi image 236 How to do it How it works 241 Theres more 242 The best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings 243 How to do it 244 How it works 244 There's more Upgrading an ESXi host 245 How to do it 245 How it works hapter 9: Virtual Machine Design 248 Right-sizing virtual machines 249 How to do it 250 How it works Enabling CPU hot add and memory hot plug How to do it 253 How it works Using paravirtualized vM hardware How to do it 256 How it works Creating virtual machine templates How to do it How it works There's more 262 Upgrading and installing VMware Tools How to do it How it works 265 There's more Upgrading vM virtual hardware
Table of Contents [ vii ] Chapter 8: vSphere Physical Design 221 Using the VMware Hardware Compatibility List 222 How to do it… 223 How it works… 225 There's more… 226 Understanding the physical storage design 229 How to do it… 229 How it works… 230 Understanding the physical network design 231 How to do it… 231 How it works… 232 Creating the physical compute design 234 How to do it… 234 How it works… 234 Creating a custom ESXi image 236 How to do it… 236 How it works… 241 There's more… 242 The best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings 243 How to do it… 244 How it works… 244 There's more… 245 Upgrading an ESXi host 245 How to do it… 245 How it works… 246 Chapter 9: Virtual Machine Design 248 Right-sizing virtual machines 249 How to do it… 250 How it works… 251 Enabling CPU hot add and memory hot plug 252 How to do it… 253 How it works… 255 Using paravirtualized VM hardware 256 How to do it… 256 How it works… 259 Creating virtual machine templates 259 How to do it… 259 How it works… 261 There's more… 262 Upgrading and installing VMware Tools 263 How to do it… 264 How it works… 265 There's more… 265 Upgrading VM virtual hardware 266
Table of Contents How to do it How it works There's more 269 Using vApps to organize virtualized applications 270 How to do it How it works 273 Using VM affinity and anti-affinity rules 273 How to do it How it works Using VM to Host affinity and anti-affinity rules 276 How to do it 276 How it works 279 Converting physical servers with v Center Converter Standalone 280 How to do it How it works 289 Migrating servers into vSphere 290 How to do it How it works Chapter 10: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation 293 vSphere components and workflow ESXi deployment pla 296 Choosing the hardware platform Identification of the storage architecture 298 Defining the network configuration ESXi installation 300 Where should i install esXi? 300 Preparing for deployment Interactive installation Unattended installation 305 Auto Deploy installation How Auto Deploy works Configuring DHCP 312 Configuring TFTP 313 Creating age profile Creating deployment rules 315 Auto Deploy modes 318 Stateless installation 318 Stateless caching installation 318 Stateful installation 320 v Center server components PSC Linked Mode 324 VCenter server Migration from v Center for Windows to VCSA 326 [viii
Table of Contents [ viii ] How to do it… 267 How it works… 268 There's more… 269 Using vApps to organize virtualized applications 270 How to do it… 270 How it works… 273 Using VM affinity and anti-affinity rules 273 How to do it… 274 How it works… 275 Using VM to Host affinity and anti-affinity rules 276 How to do it… 276 How it works… 279 Converting physical servers with vCenter Converter Standalone 280 How to do it… 280 How it works… 289 Migrating servers into vSphere 290 How to do it… 290 How it works… 291 Chapter 10: Deployment Workflow and Component Installation 293 vSphere components and workflow 294 ESXi deployment plan 296 Choosing the hardware platform 296 Identification of the storage architecture 298 Defining the network configuration 298 ESXi installation 300 Where should I install ESXi? 300 Preparing for deployment 302 Interactive installation 303 Unattended installation 305 Auto Deploy installation 309 How Auto Deploy works 311 Configuring DHCP 312 Configuring TFTP 313 Creating an image profile 314 Creating deployment rules 315 Auto Deploy modes 318 Stateless installation 318 Stateless caching installation 318 Stateful installation 320 vCenter Server components 320 PSC 321 Linked Mode 324 vCenter Server 325 Migration from vCenter for Windows to vCSA 326
Table of Contents Where to install -physical or virtual? vCenter Server Appliance deployment Why deploy VCSa instead of the Windows version? Installing the VCSA PSC Installing the VCSA VCenter Installing the vCSA with Embedded Platform Service Controller VCSA HA ter HA configuration 335 Chapter 11: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7 Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client Configuring esxi Management network configuration Enabling Secure Shell (SSH)access ESXi firewall Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) ESXi 6.7 partition layout Boot banks Scratch partition Centralized log management vRealize Log Insight Free syslog servers 353 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 PowerCLI 355 Backing up all ESXi servers within a single vCenter server Configuring VCSA 35 Basic setup using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface Modifying the ip address and dNs Exporting a support bundle Configuring time synchronization 358 Changing the vCSA password 358 Licensing Roles and permissions 360 AD integration Configuring ESXi with AD authentication nced Authentication plugin VCSA and Psc 367 Repointing the vCSa to another external Psc Pointing the VCSA with an embedded PSc to an external PSC Resetting the Sso password Exporting and importing the vCsA configuration 371 The VCSA backup procedure 371 Lix I
Table of Contents [ ix ] Where to install – physical or virtual? 327 vCenter Server Appliance deployment 327 Why deploy vCSA instead of the Windows version? 329 Installing the vCSA PSC 330 Installing the vCSA vCenter 332 Installing the vCSA with Embedded Platform Service Controller 334 vCSA HA 334 vCenter HA configuration 335 Chapter 11: Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7 340 Using the VMware vSphere HTML5 client 341 Configuring ESXi 341 Management network configuration 342 Enabling Secure Shell (SSH) access 343 ESXi firewall 345 Configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) 346 ESXi 6.7 partition layout 347 Boot banks 350 Scratch partition 350 Centralized log management 351 vRealize Log Insight 352 Free syslog servers 353 Syslog configuration 353 Backing up and restoring ESXi 353 Backing up and restoring ESXi using CLI 354 Backing up and restoring ESXi using PowerCLI 355 Backing up using PowerCLI 355 Restoring using PowerCLI 355 Backing up all ESXi servers within a single vCenter server 355 Configuring vCSA 356 Basic setup using the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) 356 Modifying the IP address and DNS 357 Exporting a support bundle 357 Configuring time synchronization 358 Changing the vCSA password 358 Licensing 358 Roles and permissions 360 AD integration 363 Configuring ESXi with AD authentication 365 Installing the VMware Enhanced Authentication plugin 366 vCSA and PSC 367 Repointing the vCSA to another external PSC 367 Pointing the vCSA with an embedded PSC to an external PSC 368 Resetting the SSO password 369 Exporting and importing the vCSA configuration 371 The vCSA backup procedure 371