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• Cover
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• About the Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• What Is Covered in This Book
• The Mastering Series
• The Hardware Behind the Book
• Who Should Buy This Book
• How to Contact the Authors
• Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
• Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7
• Why Choose vSphere?
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
• VMware ESXi Architecture
• Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
• Deploying VMware ESXi
• Performing Post-installation Configuration
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
• Introducing vCenter Server
• Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
• Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
• Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
• Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group
• Exploring vCenter Server
• Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
• Exploring vCenter Server’s Management Features
• Managing vCenter Server Settings
• vSphere Web Client Administration
• VMware Appliance Management Administration
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
• vSphere Update Manager
• vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance
• Configuring vSphere Update Manager
• Creating Baselines
• Routine Updates
• Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
• Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
• Investigating Alternative Update Options
• vSphere Auto Deploy
• Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy
• vCenter Support Tools
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
• Putting Together a vSphere Network
• Working with vSphere Standard Switches
• Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
• Configuring Virtual Switch Security
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
• Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
• Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
• Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
• Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
• Understanding the Layers of High Availability
• Clustering VMs
• Implementing vSphere High Availability
• Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
• Planning for Business Continuity
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
• Overview of vSphere Security
• Securing ESXi Hosts
• Securing vCenter Server
• Securing Virtual Machines
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
• Understanding Virtual Machines
• Creating a Virtual Machine
• Installing a Guest Operating System
• Installing VMware Tools
• Managing Virtual Machines
• Modifying Virtual Machines
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
• Cloning VMs
• Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
• Using OVF Templates
• Using Content Libraries
• Working with vApps
• Importing Machines from Other Environments
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
• Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
• Working with Virtual Machine Memory
• Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
• Using Resource Pools
• Regulating Network I/O Utilization
• Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
• Comparing Utilization with Allocation
• Exploring vMotion
• Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
• Using Storage vMotion
• Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
• Cross-vCenter vMotion
• Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
• Working with Storage DRS
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
• Overview of Performance Monitoring
• Using Alarms
• Working with Performance Charts
• Working with esxtop
• Monitoring CPU Usage
• Monitoring Memory Usage
• Monitoring Network Usage
• Monitoring Disk Usage
• The Bottom Line
• Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
• Why Use Automation?
• vSphere Automation Options
• Automating with PowerCLI
• Additional Resources
• The Bottom Line
• Appendix A: The Bottom Line
• Chapter 1: Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7
• Chapter 2: Planning and Installing VMware ESXi
• Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
• Chapter 4: vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools
• Chapter 5: Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network
• Chapter 6: Creating and Configuring Storage Devices
• Chapter 7: Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity
• Chapter 8: Securing VMware vSphere
• Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
• Chapter 10: Using Templates and vApps
• Chapter 11: Managing Resource Allocation
• Chapter 12: Balancing Resource Utilization
• Chapter 13: Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance
• Chapter 14: Automating VMware vSphere
• Index
• End User License Agreement