VMware vSphere design

VMware vSphere design

What can you do at the start of a virtualisation deployment to make things run more smoothly? If you plan, deploy, maintain, and optimise vSphere solutions in your company, this unique book provides keen insight and solutions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Guthrie, Forbes (-)
Otros Autores: Lowe, Scott
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, Ind. : Sybex c2013.
Edición:2nd ed
Materias:
VMware vSphere.
VMware.
Operating systems (Computers)
Virtual computer systems.
Web services.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments
  • What Is Design?
  • The Facets of vSphere Design
  • The Technical Facet
  • The Organizational Facet
  • The Operational Facet
  • The Principles of Design
  • Availability
  • Manageability
  • Performance
  • Recoverability
  • Security
  • The Process of Design
  • Gathering and Defining Functional Requirements
  • Assessing the Environment
  • Performing a Gap Analysis
  • Assembling the Design
  • Documenting the Design
  • Performing the Implementation
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2 The ESXi Hypervisor
  • Evolution of the vSphere Hypervisor
  • The ESXi Concept
  • ESXi Design
  • ESXi Components
  • ESXi Agents
  • ESXi System Image
  • ESXi Customized Images
  • ESXi Disk Layout
  • Tardisks and Ramdisks
  • ESXi Deployment
  • Hardware Requirements
  • ESXi Flavors: Installable, Embedded, and Stateless
  • Auto Deploy Infrastructure
  • Comparing Deployments Options
  • Upgrading ESXi
  • Migrating from ESX
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Management
  • Postinstallation Design Options
  • Management Tools Overview
  • Host-Management Tools
  • Centralized Management Tools
  • Hardware Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 The Management Layer
  • Reviewing the Components of the Management Layer
  • VMware vCenter Server
  • vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client
  • vSphere Update Manager
  • Management Applications
  • Examining Key Management Layer Design Decisions
  • Virtual or Physical vCenter Server?
  • vCenter Server on Windows or vCenter Server Appliance?
  • Local or Remote Database Server?
  • Which Operating System for vCenter Server?
  • Creating the Management Layer Design
  • Availability
  • Manageability
  • Performance
  • Recoverability
  • Security
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4 Server Hardware
  • Hardware Considerations
  • Factors in Selecting Hardware
  • Computing Needs.
  • Server Constraints
  • Differentiating among Vendors
  • Server Components
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • NUMA
  • Motherboard
  • Storage
  • Network
  • PCI
  • Preparing the Server
  • Configuring the BIOS
  • Other Hardware Settings
  • Burn-in
  • Preproduction Checks
  • Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out
  • Advantages of Scaling Up
  • Advantages of Scaling Out
  • Scaling Is a Matter of Perspective
  • Risk Assessment
  • Choosing the Right Size
  • CPU to Memory Design Ratio
  • Sizing the Hosts
  • Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers
  • Blade Servers
  • Rack Servers
  • Form-Factor Conclusions
  • Alternative Hardware Approaches
  • Cloud Computing
  • Converged Hardware
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5 Designing Your Network
  • Examining Key Network Components
  • Physical Connectivity
  • Network Traffic Types
  • Software Components
  • Exploring Factors Influencing the Network Design
  • Physical Switch Support
  • vSwitches and Distributed vSwitches
  • IP-Based Storage
  • 10Gb Ethernet
  • I/O Virtualization
  • SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O
  • Server Architecture
  • Crafting the Network Design
  • Availability
  • Manageability
  • Performance
  • Recoverability
  • Security
  • Design Scenarios
  • Two NICs
  • Four NICs
  • Six NICs
  • Eight NICs
  • Looking to the Future
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6 Storage
  • Dimensions of Storage Design
  • Storage Design Factors
  • Storage Efficiency
  • vSphere Storage Features
  • Designing for Capacity
  • RAID Options
  • Estimating Capacity Requirements
  • VMFS Capacity Limits
  • Large or Small Datastores?
  • Thin Provisioning
  • Data Deduplication
  • Array Compression
  • Downside of Saving Space
  • Designing for Performance
  • Measuring Storage Performance
  • How to Calculate a Disk's IOPS
  • What Can Affect a Storage Array's IOPS?
  • Measuring Your Existing IOPS Usage
  • Local Storage vs. Shared Storage
  • Local Storage
  • What about Local Shared Storage?
  • Shared Storage.
  • Choosing a Protocol
  • Fibre Channel
  • iSCSI
  • NFS
  • Protocol Choice
  • Multipathing
  • SAN Multipathing
  • NAS Multipathing
  • vSphere Storage Features
  • vSphere Storage APIs
  • Performance and Capacity
  • Storage Management
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7 Virtual Machines
  • Components of a Virtual Machine
  • Base Virtual Machine Hardware
  • Hardware Versions
  • Virtual Machine Maximums
  • Hardware Choices
  • Removing or Disabling Unused Hardware
  • Virtual Machine Options
  • SDRS Rules
  • vApp Options
  • vServices
  • Naming Virtual Machines
  • VMware Tools
  • Notes, Custom Attributes, and Tagging
  • Sizing Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine CPU Design
  • Cores per Socket
  • CPU Hot Plug
  • Resources
  • Additional CPU Settings
  • Virtual Machine Memory Design
  • Resources
  • Additional Memory Settings
  • Virtual Machine Storage Design
  • Disks
  • Disk Types
  • Disk Shares and IOPS Limits
  • Disk Modes
  • SCSI Controllers
  • RDMs
  • Storage vMotion
  • Cross-Host vMotion
  • VM Storage Profile
  • Virtual Machine Network Design
  • vNIC Drivers
  • MAC Addresses
  • VLAN Tagging
  • Guest Software
  • Selecting an OS
  • Guest OS and Application Licensing
  • Disk Alignment
  • Defragmentation
  • Optimizing the Guest for the Hypervisor
  • Clones, Templates, and vApps
  • Clones
  • Templates
  • Preparing a Template
  • Virtual Appliances
  • OVF Standard
  • vApps
  • Virtual Machine Availability
  • vSphere VM Availability
  • Third-Party VM Clustering
  • Microsoft Application Clustering
  • vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8 Datacenter Design
  • vSphere Inventory Structure
  • Inventory Root
  • Folders
  • Datacenters
  • Clusters
  • Resource Pools
  • Hosts
  • Virtual Machines
  • Templates
  • Storage
  • Networks
  • Why and How to Structure
  • Clusters
  • EVC
  • Swapfile Policy
  • Cluster Sizing
  • Resource Pools
  • Resource Pool Settings.
  • Admission Control
  • Distributed Resource Scheduling
  • Load Balancing
  • Affinity Rules
  • Distributed Power Management
  • High Availability and Clustering
  • High Availability
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9 Designing with Security in Mind
  • Why Is Security Important?
  • Separation of Duties
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • vCenter Server Permissions
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Security in vCenter Linked Mode
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Command-Line Access to ESXi Hosts
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Managing Network Access
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • The DMZ
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Firewalls in the Virtual Infrastructure
  • The Problem
  • The Solution
  • Change Management
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Protecting the VMs
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Protecting the Data
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Cloud Computing
  • Risk Scenario
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Auditing and Compliance
  • The Problem
  • The Solution
  • Summary
  • Chapter 10 Monitoring and Capacity Planning
  • Nothing Is Static
  • Building Monitoring into the Design
  • Determining the Tools to Use
  • Selecting the Items to Monitor
  • Selecting Thresholds
  • Taking Action on Thresholds
  • Alerting the Operators
  • Incorporating Capacity Planning in the Design
  • Planning before Virtualization
  • Planning during Virtualization
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11 Bringing a vSphere Design Together
  • Sample Design
  • Business Overview for XYZ Widgets
  • Hypervisor Design
  • vSphere Management Layer
  • Server Hardware
  • Networking Configuration
  • Shared Storage Configuration
  • VM Design
  • VMware Datacenter Design
  • Security Architecture
  • Monitoring and Capacity Planning
  • Examining the Design
  • Hypervisor Design
  • vSphere Management Layer
  • Server Hardware
  • Networking Configuration.
  • Shared Storage Configuration
  • VM Design
  • VMware Datacenter Design
  • Security Architecture
  • Monitoring and Capacity Planning
  • Summary
  • Chapter 12 vCloud Design
  • Differences Between Cloud and Server Virtualization
  • Role of vCloud Director in Cloud Architecture
  • vCloud Director Use Cases
  • Use Case #1
  • Use Case #2
  • Use Case #3
  • Use Case #4
  • Components of the vCloud Management Stack
  • vCloud Cell and NFS Design Considerations
  • Management vs. Consumable Resources
  • Database Concepts
  • vCenter Design
  • vCloud Management: Physical Design
  • The Physical Side of Provider Virtual Datacenters
  • The Logical Side of Provider Virtual Datacenters
  • Network Pool Decisions
  • External Networks
  • Designing Organizations, Catalogs, and Policies
  • Correlating Organizational Networks to Design
  • End Users and vApp Networking
  • Designing Organization Virtual Datacenters
  • Multiple Sites
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery
  • Summary
  • Index.

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