VMware ESXi cookbook: over 50 recipes to master VMware vSphere administration

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""VMware ESXi 5.1"" is written in a Cookbook style, learn through practical real world recipes and examples.""VMware ESXi 5.1 Cookbook"" is written for technical professionals with system administration skills and foundation knowledge of virtualization and who need to learn about the installation, configuration, and administration of vSphere 5.1. Essential virtualization and ESX or ESXi knowledge is advantageous.;Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring ESXi; Introduction; Installing ESXi using Interactive Mode; Deploying ESXi hosts using scripted installation; Deploying ESXi hosts using Auto Deploy; Installing the vSphere Client; Configuring NTP settings on the ESXi host; Configuring DNS and Routing; Licensing an ESXi host; Chapter 2: Installing and Using vCenter; Introduction; Installing vCenter SSO; Installing VMware vCenter; Installing vSphere Web Client; Installing vSphere Auto Deploy Cover Copyright Credits About the Authors About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring ESXi Introduction Installing ESXi using Interactive Mode Deploying ESXi hosts using scripted installation Deploying ESXi hosts using Auto Deploy Installing the vSphere Client Configuring NTP settings on the ESXi host Configuring DNS and Routing Licensing an ESXi host Chapter 2: Installing and Using vCenter Introduction Installing vCenter SSO Installing VMware vCenter Installing vSphere Web Client Installing vSphere Auto Deploy Working with the vCenter inventory objectsConfiguring the vCenter Server settings Working with tags Using schedule tasks Managing the plug-ins in vCenter Deploying the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Chapter 3: Networking Introduction Creating and deleting VM network port groups Creating VMkernel port groups Modifying vSwitch properties Working with vSphere Distributed Switches Configuring Private VLANs (PVLAN) Working with advanced networking Enabling jumbo frames Configuring network policies Chapter 4: Storage Introduction Implementing the iSCSI storage Implementing FC and FCoE storagesConfigure Raw Device Mapping Managing VMFS & NFS datastores Configuring the storage profiles of a virtual machine Chapter 5: Resource Management and High Availability Introduction Preparing hosts for vMotion Implementing resource pools Implementing Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Implementing Distributed Power Management (DPM) Implementing High Availability (HA) Implementing Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduling (SDRS) Chapter 6: Managing Virtual Machines Introduction Deploying virtual machines Installing and customizing guest operating system Configuring the ESXi host and VM for fault toleranceConfiguring virtual machine hardware Configuring virtual machine's options Creating snapshots, templates, and clones Chapter 7: Securing the ESXi Server and Virtual Machines Introduction Configuring the ESXi firewall Enable Lockdown mode Managing ESXi authentication Managing ESXi certificates Configuring Logging for Virtual Machine Configuring Security Settings for Virtual Machine Chapter 8: Performance Monitoring and Alerts Introduction Running vCenter performance monitoring graphs Configuring SNMP for ESXi and vCenter Running performance monitoring using ESXTOPConfiguring vCenter alarms Managing log files Chapter 9: vSphere Update Manager Introduction Installing Update Manager Configuring Update Manager Creating and managing baselines Scanning and remediating vSphere objects Configuring UMDS Index