VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

If you prefer practice to theory then this is the ideal book for learning how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. Packed with recipes, it's a hands-on tutorial and reference guide for this unbeatable virtualization product.

Overview

• Install and configure vSphere 5.1 core components
• Learn important aspects of vSphere such as administration, security, and performance
• Configure vSphere Management Assistant(VMA) to run commands/scripts without the need to authenticate every attempt

In Detail

Amidst all the recent competition from Citrix and Microsoft, VMware’s vSphere product line is still the most feature rich and futuristic product in the virtualization industry. Knowing how to install and configure vSphere components is important to give yourself a head start towards virtualization using VMware.

If you want to quickly grasp the installation and configuration procedures, especially by using the new vSphere 5.1 web client, this book is for you.

VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook will take you through all the steps required to accomplish a task with minimal reading required. Most of the tasks are accompanied with relevant screenshots with an intention to provide a visual guidance as well.

The book has many useful recipes that will help you progress through the installation of VMware ESXi 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1. You will learn to use Auto Deploy and Image Profiles to deploy stateless/stateful ESXi servers, configure failover protection for virtual machines using vSphere HA, configure automated load balancing using vSphere DRS and DPM.

Finally, the book guides you through upgrading or patching ESXi servers using VMware Update Manager and also deploying and configuring vSphere Management Assistant (VMA) to be able to run scripts to manage the ESXi servers.

What you will learn from this book

• Install and configure ESXi 5.1 and vCenter 5.1
• Manage the deployment of ESXi servers using Auto Deploy and Image Profiles
• Configure FC, iSCSI and NFS storage access to ESXi servers and manage the storage devices presented to the ESXi servers
• Configure vSphere Networking using vSphere Standard and vSphere Distributed Switches
• Learn to create and manage virtual machines
• Configure HA, DRS, DPM and EVC on an ESXi cluster
• Install VMware Update Manager (VUM) to upgrade and patch ESXi servers
• Configure vSphere Management Assistant(VMA) to run commands/scripts without the need to authenticate every attempt

Approach

A fast-paced, task-oriented Cookbook covering recipes on the installation and configuration of vSphere 5.1 components. The recipes are accompanied with relevant screenshots with an intention to provide a visual guidance as well. The book concentrates more on the actual task rather than the theory around it, making it easier to understand what is really needed to achieve the task.

Who this book is written for

This book is a guide for anyone who wants to learn how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. This is an excellent handbook for support professionals or for anyone intending to give themselves a head start in learning how to install and configure vSphere 5.1 components. It is also a good task-oriented reference material for consultants who design and deploy vSphere environments.

如果你更喜歡實踐而非理論，那麼這本書是學習如何安裝和配置VMware vSphere組件的理想選擇。這本書充滿了實用的技巧，是這款無與倫比的虛擬化產品的實踐教程和參考指南。

概述：
- 安裝和配置vSphere 5.1核心組件
- 學習vSphere的重要方面，如管理、安全和性能
- 配置vSphere管理助手(VMA)，以便在每次嘗試時無需進行身份驗證運行命令/腳本

詳細內容：
在最近的Citrix和Microsoft競爭中，VMware的vSphere產品線仍然是虛擬化行業中功能最豐富和未來導向的產品。了解如何安裝和配置vSphere組件對於使用VMware進行虛擬化至關重要。

如果您想快速掌握安裝和配置程序，特別是使用新的vSphere 5.1 Web客戶端，那麼這本書就是為您而寫的。

《VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook》將帶您完成所有需要的步驟，只需最少的閱讀。大多數任務都附有相關的屏幕截圖，以提供視覺指導。

這本書包含許多有用的技巧，將幫助您完成VMware ESXi 5.1和vCenter Server 5.1的安裝。您將學習使用自動部署和映像配置文件來部署無狀態/有狀態的ESXi服務器，使用vSphere HA為虛擬機器配置故障轉移保護，使用vSphere DRS和DPM配置自動負載平衡。

最後，本書將指導您使用VMware Update Manager升級或修補ESXi服務器，並部署和配置vSphere管理助手(VMA)以運行腳本來管理ESXi服務器。

從本書中您將學到：
- 安裝和配置ESXi 5.1和vCenter 5.1
- 使用自動部署和映像配置文件管理ESXi服務器的部署
- 配置FC、iSCSI和NFS存儲訪問ESXi服務器，並管理提供給ESXi服務器的存儲設備
- 使用vSphere標準和分佈式交換機配置vSphere網絡
- 學習創建和管理虛擬機器
- 在ESXi集群上配置HA、DRS、DPM和EVC
- 安裝VMware Update Manager(VUM)以升級和修補ESXi服務器
- 配置vSphere管理助手(VMA)，以便在每次嘗試時無需進行身份驗證運行命令/腳本

這是一本快節奏、以任務為導向的食譜手冊，涵蓋了vSphere 5.1組件的安裝和配置。這些食譜附有相關的屏幕截圖，以提供視覺指導。本書更注重實際任務而非其背後的理論，使讀者更容易理解實現任務所需的內容。

這本書適合任何想要學習如何安裝和配置VMware vSphere組件的人。對於支援專業人士或任何打算學習如何安裝和配置vSphere 5.1組件的人來說，這是一本優秀的手冊。對於設計和部署vSphere環境的顧問來說，這也是一份很好的以任務為導向的參考資料。