Mastering VMware^? Infrastructure 3

by Chris McCain

• ISBN13: 9780470183137
• ISBN10: 0470183136
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

Cut hardware costs, expand your capacity, and manage an entire fleet of virtual machines in your enterprise with the leading virtualization solution, VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3), by applying the step-by-step instructions in Mastering VMwarer Infrastructure 3. Packed with the technical details, best practices, and how-tos you need to install, configure, and run a virtual infrastructure at maximum efficiency, this guide is comprehensive and essential. Learn how to create and manage virtual networks and machines, configure every product in the VI3 suite, monitor resources and performance, maintain security, and much more.

Author Biography

Chris McCain is a seven-year veteran of the IT work place with a strong history of working across Windows, SQL Server, and SharePoint. For the past three years, Chris has been helping small businesses to Fortune 100 companies realize, design, and implement virtualization technologies. His dedication to promoting education to the IT community is clearly shown in his classroom delivery, consultative engagements, and in his IT focused blogs at www.getyournerdon.com. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xvii
Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3	p. 1
Exploring VMware Infrastructure 3	p. 1
VMware ESX Server	p. 2
VMware Virtual SMP	p. 2
VMware VirtualCenter	p. 3
Virtual Infrastructure Client	p. 3
VMware VMotion and Storage VMotion	p. 4
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)	p. 5
VMware High Availability (HA)	p. 6
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)	p. 6
The Bottom Line	p. 8
Planning and Installing ESX Server	p. 9
Planning a VMware Infrastructure 3 Deployment	p. 9
Calculating the Return on Investment	p. 11
ESX Server Installation	p. 14
ESX Server Disk Partitioning	p. 14
CD-ROM-Based Installation	p. 18
Unattended ESX Server Installation	p. 26
Postinstallation Configuration	p. 37
Service Console NIC	p. 37
Service Console Memory	p. 39
Time Synchronization	p. 41
Installing the Virtual Infrastructure Client	p. 43
The Bottom Line	p. 44
Creating and Managing Virtual Networks	p. 47
Virtual Networking Components	p. 47
Creating Virtual Switches and Port Groups	p. 49
Creating and Managing NIC Teams	p. 66
Virtual Switch Port Load Balancing	p. 69
Source MAC Load Balancing	p. 70
IP Hash Load Balancing	p. 70
Creating and Managing VLANs	p. 77
Configuring Virtual Switch Security	p. 79
Promiscuous Mode	p. 79
MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits	p. 80
The Bottom Line	p. 85
Creating and Managing Storage Devices	p. 87
Understanding VI3 Storage Options	p. 87
Understanding a Storage Area Network	p. 90
Creating and Managing LUNs	p. 91
Adaptive Scheme	p. 94
Predictive Scheme	p. 94
ESX Network Storage Architectures: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS	p. 96
Fibre Channel Storage	p. 97
iSCSI Network Storage	p. 108
Network Attached Storage and Network File System	p. 119
Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores	p. 125
The Bottom Line	p. 136
Installing and Configuring VirtualCenter 2.0	p. 139
Introducing VirtualCenter 2.5	p. 139
Installing the VirtualCenter Back-end Database	p. 143
Working with Oracle Databases	p. 144
Working with Microsoft SQL Server Databases	p. 145
Migrating from MSDE Databases	p. 150
ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Licensing Strategies	p. 152
Installing VirtualCenter 2.5	p. 158
Creating and Managing a VirtualCenter Inventory	p. 168
Using VirtualCenter Topology Maps	p. 174
Planning a VirtualCenter Deployment	p. 175
Managing VirtualCenter Settings	p. 177
The Bottom Line	p. 189
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines	p. 191
Creating a Virtual Machine	p. 191
Installing a Guest Operating System	p. 202
Installing the VMware Tools	p. 206
Managing and Modifying Virtual Machines	p. 211
Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines	p. 219
The Bottom Line	p. 226
Migrating and Importing Virtual Machines	p. 229
Guided Consolidation	p. 229
Performing Physical-to-Virtual Migrations	p. 234
Performing Hot Migrations	p. 237
Performing Cold Migrations	p. 244
Importing Virtual Appliances	p. 249
The Bottom Line	p. 251
Configuring and Managing Virtual Infrastructure Access Controls	p. 253
Managing and Maintaining ESX Server Permissions	p. 253
Managing and Maintaining VirtualCenter Permissions	p. 265
Virtual Machine Management Using the Web Console	p. 287
The Bottom Line	p. 293
Managing and Monitoring Resource Access	p. 295
Allocating Virtual Machine Memory	p. 295
Memory Reservation	p. 298
Memory Limit	p. 300
Memory Shares	p. 301
Allocating Virtual Machine CPU	p. 302
Default CPU Allocation	p. 303
CPU Reservation	p. 304
CPU Limit	p. 304
CPU Shares	p. 305
Resource Pools	p. 307
Memory Overhead	p. 312
Exploring VMotion	p. 312
VMotion Requirements	p. 317
Clusters	p. 326
Exploring Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)	p. 329
Manual	p. 329
Partially Automated	p. 330
Fully Automated	p. 331
DRS Rules	p. 333
The Bottom Line	p. 336
High Availability and Business Continuity	p. 339
Clustering Virtual Machines	p. 339
Microsoft Clustering	p. 339
Virtual Machine Clustering Scenarios	p. 342
Cluster-in-a-Box	p. 342
Cluster-Across-Boxes	p. 343
Physical-to-Virtual Clustering	p. 355
VMware High Availability (HA)	p. 356
Understanding HA	p. 356
Configuring HA	p. 359
Backing Up with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)	p. 373
Using Backup Agents in a Virtual Machine	p. 373
Using VCB for Full Virtual Machine Backups	p. 374
Using VCB for Single VMDK Backups	p. 381
Using VCB for File-Level Backups	p. 382
Restoring with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)	p. 385
Restoring a Full Virtual Machine Backup	p. 386
Restoring a Single File from a Full Virtual Machine Backup	p. 388
Restoring a VCB Backups with VMware Converter Enterprise	p. 390
The Bottom Line	p. 392
Monitoring Virtual Infrastructure Performance	p. 395
Creating Host and Virtual Machine Alarms	p. 395
Performance Graph Details and esxtop	p. 403
Performance Graphs	p. 404
esxtop	p. 415
Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine CPU Usage	p. 417
Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Memory Usage	p. 423
Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Network Usage	p. 427
Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Disk Usage	p. 434
The Bottom Line	p. 439
Securing a Virtual Infrastructure	p. 441
User Access to VirtualCenter and ESX Server	p. 441
Managing Client Access to ESX Server	p. 448
Managing and Configuring the Service Console Firewall	p. 451
Kerberos Authentication for ESX Server	p. 455
Auditing and Monitoring Important Files	p. 458
VMware Update Manager	p. 461
The Bottom Line	p. 469
Configuring and Managing ESXi	p. 471
Understanding ESXi Architecture	p. 471
Deploying ESXi Installable	p. 474
Deploying ESXi Embedded	p. 477
Managing ESXi	p. 478
ESXi Console	p. 479
VI Client	p. 485
VirtualCenter 2.5	p. 486
Remote Command-Line Interface (RCLI)	p. 487
The Bottom Line	p. 492
The Bottom Line	p. 493
Chapter 1: Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3	p. 493
Chapter 2: Planning and Installing ESX Server	p. 494
Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Virtual Networks	p. 495
Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Storage Devices	p. 497
Chapter 5: Installing and Configuring VirtualCenter 2.0	p. 498
Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines	p. 499
Chapter 7: Migrating and Importing Virtual Machines	p. 500
Chapter 8: Configuring and Managing Virtual Infrastructure Access Controls	p. 501
Chapter 9: Managing and Monitoring Resource Access	p. 502
Chapter 10: High Availability and Business Continuity	p. 504
Chapter 11: Monitoring Virtual Infrastructure Performance	p. 505
Chapter 12: Securing a Virtual Infrastructure	p. 507
Chapter 13: Configuring and Managing ESXi	p. 508
Common Linux and ESX Commands	p. 511
Navigating, Managing, and Monitoring through the Service Console	p. 511
Managing Directories, Files, and Disks in the Service Console	p. 512
Using esxcfg	p. 512
Using vicfg	p. 515
Third-Party Virtualization Tools	p. 519
Disaster-Recovery and Business-Continuity Tools	p. 519
vRanger Pro	p. 519
vReplicator	p. 520
esXpress	p. 521
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise	p. 522
Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure	p. 522
Monitoring and Reporting	p. 523
vCharter	p. 523
Veeam Monitor	p. 524
Veeam Reporter	p. 524
Management, Operations, and Configuration	p. 525
Acronis Disc Director	p. 525
Veeam Configurator	p. 526
Veeam FastSCP	p. 526
WinSCP	p. 527
Fabula Tech USB over Network	p. 527
Lost Creations viplugins	p. 527
VMware Infrastructure 3 Best Practices	p. 529
Installation Best Practices	p. 529
Virtual Networking Best Practices	p. 530
Storage Management Best Practices	p. 531
VirtualCenter Best Practices	p. 532
Virtual Machine Best Practices	p. 533
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Best Practices	p. 534
VI3 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Best Practices	p. 535
Index	p. 537
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