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Every year, datacenter managers must deliver more services faster, with greater flexibility. They must efficiently handle soaring amounts of data, and unprecedented levels of complexity. And they must do all this with lower budgets and fewer resources. Datacenter virtualization with VMware’s vSphere® 5 is the best way to achieve these goals and to accelerate your transition to cloud services. VMware vSphere® 5: Building a Virtual Datacenter brings together all the practical knowledge you need to evaluate, plan, implement, and manage vSphere 5 in your datacenter environment.   Top datacenter virtualization consultants Eric Maillé and René-François Mennecier begin by introducing vSphere 5 from the viewpoint of the datacenter manager and professional. They present essential definitions, advantages, and functions; review vSphere 5’s architecture; and introduce core components  such as vCenter Server and ESXi 5.0.   Next, Maillé and Mennecier turn to implementation, presenting detailed examples, schemas, and best practices drawn from their extensive experience. They share practical insights into budgeting, scheduling, and planning; choosing the right architecture; and integrating vSphere with existing datacenter elements, including servers, storage, clusters, network infrastructure, and business continuity plans. They conclude  with a start-to-finish case study: a datacenter virtualization project designed to support specific  business objectives.   Coverage includes   • Assessing the potential benefits of datacenter virtualization in your environment   • Organizing and managing a smooth migration to the virtualized datacenter   • Anticipating specific challenges and risks associated with datacenter virtualization   • Making tradeoffs to optimize stability, elasticity, scalability, and cost   • Choosing the best installation/configuration options for your environment   • Effectively linking vSphere 5 virtualization  to existing datacenter elements   • Driving more value from vSphere 5’s powerful new datacenter features   • Providing storage to efficiently support your hosted VMs, now and in the future   • Managing limited memory and other  server constraints   • Leveraging new options for service continuity and high availability   • Using backup architecture as a lever to  reduce costs    

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments xvi Foreword xviii Preface xx 1 From Server Virtualization to Cloud Computing 1 Virtualization: The Heart of IT Transformation 1   Server Virtualization 2   Server Virtualization Adoption Factors 2   Specifications for a Virtualized Environment 4   Benefits of Virtualization 6 Phases of Virtualization 8   Phase 1: IT Rationalization 9   Phase 2: Critical Applications 10   Phase 3: Automation 13 Virtualization Ecosystem 15   Server Virtualization 15   Desktop Virtualization 16 The Future Looks Bright 20 2 The Evolution of vSphere 5 and Its Architectural Components 21 VMware Overview 21   VMware Portfolio 21   VMware Evolution 22 vSphere 5 Licenses 27   vSphere 5 Versions 27   Licensing Model 29   vCenter Server 5.0 Licenses 30 What’s New in vSphere 5? 31 Existing Features 33 Software Sold Separately 36   vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 36   vCenter Converter 36   vCenter Operations Management Suite 36 vSphere 5 Technical Architecture 39   vCenter Server 5 40   ESXi 5 Hypervisor 46 Security 53   vShield Zones 53   Components to Monitor 54 An Evolved Solution 55 3 Storage in vSphere 5 57 Storage Representation 57 Available Storage Architectures 58   Local Storage 60   Centralized Storage 60 Storage Networks 62   IP Storage Network 62   Fibre Channel Network 66   Which Protocol Is Best for You? 68 VMFS 69   VMFS-5 Specifications 70   Upgrading VMFS-3 to VMFS-5 70   Signature of VMFS Datastores 71   Rescanning the Datastore 74   Alignment 74   Increasing Volume 75   Can a Single Large 64-TB Volume Be Created to Host All VMs? 76   Best Practices for VMFS Configuration 76 Virtual Disk 77   VMDKs 77   Disk Types 78   Raw Device Mapping 81   OVF Format 83 The Datastore 84     Storage vMotion 85   When to Use Storage vMotion 86   How Storage vMotion Works 86 Storage DRS 87   Datastore Load Balancing 88   Affinity Rules 89   Profile-Driven Storage 90 Storage I/O Control 90 vSphere Storage Appliance 92 VMware Storage APIs 93   vStorage API for Array Integration 93   vSphere Storage API: Storage Awareness 95 Multipathing 95   Pluggable Storage Architecture 96   Modes 97 Disk Technology Considerations 98   Supported Disk Types 98   RAID 99   Storage Pools 100   Automatic Disk Tiering 100   Performance 100   Additional Recommendations 101 Device Drivers 101 Storage Is the Foundation 102 4 Servers and Network 103     ESXi Servers 103   Memory Management 103   The Processor 110   Moving VMs with VMotion 120   Distributed Resource Scheduler 124   vSphere Distributed Power Management 129 Network 129   vSphere Standard Switch 131   vSphere Distributed Switch 141   Virtual Network Cards 145   Cisco NEXUS 1000V 145   Provisioning and Good Practices 147 Applications in a Virtualized Environment 148   Oracle and SQL Databases 148   Exchange 150   SAP 150   Active Directory 150   Microsoft Cluster Service in a vSphere 5 Environment 151   Transforming the Datacenter 152 5 High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan 153 General Comments 153   Recovery Point Objective/Recovery Time Objective 153   Information Availability 154   Infrastructure Protection 156 Local Availability 157   SPOF Removal 157   High Availability 159   What Is a Cluster? 159   vSphere HA 160   vSphere Fault Tolerance 172 Business Continuity 174   Failover Causes 175   DRP Issues in Physical Environments 175   vSphere 5 Leverage for the DRP 176   Replication 176   Site Recovery Manager 5 180   Stretched Cluster 188 6 Backups in vSphere 5 193 Backups: An Overview 193   What Is a Backup? 193   Backup Objectives 194   Business Impact 194   Traditional Backup Method 194   Backup Issues in Virtual Environments 195 Backup Methods in Virtual Environments 196   Brief History of VMware Consolidated Backup 196   Methods in vSphere 5 197 Snapshots 199   Array Snapshots Versus vSphere Snapshots 199   Advantages of VM Snapshots 200 Application Consistency 202   Volume Shadow Copy Service 203   Pre-Freeze and Post-Thaw Scripts 205 Troubleshooting Virtual Environments 206   Changed Block Tracking 206   De-Duplication 208   LAN-Free Backups 209 Backup Process Through VADP APIs 209 Data Recovery 2.0 210 Backups Are Important, But Restores Are Critical 211 7 Implementing vSphere 5 213 Sizing 213 The Different Installation Modes 214 Pre-Installation 215   Checklist 215   Prerequisites 216 Preparing the Server 220 Installation 220   ESXi 5 Server 220   vCenter Server 5 Installation 225   Upgrading to vSphere 5 226 The Different Connection Methods 229   Direct Console User Interface 230   vSphere Client 231  vSphere Web Client 232   Scripting Tools 233 vCenter Configuration 233   Licenses 235   General Settings 235   Hosts and Clusters 236   Datacenter Creation 237   Managing Permissions 237   Storage and Network 239   P2V Conversion 239 Efficient Management of the Virtual Environment 241   Monitoring the Host Server 241   Alarms and Maps 242   Resource Sharing 242   Resource Pools 249   Consolidation Rate 250   Performance in vCenter Server 251   Clones and Templates 254   vApp 254   Best Practices 254   Well-Planned Architecture Is the Key 255 8 Managing a Virtualization Project 257 Context 257   Objectives 258   Criteria to Choose a Solution 259 Project Stages 259 Planning 260   Discovery 260   Analysis 270 Design 272 Implementation 276   Implementation of SRM5 278 Management 280 Summary and Conclusion 281 A Compelling Story 283 Common Acronymns 285 TOC, 9780321832214, 7/26/12  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321832214
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Vmware Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 540 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0321832213
  • Publisher Date: 06 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Building a Virtual Datacenter : Business IT
  • Width: 181 mm


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