The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

Design a virtualized data center with VMware vSphere 6.7

Key Features:

- Design; deploy and manage VMware vSphere virtual data centers

- Implement monitoring and security of VMware workloads with ease

- Explore tips and techniques for designing a robust virtual infrastructure

Book Description:

vSphere 6.7 is the latest release of VMware's industry-leading virtual cloud platform. By understanding how to manage; secure; and scale apps with vSphere 6.7; you can easily run even the most demanding of workloads. This Learning Path begins with an overview of the features of the vSphere 6.7 suite. You'll learn how to plan and design a virtual infrastructure. You'll also gain insights into best practices to efficiently configure; manage; and secure apps. Next; you'll pick up on how to enhance your infrastructure with high-performance storage access; such as remote direct memory access (RDMA) and Persistent memory. The book will even guide you in securing your network with security features; such as encrypted vMotion and VM-level encryption. Finally; by learning how to apply Proactive High Availability and Predictive Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS); you'll be able to achieve enhanced computing; storage; network; and management capabilities for your virtual data center.

By the end of this Learning Path; you'll be able to build your own VMware vSphere lab that can run high workloads.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook - Third Edition by Mike Brown and Hersey Cartwright

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7 - Second Edition by Martin Gavanda; Andrea Mauro; Karel Novak; and Paolo Valsecchi

What You Will Learn:

- Understand how to patch; upgrade; and manage a virtual environment with vSphere 6.7

- Identify key factors related to a vSphere design

- Mitigate security risks and meet compliance requirements in a vSphere design

- Create a vSphere conceptual design by identifying technical and business requirements

- Map the logical resource design into the physical vSphere design

- Create professional vSphere design documentation

Who this book is for:

This Learning Path is for administrators; infrastructure engineers; consultants; and architects who want to design virtualized data center environments using VMware vSphere 6.x (or previous versions of vSphere and the supporting components). Basic knowledge of VMware vSphere is required to get the most out of this Learning Path.

Table of Contents

- The Virtual Data Center

- The Discovery Process

- The Design Factors

- vSphere Management Design

- vSphere Storage Design

- vSphere Network Design

- vSphere Compute Design

- vSphere Physical Design

- Virtual Machine Design

- Deployment Workflow and Component Installation

- Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7

- Life Cycle Management; Patching; and Upgrading

- VM Deployment and Management

- VM Resource Management

- Availability and Disaster Recovery

- Securing and Protecting Your Environment

- Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment

- Troubleshooting Your Environment

- Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab

Mike Brown is an army veteran and full-stack data center engineer with over 10 years in IT, with the cage nut scars to prove it. Mike has held many positions in IT, from helpdesk to systems administrator to engineer and consultant. His technical achievements include VCIX6-DCV and other VMware, Cisco, NetApp, and Microsoft certifications.

Hersey Cartwright has worked in the technology industry since 1996 in many roles, from help desk support to IT management. He first started working with VMware technologies in 2006. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for VMware, where he designs, sells, and supports VMware software-defined datacenter products in enterprise environments within the healthcare industry. He has experience working with a wide variety of server, storage, and network platforms.

Martin Gavanda has more than 10 years of experience, mainly for service providers offering IaaS solutions based on VMware vSphere products, responsible for the design and implementation of the IaaS solution in the CE region. Currently, he is working as an independent cloud architect, focusing on large infrastructure projects and practicing as a VMware instructor. He has created several virtual classes focusing on the VMware vSphere platform, with thousands of students subscribed, and he runs his own blog about virtualization and the cloud.