VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: Introduction to vSphere Storage Concepts
The storage infrastructure supporting VMware vSphere has always been a critical element of any virtual infrastructure, and good storage design is critical for anyone building a virtual datacenter. ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: Storage Configuration and Management
After a shared storage platform is selected, vSphere needs a storage network configured. Design choices for shared resources such as networking and storage can sometimes make the difference between ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: vCenter Server Administration
On a scale of 1 to 10 in importance, security should always rate close to a 10 in setting up and managing a vSphere environment. Even though VMware has increased the capabilities and features that ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: vCenter Server Installation
In the majority of today's information systems, the client-server architecture is king. Information systems used to exist in a flat, peer-to-peer model - user accounts were required on every system ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: vCenter Server Inventory
vCenter Server's configuration and management capabilities include features such as VM templates, VM customization, rapid provisioning and deployment of VMs, role-based access controls, and ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: vCenter Server Management
VMware vCenter Server provides several built-in options that allow you to manage your environment. Alarms can be created to notify when something goes wrong, scheduled tasks allow various tasks to be ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 1: vSphere Client and vCenter Server Configuration
vCenter Server provides a centralized management framework for VMware ESXi hosts, but it's vSphere Client where vSphere administrators will spend most of their time. vSphere Client is a Windows-based ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 2: DRS, Resource Pools, and vApps
vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) builds on the idea of manually balancing loads across ESXi hosts and turns it into a way of automatically balancing resource utilization load across ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 2: High Availability and Fault Tolerance
High Availability (HA) is a popular feature within vSphere. In many cases, the lack of High Availability is the key argument used against virtualization. Many IT professionals believe that in a ...
VMware vSphere 5 - Part 2: Host Profiles, Update Manager, and Auto Deploy
Host Profiles, Update Manager, and Auto Deploy allow you to automate several configurations for ESXi hosts, VM's, and vCenter Server. This course explains how a Host Profile is essentially a ...