Book description
The only book focused on designing VMware vSphere implementations.
VMware vSphere is the most widely deployed virtualization platform today. Considered the most robust and sophisticated hypervisor product, vSphere is the de facto standard for businesses, both large and small. This book is the only one of its kind to concisely explain how to execute a successful vSphere architecture, tailored to meet your company's needs. Expert authors share with you the factors that shape the design of a vSphere implementation. Learn how to make the right design decisions for your environment.
Explores the latest release of VMware vSphere
Details the overall design process, server hardware selection, network layout, security considerations, storage infrastructure, virtual machine design, and more
Debates the merits of Scaling Up servers versus Scaling Out, ESX versus ESXi hypervisor, vSwitches versus dvSwitches, and what the different storage protocols have to offer
Illustrates the tools to monitor, to plan, to manage, to deploy and to secure your vSphere landscape
Steps through the design decisions that a typical company may encounter, and questions the choices made
Packed with real-world proven strategies, VMware vSphere Design examines how the virtualization architecture for your company should ideally look—and how best to achieve it.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Dear Reader,
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- 1. An Introduction to Designing VMware Environments
- 2. ESX vs. ESXi
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3. Designing the Management Layer
- 3.1. Components of the Management Layer
- 3.2. Sizing Your vCenter Server
- 3.3. Plug-ins
- 3.4. Linked Mode
- 3.5. vCenter: Virtual or Physical
- 3.6. Redundancy
- 3.7. Security
- 3.8. Summary
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4. Server Hardware
- 4.1. Hardware Considerations
- 4.2. Server Components
- 4.3. Preparing the Server
- 4.4. Scale Up vs. Scale Out
- 4.5. Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers
- 4.6. Alternative Hardware Approaches
- 4.7. Summary
- 5. Designing your Network
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6. Storage
- 6.1. Dimensions of Storage Design
- 6.2. Designing for Capacity
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6.3. Designing for Performance
- 6.3.1. Measuring Storage Performance
- 6.3.2. How to Calculate a Disk's IOPS
- 6.3.3. What Can Affect a Storage Array's IOPS?
- 6.3.4. Measuring Your Existing IOPS Usage
- 6.4. Local Storage vs. Shared Storage
- 6.5. Choosing a Network Protocol
- 6.6. Multipathing
- 6.7. Summary
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7. Virtual Machines
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7.1. Components of a Virtual Machine
- 7.1.1. Base Virtual Machine Hardware
- 7.1.2. Hardware Versions
- 7.1.3. Virtual Machine Maximums
- 7.1.4. Hardware Choices
- 7.1.5. Removing or Disabling Unused Hardware
- 7.1.6. Virtual Machine Options
- 7.1.7. Resources
- 7.1.8. Naming Virtual Machines
- 7.1.9. VMware Tools
- 7.2. Sizing Virtual Machines
- 7.3. Virtual Machine Network Design
- 7.4. Virtual Machine Storage Design
- 7.5. Guest Software
- 7.6. Clones, Templates, and vApps
- 7.7. Virtual Machine Availability
- 7.8. Summary
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7.1. Components of a Virtual Machine
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8. Datacenter Design
- 8.1. vSphere Inventory Structure
- 8.2. Clusters
- 8.3. Resource Pools
- 8.4. Distributed Resource Scheduling
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8.5. High Availability and Clustering
- 8.5.1. High Availability
- 8.5.2. VM and Application Monitoring
- 8.5.3. Fault Tolerance
- 8.6. Summary
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9. Designing with Security in Mind
- 9.1. Why Is Security Important?
- 9.2. Separation of Duties
- 9.3. Shell Access to the ESX Host
- 9.4. vCenter Permissions
- 9.5. Managing Network Access
- 9.6. The DMZ
- 9.7. Protecting the VMs
- 9.8. Change Management
- 9.9. Protecting Your Data
- 9.10. Cloud
- 9.11. Security in vCenter Linked Mode
- 9.12. Firewalls in Your Virtual Infrastructure
- 9.13. Auditing and Compliance
- 9.14. Summary
- 10. Monitoring and Capacity Planning
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11. Bringing It All Together
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11.1. Sample Design
- 11.1.1. Business Overview for XYZ Widgets
- 11.1.2. Hypervisor Selection (VMware ESX vs. VMware ESXi)
- 11.1.3. vSphere Management Layer
- 11.1.4. Server Hardware
- 11.1.5. Networking Configuration
- 11.1.6. Shared Storage Configuration
- 11.1.7. VM Design
- 11.1.8. VMware Datacenter Design
- 11.1.9. Security Architecture
- 11.1.10. Monitoring and Capacity Planning
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11.2. Examining the Design
- 11.2.1. Hypervisor Selection (VMware ESX vs. VMware ESXi)
- 11.2.2. vSphere Management Layer
- 11.2.3. Server Hardware
- 11.2.4. Networking Configuration
- 11.2.5. Shared Storage Configuration
- 11.2.6. VM Design
- 11.2.7. VMware Datacenter Design
- 11.2.8. Security Architecture
- 11.2.9. Monitoring and Capacity Planning
- 11.3. Summary
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11.1. Sample Design
Product information
- Title: VMware vSphere Design
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2011
- Publisher(s): Sybex
- ISBN: 9780470922026
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