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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  

About the Author :
Eric Maillé is Pre-Sales Consultant at EMC (after successful experiences at IBM, NEC Computers, and HP). Eric works on virtualization infrastructure and cloud computing projects upstream. He helps corporate enterprises make the best technological decisions based on their business requirements. Eric draws from his expertise to explain the transformations that VMware vSphere® 5 implies and the challenges that need to be addressed to ensure the proper architecture is selected and that its components are optimized. Eric has been honored with VMware vExpert 2011 and 2012 award, and he is an author of a previous book on VMware vSphere® 4: Mise en place d’une infrastructure virtuelle (in French and Spanish). He is certified a VCP (VMware Certified Professional), Cloud Architect (EMC), and co-founder of a site dedicated to virtualization technologies (www.virt-now.com).   René-François Mennecier works as a Cloud Architect Senior Consultant at EMC. René-François first specialized in disaster recovery plans and service continuity. Then, his experience at Dell allowed him to gain expertise in virtualization, including rationalization, consolidation, and datacenter-relocation challenges. At EMC, he is now in charge of strategic transformation and private cloud IT projects for enterprise accounts. He is a certified VCP VMware and EMC Cloud Architect and was awarded the title vExpert 2012.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133057553
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: VMWare Press
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: VMware Press Technology
  • ISBN-10: 0133057550
  • Publisher Date: 06 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Weight: 1 gr


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