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Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
In This Lesson:
About Your Instructors Who Should Watch this Course? What is VMware vSphere? What We Cover in the Course
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
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Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course VMware vSphere 5 Training
Lab Setup
What We Covered
Build a vSphere lab to learn vSphere or to create a vSphere proof of concept (POC) for your company There are multiple ways to build a vSphere lab Virtual vSphere labs are the least expensive and most portable but also the least functional and more prone to performance issues Physical vSphere labs vary greatly in cost but offer the most opportunity to test advanced features without potential performance issues
Course Scenario
Our Scenario
Who is the Wired Brain Coffee Company? Multiple datacenters Uses vSphere for server consolidation Usually managed by one vCenter Server A simple virtual infrastructure Why do we use a scenario? Useful for scenarios Scenarios help you remember Remembering means you retain what you learn so you can use it later
In This Lesson:
vSphere 5 Overview vSphere 5 Components Packaging and Versions Cloud Computing Ecosystem
vSphere 5 Overview
Virtualization hypervisor and associated suite of products vSphere includes ESXi and is sold in kits and per-socket licenses vCenter is sold separately but is required No more ESX Server ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor
vSphere 5 Components
ESXi vCenter vSphere Client vMotion svMotion Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Storage DRS DPM VMHA Fault Tolerance (FT) vShield Zones Data Recovery Hot Add Distributed Switch VMFS Thin Provisioning Update Manager Storage I/O Control (SIOC) Network I/O Control (NIOC) Host Profiles
Cloud Computing
VMware vCloud products vCloud Director (vCD) vCloud Datacenter providers vCloud Express vCloud Request Manager vCloud API
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Ecosystem
VMware Partner Network The VMware Ecosystem is strong It includes: Hardware vendors Consulting companies VMware View partners Virtual appliance partners Third-party software companies Bloggers and community members Book authors Training providers
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What We Covered
vSphere 5 Overview vSphere 5 Components Packaging and Versions Cloud Computing Ecosystem
In This Lesson:
ESXi Installation Requirements What Happened to ESX Server? Downloading VMware ESXi 5 Installing VMware ESXi 5 ESXi Initial Configuration Installing the vSphere Client
What We Covered
ESXi Installation Requirements What Happened to ESX Server? Downloading VMware ESXi 5 Installing VMware ESXi 5 ESXi Initial Configuration Installing the vSphere Client
Installing vCenter 5
In This Lesson:
What is vCenter Server? vCenter Server Blueprint vCenter Server Physical or Virtual? vCenter Server Features HW and SW Requirements Database Requirements Port Requirements
How to Evaluate vCenter 5?
VM provisioning, Task Scheduler, Events Logging, Host and VM Configuration, Inventory, vApp, Alarms and Events, Statistics and Logging Features like vMotion, HA and DRS Plugins like Update Manager, vShield Zones, Orchestrator, Data Recovery, Storage Monitoring, Hardware and Service Status Database connectivity ESXi host management Active Directory integration SDK for developers
Database Interface ESXi Host Management Active Directory Interface vSphere API
Access Control
VM Management
vCenter
Update Manager
Templates
Converter Enterprise
HW and SW Requirements
Hardware Requirements: CPU 2 64-bit CPU or 1 64-bit dual-core CPU (2GHX or better) Memory 4GB or more if DB running on vCenter Server Storage a minimum of 4GB is needed; more if DB installed Networking a 1GB or better Software Requirements: Windows Server 2003 Std, Ent or Datacenter 64-bit SP2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Std, Ent or Datacenter 64-bit SP1 Windows Server 2008 Std, Ent and Datacenter 64-bit SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Std, Ent and Datacenter 64-bit Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 (If using SQL 2008 R2 Express)
Database Requirements
Supported Databases: IBM DB2 9.5 and 9.7 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Oracle 10g R2 and 11g Default DB: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Can be used in production for small environments of up to 5 hosts and 50 VMs Ideal for demos and eval
Port Requirements
80/443 for Web access 902 for heartbeat, ESXi management and VM console 8080 / 8443 for Web services and HTTPS Web Services 389 for LDAP, can be changed, 1025 to 65535 636 for vCenter Linked Mode, can be changed, 1025 65535 60099 Web service change service notification port 10443 vCenter Inventory Service HTTPS 10109 vCenter Inventory Service Management 10111 vCenter Inventory Service Linked Mode Communications
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Or, with registered license, just download the ISO from www.vmware.com/download Available as an ISO or ZIP file
What We Covered
What is vCenter Server? vCenter Server Blueprint vCenter Server Physical or Virtual? vCenter Server Features HW and SW Requirements Database Requirements Port Requirements How to Evaluate vCenter 5?
In This Lesson:
What is the vCenter Server Appliance? Pros and Cons to Using vCenter as an Appliance Deploying the vCenter Server 5 Appliance (vCSA) Testing vCSA with the vSphere Client
What We Covered
What is the vCenter Server Appliance? Pros and Cons to Using vCenter as an Appliance Deploying the vCenter Server 5 Appliance (vCSA) Testing vCSA with the vSphere Client
In This Lesson:
vSphere 5 Web Client Overview Installing the Server for the Web Client Authorizing the Web Client Server Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
What We Covered
vSphere 5 Web Client Overview Installing the Server for the Web Client Authorizing the Web Client Server Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
In This Lesson:
vSphere 5 Platform Enhancements vSphere Storage vSphere Networking vCenter 5.0 The New High Availability HA vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 vCloud Director 1.5 vShield 5.0
vSphere Storage
Storage DRS (SDRS) Profile Driven Storage VMFS-5 vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness VASA vSphere APIs for Array Integration VAAI vSphere Storage Appliance VSA iSCSI UI support Storage I/O Control NFS support Swap to SSD Storage vMotion Snapshot support VMware View Accelerator
vSphere Networking
Enhanced network I/O control vNetwork Distributed Switch improvements ESXi firewall
vCenter 5.0
Traditional install vCenter Linux Appliance Solution installation and management vSphere full client vSphere web client Enhanced logging support
VM Enhanced Capabilities
VM Hardware Version 8 Up to 32 vCPUs including multi-core support Up to 1TB of vRAM Up to 1 million IOPS Support for client connected USB USB 3 Non Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics support UEFI Virtual BIOS Smart Card Readers VMware Tools versions support matrix GUI configuration of multicore vCPUs Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard guest OS support on Apple HW
Storage DRS
Enabled with Storage vMotion Initial VM placement Automated load balancing Storage space utilization Lowest latency Affinity rules VMDK Affinity VMDK Anti-affinity VM Anti-affinity
2TB
datastore cluster
datastores
VMFS-5
Feature 2TB+ VMFS volumes Support for 2TB+ physical RDMs Unified block size (1MB) Atomic test and set enhancements (part of VAAI, locking mechanism) Sub-blocks for space efficiency Small file support Space reclamation on thin provisioned LUNs Monitoring of space when using thin provisioning VMFS-3 Yes (using extents) No No No 64KB (max ~3k) No No (manual) No VMFS-5 Yes (64TB) Yes Yes Yes 8KB (max ~30k) 1KB Yes (enhanced VAAI) Yes (enhanced VAAI)
VMware vSphere
Operating Server
Failed Server
Operating Server
Site B (Recovery)
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Fast Provisioning (Linked Clones) vApp Custom Guest Properties 3rd party distributed switch support vCloud Messages Microsoft SQL Server Support Expanded vCloud API and SDK vSphere 5 support
vShield 5
vShield Edge
Edge
vShield Endpoint
Endpoint = VM
DMZ
Application 1
Application 2
vShield Manager
Endpoint = VM
Centralized Management
What We Covered
vSphere 5 Platform Enhancements vSphere Storage vSphere Networking vCenter 5.0 The New High Availability HA vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 vCloud Director 1.5 vShield 5.0
In This Lesson:
vSphere Terminology (Lingo) Using the vSphere Client Performing VM Guest Remote Control Navigating the vSphere Client with Hotkeys Searching the Virtual Infrastructure Sorting and Filtering in the vSphere Client Exporting Data Running Reports
Exporting Data
List Export HTML, HTML with CSS, XLS, CSV, or XML OVF File, Events, Maps, and System Logs
Running Reports
Host Summary Performance
What We Covered
vSphere Terminology (Lingo) Using the vSphere Client Performing VM Guest Remote Control Navigating the vSphere Client with Hotkeys Searching the Virtual Infrastructure Sorting and Filtering in the vSphere Client Exporting Data Running Reports
In This Lesson:
Planning the Virtual Infrastructure Adding Datacenters, Folders, and Hosts Configuring vSphere Licensing Removing Getting Started Tabs Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP vCenter Server Settings and Plugins Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status
Naming Convention
GGLT-AAABBB## Header portion: GG geographical location L location should be generic and not vendor or building specific to facilitate moves, building name changes due to mergers, out of business etc T type - required delimiter to signify the end of the header portion Variable portion: AAA function / service / purpose BBB application Unique ID: ## 2 digit sequence #
Bandon, OR
Dallas, TX
Hilton Head, SC
What We Covered
Planning the Virtual Infrastructure Adding Datacenters, Folders, and Hosts Configuring vSphere Licensing Removing Getting Started Tabs Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP vCenter Server Settings and Plugins Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status
In This Lesson:
Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace VMware Guest OS Install Guide Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media Creating a Library of ISO Installation Media Using the vSphere Datastore Browser Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere Accessing ESXi Using SSH Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option
What We Covered
Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace VMware Guest OS Install Guide Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media Creating a Library of ISO Installation Media Using the vSphere Datastore Browser Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere Accessing ESXi Using SSH Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option
In This Lesson:
Why You Need VMware Tools Installing VMware Tools in Windows Configuring VMware Tools with VMware Toolbox Installing VMware Tools in Linux Searching and Sorting to Check VMware Status Updating VMware Tools
Although the guest operating system can run without VMware Tools, you lose important functionality and convenience.
To the novice, VMware Tools appear as a simple application The VMware Tools service/daemon Windows VMwareService.exe Linux and Solaris vmware-guestd
What We Covered
Why You Need VMware Tools Installing VMware Tools in Windows Configuring VMware Tools with VMware Toolbox Installing VMware Tools in Linux Searching and Sorting to Check VMware Status Updating VMware Tools
Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms VMware vSphere 5 Training
In This Lesson:
Understanding Tasks and Events Configuring SNMP and SMTP Email in vCenter Alerting You with vCenter Alarms
Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms VMware vSphere 5 Training
What We Covered
Understanding Tasks and Events Configuring SNMP and SMTP Email in vCenter Alerting You with vCenter Alarms
In This Lesson:
Storage 101 Virtual Disks and VMFS Data Transfer Comparing Storage Technologies Storage Area Network (SAN) 101 Fiber Channel SAN Components Addressing FC SAN LUNs Understanding iSCSI Storage Why You Need a SAN Storage Terms You Must Know What is in a Datastore? ESXi Server Storage Options VMFS Specs and Maximums
logically abstracts the physical storage layer from virtual machines. VMware FC Documentation
VMs not aware VM uses virtual disks VDs can be managed easier VMs use virtual SCSI controllers to see VD
Data Transfer
Block Level Transfer Presentation of storage that can be formatted and managed as local drive For example, a Windows host that has been presented a unit of storage from a storage area network identifies the storage as if it were a local disk and the host is permitted to format the disk File Level Transfer Presentation of storage that has been formatted and is managed from the host presenting the storage For example, a Windows host with a mapped drive to a shared directory does not have the ability to format the associated drive letter allocation
Data Transfer
Fiber Channel
iSCSI
NFS
NAS
Block level
Block level
Storage Processor
vmhba2 ESXi Host with two single port HBAs. vmhba2:1:8:1 vmhba2:1:9:1
Zoning
Zoning is the process of allowing ESXi hosts to communicate with a storage device through the Fiber Channel switched fabric Zoning is performed from the management interface of the FC switch
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Zoning Sample
Managing FC Storage
Fiber Channel storage devices house physical hard drives that make up RAID groups from which Logical Unit Numbers, or LUNs, are carved A LUN is a logical allocation of storage space carved from a set of underlying physical drives that make up a RAID group A relationship between the ESXi hosts and LUNs is created through storage groups
Storage groups (host groups) create relationships between hosts and LUNs
What is in a Datastore?
Virtual disk Virtual memory VM configuration file Log files Core dumps Anything you add, like an ISO file
What We Covered
Storage 101 Virtual Disks and VMFS Data Transfer Comparing Storage Technologies Storage Area Network (SAN) 101 Fiber Channel SAN Components Addressing FC SAN LUNs Understanding iSCSI Storage Why You Need a SAN Storage Terms You Must Know What is in a Datastore? ESXi Server Storage Options VMFS Specs and Maximums
In This Lesson:
vSphere Storage Appliance Overview What Makes VSA Unique VSA Cluster Design Options VSA SAN Maintenance Mode VSA Installation Gotchas
Manage
Volume 1 Volume 2 (Replica) VSA Datastore 1 Volume 2 Volume 1 (Replica)
VSA Datastore 2
Manage
VSA Datastore 1 Volume 1 Volume 3 (Replica) Volume 3 Volume 2 Volume 1 (Replica) Volume 2 (Replica) VSA Datastore 2 VSA Datastore 3
What We Covered
vSphere Storage Appliance Overview What Makes VSA Unique VSA Cluster Design Options VSA SAN Maintenance Mode VSA Installation Gotchas
In This Lesson:
Why Use OpenFiler? Downloading OpenFiler Installing OpenFiler Configuring OpenFiler as an iSCSI SAN Connecting vSphere to the OpenFiler iSCSI SAN
Downloading OpenFiler
Available in 32-bit and 64-bit ISO installer Alternatively, you can download OpenFiler as a pre-built VMware virtual appliance with no installation Download it from www.openfiler.com
Installing OpenFiler
Configure static IP address and DNS entry to it Connect to it at: https://<hostname>:446 Default username and password are: openfiler password * change default pass! (note: root account also works)
What We Covered
Why Use OpenFiler? Downloading OpenFiler Installing OpenFiler Configuring OpenFiler as an iSCSI SAN Connecting vSphere to the OpenFiler iSCSI SAN
In This Lesson:
Basics of vSphere Security Default vSphere Security Roles Adding, Modifying, and Removing ESXi Users and Groups Using Windows AD Users and Groups to Secure vSphere Defining and Applying Roles and Permissions vShield Overview Securing Guest Virtual Machines
Tasks to Perform
Adding, modifying, and removing ESXi users and groups Using Windows AD users and groups to secure vSphere Defining and applying roles and permissions on different levels of the vSphere infrastructure
vShield Overview
vShield vShield vShield vShield vShield vShield vShield Zones App App with Data Security Edge Endpoint Manager Bundle
What We Covered
Basics of vSphere Security Default vSphere Security Roles Adding, Modifying, and Removing ESXi Users and Groups Using Windows AD Users and Groups to Secure vSphere Defining and Applying Roles and Permissions vShield Overview Securing Guest Virtual Machines
In This Lesson:
Virtual Networking Network Adapters Virtual Standard Switches (vSS) vSS Functionality Similarities Between pSwitch and vSS Differences Between pSwitch and vSwitch Types of vSwitches Virtual Switch Ports What is a VLAN? MAC Address Changes Forged Transmits
Virtual Networking
The virtual networking features of ESXi are the cornerstone of building an IP network for virtual machines that integrates seamlessly with the existing physical server environment
Network Adapters
The network adapters available for use in the virtual networking architecture can be identified from the Configuration | Network Adapters page
ESXi host performs a discovery to identify network IP addresses. This facilitates understanding which networks an adapter is connected to. Note the IP range can be inaccurate if no addresses are found
vSS Functionality
Each virtual standard switch can contain one or more connection types or port groups that define the types of communication expected through the virtual switch vSS operate at Layer 2 and can provide VLAN tagging, security, checksums, and segmentation offload units
Types of vSwitches
Internal only Used for communication of two virtual machines on the same ESXi host Single adapter A virtual switch bound to a single physical adapter used for communication with resources on the physical network NIC team a virtual switch bound to 2 or more physical adapters used to provide redundancy and bandwidth aggregation for communication with resources on the physical network
VMkernel
VMkernel
VMkernel
VMkernel
VMkernel
What is a VLAN?
A VLAN is a logical configuration of a network on switch port to segment IP traffic
VLANs
Using VLANs reduces hardware needs by allowing a switch to segment IP traffic into multiple IP subnets on a port by port configuration
192.168.100.0/24
172.16.100.0/24
10.100.100.0/24
VMkernel
vSwitch VLANs
A virtual switch can have multiple VLANs configured by creating multiple port groups that have been assigned VLAN IDs to correspond to the VLAN IDs configured on the physical switches vSwitch2, shown below, is configured with two virtual machine port groups named RedVLAN and OrangeVLAN with respective VLAN IDs of 100 and 101
ethernet0.addressType = "generated" uuid.location = "56 4d 13 99 c9 e1 d9 41-e3 e7 c0 c1 b1 a6 2f 42" uuid.bios = "56 4d e4 66 62 74 85 7a-83 9c f9 da d5 ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:ac:b3:5a" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
Forged Transmits
This setting denies outgoing traffic from a VM when the MAC address defined in the configuration file (.VMX) does not match the MAC address inside the guest operating system
What We Covered
Virtual Networking Network Adapters Virtual Standard Switches (vSS) vSS Functionality Similarities Between pSwitch and vSS Differences Between pSwitch and vSwitch Types of vSwitches Virtual Switch Ports What is a VLAN? MAC Address Changes Forged Transmits
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
In This Lesson:
vSphere Distributed Switch Private VLANs pVLANs Networking Policies Configuration Tasks
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Private VLANs
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Networking Policies
VLAN (vDS only) Allows virtual networks to join physical VLANs Port blocking (vDS only) Sets blocking policies on dvPorts Load balancing Security Traffic shaping
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Configuration Tasks
Create a new dvswitch Add hosts and vmnics to dvswitch Create a dvPort group Migrate legacy vSwitches and VM networks to dvswitch Migrate VMKernel virtual adapters to dvswitch View dvswitch Mapping Advanced configuration Alarms
Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch) VMware vSphere 5 Training
What We Covered
vSphere Distributed Switch Private VLANs pVLANs Networking Policies Configuration Tasks
In This Lesson:
Why You Need vMotion vMotion Requirements vMotioning Virtual Machines
vMotion Requirements
vSphere Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, or Enterprise Plus Shared storage between ESXi servers iSCSI, FC, or NFS VMkernel interface on both ESXi servers with vMotion enabled Works with standard switches or dvSwitches (should keep the same network name) CPU compatibility, or family compatibility if using Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) on your cluster
What We Covered
Why You Need vMotion vMotion Requirements vMotioning Virtual Machines
In This Lesson:
What is svMotion? svMotion Requirements svMotion and Thin Provisioning Using svMotion Migrating VMs with Snapshots New in vSphere 5
What is svMotion?
Move the storage of RUNNING virtual machines from one datastore to another datastore The running VM stays on the server that it is on The memory for that VM never moves
What is svMotion?
Uses for svMotion: Balance the datastore utilization Space Performance Perform SAN maintenance or swap out
svMotion Requirements
vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus is required Moving a powered on VM with snapshots is not supported Note that to use the option to change both host and datastore, the VM must be powered off Moving a large VMDK can take a long time, depending on your network connection
Using svMotion
What We Covered
What is svMotion? svMotion Requirements svMotion and Thin Provisioning Using svMotion Migrating VMs with Snapshots New in vSphere 5
In This Lesson:
Introduction to Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) DRS Requirements Creating a DRS Enabled Cluster DRS/HA Cluster Settings Understanding Resource Pools Creating Resource Pools in Your DRS Cluster
DRS Requirements
vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus Shared storage between hosts All VMs in the cluster must be on that shared storage DRS will use VMotion so it needs to work between hosts Beware of CPU compatibility issues and if so, consider Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) Checkout the DRS tab and Resource Allocation tab on the cluster as well as the cluster properties
Additional Resources
What We Covered
Introduction to Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) DRS Requirements Creating a DRS Enabled Cluster DRS/HA Cluster Settings Understanding Resource Pools Creating Resource Pools in Your DRS Cluster
In This Lesson:
Why Do You Need High Availability (HA)? VMHA Saving the Day VMHA Master / Slave Requirements for VMHA Best Practices for VMHA
What We Covered
Why Do You Need High Availability (HA)? VMHA Saving the Day VMHA Master / Slave Requirements for VMHA Best Practices for VMHA
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
In This Lesson:
Introduction to VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) Requirements of FT Constraints of FT Testing to See If You Can Use FT with VMware Site Survey Enabling VMware FT Testing Failover with a Virtual Machine Using FT
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Requirements of FT
CPUs on all FT ESXi servers must match and be from a specific list of processors (see KB) Hardware virtualization enabled in the BIOS Recommended minimum # of 1GB NICs = 3 One NIC on each server must be enabled for FT logging and vMotion ESXi servers must be running same build VMs on shared SAN, accessible by servers Must be enabled in a HA cluster vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Constraints of FT
Single vCPU in each VM only (no SMP) Requires specific hardware Recommended minimum of 4 VMs running FT on an ESX server Line of site between ESXi servers due to latency Only thick disk is supported Snapshots are not allowed (includes via VADP backup products) Cannot invoke a svMotion on a VM with FT enabled Linked clones are not allowed on a VM with FT enabled Some guests not supported and some guests require shutdown to enable
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
Enabling VMware FT
Once requirements have been met, enabling FT is easy Right-click on a VM Go to Fault Tolerance Click Turn On Fault Tolerance
Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) VMware vSphere 5 Training
What We Covered
Introduction to VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) Requirements of FT Constraints of FT Testing to See If You Can Use FT with VMware Site Survey Enabling VMware FT Testing Failover with a Virtual Machine Using FT
In This Lesson:
Upgrade Steps Upgrade to vCenter 5 Update Manager Upgrade ESX/ESXi Upgrade VM Upgrade
Upgrade Prerequisites
Verify that your ESX/ESXi servers will run vSphere 5 Verify that your licenses will upgrade to the level of vSphere that you require Beware of vRAM Plan, plan, and plan some more Review the upgrade guide which scenario are you?
Upgrade Steps
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Run vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker Upgrade vCenter Server Upgrade vSphere Client Upgrade your licensing Upgrade Update Manager Upgrade ESX/ESXi hosts Upgrade VM Tools and VM Hardware Upgrade datastores to VMFS-5
Upgrade to vCenter 5
Requires VC downtime No production down time Database Schema will be upgraded Upgrade to different vCenter server Backup database ODBC credentials Uninstall UM and converter extensions vSphere compatibility matrixes
ESX/ESXi Upgrade
Requires host downtime Host in Maintenance Mode Host Upgrade Utility (GUI) 15 25 minutes for upgrade
VM Upgrade
Requires VM downtime VMware Tools upgrade VM Hardware upgrade to version 8 Automated upgrade via Update Manager Manual upgrade
What We Covered
Upgrade Steps Upgrade to vCenter 5 Update Manager Upgrade ESX/ESXi Upgrade VM Upgrade
In This Lesson:
Administering vSphere Using the CLI Four vSphere CLI Options Using ESXi Tech Support Mode Using esxcfg and esxcli Commands Getting Started with PowerCLI Project Onyx vCLI Basics Installing and Using vMA
Project Onyx
A free tool from VMware labs that shows you the PowerCLI commands for the configs you perform, using the vSphere client http://labs.vmware.com/flings/onyx
vCLI Basics
vSphere CLI (vCLI) is a Windows application that gives you CLI tools for ESXi / vSphere It offers esxcfg and esxcli commands Now, lets install it and Ill show you how it works
What We Covered
Administering vSphere Using the CLI Four vSphere CLI Options Using ESXi Tech Support Mode Using esxcfg and esxcli Commands Getting Started with PowerCLI Project Onyx vCLI Basics Installing and Using vMA
In This Lesson:
What is Auto Deploy? Auto Deploy Components Auto Deploy First Boot Process Infrastructure Requirements Installation and Configuration Tasks Test and Repair Rules Compliance Auto Deploy PowerCLI Setting Up Syslog Server Setting Dump Collector
Infrastructure Requirements
DHCP Option 66: FQDN or IP address of TFTP Server Option 67: undionly.kpxe.vmw-hardwired Router Configuration PXE TFTP
What We Covered
What is Auto Deploy? Auto Deploy Components Auto Deploy First Boot Process Infrastructure Requirements Installation and Configuration Tasks Test and Repair Rules Compliance Auto Deploy PowerCLI Setting Up Syslog Server Setting Dump Collector
Storage DRS
In This Lesson:
Storage DRS Explained Datastore Clusters Explained SDRS Initial Placement SDRS Load Balancing Datastore Maintenance with SDRS SDRS Affinity Rules Configuring and Using Storage DRS
SDRS Notes
It will take at least 16 hours of I/O statistics before SDRS will make its first recommendation based on latency, so dont expect it to make recommendations immediately You can create a scheduled task to modify SDRS settings (perhaps during a backup period, to prevent unnecessary migrations) SDRS is available with a vSphere Enterprise Plus license only For questions about using SDRS with your SAN features (autotiering, replication, dedup, and thin provisioning), see Duncans post-
What We Covered
Storage DRS Explained Datastore Clusters Explained SDRS Initial Placement SDRS Load Balancing Datastore Maintenance with SDRS SDRS Affinity Rules Configuring and Using Storage DRS
Policy-driven Storage
In This Lesson:
Policy-driven Storage Explained Storage Vendor Profiles and VASA Configuration of Policy-driven Storage
What We Covered
Policy-driven Storage Explained Storage Vendor Profiles and VASA Configuration of Policy-driven Storage
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
In This Lesson:
Why is vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing So Important? 3 Major Changes with vSphere 5 Licensing vRAM Pooled Pricing in Action vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements Requirements to Access vRAM Pooled Pricing Reports vSphere 5 License Validator Script Using vSphere License Advisor 4 Ways to Reduce Your vRAM Pool Utilization
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/07/14/vsphere-5-license-entitlements
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing VMware vSphere 5 Training
What We Covered
Why is vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing So Important? 3 Major Changes with vSphere 5 Licensing vRAM Pooled Pricing in Action vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements Requirements to Access vRAM Pooled Pricing Reports vSphere 5 License Validator Script Using vSphere License Advisor 4 Ways to Reduce Your vRAM Pool Utilization
In This Lesson:
What is Network I/O Control? New in vSphere 5 NIOC Configuring Network I/O Control
What We Covered
What is Network I/O Control? Whats New in vSphere 5 NIOC? Configuring Network I/O Control
In This Lesson:
Why You Need Storage I/O Control (SIOC) How SIOC Works SIOC Requirements Enabling SIOC in vSphere Monitoring SIOC Performance
SIOC Requirements
Datastores must be managed by a single vCenter server FC, iSCSI, and NFS are supported (RDMs are not) Support for NFS is new in vSphere 5! Datastores with multiple extents are not supported vSphere 4.1 or later (vSphere 5 to use NFS)
If the limit you want to set for a virtual machine is in terms of MB per second instead of IOPS, you can convert MB per second into IOPS based on the typical I/O size for that virtual machine. For example, to restrict a backup application with 64KB IOs to 10 MB per second, set a limit of 160 IOPS.
What We Covered
Why You Need Storage I/O Control (SIOC) How SIOC Works SIOC Requirements Enabling SIOC in vSphere Monitoring SIOC Performance
ESXi Firewall
In This Lesson:
ESXi Firewall Defined Configuration Files Rule Set Add Service Behavior ESXI Shell Firewall Configuration
Configuration Files
Rule set configuration files Service configuration files
Service Behavior
Start automatically if any ports are open and stop when all ports are closed Start and stop with host Start and stop manually
What We Covered
ESXi Firewall Defined Configuration Files Rule Set Add Service Behavior ESXI Shell Firewall Configuration
In This Lesson:
Introduction to VMware Data Recovery (VDR) 2 New VDR Features in vSphere 5 Limitations of VDR Installing VDR VDR Initial Configuration Backup and Restore with Data Recovery
Limitations of VDR
Backup datastore recommended to be no more than 1TB of de-dup data and 2 destination total (500MB if CIFS) 8 concurrent VMDK backups Maximum of 100 VMs can be backed up per VDR appliance You can add another VDR appliance Maximum of 10 VDR appliances per vCenter Server Maximum of 1000 VMs per vCenter that can be backed-up with VDR Does not provide a method to get backup data onto tape or offsite
Installing VDR
60 Day evaluation is available with vSphere Or, you must be using Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, or purchased a la carte with Essentials Download VDR on the same page that you download vSphere VDR is a single file in ISO format Either burn to media, mount the ISO, or unzip the ISO to gain access to the files inside Deploy the VDR appliance from the OVF file Install the VDR vSphere Client plug-in with the Windows installer
What We Covered
Introduction to VMware Data Recovery (VDR) 2 New VDR Features in vSphere 5 Limitations of VDR Installing VDR VDR Initial Configuration Backup and Restore with Data Recovery
In This Lesson:
Features of the vSphere Client for iPad Requirements for the vSphere Client for iPad Installing vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA) Installing vSphere Client for iPad Administering vSphere Using an iPad
What We Covered
Benefits of the vSphere Client for iPad Requirements for the vSphere Client for iPad Installing vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA) Installing vSphere Client for iPad Administering vSphere Using an iPad