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VMware vSphere 4: Configuring
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 4 series focuses on configuring VMware vSphere, including hosts, clusters, vms, storage, networking and more.
What you'll learn
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 4 series focuses on configuring VMware vSphere, including hosts, clusters, vms, storage, networking and more. In the VMware vSphere 4 series, you'll be learning to virtualize your server and network infrastructure in an innovative, efficient, and reliable way. By utilizing the power of cloud computing, VMware vSphere will allow you to dramatically reduce costs, increase control over your IT infrastructure, while maintaining flexibility and security. If you are a complete beginner to VMware, have used previous versions of the software, or have some experience with VMware Server, you'll benefit from this course.
Table of contents
vCenter 4 - Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure
39mins
- Introduction 1m
- Planning the Virtual Infrastructure 6m
- Wired Brain Coffee Company Network Diagram 3m
- Creating Our Virtual Infrastructure 5m
- Configuring vSphere Licensing 8m
- Removing 'Getting Started' Tabs 3m
- Configuring the ESX Server Clock and NTP 3m
- vCenter Server Settings and Plugins 3m
- Reviewing System Logs 1m
- vCenter Sessions 2m
- vCenter Service Status 1m
- Monitoring ESX Host Health Hardware Status 3m
- What We Covered 1m
Creating and Modifying Virtual Guest Machines
61mins
- Introduction 1m
- Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM 6m
- Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media 3m
- Using LC ISO Creator 2m
- Transferring ISO Files to Your ESX Server 5m
- Using Datastore Browser Upload Feature 5m
- Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) 8m
- Using PuTTY 2m
- Samba Client Share 2m
- Creating a New Virtual Machine and Installing the OS 4m
- VMware Guest OS Install Guide 2m
- VMware Compatibility Guide 1m
- Steps to Installing Your New Guest VM 1m
- Creating a New VM 9m
- Installing Guest Operating System 2m
- Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace 6m
- What We Covered 2m
Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
39mins
- Introduction 1m
- Why You Should Use the VMware Tools 4m
- Installing the VMware Tools in Linux 14m
- Verifying VMware Tools Installation 2m
- Running VMware Toolbox in Linux 2m
- Updating VMware Tools 2m
- Installing the VMware Tools in Windows 5m
- Configuring VMware Tools with VMware Toolbox 4m
- Checking Whether VMware Tools are Installed 3m
- What We Covered 2m
Adding Virtual Machine Hardware with vSphere Hot Plug
26mins
- Introduction 1m
- Adding, Modifying, and Removing Virtual Hardware 4m
- What Are the Requirements to Use vSphere Hot Add/Hot Plug? 4m
- Using Hot Add to Add RAM to a Virtual Machine 2m
- Using Hot Plug to Add CPU to a Virtual Machine 2m
- Using Hot Add and Hot Plug without a Reboot 6m
- Adding a 2nd Virtual Disk to a Running Virtual Machine 4m
- Expanding a Virtual Disk on a Running Virtual Machine 2m
- What We Covered 1m
Using vSphere Host Profiles
15mins
Administering VMware ESX Server Security
54mins
- Introduction 1m
- Basics of vSphere Security 7m
- VMsafe and vShield Overview 4m
- Default vSphere Security Roles 2m
- Adding, Modifying, and Removing ESX Users and Groups 11m
- Using Windows AD Users and Groups to Secure vSphere 7m
- Using AD to Give Specific Access 7m
- Defining and Applying Roles and Permissions 6m
- Creating Custom Role 3m
- Allowing Root Login via SSH 4m
- Securing Guest Virtual Machines 3m
- What We Covered 1m
Installing vShield Zones
41mins
- Introduction 0m
- The vShield Zones Browser Interface 5m
- Introduction to vShield Zones 3m
- What Does vShield Offer You? 2m
- Downloading vShield Zones 3m
- Installing vShield Zones 2m
- Deploying vShield Manager and vShields 5m
- Configuring vShield Manager 3m
- Deploying a vShield and Converting it to a VM Template 3m
- Connecting vShield Manager to vCenter Server 3m
- Deploying the vShield Template 10m
- What We Covered 3m
Introduction to and Installing VMware Data Recovery (VDR)
30mins
- Introduction 1m
- What is VMware Data Recovery (VDR)? 2m
- Why Do I Need VDR? 3m
- How Do I Get Data Recovery? 1m
- What Are the Benefits of Using VDR? 4m
- What Are the Limitations of VDR? 1m
- How Does VDR Work? 2m
- Installing VMware Data Recovery 6m
- Configuring VDR Appliance 3m
- Installing VDR Plug-In 2m
- Connecting VDR Appliance to VMware vCenter 4m
- What We Covered 3m
Backup and Restore with VMware Data Recovery (VDR)
36mins
Virtual Storage 101 and Storage Terminology
28mins
Configuring vSphere Storage
54mins
- Introduction 1m
- New vSphere Datastore Inventory 2m
- Datastore Maps 1m
- Datastore Performance 2m
- Datastore Configuration Tab 4m
- Datastore Tasks, Events, Alarms, and Permissions 2m
- Database Storage Views 3m
- Thin Provisioning for Fun and Profit 4m
- Creating New Virtual Machine with Thin Provision Disk 2m
- Finding out Disk Provision on an Existing Disk 1m
- Converting Thick Provision Disk to Thin Provision Disk 4m
- Storage Views in Relation to Thin Provisioning 4m
- Configure an Alarm to Prevent Overprovision 9m
- Digging Into Datastores 5m
- Taking and Using vSphere Snapshots 5m
- Creating and Deleting Snapshots 3m
- What We Covered 2m
Creating a Free iSCSI SAN with OpenFiler
31mins
vSphere Virtual Networking
49mins
- Introduction 1m
- vNetwork Overview 1m
- New vNetwork Features in vSphere 5m
- vNetwork Terms - vmnic, vswitch, vswif, and Port Group 5m
- vNetwork Configuration Scenarios - Single NIC 1m
- vNetwork Configuration Scenarios - Private/Host Only 6m
- vNetwork Configuration Scenarios - Multiple NICs 3m
- Using VLANs with vSphere 4m
- Viewing Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Stats 2m
- Configuring vNetworks and vSwitches 1m
- Moving Linux Servers to New VM Network 3m
- Providing ESX3 with Network Redundancy and Load Balancing 5m
- Checking Out Network Traffic Shaping and Security Options 3m
- CLI Network Troubleshooting Commands 5m
- Best Practices for vSphere Networking 2m
- What We Covered 3m
vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS)
35mins
- Introduction 1m
- Introduction to the vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) 4m
- vSphere Standard Switch vs. Distributed Virtual Switch 3m
- Benefits of the Distributed Virtual Switch 1m
- Creating a New dvSwitch and Adding Hosts and vmnics to dvSwitch 5m
- Creating a dvport Group 2m
- Migrating Single Virtual Machine 3m
- Migrating Legacy vSwitches and VM Networkds to dvSwitch 2m
- Migrating Virtual Adaptors (SC and VMKernel) to dvSwitch 6m
- Viewing dvSwitch Mapping, Adv Conf, and Alarms 8m
- What We Covered 1m
About the author
David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more