VMware vSphere 5: Advanced Features
Part 3 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers advanced features of VMware vSphere 5, including DRS, Fault Tolerance, VDR and more.
What you'll learn
Part 3 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers advanced features of VMware vSphere 5, including DRS, Fault Tolerance, VDR and more. This comprehensive course will show you how to virtualize your server and network infrastructure in an innovative, efficient, and reliable way using VMware vSphere 5. You'll walk away from this course able to install and configure ESXi 5 and vCenter 5 and able to manage virtual machines, virtual storage, networking and you'll also know how to leverage advanced features such as VMware High Availability, VMware Fault Tolerance and more. To get the most from this course, you should know the basics of virtualization, and some experience working with VMware vSphere will be helpful, but is not required.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- What is Auto Deploy? 2m
- Auto Deploy Components 4m
- Auto Deploy First Boot Process 3m
- Infrastructure Requirements and Installation Tasks 2m
- Lab Environment Setup 4m
- Installing Auto Deploy and TFTP Server 9m
- Adding ESXi Host to vCenter 11m
- Moving Host Profile from Staging to Production Area 5m
- Installing Dump and Syslog Collectors 3m
- Setting Up Dump Collector and Syslog Server 3m
- Test and Repair Rules Compliance 1m
- Auto Deploy PowerCLI Commands 2m
- What We Covered 3m
- Why is vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing So Important? 3m
- 3 Major Changes with vSphere 5 Licensing 3m
- vRAM Pooled Pricing in Action 2m
- vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements 5m
- Requirements to Access vRAM Pooled Pricing Reports 3m
- vSphere 5 License Validator Script 1m
- Using vSphere License Advisor 5m
- 4 Ways to Reduce Your vRAM Pool Utilization 2m
- What We Covered 2m
About the authors
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
Elias Khnaser is an internationally recognized thought leader in the areas of cloud computing and digital disruption. Until recently, Elias was a research vice president at Gartner, where he spent seven years focusing on private, hybrid and public cloud computing. Today, Elias continues to conduct research and advise and engage customers and vendors on all aspects of cloud, edge, and data center transformation strategies. He is well-known for his ability to simplify complex technical concepts an... more