VMware vSphere 5: Configuring
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers configuring VMware vSphere 5, including datacenters, hosts, virtual machines, virtual storage and more.
What you'll learn
Part 2 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers configuring VMware vSphere 5, including datacenters, hosts, virtual machines, virtual storage 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
- Planning the Virtual Infrastructure 4m
- Naming Convention 5m
- vSphere Network Virtualization Diagram 1m
- Adding Datacenters and Hosts 7m
- Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP 2m
- Configuring vSphere Licensing 2m
- Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status 2m
- Removing Getting Started Tabs 1m
- Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status 3m
- vCenter Server Settings and Plugins 7m
- Adding Folders 3m
- What We Covered 2m
- Introduction 2m
- Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines 1m
- Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace 2m
- VMware Guest OS Install Guide 1m
- Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM 4m
- Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media 2m
- Using the vSphere Datastore Browser 4m
- Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere 4m
- Accessing ESXi Using SSH 3m
- Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install 16m
- vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option 2m
- What We Covered 3m
- Introduction 2m
- Understanding Tasks and Events 3m
- Configuring SNMP and SMTP Email in vCenter 1m
- Alerting You with vCenter Alarms 2m
- Viewing, Filtering, and Exporting Tasks and Events 5m
- Adding and Managing Alarms 10m
- Disabling Alarm Actions 1m
- Performing Configuration of SNMP and SMTP 1m
- vCenter Service Status 1m
- What We Covered 2m
- Introduction 2m
- Storage 101 - Virtual Disks and VMFS 6m
- Data Transfer 3m
- Comparing Storage Technologies 3m
- Storage Area Network (SAN) 101 1m
- Fiber Channel SAN Components 2m
- Fiber Channel HBAs 1m
- Fiber Channel Connectivity 3m
- Zoning 2m
- Managing FC Storage 7m
- Addressing FC SAN LUNs 7m
- Understanding iSCSI Storage 8m
- Why You Need a SAN 1m
- Configuring iSCSI Storage 8m
- Configuring NFS Storage 1m
- Properties of Fiber Channel Datastore 4m
- Storage Terminology and Specs 4m
- What We Covered 2m
- Introduction 2m
- vSphere Distributed Switch 2m
- Private VLANS - pVLANs 2m
- pVLANs Secondary Mode Notes 2m
- Networking Policies 1m
- Configuration Tasks 1m
- Creating a New dvSwitch 5m
- Creating a dvPort Group 1m
- Migrating Legacy vSwitches and VM Networks to dvSwitch 3m
- Migrating VMKernel Virtual Adaptors to dvSwitch 1m
- Configuring Private VLANs 5m
- What We Covered 2m
About the authors
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
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