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top of them. This provides a very stable and consistent presentation to the operatingsystems you install and allows them to be moved much more easily.

VMware vSphere 5 is easily the most widely used virtualization platform today. It iswell tested and has been used in applications ranging from very sm

ms latency between the two remote ESXi servers. However, the maximum latencyis supported up to 10 ms.Improved SNMP supportvSphere 5 now allows you to

1.3 Convergence from ESX to ESXi with vSphere 5.0VMware started to get the community familiar with ESXi back with ESXi 3.5 and hascontinued to develo

Value/Item vSphere 5.x maximumVirtual SCSI targets per virtual machine 60Virtual disks per virtual machine (PVSCSI) 60Virtual disk size 2TB - 512 byte

Table 1-4. Virtual disk storage maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumVirtual disks per physical ESXi host 2,048Table 1-5. iSCSI physical storage maxi

Table 1-8. FCoE storage maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumSoftware FCoE adapters 4Table 1-9. VMFS storage maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumVo

Table 1-12. Storage DRS maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumVirtual disks per datastore cluster 9,000Datastores per datastore cluster 32Datastore cl

Table 1-16. vSphere standard and distributed switch maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumTotal virtual network switch ports per host (VDS and VSS por

Table 1-20. vCenter Server maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumHosts per vCenter server 1,000Powered on virtual machines per vCenter server 10,000Re

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Table 1-23. vCloud director maximumsValue/Item vSphere 5.x maximumVirtual machine count 20,000Powered-on virtual machine count 10,000Organizations 10,

VMware has designed the ESXi server to run only on specific pieces of hardware andhas removed support for any kinds of devices it is not interested in

1.7 VMware ESXi 5.0 InstallationVMware customers who have received a preinstalled OEM version of ESXi may havevendor-specific customizations and driv

You can download the ESXi ISO image from a VMware site or use an alternative methodsuch as PXE boot, Kickstart or VMware Auto Deploy. VMware has done

Figure 1-2. ESXi management menu2. This is the first option that will need to be configured, because it is not set bydefault. The password you set her

As shown in Figure 1-4, the management network offers a few options to configureyour ESXi server.Figure 1-4. Management network configurationThe Netwo

Configure KeyboardESXi supports different keyboard layouts. English is the default, but you canselect from French, German, Russian, and Japanese.View

5. You will now be able to manage this ESXi server via the vCenter client directly oradd this host to an existing vCenter server for additional manage

The vCenter server can be installed on a physical server or, as an alternative, inside avirtual machine. As infrastructure is consolidated into virtua

• Oracle 11g 32-bit or 64-bit Standard, Enterprise, One R1• Oracle 11g 32-bit or 64-bit Standard, Enterprise, One R2The vCenter server offers a few do

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Assuming the installation will be in a production environment, select the “Use anexisting database server” option and fill in the necessary fields wit

Once you have chosen the method of installation you wish to use, click the Nextbutton to continue.8. Next, configure the ports that vCenter Server wil

9. Next, configure the vCenter Server inventory ports (Figure 1-14). Again, the defaultports will be acceptable here unless there are specific require

Figure 1-14. vCenter Server inventory ports10. Next, set the Java JVM web server’s memory configuration (Figure 1-15). Thissetting will allocate a sp

11. Finally, click Install to begin the installation (Figure 1-16). If the vCenter serverwill be handling more than 2,000 virtual machines, click the

1.10 VMware vCenter Client 5.x OverviewThe vCenter client is used to manage individual ESXi hosts as well as to provide anadministration interface to

1. Insert the vCenter installation disk or mount the ISO image. Once the installerappears, select the vSphere Web Client (Server) option.2. Follow the

In the following, we will take a look at the changes and how they will affect each partof the vSphere environment.CPU restrictionsThe new license mode

To install vConverter on Windows:1. Download the Windows executable file.2. Run the installer and click Next at the introduction screen.3. Accept the

• HTTPS Service Port: 443• HTTP Service Port: 80• Agent Service Port: 9089When you are satisfied with the ports, click Next to continue the installati

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8. When the installation has completed, you will have the option to automaticallylaunch the vCenter Converter client. Click the Finish button

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2.13 Configuring ESXi to Use NFS 582.14 Creating a VMFS Volume in vCenter 602.15 Performing a Storage Rescan 652.16 Creating a VMFS Volume via the Com

4.6 Setting Up Resource Pools 1224.7 Understanding Resource Pools 1244.8 Expandable Reservations in Resource Pools 1254.9 Creating a Cluster 1284.10 A

5.32 Configuring Hardware iSCSI Options 1925.33 Upgrading Software VIBs 1935.34 Displaying Storage Path Information 1945.35 Managing SCSI Device Mappi

7.9 Installing vSphere Auto Deploy 2587.10 Formatting a USB Key for ESXi Installations 2648. vCloud Director Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER 1VMware Infrastructure InstallationThis book aims to be useful for both new and seasoned VMware ESXi users. Becauseof the intermediate-to-adva