Module 11: High Availability and Fault Tolerance vCenter Server Availability:- Cluster DB- Multiple redundant servers- HA, vCenter server heartbeat A cluster enabled for vSphere HA can have:- up to 32 hosts per cluster- up to 512 VM per host (regardless of the number of host/cluster)- up to 3,000 VM per cluster HA Failure scenario: Host, … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 5 →

Module 8: Data Protection VADP (vStorage APIs for Data Protection) requires no software installation because it is built into ESXi. Hardware version 7 or later can support CBT ( Changed Block Tracking), “-ctk.vmdk” Data Recovery Appliance Virtual Machine Snapshot Consistency Backing up vCenter Server: vCenter Server database, VMWare VCMSDS (ADAM), SSL certificate and vpxd.cfg file … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 4 →

Module 7: Virtual Machine Management A template is a master copy of a virtual machine used to create and provision new virtual machines (it actually rename the vmx file to vmtx file, and set it read only). It is recommend to specify the customized configuration during cloning or deploying from template. Virtual hardware v7 or … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 3 →

Module 5: Configure and Manage Virtual Networks Standard virtual switch/ Distributed virtual switch Enable the PortFast, Trunk and EtherChannel in the physical switch port that is connected to the physical host NIC 802.3AD – NIC teaming, 802.1Q – VLAN trunking Network policies: Security/ Traffic Shaping/ NIC teaming Security:- Promiscuous Mode: e.g. intrusion detection system- MAC … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 2 →