A new and updated edition of bestselling Mastering VMware vSphere 5
Written by leading VMware expert, this book covers all the features and capabilities of VMware vSphere. You’ll learn how to install, configure, operate, manage, and secure the latest release.
Covers all the new features and capabilities of the much-anticipated new release of VMware vSphere
Discusses the planning, installation, operation, and management for the latest release
Reviews migration to the latest vSphere software
Offers hands-on instruction and clear explanations with real-world examples
Mastering VMware vSphere is the strategic guide you need to maximize the opportunities of virtualization.
Scott Lowe, VCDX, has been in IT for more than 17 years and is a VMware vExpert, an honor granted by VMware to individuals whose work in the VMware community has made a significant impact. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer for the vSpecialist team at EMC Corporation, where he specializes in the integration of VMware, Cisco, and EMC solutions, products, and technologies. Scott is the author of Mastering VMware vSphere 4 and coauthor ofVMware vSphere 4 Administration Instant Reference and VMware vSphere Design. He is also a former contributor to SearchVMware.com and SearchServerVirtualization.com, and a former columnist for Virtualization Review magazine. Scott’s top-rated VMware/virtualization blog is blog.scottlowe.org.
Copyright 2013
Dimensions: 7″ x 9-1/8″
Pages: 700
Edition: 1st
Book
ISBN-10: 0-321-79993-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-79993-7
THE ONLY AUTHORITATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO VSPHERE STORAGE IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective VMware virtualization storage planning and management has become crucial–but it can be extremely complex. Now, the leading VMware expert on storage completely demystifies the “black box” of vSphere storage and provides illustrated, step-by-step procedures for performing every key task associated with it. You’ll gain the deep understanding you need to make better storage decisions, solve problems, and keep problems from occurring in the first place.
Mostafa Khalil presents techniques based on years of personal experience helping customers troubleshoot storage in their vSphere production environments. With more experience than anyone else in the field, he combines expert guidelines, insights for better architectural design, best practices for both planning and management, common configuration details, and deep dives into both vSphere and third-party storage.
Storage Implementation in vSphere® 5.0 fully explains each storage connectivity choice and protocol supported by VMware, introduces Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA), and shows how to build on PSA with multipathing, failover, and ALUA. It thoroughly introduces Storage Virtualization Devices (SVDs) and VMDirectPath I/O, and shows how to drive powerful improvements in performance, flexibility, and manageability with VMFS 5 and VAAI.
COVERAGE INCLUDES
Understanding how FC, FCoE, and iSCSI interact with VMware vSphere 5
Implementing specific VMware capabilities on storage hardware from each leading vendor
Avoiding, recognizing, and fixing misconfigurations and other problems
Using third-party MPIO plug-ins certified with vSphere 5 and PSA
Maximizing availability through multipathing and failover
Implementing fixed and round-robin multipathing on arrays with ALUA support
Monitoring and optimizing virtual storage performance
Managing vSphere-compatible file systems: VMFS and NFS
Taking full advantage of VMDirectPath I/O
Implementing heterogeneous storage configurations
Presenting abstracted storage through virtual disks and Raw Device Mappings (RDMs)
Using VMFS 5 to simplify management and improve scalability in large-scale environments
Sharing storage and migrating more easily across multiple VMware vSphere instances
Optimizing storage performance with VAAI-compliant devices
Mostafa Khalil, Senior Staff Engineer with VMware Global Support Services, specializes in storage integration for virtual environments. He has worked for VMware for 13 years and supported all VMware virtualization products since Workstation for Linux 1.0 beta. Khalil has worked on most enterprise storage vendors’ solutions and received engineering-level training for many of them. He has presented at every VMworld, and at VMware Partner Exchange, VMware User Group, and USENIX.
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by Exam 70-462—and on the job—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises.
Maximize your performance on the exam by mastering the skills and experience measured by these objectives:
Install and configure SQL Server
Maintain instances and databases
Optimize and troubleshoot SQL Server
Manage data
Implement security
Implement high availability
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Orin Thomas
Orin Thomas is a consultant, writer, and Microsoft MVP whose books include the Microsoft Press Training Kits for Exams 70-646, 70-647, 70-662, and 70-680. He is also a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro magazine.
Peter Ward, MVP, is a highly regarded consultant, speaker, and trainer who provides solutions for some of the largest SQL Server sites in Australia. He is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server.
boB Taylor, MCM, is a SQL Server Principal Premier Field Engineer and database architect with Microsoft. He has 30+ years of programming experience and multiple certifications.
