VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook

Content: Cover
 Copyright
 Credits
 About the Author
 Acknowledgments
 About the Reviewers
 www.PacktPub.com
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Chapter 1:The Virtual Datacenter
 Introduction
 Becoming a virtual datacenter architect
 Using a holistic approach to datacenter design
 Passing the VMware VCAP-DCD exam
 Chapter 2:The Discovery Process
 Introduction
 Identifying the design factors
 Identifying stakeholders
 Conducting stakeholder interviews
 VMware Capacity Planner
 Using Windows Performance Monitor
 Identifying dependencies
 Chapter 3:The Design Factors
 Introduction. Identifying design requirementsIdentifying design constraints
 Making design assumptions
 Identifying design risks
 Creating the conceptual design
 Chapter 4:The vSphere Management Design
 Introduction
 Identifying vCenter components and dependencies
 Selecting a vCenter deployment option
 Determining the vCenter system requirements
 Selecting a database for vCenter deployment
 Determining database interoperability
 Choosing a vCenter Single Sign-On deployment mode
 Designing for management availability
 Backing up the vCenter Server components. Using vCenter Server Heartbeat to provide vCenter availabilitySecuring the management components
 Designing a separate management cluster
 Chapter 5:The vSphere Storage Design
 Introduction
 Identifying RAID levels
 Calculating storage capacity requirements
 Determining storage performance requirements
 Calculating storage throughput
 Storage connectivity options
 Storage path selection plugins
 Sizing datastores
 Chapter 6:The vSphere Network Design
 Introduction
 Determining network bandwidth requirements
 Standard or distributed virtual switches
 Providing network availability. Virtual switch securityNetwork resource management
 Using private VLANs
 IP storage network design considerations
 vMotion network design considerations
 Chapter 7:The vSphere Compute Design
 Introduction
 Calculating CPU resource requirements
 Calculating memory resource requirements
 Scaling up or scaling out
 Determining the vCPU-to-core ratio
 Clustering compute resources
 Reserving HA resources to support failover
 Using distributed resource scheduling to balance cluster resources
 Ensuring cluster vMotion compatibility
 Chapter 8:The vSphere Physical Design
 Introduction. Using the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)Understanding the physical storage design
 Understanding the physical network design
 Creating the physical compute design
 Creating a custom ESXi image
 Best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings
 Chapter 9:The Virtual Machine Design
 Introduction
 Right-sizing virtual machines
 Enabling CPU Hot Add and Memory Hot Plug
 Creating virtual machine templates
 Using vApps to organize virtualized applications
 Using VM affinity and anti-affinity rules
 Converting physical servers with vCenter Converter Standalone.