Contents at a glance Chapter 2. Planning and Installing VMware ESXi Chapter 3. Installing and Configuring vCenter Server Chapter 4.vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools hapter 5. Creating and Configuring a vSphere Chapter 6. Creating and Configuring Storage Devices Chapter 7. Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity Chapter 8. Securing VMware vSphere Chapter 9. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 495 Chapter 10. Using Templates and vApps Chapter 12. Balancing Resource Utilization. Chapter 13. Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance Chapter 14. Automating VMware vSphere ppendix A The Bottom LineContents at a Glance Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv Chapter 1 • Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 • Planning and Installing VMware ESXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 3 • Installing and Configuring vCenter Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter 4 • vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Chapter 5 • Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Chapter 6 • Creating and Configuring Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Chapter 7 • Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Chapter 8 • Securing VMware vSphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Chapter 9 • Creating and Managing Virtual Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 Chapter 10 • Using Templates and vApps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Chapter 11 • Managing Resource Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Chapter 12 • Balancing Resource Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 Chapter 13 • Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 Chapter 14 • Automating VMware vSphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Appendix A • The Bottom Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801