Table of contents Preface Section 1: Section 1: Getting Started Chapter 1: Evolution to vSphere 6.7 8 Introduction to VMware vSphere 8 vSphere strategy-the foundation of your unified hybrid cloud 10 Software-defined data center(SDDC) Virtualization versus containers VMware vSphere ecosystem 16 Data centers and cloud computing Storage and availability Network and security 17 End user computing Cloud management Cloud-native workloads Introduction to vmware cloud on aws Hardware specifications and sizing Physical location Pricing Interconnection with on-premises SDDC Connectivity to native AWs services 23 Certifications What's new in VMware VSphere 6.7? Key features Improved vCenter Server Appliance(VCSA) monitoring Improved vCenter backup management ESXi single-reboot upgrades ESXi Quick Boot Support for Remote Direct Memory Access(RDMA) vSphere persistent memor Virtual Trusted Platform Module(vTPM TPM 2.0 Microsoft virtualization-based security (VB Per-VM Enhanced vMotion Compatibility(Evc) 33 Hybrid linked mode Instant Clone Configuration maximums Virtual machine hardware 14 ESXi 6.7 hypervisors v Center server 6.7Table of Contents Preface 1 Section 1: Section 1: Getting Started Chapter 1: Evolution to vSphere 6.7 8 Introduction to VMware vSphere 8 vSphere strategy – the foundation of your unified hybrid cloud 10 Software-defined data center (SDDC) 11 Virtualization versus containers 12 VMware vSphere ecosystem 16 Data centers and cloud computing 16 Storage and availability 16 Network and security 17 End user computing 19 Cloud management 19 Cloud-native workloads 20 Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS 20 Hardware specifications and sizing 21 Physical location 22 Pricing 22 Interconnection with on-premises SDDC 23 Connectivity to native AWS services 23 Certifications 23 What's new in VMware vSphere 6.7? 24 Key features 25 vSphere Client (HTML-5) 25 Improved vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) monitoring 26 Improved vCenter backup management 27 ESXi single-reboot upgrades 28 ESXi Quick Boot 29 Support for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) 30 vSphere persistent memory 31 Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) 31 TPM 2.0 32 Microsoft virtualization-based security (VBS) 32 Per-VM Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) 33 Hybrid linked mode 34 Instant Clone 35 Configuration maximums 35 Virtual machine hardware 14 36 ESXi 6.7 hypervisors 37 vCenter Server 6.7 38 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||