The document provides details of a VMware training event to take place on February 9th, 2017 at Cascina Medici del Vascello in Venaria, Italy. The training will include courses on VMware vSphere 6.5 and new Lenovo technologies. The agenda includes sessions on VMware administration interfaces, vCenter management, storage, and virtual machines. There will also be a presentation on new Lenovo products.
VMware vCloud® SuiteTM is a private cloud infrastructure solution based on VMware vSphere®. vCloud Suite allows IT to achieve cloud service provider economics in the data center, provision applications in minutes instead of weeks, and deliver the right availability and security for each application with policy-based governance. vCloud Suite is the first step for IT organizations towards the software- defined data center architecture. VMware also offers additional software-defined data center products that can further extend the capabilities of a vSphere private cloud environment.
VMware vSphere Version Comparison 4.0 to 6.5Sabir Hussain
VMware vSphere leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver flexible and reliable IT services VMware vSphere virtualizes and aggregates the underlying physical hardware resources across multiple system and provides pools off virtual resources to the datacenter.
VM Virtualization
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Hyperconvergence enables you to pair the elasticity benefits of the cloud with the control and security of on-premise data centers. All within a consolidated management infrastructure. Learn how Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 enables these capabilities and much more for any application, in any cloud at, any scale.
This presentation digs into the latest version of HyperFlex. Cisco experts discuss increased scale up to 64 nodes, logical availability zones, managing HyperFlex with Cisco Intersight, stretch clusters, Hyper-V on HyperFlex, and persistent volume integration with kubernetes.
Resources:
Watch the related TechWiseTV episode: http://cs.co/9005DgslL
TechWiseTV: http://cs.co/9009DzrjN
VMware vCloud® SuiteTM is a private cloud infrastructure solution based on VMware vSphere®. vCloud Suite allows IT to achieve cloud service provider economics in the data center, provision applications in minutes instead of weeks, and deliver the right availability and security for each application with policy-based governance. vCloud Suite is the first step for IT organizations towards the software- defined data center architecture. VMware also offers additional software-defined data center products that can further extend the capabilities of a vSphere private cloud environment.
VMware vSphere Version Comparison 4.0 to 6.5Sabir Hussain
VMware vSphere leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver flexible and reliable IT services VMware vSphere virtualizes and aggregates the underlying physical hardware resources across multiple system and provides pools off virtual resources to the datacenter.
VM Virtualization
VMGate.com
Hyperconvergence enables you to pair the elasticity benefits of the cloud with the control and security of on-premise data centers. All within a consolidated management infrastructure. Learn how Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 enables these capabilities and much more for any application, in any cloud at, any scale.
This presentation digs into the latest version of HyperFlex. Cisco experts discuss increased scale up to 64 nodes, logical availability zones, managing HyperFlex with Cisco Intersight, stretch clusters, Hyper-V on HyperFlex, and persistent volume integration with kubernetes.
Resources:
Watch the related TechWiseTV episode: http://cs.co/9005DgslL
TechWiseTV: http://cs.co/9009DzrjN
VMware vSphere® 6.0 permet aux utilisateurs de virtualiser leurs applications verticales et horizontales en toute sécurité, redéfinit les besoins en disponibilité et simplifie la gestion du datacenter virtuel. Cette version majeure offre une infrastructure à la demande, hautement disponible et fiable qui constitue la base idéale pour tout environnement de Cloud Computing.
Horizon 6, la suite logicielle VDI de VMware, ajoute le support des postes de travail virtuels Linux, en plus de l’environnement Windows de Microsoft. L’éditeur de Palo Alto a lancé un programme d'accès précoce pour les clients désirant tester en avant-première Horizon 6 avec les distributions Linux de Red Hat et Ubuntu sur des ordinateurs distants et des terminaux mobiles.
VMware vSphere vMotion: 5.4 times faster than Hyper-V Live MigrationVMware
Businesses using a virtualized infrastructure have many reasons to move active virtual machines (VMs) from one physical server to another. Whether the migrations are for routine maintenance, balancing performance needs, work distribution (consolidating VMs onto fewer servers during non-peak hours to conserve resources), or another reason, the best virtual infrastructure platform executes the move as quickly as possible and with minimal impact to end users.
We tested two competing features that move active VMs from one server to another, VMware vSphere 5 vMotion and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Live Migration. While both perform these moves with no VM downtime, in our testing the VMware solution did so faster, with greater application stability, and with less impact to application performance – clearly showing that not all live migration technologies are the same. VMware also holds an enormous advantage in concurrency: VMware vSphere 5 can move eight VMs at a time while a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster node can take part only as the source or destination in one live migration at a time. In our two test scenarios, the VMware vMotion solution was up to 5.4 times faster than the Microsoft Hyper-V Live Migration solution.
VMworld 2015: Advanced SQL Server on vSphereVMworld
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely deployed “apps” in the market today and is used as the database layer for a myriad of applications, ranging from departmental content repositories to large enterprise OLTP systems. Typical SQL Server workloads are somewhat trivial to virtualize; however, business critical SQL Servers require careful planning to satisfy performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements. It is the design of these business critical databases that will be the focus of this breakout session. You will learn how build high-performance SQL Server virtual machines through proper resource allocation, database file management, and use of all-flash storage like XtremIO. You will also learn how to protect these critical systems using a combination of SQL Server and vSphere high availability features. For example, did you know you can vMotion shared-disk Windows Failover Cluster nodes? You can in vSphere 6! Finally, you will learn techniques for rapid deployment, backup, and recovery of SQL Server virtual machines using an all-flash array.
Not content to simply describe the Virtual Volume (VVOL) framework, this session instead examines practical use cases: How different configurations and workloads benefit from VVOLs. Learn how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) couples with VVOLs to provide VM configuration options not previously available. We demonstrate a handful of real-life scenarios, specifically covering how VVOLs benefits oversubscribed systems, disaster recovery preparation and multi-tenant requirements for customers. Specific configuration options and constraints are covered in detail, including how they work with underlying storage.
VMworld 2015: Managing Users: A Deep Dive into VMware User Environment ManagerVMworld
Take a deep dive into UEM, including an architectural overview, available settings and configurations, user environment management options, UEM deployment considerations and best practices, and UEM integration with Horizon 6.
Updated lifecycle management, improved analytics and support, and the option of Kubernetes — VMware vSphere® 7 is the biggest re-platform of vSphere in years. Learn more about the most significant vSphere evolution in a decade.
Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6005TmX9B
This study guide is intended to provide those pursuing the CCNA certification with a framework of what concepts need to be studied. This is not a comprehensive document containing all the secrets of the CCNA, nor is it a “braindump” of questions and answers.
I sincerely hope that this document provides some assistance and clarity in your studies.
VMware vSphere® 6.0 permet aux utilisateurs de virtualiser leurs applications verticales et horizontales en toute sécurité, redéfinit les besoins en disponibilité et simplifie la gestion du datacenter virtuel. Cette version majeure offre une infrastructure à la demande, hautement disponible et fiable qui constitue la base idéale pour tout environnement de Cloud Computing.
Horizon 6, la suite logicielle VDI de VMware, ajoute le support des postes de travail virtuels Linux, en plus de l’environnement Windows de Microsoft. L’éditeur de Palo Alto a lancé un programme d'accès précoce pour les clients désirant tester en avant-première Horizon 6 avec les distributions Linux de Red Hat et Ubuntu sur des ordinateurs distants et des terminaux mobiles.
VMware vSphere vMotion: 5.4 times faster than Hyper-V Live MigrationVMware
Businesses using a virtualized infrastructure have many reasons to move active virtual machines (VMs) from one physical server to another. Whether the migrations are for routine maintenance, balancing performance needs, work distribution (consolidating VMs onto fewer servers during non-peak hours to conserve resources), or another reason, the best virtual infrastructure platform executes the move as quickly as possible and with minimal impact to end users.
We tested two competing features that move active VMs from one server to another, VMware vSphere 5 vMotion and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V Live Migration. While both perform these moves with no VM downtime, in our testing the VMware solution did so faster, with greater application stability, and with less impact to application performance – clearly showing that not all live migration technologies are the same. VMware also holds an enormous advantage in concurrency: VMware vSphere 5 can move eight VMs at a time while a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster node can take part only as the source or destination in one live migration at a time. In our two test scenarios, the VMware vMotion solution was up to 5.4 times faster than the Microsoft Hyper-V Live Migration solution.
VMworld 2015: Advanced SQL Server on vSphereVMworld
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely deployed “apps” in the market today and is used as the database layer for a myriad of applications, ranging from departmental content repositories to large enterprise OLTP systems. Typical SQL Server workloads are somewhat trivial to virtualize; however, business critical SQL Servers require careful planning to satisfy performance, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements. It is the design of these business critical databases that will be the focus of this breakout session. You will learn how build high-performance SQL Server virtual machines through proper resource allocation, database file management, and use of all-flash storage like XtremIO. You will also learn how to protect these critical systems using a combination of SQL Server and vSphere high availability features. For example, did you know you can vMotion shared-disk Windows Failover Cluster nodes? You can in vSphere 6! Finally, you will learn techniques for rapid deployment, backup, and recovery of SQL Server virtual machines using an all-flash array.
Not content to simply describe the Virtual Volume (VVOL) framework, this session instead examines practical use cases: How different configurations and workloads benefit from VVOLs. Learn how Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) couples with VVOLs to provide VM configuration options not previously available. We demonstrate a handful of real-life scenarios, specifically covering how VVOLs benefits oversubscribed systems, disaster recovery preparation and multi-tenant requirements for customers. Specific configuration options and constraints are covered in detail, including how they work with underlying storage.
VMworld 2015: Managing Users: A Deep Dive into VMware User Environment ManagerVMworld
Take a deep dive into UEM, including an architectural overview, available settings and configurations, user environment management options, UEM deployment considerations and best practices, and UEM integration with Horizon 6.
Updated lifecycle management, improved analytics and support, and the option of Kubernetes — VMware vSphere® 7 is the biggest re-platform of vSphere in years. Learn more about the most significant vSphere evolution in a decade.
Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6005TmX9B
This study guide is intended to provide those pursuing the CCNA certification with a framework of what concepts need to be studied. This is not a comprehensive document containing all the secrets of the CCNA, nor is it a “braindump” of questions and answers.
I sincerely hope that this document provides some assistance and clarity in your studies.
A VMware anunciou em 15 de Novembro o vSphere 6.5, a versão mais recente da sua plataforma de virtualização líder de mercado.
Esta atualização traz uma experiência dramaticamente simplificada, segurança integrada abrangente e uma plataforma universal para executar qualquer aplicativo, de máquinas virtuais a containers.
O vSphere 6.5 acelera a transição do cliente para a transformação digital e a computação em nuvem enfrentando os principais desafios:
- Ambientes cada vez mais complexos
- Aumento das ameaças de segurança de TI
- A necessidade de oferecer suporte a aplicativos e serviços existentes e novos
A Bravo Tecnologia já atualizou para a versão 6.5 em alguns de seus clientes além de seus próprios ambientes de laboratório e produção e convida você para participar de um Webinar com Demo ao Vivo.
Veja também demo ao vivo mostrando as novidades além de dicas para você acessar laboratórios reais na nuvem de VMware vSphere 6.5, VMware vSphere with Operations Management e VMware Horizon 7.
Veja também dicas de como você pode criar ou atualizar seu ambiente de produção ou laboratório VMware vSphere 6.5, VMware vSphere with Operations Management e VMware Horizon 7 utilizando menos recursos.
Alphorm.com Support de la Formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuellesAlphorm
Formation complète ici :
http://www.alphorm.com/tutoriel/formation-en-ligne-vmware-vsphere-6-les-machines-virtuelles
La virtualisation s'est imposée comme une solution permettant de sécuriser le fonctionnement des environnements informatiques et d'en rationaliser la gestion.
VMware propose dorénavant la version 6 de vSphere, porteuse de près de 650 nouvelles fonctionnalités et innovations.
Après avoir acquis les connaissances de base de la virtualisation avec la formation VMware vSphere 5, la formation VMware ESXi 6, et la formation VMware vCenter 6, votre vExpert Fouad EL AKKAD vous a préparé cette nouvelle formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles.
Grâce à cette formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles, celles-ci n'auront plus de secret pour vous.
Pendant cette formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles, vous découvrirez tous les modes de déploiements d'une VM, le paramétrage avancé et la gestion de performance.
Au cours de cette formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles, vous apprendrez à installer, configurer et administrer les composants d'une infrastructure virtuelle VMware vSphere 6. Gérer le réseau virtuel, le stockage, les ressources et le déploiement des machines. Sécuriser et sauvegarder l'infrastructure mise en place.
Au bout de cette formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles, vous aurez les armes vous permettant de troubleshooter une VM, mais aussi de pouvoir convaincre via des métriques de performance claires, vos interlocuteurs sur le bon Sizing VM.
Cette formation VMware vSphere 6, Les machines virtuelles explorera tous les points nécessaires à l'expertise et la bonne gestion des machines virtuelles.
AWS re:Invent 2016: VMware and AWS Together - VMware Cloud on AWS (ENT317)Amazon Web Services
VMware CloudTM on AWS brings VMware’s enterprise class Software-Defined Data Center software to Amazon’s public cloud, delivered as an on-demand, elastically scalable, cloud-based VMware sold, operated and supported service for any application and optimized for next-generation, elastic, bare metal AWS infrastructure. This solution enables customers to use a common set of software and tools to manage both their AWS-based and on-premises vSphere resources consistently. Further virtual machines in this environment have seamless access to the broad range of AWS services as well. This session will introduce this exciting new service and examine some of the use cases and benefits of the service. The session will also include a VMware Tech Preview that demonstrates standing up a complete SDDC cluster on AWS and various operations using standard tools like vCenter.
Enhance Data Center Efficiency, Boost Microsoft Application PerformanceArraya Solutions
Cisco and Microsoft have worked together extensively to create a unified datacenter architecture that combines network, compute, storage, virtualization, and management.
Sessione di aggiornamento Panthera ERP 9 maggio 2017PRAGMA PROGETTI
Presentazione della nuova release 4.6 del software gestionale per aziende e di alcuni prodotti ad integrazione di Panthera, in grado di migliorare la gestione dell'attività lavorativa nell’era della digitalizzazione
Impostazione di nuovi controlli, facile gestione dei server, miglioramento dei servizi desktop, nuovo modi di pensare allo storage, networking basato sul software.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Leading Change strategies and insights for effective change management pdf 1.pdf
Presentazione Corso VMware vSphere 6.5
1. CASCINA MEDICI DEL VASCELLO – REGGIA DI VENARIA
9 FEBBRAIO 2017
APPUNTAMENTO CON LA FORMAZIONE VMWARE
E LA TECNOLOGIA LENOVO
2. Ore 09,00 REGISTRAZIONE E CAFFE’ DI BENVENUTO
Ore 09,30 CORSO DI FORMAZIONE VMWARE
Ore 11,00 BREAK
Ore 11,10 CORSO DI FORMAZIONE VMWARE
Ore 13,00 LUNCH
Ore 12,15 PRESENTAZIONE NOVITA’ LENOVO
CASCINA MEDICI DEL VASCELLO – REGGIA DI VENARIA
Ore 14,00 CORSO DI FORMAZIONE VMWARE
Ore 17,30 FINE LAVORI
4. About me
Pietro Ciotola
Ingegnere Informatico
Dal 2008 Trainer ufficiale VMware (VCI)
VCP6-DCV
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietroc/
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5. About Avnet Academy EMEA:
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content and tailor it around a particular
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Guiding Partners and their Customers on their journey to IT certification
Plus many more . . .
6. Agenda
• Introduzione a VMware vSphere
• Le novità della versione 6.5
• Le interfacce WEB di Management
• Il Vcenter e l’applicance VCSA
• Scenari di migrazione ed upgrade
• Il nuovo filesystem VMFS6
• Le Virtual Machines
• vSphere HA e vSphere DRS
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8. What’s new in vSphere 6.5
• New Admin Interfaces
• Improved vCenter management
• Improved VMFS
• Improved VM security with encription
• Improved Networking
• Proactive HA
• Predictive DRS
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10. Traditional Architecture
Traditional architecture has inherent
challenges:
– Poor use of physical resources
– High management and
maintenance costs
– High physical infrastructure
costs
– Provisioning challenges
– Insufficient failover and poor
disaster protection
StorageNetwork
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11. Virtual Architecture
Virtual architecture has inherent benefits:
– Expanded use of physical resources
– Reduced management and maintenance
costs
– Improved desktop manageability and
security
– Increased availability of applications
– Increased operational flexibility
Network Storage
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12. About Virtual Machines
• A virtual machine is a software representation of a physical computer and
its components.
• The virtualization software converts the physical machine and its
components into files.
– Operating system
– VMware Tools™
– Virtual resources, such as:
• CPU and memory
• Network adapters
• Disks and controllers
• Parallel and serial ports
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Components
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13. Benefits of Using Virtual Machines
Physical machines
Difficult to move or copy
Bound to a specific set of hardware
components
Often has a short lifecycle
Requires personal contact to
upgrade hardware
Virtual machines
Easy to move or copy
– Encapsulated into files
– Independent of physical
hardware
Easy to manage
– Isolated from other virtual
machines running on same
physical hardware
– Insulated from physical
hardware changes
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14. Management Tools in vSphere 6.5
VMware Host Client
vSphere Client
ESXi
Host
Your
Desktop
vCenter
Server
vSphere Web Client
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15. vSphere Web Client
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• Host and Cluster default start point
• MANAGE tab is now CONFIGURE
• No more RELATED OBJECT but flat view of HOST,VMs,DATASTORE, NETWORKS
• No more CLIENT INTEGRATION PLUGIN
17. vSphere Client (2)
• HTML-5 version of vSphere Client
• https://vcenterFQDN or IPaddress/ui
• No browser plug-ins to install and manage
• Fully supports Enhanced Linked Mode
• Integrated into vCenter Server 6.5 and fully
supported
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20. vCenter Server Management Platform
vSphere vSphere vSphere
vCenter Server
Manage
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21. vCenter Server Architecture
ESXi Host ESXi HostESXi Host
vSphere Clients
vCenter Server
and Additional
Modules
Database
Active Directory Domain
Platform Services
Controller with
vCenter Single
Sign-On
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22. Platform Services Controller
• vCenter Server includes Platform Services Controller:
– Platform Services Controller includes a set of common infrastructure
services:
• VMware vCenter® Single Sign-On
• VMware License Server
• Lookup Service
• VMware Certificate Authority
• Certificate Store
• VMware Directory Services
– Other features are installed under the vCenter Server component.
– You can install vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller on the
same or different machines.
vCenter Server
Platform Services
Controller
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23. vCenter Server Services
• The vCenter Server group of services contains:
– vCenter Server
– vSphere Web Client (server)
– VMware Inventory Service
– vSphere Update Manager
– VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™
– VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Dump Collector
– VMware vSphere® Syslog Collector
• You cannot distribute these vCenter Server functions across
multiple servers. When you deploy vCenter Server Appliance, all of
these features are included.
Platform Services
Controller
vCenter Server
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24. vCenter Server Appliance Architecture
vSphere Clients
ESXi Host Hosting
vCenter Server
Appliance Systems
Photon OS
vCenter Server
Application
vCenter Server
Database
Embedded
vCenter Server
Appliance Systems
Managed
Hosts and
Guests
Photon OS
Platform Services
Controller
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25. VMware vCenter Server® 6.5 new features
• The installer has been overhauled, resulting in a new, modern look
and feel. It is now supported on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and
Linux without the need for any plug-ins.
• With vSphere 6.5, the VMware vCenter Server Appliance™ has
surpassed the Windows installable version. It offers the following
exclusive features:
– Migration Tool
– Improved appliance management
– Native high availability
– Native backup and restore
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27. Appliance Management
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In addition to CPU and
memory statistics, it now
shows network and
database statistics, disk
space usage,and health data.
This reduces reliance on a
command-line interface for
simple monitoring and
operational tasks.
28. vCenter Server High Availability
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This solution
consists of active,
passive, and witness
nodes that are
cloned from the
existing vCenter
Server instance.
The vCenter HA
cluster can be
enabled, disabled, or
destroyed at any
time.
31. Storage Protocol Overview
Storage Protocol
Boot from SAN
Support
vSphere vMotion
Support
vSphere HA
Support
vSphere DRS
Support
Raw Device
Mapping
Support
Fibre Channel ● ● ● ● ●
FCoE ● ● ● ● ●
iSCSI ● ● ● ● ●
NFS ● ● ●
DAS ● ●
Virtual Volumes ● ● ●
vSAN ● ● ●
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32. About VMFS6
• VMFS6:
– Allows concurrent access to
shared storage.
– Can be dynamically expanded.
– Uses 1 MB sizes that are good for
storing large virtual disk files.
– Uses subblock addressing that is
good for storing small files: the
subblock size is 8 KB.
– Provides on-disk locking.
HostHost
VMFS Datastore
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33. Automated UNMAP
• UNMAP is a vSphere Storage APIs primitive that enables
reclamation of dead or stranded space on thinly provisioned VMFS
volumes.
• In vSphere 6.0, this can be initiated by running a simple ESXCLI
command that can free up deleted blocks from storage. vSphere 6.5
automates the UNMAP process by which VMFS tracks the deleted
blocks and reclaims deleted space from the backend array in
background.
• This background operation ensures a minimal storage I/O impact
due to UNMAP operations. UNMAP works at a guest OS level with
newer versions of Windows and Linux.
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34. LUN Scalability
• In vSphere 6 the maximum number of LUNs is
256 and paths is 1,024
• vSphere 6.5 now supports up to 512 LUNs and
2,000 paths
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38. Virtual Switch Connections
Virtual Switch
Production TestDev DMZ vSphere
vMotion
Management
Uplink Ports
Virtual Machine Port Groups VMkernel Ports
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39. Network Switch and Port Policies
• Policies that are set at the standard switch level apply to all port groups on the
standard switch by default.
• Available network policies:
– Security
– Traffic shaping
– NIC teaming and failover
• Policies are defined at the following levels:
– Standard switch level:
• Default policies for all the ports on the standard switch.
– Port group level:
• Effective policies: Policies defined at this level override the default policies that are set at the standard
switch level.
•
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40. Configuring Security Policies
– Promiscuous mode: Allows a virtual switch or port group to forward all traffic
regardless of the destination.
– MAC address changes: Accept or reject inbound traffic when the MAC address
is altered by the guest.
– Forged transmits: Accept or reject outbound traffic when the MAC address is
altered by the guest.
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41. Traffic-Shaping Policy
• Network traffic shaping is a mechanism for limiting a virtual machine’s
consumption of available network bandwidth.
• Average rate, peak rate, and burst size are configurable.
Peak Bandwidth
Average
Outbound
Bandwidth
Time Burst Size = Bandwidth x Time
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42. NIC Teaming and Failover Policies
• Administrators can edit the NIC teaming and
failover policy by configuring specific options.
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44. About Virtual Machine Files
VM folder
Configuration file VM_name.vmx
Swap files VM_name.vswp
vmx-VM_name.vswp
BIOS file VM_name.nvram
Log files vmware.log
Template file VM_name.vmtx
Raw device map file VM_name-rdm.vmdk
Disk descriptor file VM_name.vmdk
Disk data file VM_name-flat.vmdk
Suspend state file VM_name.vmss
Snapshot data file VM_name.vmsd
Snapshot state file VM_name-Snapshot.vmsn
Snapshot disk file VM_name-#####.delta.vmdk
Snapshot active memory file VM_name-Snapshot#.vmem
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45. Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware
Hardware
3D
2 IDE
Controller
Devices
Up to 3
Parallel Ports
Up to 32
Serial/Com
ports 1 USB
Controller
20 Devices
1 Floppy
Controller
2 Devices
Up to 10
NICs
15 Devices
per
Adapter
Up to
6 TB of RAM
Up to 4 SCSI
Adapters
Up to 128 vCPUs
AHCI
SATA
Controller
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46. Virtual Hardware Versions
Compatibility Hardware Version
ESXi 6.5 and later 13
ESXi 6 and later 11
ESXi 5.5 and later 10
ESXi 5.1 and later 9
ESXi/ESX 5.0 and later 8
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50. VMware Tools: Supported ISO Images
• The following ISOs are included with vSphere 6.5:
– windows.iso: For Vista and later guests
– winPreVista.iso: For Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 guests
– linux.iso: For Linux 3.x and later guests, CentOS 6 and later,
Debian 6 and later, Ubuntu 10 and later
• VMware Tools for other guest operating systems, such as FreeBSD, Solaris,
and Mac OS X, can be downloaded from My VMware at
https://download.vmware.com.
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52. Using a Template
• A template is a master copy of a virtual
machine. A template is used to create and
provision new virtual machines.
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53. Customizing the Guest Operating System
• Use the Guest Operating System Customization wizard to make virtual
machines created from the same template or clone unique.
– Customizing a guest operating system enables you to change:
• Computer name
• Network settings
• License settings
• Windows Security Identifier
• During cloning or deploying virtual machines from a template:
– You can create a specification to prepare the guest operating systems of
virtual machines.
– Specifications can be stored in the database.
– You can edit specifications in the Customization Specifications Manager.
– Windows and Linux operating systems are supported.
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54. Migrating Virtual Machines
• Migration means moving a virtual machine from one host,
datastore, or vCenter Server system to another host, datastore, or
vCenter Server system.
– Types of migrations:
• Cold: Migrate a powered-off virtual machine to a new host or datastore.
• Suspended: Migrate a suspended virtual machine to a new host or datastore
• vSphere vMotion: Migrate a powered-on virtual machine to a new host.
• vSphere Storage vMotion: Migrate a powered-on virtual machine's files to a
new datastore.
• Shared-nothing vSphere vMotion: Migrate a powered-on virtual machine to a
new host and a new datastore simultaneously.
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55. Comparison of Migration Types
Migration Type
Virtual
Machine
Power State
Change Host or
Datastore?
Across vCenter
Servers?
Shared Storage
Required?
CPU Compatibility
Cold Off
Host or
datastore
or both
Yes No
Different CPU families
allowed
Suspended Suspended
Host or
datastore
or both
Yes No
Must meet CPU
compatibility
requirements
vSphere vMotion On Host Yes Yes
Must meet CPU
compatibility
requirements
vSphere Storage
vMotion
On Datastore Yes No N/A
Shared-nothing
vSphere vMotion
On Both Yes No
Must meet CPU
compatibility
requirements
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57. Memory Reclamation Techniques
• Economize use of physical memory pages:
– Transparent page sharing allows pages with identical contents to be stored only once.
• Deallocate memory from one virtual machine for another:
– Ballooning mechanism, active when memory is scarce, forces virtual machines to use their
own paging areas.
• Memory compression:
– Attempts to reclaim some memory performance when memory contention is high.
• Host-level SSD swapping:
– Use of a solid-state drive (SSD) on the host for a host cache swap file might increase
performance.
• Page virtual machine memory out to disk:
– Use of VMkernel swap space is the last resort, because of poor performance.
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58. CPU Load Balancing
uni
VM
dual
VM
LCPU LCPU
Hyperthreaded Dual-Core,
Dual-Socket System LCPU LCPU
LCPU LCPU
LCPU LCPU
uni
VM
uni
VM
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59. Shares, Limits, and Reservations
Available Capacity
0 MHz/MB
Limit
Shares are used to
compete in this range.
Reservation
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60. Using Perfmon to Monitor Virtual Machine Resources
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61. • esxtop is the primary real-time performance monitoring tool for vSphere:
– This tool can be run from an ESXi host local command line as esxtop.
– This tool can also be run remotely from VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface as
resxtop.
– esxtop works like the top performance utility found in Linux operating systems.
• In this example, you enter c and uppercase V to view CPU metrics for
virtual machines.
• A visual tool can be found on labs.vmware.com/flings/visualesxtop
•
Using esxtop
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62. Working with Overview Performance Charts
Host’s Performance Charts
Partial Overview Panel
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63. Chart Options: Real-Time and Historical
vCenter Server stores statistics at different
specificities.
Time Interval Data Frequency Number of Samples
Real-Time (past hour) 20 seconds 180
Past Day 5 minutes 288
Past Week 30 minutes 336
Past Month 2 hours 360
Past Year 1 day 365
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64. Saving Charts
You click the Save Chart icon above the graph to
save performance chart information.
• You can save information in these formats:
– PNG
– JPEG
– CSV
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66. About Clusters
A cluster is used in vSphere to share physical
resources between a group of ESXi hosts.
vCenter Server manages cluster resources as a
single pool of resources.
Features such as vSphere HA, vSphere DRS, and
vSAN can be enabled in a cluster.
Cluster
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67. About vSphere HA
Protects against
ESXi host failures
Protects against application
failures
Protects against datastore
accessibility failures
Protects virtual machines
against network isolation
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68. ESXi Host Failure
Virtual Machine A
Virtual Machine B
Virtual Machine C
Virtual Machine F
vCenter
Server
ESXi Host ESXi HostESXi Host
Virtual Machine D
Virtual Machine E
Virtual Machine A Virtual Machine B
When a host fails,
vSphere HA restarts the
affected virtual
machines on other
hosts.
= vSphere HA Cluster
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69. Guest Operating System Failure
vCenter Server
ESXi Host ESXi Host
= vSphere HA Cluster
ESXi Host
When a virtual
machine stops
sending heartbeats or
the virtual machine
process crashes (vmx),
vSphere HA resets the
virtual machine.
Virtual Machine C
VMware Tools VMware Tools
Virtual Machine E
VMware Tools
Virtual Machine F
VMware Tools
Virtual Machine A
VMware Tools
Virtual Machine B
VMware Tools
Virtual Machine D
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70. Application Failure
vCenter Server
ESXi Host ESXi HostESXi Host
Virtual Machine E
Application
When an application
fails, vSphere HA restarts
the affected virtual
machine on the same
host.
Requires installation of
VMware Tools.
Virtual Machine C
Application
Virtual Machine F
Application
Virtual Machine D
Application
Virtual Machine A
Application
Virtual Machine B
Application
= vSphere HA Cluster
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71. Proactive HA
• Proactive HA integrates with select hardware partners to detect
degraded components and evacuate VMs from affected vSphere
hosts before an incident causes a service interruption.
• Hardware partners offer a vCenter Server plug-in to provide the
health status of the system memory, local storage, power supplies,
cooling fans, and network adapters. As hardware components
become degraded, Proactive HA determines which hosts are at risk
and places them into a new state, Quarantine Mode. While in
Quarantine Mode, VMs are migrated to healthy hosts, as long as
affinity or antiaffinity rules are not violated and there is no impact
to VM performance. In addition, the affected hosts are avoided
when new VMs are added to the cluster.
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72. High Availability Orchestrated Restart
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• Orchestrated Restart improves the
recoverability of applications that
run across multiple VMs.
• This is done by creating
dependency chains between VMs
via VM-to-VM restart rules.
• These restart rules enforce the
restart order for each VM within
the dependency chain, increasing
the likelihood that an impacted
application will properly recover
when vSphere HA restarts the
VMs.
73. Configuring vSphere HA Settings
• When you create a vSphere HA cluster or
configure a cluster, you must configure
settings that determine how the feature
works.
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76. vSphere Replication Appliance
Standard OVF
Virtual
Appliance
Delivered with
the vSphere
Platform
Included with
Most vSphere
Editions
vSphere Replication
Appliance
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80. vSphere DRS : Automation Level
Migration threshold guides selection of
virtual machines for migration.
Automation Level Settings
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81. Predictive DRS (1)
In addition to current usage metrics, vSphere DRS initiation also
depends on predicted usage metrics provided by vRealize
Operations.
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82. Predictive DRS
• Predictive DRS is a new feature that leverages the predictive analytics of
vRealize Operations Manager with the powerful resource scheduler algorithm
of vSphere DRS. Together, these two products enable workload balancing for
certain VMs before resource utilization spikes occur, potentially eliminating a
great amount of resource contention that might have occurred in the past.
• vRealize Operations Manager runs its dynamic thresholds algorithm nightly
against the VMs on which it collects data. These dynamic thresholds create
forecasted metrics for the future utilization of the VMs.
• The metrics are then passed to vSphere DRS to determine the best placement
and balance of VMs before resource utilization spikes occur. Predictive DRS
helps prevent resource contention on hosts that run VMs with predictable
utilization patterns.
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