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Learning VMware vSphere

You're reading from Learning VMware vSphere Lay the foundations for data center virtualization using VMware vSphere 6 and strengthen your understanding of its power

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781782174158

Length 606 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

vSphere

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Rebecca Fitzhugh

Abhilash G B

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Learning VMware vSphere

Credits

About the Authors

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Preface

1. An Introduction to Server Virtualization Using VMware FREE CHAPTER

2. The Hypervisor – ESXi

3. The Management Layer – VMware vCenter

4. vSphere Networking Concepts and Management

5. vSphere Storage Concepts and Management

6. Advanced vSphere Infrastructure Management

7. Understanding Host Profiles, Image Profiles, and Auto Deploy

8. Virtual Machines Concepts and Management

9. Monitoring Performance of a vSphere Environment

10. Certificate Management for a vSphere Environment

11. Securing a vSphere Environment

12. Life Cycle Management of a vSphere Environment

Chapter 7. Understanding Host Profiles, Image Profiles, and Auto Deploy

vSphere has many features that can make an administrator's life easier. Host profiles can be used quickly and easily to initially configure new ESXi hosts, and to determine configuration drifts. Image Builder can be used to customize ESXi image profiles in order to avoid having to install drivers or other components post-install. vSphere Auto Deploy allows you to quickly provision a large number of ESXi hosts in your datacenter infrastructure using a PXE infrastructure. vSphere host profile and Auto Deploy are vSphere Enterprise Plus features.

In this chapter, you will learn:

Host profile overview and use cases
How to create and edit a host profile
How to import and export a host profile
Image Builder use cases
How to modify and export an image profile
vSphere Auto Deploy use cases
Configuring vSphere Auto Deploy rules

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Authors (2)

Rebecca Fitzhugh

Rebecca Fitzhugh

Rebecca Fitzhugh is an independent VMware consultant specializing in architecting vSphere, Horizon, and vCloud environments, along with delivering a variety of authorized VMware courses as VMware Certified Instructor (VCI). Prior to becoming a consultant and instructor, she served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps (2006-2011), where she assisted in the build out and administration of multiple enterprise networks residing on virtual infrastructure. Rebecca has written several white papers and articles for Global Knowledge and VMware Press, as along with previously authoring vSphere Virtual Machine Management (ISBN 9781782172185) for Packt Publishing. Rebecca currently holds multiple IT industry certifications, including VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) in Data Center Design (DCD), Data Center Administration (DCA), and Cloud Infrastructure Administration (CIA). She has been selected as a vExpert three times (2014, 2015, and 2016). You can follow Rebecca on Twitter (@RebeccaFitzhugh) or contact her via LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/rmfitzhugh/).

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Abhilash G B

Abhilash G B

Abhilash G B is a virtualization specialist, author, and a VMware vExpert (2014-2019). His primary focus is in the areas of data center virtualization and cloud computing. He has been in the IT industry for more than a decade and has been working on VMware products and technologies since the beginning of 2007. He holds several VMware certifications, including VCIX6-DCV, VCAP-DCA/DCD, VCP-DCV, VCP-Cloud, and VCP-NV. He is also the author of six other publications.

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