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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5

You're reading from   Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5 Leverage the power of vSphere for effective virtualization, administration, management and monitoring of data centers

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Published in Dec 2017
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Andrea Mauro has more than 20 years of experience in IT, both in industry and the academic world. He works as a solutions architect and is responsible for infrastructure implementation, architecture design, upgrades, and migration processes. He is a virtualization and storage architect, specializing in VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Linux solutions. His first virtualized solution in production was built around ESX 2.x, several years ago. His professional certifications include not only several VMware certifications, but also other vendor-related certifications. He is also a VMware vExpert (2010-18), Nutanix NTC (2014-19), and Veeam Vanguard (2016-19), and he was a Microsoft MVP (2014-16).
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Paolo Valsecchi has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, and he currently works as a system engineer mainly focused on VMware vSphere, Microsoft technologies, and backup/DR solutions. His current role involves covering all tasks related to ensuring IT infrastructure availability and data integrity (including implementation, upgrades, and administration). He holds the VMware VCP65-DCV and Veeam VMCE professional certifications, and he has been awarded the VMware vExpert title (2015-18) and the Veeam Vanguard title (2016-19).
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Karel Novak has 18 years of experience in the IT world. He currently works as a senior virtual infrastructure engineer at Arrow ECS Czechia, and is responsible for implementation, design, and complete consultation when it comes to VMware and Veeam. As an instructor of advanced VMware and Veeam, he has delivered many courses. He specializes in VMware DCV, NSX, and, of course, Veeam. He has been using VMware for 12 years and Veeam from the first version. He is a VMware vExpert 2012-2018, VMware vExpert NSX 2016-2018, and a Veeam Vanguard 2015-2019. His highest certifications are VCI-Level 2, VCIX6-NV, VCIX6-DCV, VMCT-Mentor, and VMCA. He is also a VMware Certification Subject Matter Expert.
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Title Page
Credits
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Preface
1. Evolution of VMware vSphere Suite FREE CHAPTER 2. Design and Plan a Virtualization Infrastructure 3. Analysis and Assessment of an Existing Environment 4. Deployment Workflow and Component Installation 5. Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.5 6. Advanced Network Management 7. Advanced Storage Management 8. Advanced VM and Resource Management 9. Monitoring, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting 10. Securing and Protecting Your Environment 11. Lifecycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading 12. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 13. Advanced Availability in vSphere 6.5 14. Data and Workloads Protection

Upgrading and migrating to vSphere 6.5

The latest version of the VMware virtual platform, vSphere 6.5 Update 1, comes with interesting new features and improved capabilities that bring tremendous benefits for the network in terms of improved functionality, management, security, and more, which were not available in previous versions.

Note

The entire upgrade process needs to follow a specific sequence and flow; first, all PSCs, then all vCenters, then all ESXis. But if you have more VMware products, the entire sequence could be much complicated. For more information, see KB 2147289—Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2147289.

Why migrate to version 6.5?

There are several reasons why it's worth migrating to version 6.5 Update 1:

  • A migration tool has been introduced in version 6.5 as part of the installation media to support and make the migration simpler.
  • Migration to vSphere 6.5 Update 1 is now supported from vSphere 6.0 Update 3 and from...
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Andrea Mauro has more than 20 years of experience in IT, both in industry and the academic world. He works as a solutions architect and is responsible for infrastructure implementation, architecture design, upgrades, and migration processes. He is a virtualization and storage architect, specializing in VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Linux solutions. His first virtualized solution in production was built around ESX 2.x, several years ago. His professional certifications include not only several VMware certifications, but also other vendor-related certifications. He is also a VMware vExpert (2010-18), Nutanix NTC (2014-19), and Veeam Vanguard (2016-19), and he was a Microsoft MVP (2014-16).
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Paolo Valsecchi
Paolo Valsecchi has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, and he currently works as a system engineer mainly focused on VMware vSphere, Microsoft technologies, and backup/DR solutions. His current role involves covering all tasks related to ensuring IT infrastructure availability and data integrity (including implementation, upgrades, and administration). He holds the VMware VCP65-DCV and Veeam VMCE professional certifications, and he has been awarded the VMware vExpert title (2015-18) and the Veeam Vanguard title (2016-19).
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Karel Novak has 18 years of experience in the IT world. He currently works as a senior virtual infrastructure engineer at Arrow ECS Czechia, and is responsible for implementation, design, and complete consultation when it comes to VMware and Veeam. As an instructor of advanced VMware and Veeam, he has delivered many courses. He specializes in VMware DCV, NSX, and, of course, Veeam. He has been using VMware for 12 years and Veeam from the first version. He is a VMware vExpert 2012-2018, VMware vExpert NSX 2016-2018, and a Veeam Vanguard 2015-2019. His highest certifications are VCI-Level 2, VCIX6-NV, VCIX6-DCV, VMCT-Mentor, and VMCA. He is also a VMware Certification Subject Matter Expert.
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