Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Planning, Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 3 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 3 Foundation Topics 6 Identifying and Explaining vSphere Editions and Features 6 Identifying Available vSphere and vCenter Server Editions 6 Identifying the Various Data Center Solutions that Interact with vSphere 9 Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures 10 Identifying Available vSphere Editions and Features 10 Explaining ESXi and vCenter Server Architectures 11 Explaining Private/Public/Hybrid Cloud Concepts 12 Determining the Appropriate vSphere Edition Based on Customer Requirements 14 Identifying Single Sign-On Requirements 15 Deploying the vCenter Appliance 15 Installing vCenter Server into a Virtual Machine 20 Sizing the vCenter Server Database 24 Installing Additional vCenter Server Components 24 Installing/Removing vSphere Client Plug-Ins 25 Enabling/Disabling vSphere Web Client Plug-Ins 26 Licensing vCenter Server 26 Determining Availability Requirements for vCenter Server in a Given vSphere Implementation 27 Determining Use Cases for vSphere Client and Web Client 28 Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi 28 Performing an Interactive Installation of ESXi 29 Deploying an ESXi Host Using Auto Deploy 31 Configuring NTP on an ESXi Host 33 Configuring DNS and Routing on an ESXi Host 33 Enabling/Configuring/Disabling Hyperthreading 34 Enabling/Sizing/Disabling Memory Compression Cache 35 Licensing an ESXi Host 36 Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 37 Identifying Upgrade Requirements for ESXi Hosts 37 Identifying Steps Required to Upgrade a vSphere Implementation 38 Upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch 39 Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5 40 Upgrading VMware Tools 41 Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware 44 Upgrading an ESXi Host Using vCenter Update Manager 45 Determining Whether an In-Place Upgrade Is Appropriate in a Given Upgrade Scenario 50 Securing vCenter Server and ESXi 50 Identifying Common vCenter Server Privileges and Roles 51 System Roles 52 Sample Roles 52 Custom Roles 53 Describing How Permissions Are Applied and Inherited in vCenter Server 53 Example 1: Permissions That Apply Directly to an Object Supersede Those That Are Inherited 53 Example 2: If a User Is a Member of Multiple Groups, the User Is Assigned the Union of the Privileges for Each Group 54 Example 3: User/Role Pairings Applied Directly to an Object Supersede User/Role Pairings That Are Inherited 55 Example 4: Permissions That Are Applied Directly to a User Supersede Permissions That Are Inherited Through Group Membership 55 Single Sign-On Architecture 56 Configuring and Administering the ESXi Firewall 57 Enabling Lockdown Mode 58 Configuring Network Security Policies 59 Promiscuous Mode 60 MAC Address Changes 61 Forged Transmits 61 Adding/Modifying/Removing Permissions for Users and Groups on vCenter Inventory Objects 62 Creating/Cloning/Editing vCenter Server Roles 63 Creating Roles 63 Cloning Roles 64 Editing Roles 66 Adding an ESXi Host to a Directory Service 68 Applying Permissions to ESXi Hosts Using Host Profiles 69 Determining the Appropriate Set of Privileges for Common Tasks in vCenter Server 69 Summary 70 Exam Preparation Tasks 70 Review All the Key Topics 70 Review Questions 71 Chapter 2 Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking 75 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 75 Foundation Topics 78 Configuring vSphere Standard Switches 78 Identifying vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) Capabilities 78 Creating/Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 79 Deleting a vSphere Standard Switch 84 Adding/Configuring/Removing vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch 85 Configuring VMkernel Ports for Network Services 91 Adding/Editing/Removing Port Groups on a vSphere Standard Switch 93 Determining Use Cases for a vSphere Standard Switch 97 Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches 97 Identifying vSphere Distributed Switch Capabilities 98 Creating/Deleting a vSphere Distributed Switch 101 Deleting a vDS 104 Adding/Removing ESXi Hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch 104 Adding/Configuring/Removing dvPort Groups 110 Adding/Removing Uplink Adapters to dvUplink Groups 113 Creating/Configuring/Removing Virtual Adapters 118 Migrating Virtual Adapters To/From a vSphere Standard Switch 125 Migrating Virtual Machines To/From a vSphere Distributed Switch 127 Configuring vSS and vDS Policies 132 Identifying Common vSS and vDS Policies 132 Configuring dvPort Group Blocking Policies 138 Configuring Load Balancing and Failover Policies 139 Load Balancing 140 Network Failover Detection 141 Notify Switches 141 Failback 142 Configuring VLAN Settings 143 Configuring VLAN Policy Settings on a vDS 145 Configuring VLAN Trunking Policies on a VDS 145 Configuring Private VLAN Policy Settings on a vDS 146 Configuring Traffic Shaping Policies 148 Traffic Shaping Policies for vSphere Standard Switches 148 Traffic Shaping Policies for vSphere Distributed S.