Mastering VMware Infrastucture 3 -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Is Covered in This Book -- The Mastering Series -- The Hardware Behind the Book -- Who Should Buy This Book -- How to Contact the Author -- Chapter 1: Introducing VMware Infrastructure 3 -- Exploring VMware Infrastructure 3 -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Planning and Installing ESX Server -- Planning a VMware Infrastructure 3 Deployment -- ESX Server Installation -- Postinstallation Configuration -- Installing the Virtual Infrastructure Client -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Virtual Networks -- Virtual Networking Components -- Creating Virtual Switches and Port Groups -- Creating and Managing NIC Teams -- Creating and Managing VLANs -- Configuring Virtual Switch Security -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Storage Devices -- Understanding VI3 Storage Options -- Understanding a Storage Area Network -- Creating and Managing LUNs -- ESX Network Storage Architectures: Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS -- Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: Installing and Configuring VirtualCenter 2.0 -- Introducing Virtual Center 2.5 -- Installing the Virtual Center Back-end Database -- ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5 Licensing Strategies -- Installing Virtual Center 2.5 -- Creating and Managing a Virtual Center Inventory -- Using Virtual Center Topology Maps -- Planning a Virtual Center Deployment -- Managing Virtual Center Settings -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines -- Creating a Virtual Machine -- Installing a Guest Operating System -- Installing the VMwareTools -- Managing and Modifying Virtual Machines -- Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines -- The Bottom Line.

Chapter 7: Migrating and Importing Virtual Machines -- Guided Consolidation -- Performing Physical-to-Virtual Migrations -- Importing Virtual Appliances -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: Configuring and Managing Virtual Infrastructure Access Controls -- Managing and Maintaining ESX Server Permissions -- Managing and Maintaining Virtual Center Permissions -- Virtual Machine Management Using the Web Console -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9: Managing and Monitoring Resource Access -- Allocating Virtual Machine Memory -- Allocating Virtual Machine CPU -- Resource Pools -- Exploring V Motion -- Clusters -- Exploring Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10: High Availability and Business Continuity -- Clustering Virtual Machines -- VMware High Availability (HA) -- Backing Up with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) -- Restoring with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11: Monitoring Virtual Infrastructure Performance -- Creating Host and Virtual Machine Alarms -- Performance Graph Details and esxtop -- Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine CPU Usage -- Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Memory Usage -- Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Network Usage -- Monitoring Host and Virtual Machine Disk Usage -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12: Securing a Virtual Infrastructure -- User Access to Virtual Center and ESX Server -- Managing Client Access to ESX Server -- Managing and Configuring the Service Console Firewall -- Kerberos Authentication for ESX Server -- Auditing and Monitoring Important Files -- VMware Update Manager -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 13: Configuring and Managing ESXi -- Understanding ESXi Architecture -- Deploying ESXi Installable -- Deploying ESXi Embedded -- Managing ESXi -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: Introducing VMwar eInfrastructure 3.

Chapter 2: Planning and Installing ESX Server -- Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Virtual Networks -- Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Storage Devices -- Chapter 5: Installing and Configuring VirtualCenter 2.0 -- Chapter 6: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines -- Chapter 7: Migrating and Importing Virtual Machines -- Chapter 8: Configuring and Managing Virtual Infrastructure Access Controls -- Chapter 9: Managing and Monitoring Resource Access -- Chapter 10: High Availability and Business Continuity -- Chapter 11: Monitoring Virtual Infrastructure Performance -- Chapter 12: Securing a Virtual Infrastructure -- Chapter 13: Configuring and Managing ESXi -- Appendix B: Common Linux and ESX Commands -- Navigating, Managing, and Monitoring through the Service Console -- Managing Directories, Files, and Disks in the Service Console -- Using esxcfg -- Using vicfg -- Appendix C: Third-Party Virtualization Tools -- Disaster-Recovery and Business-Continuity Tools -- Monitoring and Reporting -- Management, Operations, and Configuration -- Appendix D: VMware Infrastructure 3 Best Practices -- Installation Best Practices -- Virtual Networking Best Practices -- Storage Management Best Practices -- Virtual Center Best Practices -- Virtual Machine Best Practices -- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Best Practices -- VI3 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Best Practices -- Index.