The VMware vSphere 5 Memory Management and Monitoring diagram provides a comprehensive look into the ESXi memory management mechanisms and reclamation methods. This diagram also provides the relevant monitoring components in vCenter Server and the troubleshooting tools like ESXTOP. Source KB: 2017642 kudos to Hany Michael
Migrating from a physical Data Center to a virtual Data Center creates challenges in terms of determining the best practices for deploying virtualized Oracle databases. This white paper illustrates EMC IT's framework for deploying virtualized Oracle databases. EMC IT's Oracle virtual deployment models are the foundation for the "as-a-Service" cloud deployment model.
If you want to gain insight into the real-world uses of VMware ESXi, this cookbook provides scores of step-by-step solutions for working with this product in a wide range of network environments. You'll not only learn the basics—how to pool resources from hardware servers, computer clusters, networks, and storage, and then distribute them among virtual machines—but also the stumbling blocks you'll encounter when you monitor systems, troubleshoot problems, and deal with security.
Written by experts with experience using VMware in a production environment, VMware Cookbook shares tips and tricks earned through trial and error, and supplies the background information you need to apply them.
Follow best practices for installing VMware and vSphere in your environment
Discover how to secure and monitor your network
Understand disk, SSD, and SAN storage implementation and configuration
Get solutions for using vCloud Director and vShield
Configure logical and physical networks
Learn how to clone and migrate servers
Gain valuable tips for configuration and fine-tuning
Use the distributed resource scheduler, shares, and resource pools to learn resource management
Today’s virtualized data center demands that multivendor solutions integrate and work together. VMware vCloud Director facilitates easier deployment of virtual machines to suit the scaling needs of a cloud-enabled data center. One of the key functions of vCloud Director is to provide networking as a managed, allocated resource. vCloud Director uses the advanced features of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch to provide a scalable, highly secure, and agile cloud solution for private enterprises as well as service providers.
You definitely have to check out this YouTube video channel I’ve compiled from recent video uploads of VMwareTV. VMware has released 3 hours of online VMware vSphere training material featuring Chris Skinner and Brian Watrous.
The VMware Technical Journal is a new online publication. VMware is looking forward to producing future journal issues at regular intervals to highlight the R&D efforts taking place in several different areas of engineering. Their first issue includes papers related to distributed resource management, user experience monitoring, and statistics collection frameworks for virtualized environments, along with several other topics. In future issues they will highlight other areas of VMware R&D, including Cloud Application Platform and End User Computing, and research collaborations with academic partners.
Introduction by Steve Herrod, CTO
VisorFS: A Special-purpose File System for Efficient Handling of System Images
A Software-based Approach to Testing VMware® vSphere® VMkernel Public APIs
Providing Efficient and Seamless Desktop Services in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
Comprehensive User Experience Monitoring
StatsFeeder: An Extensible Statistics Collection Framework for Virtualized Environments
VMware Distributed Resource Management: Design, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Identity, Access Control, and VMware Horizon
VMworld 2011 Hands-On Labs: Implementation and Workflow
VMware is working on a new training course, it's still in early beta but it looks very promising. The training course is called VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [v5.0]. At the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:
Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage for the large and sophisticated enterprise.
Manage changes to the vSphere environment.
Optimize the performance of vSphere components.
Troubleshoot faults and identify their root causes.
Use a command-line interface and the vSphere Management Assistant to manage vSphere.
Use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts.
This course prepares the student for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Administration [V5] certification (VCAP5-DCA). Completion of this course also satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam.
A new feature in vCloud Director 1.5 is support for static routing. This provides the ability to route between network segments without the use of NAT and enables increased flexibility in implementing network connectivity within a vCloud environment. Though most networks will have a directly connected default gateway, it is possible for networks to have more than one router (such as multiple vShield Edge devices). Static routing provides a way to manually configure routing tables so that traffic can be forwarded to these remote networks while still using the default gateway for all remaining traffic. In vCloud Director, static routing can be configured at both the routed organization network level and vApp network level.
For organization networks, routes can be defined within the organization network or to an external network.
For vApp networks, the static routing configuration is simplified as routes are only applied on the external interface.
To demonstrate the different options for static routing with vCloud Director, I've recorded a video which will show you how to add Static Routes Between vApp Networks Routed to Different Organization Networks. An organization administrator can add static routes between two vApp networks that are routed to different organization networks. Static routes allow traffic between the networks. You cannot add static routes between overlapping networks or fenced vApps. After you add a static route to an organization network, configure the network firewall rules to allow traffic on the static route. For vApps with static routes, select the Always use assigned IP addresses until this vApp or associated networks are deleted check box.
Static routes only function when the vApps included in the routes are running. If you change the parent network of a vApp, delete a vApp, or delete a vApp network, and the vApp includes static routes, those routes cannot function and you must remove them manually.
Prerequisites:
vShield 5.0
Two organization networks routed to the same external network
Static routing is enabled on both organization networks
A vApp network routed to each organization network
The vApp networks are in vApps that were started at least once
The end user computing landscape is evolving from an environment based primarily on personal computers running Windows applications to an environment where users:
Move between endpoint devices during the work day (desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and cell phones)
Expect to be able to stay connected to their professional and personal networks via mobile electronic devices
Want their data to be available from any of their devices
Want their applications to be available from any device. These applications include not only legacy Windows applications, but also web applications, SaaS applications, and server-based applications.
In this mobile user- and device-centric environment, IT must protect data security and control user access to data at the same time as it manages the range of applications and devices for all users. The single operating system and single device per user is a model of the past. VMware offers an end user computing solution that meets the challenges of providing for a mobile workforce, without compromising IT control or the operational efficiencies of existing management processes. VMware products incorporate the needs of both IT and end users.
The time saved in the management of user desktops is significant with a VMware View virtual desktop implementation. Time saved in desktop management means that your IT staff can devote themselves to other projects on your IT horizon. A VMware View virtual desktop solution resolves many of the economic and user satisfaction issues of a desktop environment. A View deployment saves an average of 7 hours of labor per user desktop per year, out of 12.2 hours labor per user on a physical desktop per year. This is a 57% decrease in labor costs with a VMware View implementation. Multiply the 7 hours by your number of users, and the time available for other projects is a convincing argument for virtual desktops.
