Virtualizing your servers was the first step to achieving cost savings, high availability, and greater IT efficiency. But as your business is evolving and growing, your virtualized infrastructure needs to do the same – leading to the next-generation data center running on Virtualization 2.0. In Virtualization 2.0 For Dummies, we will explore:
How Virtualization 2.0 is driving the next-generation data center, through capacity management and performance monitoring that deliver improved visibility, optimized planning and efficiency and more predictive control.
A deep dive into virtualization beyond the server, including operations management, virtualized backup, storage, and networking. We'll show you how they all work together to power today's modern IT environment.
How to prepare your IT environment for the next steps in your virtualization journey, with advice on storage options, security, and operations management, so your migration succeeds without a hitch.
Technical tips, best practices, and links to in-depth resources to help you save time setting up, managing, and troubleshooting your advanced virtualized environment.
The VMware NSX network virtualization platform provides the critical third pillar of VMware’s Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) architecture. NSX network virtualization delivers for networking what VMware has already delivered for compute and storage.
In much the same way that server virtualization allows operators to programmatically create, snapshot, delete and restore software-based virtual machines (VMs) on demand, NSX enables virtual networks to be created, saved and deleted and restored on demand without requiring any reconfiguration of the physical network.
The result fundamentally transforms the data center network operational model, reduces network provisioning time from days or weeks to minutes and dramatically simplifies network operations.
NSX is a non-disruptive solution that is deployed on any IP network, including existing data center network designs or next generation fabric architectures from any networking vendor. With NSX, you already have the physical network infrastructure you need to deliver a software defined data center.
This book is intended for server administrators and storage administrators who would like to successfully build and scale a VSAN-backed vSphere infrastructure. A basic understanding of vSphere concepts and storage fundamentals will be helpful.
Virtual SAN is without a doubt the latest fad in the virtualization arena. The best part about VSAN solutions is the fact that a near-Flash performance is achieved with only a marginal percentage of Flash storage. And all this without noticeably compromising vSphere's exquisite feature set and its interoperability with other products from VMware.
This book covers the fundamental aspects of software-defined storage, including its evolution and its role in a software-defined data center. You will gain a complete understanding of VMware Virtual SAN architecture, its components, and how it is put together.
The sizing and profiling of virtual machines are also covered in detail. The book explores your options in choosing the type of Virtual SAN and deploys a simple setup that will demonstrate the workflow of a VSAN deployment.
As x86 server virtualization becomes mainstream for even the most demanding applications, the criticality of managing the heath and efficiency of virtualized environments is more important than ever.
vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 (vROps 6.0) is the key to simplify operations of your virtualized environment and move from being reactive to proactive.
Mastering vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 helps you streamline your processes and customize the environment to suit your needs. You will gain visibility across all devices in the network and retain full control.
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and support images, you will quickly master the ability to manipulate your data and display it in a way that best suits you and the requirements of your colleagues.
From the new and impressive vROps 6.0 platform architecture to troubleshooting and capacity planning, this book is aimed at ensuring you get the knowledge to manage your virtualized environment as effectively as possible.
A correctly architected and highly available solution provides applications with the largest amount of acceptable operational uptime by countering the impact of unplanned downtime. Although downtime can also be planned—for maintenance and patching, for example—the unplanned outages have the greatest effect on production uptime.
This paper will discuss the requirements of defining high availability forVMware vCenter Server™ on Microsoft Windows and VMware vCenter™ Server Appliance, with recommendations and best practices for providing acceptable levels of protection.
Introduced in vSphere 6.0, customers can now use the vCenter Server Watchdog. vCenter Server Watchdog monitors and protects vCenter Server's VPXD providing better availability by periodically checking the vCenter Server processes (PID Watchdog) or the vCenter Server API (API Watchdog).
If the Watchdog service detects that APIs are not running or responding, the Watchdog attempts to restart the service two times; on the third attempt, depending on your configuration, the Watchdog can reboot the vCenter Server's Host OS.
For more information about the Watchdog, see Establishing Watchdog Support in the vCenter Server and Host Management Guide. Watchdog is enabled out of the box for vCenter Server 6.0.
Watchdog monitors and protects vCenter Server services. If any services fail, Watchdog attempts to restart them. If it cannot restart the service because of a host failure, vSphere HA restarts the virtual machine (VM) running the service on a new host.
Watchdog can provide better availability by using vCenter Server processes (PID Watchdog) or the vCenter Server API (API Watchdog). You can use the service start command to start PID Watchdog and the service stop command to stop it.
PID Watchdog monitors only services that are running. After the service is stopped, PID Watchdog does not monitor it. PID Watchdog detects only that a process with the correct executable is in the process table. It does not determine if the process is ready to service requests.
Starting with vSphere 6.x, a Python daemon called API Watchdog checks the status of APIs for the VPXD service. If the APIs are not running, API Watchdog attempts to restart the service two times. If that still does not solve the issue, API Watchdog then reboots the VM.
API Watchdog starts running immediately after deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance. On vCenter Server for Windows, however, you must reboot vCenter Server once before API Watchdog starts working.
API Watchdog generates support bundles before a service restart and also before a VM reboot and these support bundles are stored in C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\data\core\*.tgz on vCenter Server for Windows and in /storage/core/*.tgz for vCenter Server Appliance.
Many enterprises implement server and storage virtualization before tackling the network. But with network virtualization in place, IT can complete a software-defined data center and then reap considerable business benefits in how it manages the overall architecture.
In this free eBook, learn how cloud management and network virtualization, when combined, can deliver:
VMware AirWatch: On-Premises Deployment equips students with skills needed to install, configure, and upgrade an on-premise AirWatch server. Students access hands-on labs and learn upgrade options and strategies, and how to troubleshoot common installation and upgrade issues. Advanced installation techniques are discussed, including the use of high availability and redundancy.
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale is designed for experienced VMware vSphere users. It teaches advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.
Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.
Anyone who is ready to take their understanding of vSphere to a deeper level and learn how to use advanced features and controls will greatly benefit from this course.
The course is based on VMware ESXi 6 and VMware vCenter Server 6.
VMware App Volumes is a real-time application delivery system that enables Enterprise IT to instantly deliver applications with complete application lifecycle management. VMware App Volumes provides a seamless end-user experience while reducing infrastructure and management costs.
Real-Time Application Delivery Deliver or upgrade applications at scale and in seconds Dynamically deliver applications without interrupting users even if they are logged in Complete application lifecycle management (provisioning, delivery, maintenance, retirement)
Seamless End-User Experience Support fully customizable desktops, with the freedom for end-users to install applications Persistent user experience with non-persistent economics
What's New in Release 2.6
This release of VMwareApp Volumes v2.6 contains the following new features: AppStack Grouping - Volume files (VMDK/VHD) on different storage locations that share a path and filename are considered to be copies of each other and can be managed as a single object. Automatic AppStack Import - Volumes files (VMDK/VHD) located at the default appstack path on storage locations in enabled storage groups are automatically imported. Server Virtual Desktop Infrastucture Support - Official support for VDI sessions on non-RDSH Windows 2008 R2 servers. Improved Internationalization Support - Product can run on an English and non-English OS and can accept non English input/output.
