VWiware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage ‘Student Manual — Volume 1 ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0 VMware® Education Services vmware’ VMware, Inc. www.vmware.com/educationVMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0 Part Number EDU-ENG-ICM5-LEC1-STU ‘Student Manual - Volume 4 Revision A Copyright/Trademark Copyright © 2011 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual and its accompanying materials are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws, ‘VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www. vmware,com/go! patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. 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The training material is not a standalone training tool Use of the training material for self-study without class attendance is not recommended. ‘These materials and the computer programs to which it relates are the property of, and ‘embody trade secrets and confidential information proprietary to, VMware, Inc., and may not be reproduced, copied, disclosed, transferred, adapted or modified without the express. written approval of VMware, Inc. www.vmware.com/educationTABLE OF CONTENTS MODULE 1 Course Introduction 1 TipOrtanict sc nu easnsrs som ceases HE EAMG RO Re ol 2 Learner Objectives. 3 You Are Here 4 Typographical Conventions. ..... 5 What Is VMware vSphere? 6 7 8 9 0 VCP on vSphere 5 Certification VMware Online Resources vSphere Production Documentation 3 Key Points wesc 4 MODULE 2 Introduction to Virtualization . . . 1 You Are Here 12 Importance. . te & 13 Module Lessons. 14 Lesson 1; Introduction to Virtualization cranes Learner Objectives. 28 16 Physical Infrastructure. . 7 Virtual Infrastructure 18 Physical and Virtual Architecture... . 19 Why Use Virtual Machines? . 20 Resource Sharing... 0... .ce eevee 22 CPU Virtualization x 23 Physical and Virtualized Host Memory Usage . 24 and Virtual Networking 25 al File Systems and VMware vSphere VMFS avaaBP Encapsulation .... 29 File System Li 30 Virtual Machine Files . 31 How vSphere Fits into C! 33. Review of Leamer Objectives 34 Lesson 2: VMware vSphere User Interfaces. 35 Leamer Objectives, 36 User Interfaces: = se 37 Downloading the vSphere Client - 38 Using the vSphere Client “ 39 vSphere Client: Configuration Tab ...........++ 40 jewing Processor and Memory Configuration . a Viewing ESXi System Logs 42 Viewing Licensed Features 7 44 Managing ESXi from the Command Prompt 45 Lab 1 seg : . 47 Review of Learner Objectives. 48 ‘VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage iMODULE 3 Lesson 3: Overview of ESXi Learner Objectives. VMware ESXi... ESXi Architecture... Configuring FSXi Configuring ESXi: root Access Configuring FSXi: Management Network Configuring ESXi: Other Settings. FSXi as an NIP Client ‘Network Settings: DNS and Routing Remote Access Settings: Security Profile ESXi User Account Best Practices Lab 2 Review of Learner Objectives Key Points Create Virtual Machines .......0000.2000 You Are Here ceceteeeeeeeeee Importance. Module Lessons. Lesson 1: Virtual Machine Concepts Learner Objectives. What Is a Virtual Machine?. The Files That Make Up a Virtual Machine Displaying a Virtual Machine's Files Using the Storage Views Tab to Display Files Virtual Machine Hardware CPU and Memory Virtual Disk Virtual Network Interface Card Other Devices Virtual Machine Console. Review of Leamer Objectives Lesson 2: Creating a Virtual Machine. Leamer Objectives.........2..secceeeee Provisioning a Virtual Machine. ‘Create New Virtual Machine Wi izard Choosing the Typical Co vStorage Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning Choosing the Custom Configuration Raw Device Mapping Installing the Guest Operating System VMware Tools. 49 50 51 53 55 56 87 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 76 7 .79 81 82 83 86 87 88 39 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99 VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageMODULE 4 Contents Virtual Appliances Deploying an OVF Template Lab3 Review of Learner Objectives Key Points VMware vCenter Server You Are Here Importance Module Lessons. Lesson 1: vCenter Server Architecture Leamer Objectives vCenter Server: Management Platform vCenter Architecture. ESXi and vCenter Server Communication vCenter Server Components Additional vCenter Server Modules Default vCenter Server Plug-Ins Review of Leamer Objectives Lesson 2: Deploy vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Leamer Objectives. ‘Center Server Appliance Features vCenter Server Appliance Benefits Center Server Appliance Requirements Importing the Appliance Starting the Appliance. Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance Network. Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance Time Zone Connecting to the Web Interface Configuring vCenter Server Manage vCenter Server Services [Additional vCenter Server Configuration Options Lab 4 Review of Learner Objectives. Lesson 3: Manage vCenter Server Inventory Learner Objectives. Datacenter Object . Organizing Inventory Objects into Folders Navigating the vSphere Client vCenter Server Views: Hosts and Clusters, VMs, and Templates vCenter Server Views: Datastores and Networks Adding a Host to the vCenter Server Inventory vCenter License Overview 401 102 103 104 105 107 108 109 110 11 2 113 114 116 116 117 118 120 121 122 123 124 125 128 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 4137 138 139 140 144 142 143, 144MODULE 5 MODULE 6 vCenter Server Events ter Server System Logs Lab Review of Leamer Objecti Rey P Otte. coeeeis iv coreineis Configure and Manage Virtual Networks... . You Are Here Importance Module Lessons. Lesson [: Introduction to vNetwork Standard Switches Leamer Objectives. .............. What Is a Virtual Network? What Is a Virtual Switch? ‘Types of Virtual Switch Connections Virtual Switch Connection Examples ‘Types of Virtual Switches... Standard Virtual Switch Components Default Standard Virtual Switch Configuration Standard Virtual Switch Ports Network Adapter Properties VLANs 3 Physical Network Considerations Lab 6 Review of Leamer Objectives. wns Lesson 2: Configuring Standard Virtual Switch Policies Learner Objectives. Network Policies Security Policy. ‘Traffic-Shaping Policy Configuring Traffic Shaping NIC Teaming Policy Load-Balaneing Method: Originating Port ID Load-Balancing Method: Source MAC Hash Load-Balancing Method: IP-Hash Detecting and Handling Network Failure Review of Learner Objectives Key Points Configure and Manage Virtwal Storage. You Ate Here eee eee cece Importance. Module Lessons. oN Lesson 1: Storage Concepts. 145 146 147 148 149 161 152 153 154 155 186 2 BT = 158 159 160 161 162 164 165 166 - 167 168 169 170 71 172 173, 175 176 177 178 179 180 182 184 185 187 188 189 190 191 VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageContents, Leamer Objectives Storage Overview : Storage Protocol Overview Datastore VMFS-5 NES Storage Device Naming Conventions Viewing Storage Maps Physical Storage Considerations carers sae Review of Leamer Objectives Lesson 2: Configure iSCSI Storage. Learner Objectives. iSCSI Components iSCSI Addressing ..... iSCSI Initiators Configuring Software iSCSI... ESXi Network Configuration for IP Storage, iSCSI Target-Discovery Methods iSCSI Security: CHAP Configuring Hardware iSCSI Mubtipathing with iSCSI Storage Review of Learner Objectives. Lesson 3: Configure NAS/NES Storage Learner Objectives. . NFS Components. Addressing and Access Control with NFS Configuring an NPS Datastore ‘Viewing IP Storage Information Unmounting/Deleting an NFS Datastore. Multipathing and NFS Storage... 00.022 .eceeeeeeeeees Lab 7 Lab 8 eset sa eee Review of Learner Objectives. . Lesson 4: Fibre Channel SAN Storage Learner Objectives Using Fibre Channel with ESXi Fibre Channel SAN Components Fibre Channel Addressing and Access Control ‘Accessing Fibre Channel Storage Viewing Fibre Channel Storage Information FCoE Adapters Configuring Software FCoE: Create VMkernel Port Configuring Software FCoE: Activate Software FCoE: Adapter 192 193 195 . 197 = 198 - 200 202 204 205 208 207 208 208 210 2it 213 214 215 218 218 220 222 223 224 225 226 227 229 230 231 233 234 235 236 237 +238 238 241 = 242 243 244 245 246Multipathing with Fibre Channel 247 Multipathing with Software FCoE, 248 Review of Leamer Objectives. .... 249 Lesson 5: VMware vSphere VMFS Datastor 250 Leamer Objectives. .... 251 Using a VMFS Datastore with ESXi 252 Creating a VMES Datastore 253, Viewing VMFS Datastores 284 Browsing Datastore Contents 255 Managing Overcommitted Datastores. co 258 Increasing the Size of a VMES Datastore cece 287 ‘Comparing Methods for Increasing VMFS Datastore Size......... 258 Before Increasing the Size of a VMFS Datastore 260 Delete or Unmount a VMES Datastore...00 0... eee 261 Multipathing Algorithms 263, Managing Multiple Storage Paths si gs avy 92M Configuring Storage Load Balancing 265 Lab 9 266 Review of Learner Objectives. vee 267 Lesson 6: VMware vSphere Storage Appliance «2.2... 268 Learner Objectives. 269 vSphere Storage Appliance: Introduction (I) ............- 270 vSphere Storage Appliance - Introduction (2)........ 271 VSA Cluster Configuration Requirements ...........- wont esa DEB VSA Manager 275 VSA Cluster with 2 ESXi 5.0 Hosts......... os are 277 VSA Cluster with 3 ESXi 5.0 Hosts......... 278 VSA Resilience ceceees 279 Review of Learner Objectives. 280 Key Points : 281 MODULE 7 Virtual Machine Management. 283 You Are Here a 284 Importance eo 285 Module Lessons...... 286 Lesson 1: Creating Templates and Clones 287 Learner Objectives. 288 Using a Template. ...... ‘ 289 Creating a Template .... 290 Viewing Templates vee 291 Deploying a Virtual Machine from Template 292 Updating a Template......... cece cece eee e eee e ee 1293 Cloning a Virtual Machine 204 vi ‘VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageContents Customizing the Guest Operating System Deploying Virtual Machines Acr Lab 10 Review of Leaner Obj Lesson 2: Modifying Virtual Machines Leamer Objectives. Modifying Virtual Machine Settings. Hot-Pluggable Devices Create an RDM Dynamically Increasing a Virtual Disk’s Size Virtual Machine Options Options: VMware Tools ‘Advanced: Boot Options Lab 11 beseeeees Review of Leamer Objectives. Lesson 3: Migrating Virtual Machines Leamer Objectives. Migrating Virtual Machines ‘Comparison of Migration Types vMotion Migration How vMotion Migration Works Virtual Machine Requirements for vMotion Migration, Host Requirements for VMotion Migration CPU Constraints on yMotion Migration Exposing ot Hiding NX/XD Identifying CPU Characteristics Verifying vMotion Layout: Virtual Machine Map Checking VMotion Errors, Storage vMotion i Storage VMotion in Action Migrate Virtual Machine Wizard Storage vMotion Guidelines and Limitations Lab 12 Review of Learner Objectives. Lesson 4: Creating Virtual Machine Snapshots Learner Objectives. . Virtual Machine Snapshots Virtual Machine Snapshot Files How Do Virtual Machine Snapshots Work? Taking a Snapshot Managing Snapshots Delete a Virtual Machine Snapshot (1 of3) Delete a Virtual Machine Snapshot (2 of 3) vilDelete a Virtual Machine Snapshot (3 of 3) Delete All Virtual Machine Snapshots Insufficient Space to Store Snapshot Files Review of Learner Objectives. Lesson 5: Creating a VApp and Registering a Virtual Machine Learner Objectives. Managing Virtual Machi vApp Characteristics... Remove a Virtual Machine Lab 13 . Review of Leamer Objectives Key Points 's with vSphere vApp (vApp) 345 346 347 349 350 354 355 - 356 367 368 ‘VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageMODULE 1 Course Introduction Slide 1-1 Module 1 9 g 5 3 3 3 8 5 a g \Mware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage 1Importance Slide 1-2 This course will equip administrators with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to build and run a VMware vSphere® environment. This course focuses on the installation and configuration of VMware ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter Server . This course also focuses on the management of ESXi hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Server. This course will help prepare IT professionals to achieve the status of VMware® Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5). 2 ‘VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageLearner Objectives Slide 1-3, After this course, you should be able to do the following: ® Deploy ESXi, vCenter Server (Windows-based) or vCenter Server appliance © Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi host networking and storage Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines Manage user access to virtual datacenter objects Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage and to increase scalability Use vCenter Server to manage data protection and high availability Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi host patches Module 1 Course Introduction uoronponuy asinogYou Are Here Slide 1-4 4 VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageTypographical Conventions Slide 1-5 Module 1 Monospace Monospace bold Boldface Italic Course Introduction The following typographical conventions are used in this course: Filenames, folder names, path names, command names: the bin directory What the user types: Type ipconfig and press Enter. Graphical user interface items: the Configuration tab Book titles and emphasis: vSphere Datacenter Administration Guide Placeholders: uolonpenuy esinoWhat Is VMware vSphere? Slide 1-6, An infrastructure the following: Provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities Aggregates physical hardware resources and provides virtual resources to the datacenter aes cis J a | \Vuuware vSphoro ‘Seeuy Seay VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageVCP on vSphere 5 Certification Slide 1-7 9 g 8 z 3 a a The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Program * For technical individuals who want to demonstrate their vSphere expertise and advance their career fitosir Module 1 Course Introduction 7VMware Online Resources Slide 1-8 VMware Communities: http://communities.vmware.com ® Start a discussion, and access communities and user groups. VMware Support: http:/Avww.vmware.com/support ™ Access the knowledge base, documentation, technical papers, and compatibility guides. VMware Education: http://www.vmware.com/education ® Access the course catalog and worldwide course schedule. ® Access information about advanced courses to continue on your virtualization training path. For easy access to online resources, install the VMware toolbar. 8 ‘VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManagevSphere Production Documentation Slide 1-9 For vSphere product documentation, go to http:/www.vmware.com/support/pubs. See the current vSphere manuals at this Web site for information about configuration maximums and installation requirements. {ete inae eon aie tas Module 1 Course Introduction 2 8 & 6 2 3 8 2 2 3s gsKey Points Slide 1-10 ® This course teaches you how to install, manage, and configure your vSphere environment. ® This course helps prepare you to achieve the status of VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5). 10 VMware vSphere! Install, Configure, ManageMODULE 2 Introduction to Virtualization Slide 2-1 Module 2 \Vilware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage "1 vonezienui, 0} uoHonponuyYou Are Here Slide 2-2 12 \Mware vSphere: Install, Configure, ManageImportance Slide 2-3 VMware vSphere® is based on many components that a vSphere administrator should be familiar with. This module describes the basic concept of virtualization, introduces VMware® ESXi and the virtual machine. This module then shows you the fundamental components of vSphere and how vSphere can be used in your datacenter. Module 2 Introduction to Virtualization uonezijenui, 0} uononpostU}Module Lessons Slide 2-4 Lesson 1: Introduction to Virtualization Lesson 2: VMware vSphere User Interfaces Lesson 3: Overview of ESXi 14 ‘VMware vSphere! Install, Configure, ManageLesson 1: Introduction to Virtualization Slide 2-5 Lesson 1: Introduction to Virtualization z é & & g Ss s = é a 5 2 S 8 Module 2 Introduction to Virtualization 18