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DATA SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR COURSE

DS.02.02

VIRTUALIZATION
PART II: VMWARE VCENTER SERVER
APPLIANCE (VCSA)

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OVERVIEW

• What is VCSA
• Why use VCSA
• Difference between vCenter and ESXi

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Refer to your student handout for detailed list of your Terminal

and Enabling learning objectives.

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WHAT IS VCSA

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WHAT IS VCSA

• VMware vCenter Server provides the centralized management plane of the VMware
vSphere solution and allows creating clusters of VMware ESXi hosts
• Enables the enterprise vSphere capabilities and features
– VMware High Availability (HA)
– VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
– vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
– vMotion
– vSAN

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WHAT IS VCSA

Highlights of using VCSA

• Easy Deployment
– Is deployed using a purpose-built vSphere Server Appliance (VCSA)
– Makes provisioning the management solution environment extremely easy
• Streamlined Management and Optimization
– Built-in tools needed for availability and resource scheduling across the vSphere
cluster
• Extent to hybrid cloud
– Easily extend and scale VMware vSphere environment from on-premises to cloud
environments

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WHAT IS VCSA

Highlights of using VCSA

• Role-Based Access
– Provides the centralized management tool of the VMware vSphere environment.
– Provides the ability to delegate permissions
• Native availability and data protection
– VCSA appliance provides a native, file-based backup solution built into the
appliance itself.
• Third-Party extensibility
– Major hardware vendors now offer plugin integration

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WHY USE VCSA

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WHY USE VCSA

Why use VCSA

Unlocks many great features that are needed
• vMotion
• High-Availability (HA)
• Distributed Resource Scheduler
• vSphere Distributed Switches
• Template Creation

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VCSA AND ESXI

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VCSA AND ESXI

• vCenter Server
– The management component of VMware vSphere
– Required to unlock most of the enterprise features needed for production
environments.
• ESXi
– This is the bare-metal type 1 hypervisor that allows running virtual instances of
guest operating systems on bare metal
– ESXi can operate as a standalone host, or it can be configured as part of a
cluster of ESXi hosts called a vSphere cluster

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OVERVIEW

• What is VCSA
• Why use VCSA
• Difference between vCenter and ESXi

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