Overview/Description One of the biggest developments in IT infrastructure management is the emergence of server virtualization. Virtualization is well suited for most business applications and is widely in use for all but the most demanding workloads. Virtualization brings many economic advantages. It allows an organization to run multiple operating systems, called virtual machines, simultaneously on a single physical machine. The ability to consolidate multiple machines allows the IT department to reduce its hardware and software costs, as well as significantly reducing its operational costs...

Overview/Description After a shared storage platform is selected, vSphere needs a storage network configured. Design choices for shared resources such as networking and storage can sometimes make the difference between virtualization success and failure. This is especially true for storage because of its critical role. The network, whether Fibre Channel or Ethernet based, must be designed to meet availability and throughput requirements; vSphere 5 offers numerous storage choices and configuration options relative to previous versions of vSphere or to non-virtualized environments. This...

Overview/Description In the majority of today's information systems, the client-server architecture is king. Information systems used to exist in a flat, peer-to-peer model - user accounts were required on every system that resource access was needed, and significant administrative overhead was needed simply to make things work. Today, as the size of a virtual infrastructure grows, the ability to manage the infrastructure from a central location becomes increasingly significant. The client-server architecture has the ability to centralize management of resources and to provide end users and...

Overview/Description VMware vCenter Server provides several built-in options that allow you to manage your environment. Alarms can be created to notify when something goes wrong, scheduled tasks allow various tasks to be performed in an automated way, events allow the administrator to view what's happening in the vCenter Server environment, maps give a visual topology of what's happening, and the customization specifications manager allows quicker deployments in an automated way. This course concentrates on the tools used, and day-to-day management and maintenance of the vCenter Server....