VSphere
From AlphaBook
Contents
- 1 ESXi
- 2 Platform Service Controller
- 3 vCenter Server
- 4 vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance)
- 5 VM
- 6 vSwitch
- 7 Distributed vSwitch
- 8 iSCSI Storage
- 9 NFS Storage
- 10 Migration and vMotion (Running VMs)
- 11 DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)
- 12 HA (High Availability)
- 13 FT
- 14 Affinity Rules
- 15 Content Library
- 16 VDP
ESXi
- Type 1 Hypervisor / Bare-metal
- Https://esxi-01.alphabook.cn/ui
- EVC for CPU (Enhanced vMotion Compatibility)
- Host time sync
Platform Service Controller
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)
- Licensing
vCenter Server
- Https://vCenter.alphabook.cn/vsphere-client
- Central Management Console
- Folder -> Datacenter -> Cluster -> Hosts
vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance)
- Https://vCSA.alphabook.cn:5480
- vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller
VM
- VM Templete
- Windows Sysprep (Log location: C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther\Setuperr.log)
- VMware Tools
- Thin provision (Lab) and Thick provision (Production)
- Snapshot (Snapshot is not backup)
- VM customization specification
- VM time sync
vSwitch
- Uplink ports (vmnic0 - 7)
- VM kernel ports (Management / Storage / vMotion / HA / FT)
- VM port groups (Production / DEV / DMZ)
Distributed vSwitch
iSCSI Storage
- vSwitch -> VM kernel port
- New storage adaptor -> New iSCSI adaptor -> Network port binding
- Multi-path
NFS Storage
Migration and vMotion (Running VMs)
DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler)
HA (High Availability)
- Heartbeat / Master / Host Fail / Restart VM
FT
Affinity Rules
- Keep Virtual Machines Together
- Separate Virtual Machines
- VMs to Hosts (Must / Must not / Should / Should not)
- VM Group / Host Group
Content Library
- vCenter Server -> Create and Publish -> Content Library <- Subscribe <- vCenter Server
