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Implementing VMware vCenter Server

You're reading from   Implementing VMware vCenter Server This book starts with the basics then leads you by the hand through a complete Vmware vCenter Server implementation course. Designed to help you administer and manage your environment on a day to day basis.

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ISBN-13 9781849689984
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Konstantin Kuminsky is a VMware-, Microsoft-, and Cisco-certified IT professional with over 10 years of experience in different areas of the IT industry, including virtualization, networking, and security. His experience includes the support of Tier 3 Data Centre, the management of private Clouds, the administration of second- and third-level help desk and on-call support, as well as the deployment and support of various redundant systems and environments with high security requirements. Konstantin is also the author of Implementing vCenter Server, published by Packt Publishing, which covers general aspects of vCenter implementation and usage.
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Implementing VMware vCenter Server
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. vCenter Deployment FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing ESXi Hosts 3. Virtual Machine Management 4. Availability Management 5. Security Management 6. Resource Management 7. Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions 8. VMware vCenter Operations 9. VMware vCenter Orchestrator Index

Chapter 3. Virtual Machine Management

This chapter focuses on managing virtual machines in vCenter. We will discuss the process of creating new VMs and cloning existing VMs as well as working with templates.

We will also talk about time synchronization challenges for the VM's operating system. Finally, we will discuss VM snapshots, why they can be helpful and also dangerous, and how to use them properly.

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Creating a new virtual machine (VM)

  • Installing VMware Tools

  • Time synchronization

  • Cloning existing VMs

  • Deploying a VM from a template and template best practices

  • Importing/exporting OVF templates

  • Snapshots

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Konstantin Kuminsky is a VMware-, Microsoft-, and Cisco-certified IT professional with over 10 years of experience in different areas of the IT industry, including virtualization, networking, and security. His experience includes the support of Tier 3 Data Centre, the management of private Clouds, the administration of second- and third-level help desk and on-call support, as well as the deployment and support of various redundant systems and environments with high security requirements. Konstantin is also the author of Implementing vCenter Server, published by Packt Publishing, which covers general aspects of vCenter implementation and usage.
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