What this book covers

Chapter 1, Essentials of VMware vSphere, gives readers an in-depth knowledge of VMware vSphere products' benefits and architecture, and the analysis of trends and challenges faced by IT. It also covers the appropriate methods, principles, and processes that the reader will apply to design VMware vSphere on infrastructures.

Chapter 2, Designing VMware ESXi Host, Cluster, and vCenter, covers the methods for designing an ESXi Hypervisor and its inner components. This chapter also covers methods for designing for the upgradation and migration of ESX, clusters and vCenter, and highly elastic infrastructures.

Chapter 3, Designing VMware vSphere Networking, covers the the methods for analyzing the given requirements and mapping them to network possibilities. We will also cover methods for forming design blueprints for networking infrastructures that are to be considered while designing. It also covers the scenario-based learning on network designing essentials.

Chapter 4, Designing VMware vSphere Storage, covers the methods for analyzing the given requirements and mapping them to storage possibilities, and the designing blueprints for storage infrastructure. It also deals with scenario-based learning on storage design essentials and the factors to be considered while choosing the right storage.

Chapter 5, Designing VMware vRealize, covers the methods for analyzing the given requirements and mapping them to vCloud as well as forming design blueprints for the vCloud infrastructure. It also covers the factors to be considered when choosing the right vCloud.

Appendix, About VMware vSphere 6.0, covers the new features introduced into VMware vSphere 6.0. It also covers the enhancements brought into VMware vSphere 6.0 in the network, storage, management, and availability areas, and shows a brief feature comparison between VMware vSphere 5.5 and VMware vSphere 6.0.