Basics and recommendations for vSphere in the SDDC

This chapter is not discussing general vSphere basics, the title might be slightly misleading. You should already have a profound vSphere knowledge and know your way around in vCenter server. Also, you should know how to setup and configure an ESXi server. However, in a traditional vSphere environment, some features might not be as important and therefore they might not be considered to be used. This chapter is to touch some basic features, which will help you in efficiently setting up your SDDC on top of vSphere.

All these recommendations are based on good practice, but they will not replace the need for a design of the vSphere infrastructure to meet your SDDCs requirements. The vSphere design is a very important point and should not be underestimated.

Besides that, here are some vSphere prerequisites for a successful SDDC installation:

• Check the interoperability matrix for all used VMware products
• Ensure the most recent version...