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Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7,

You're reading from   Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7, Effectively deploy, manage, and monitor your virtual datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789613377
Length 756 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Paolo Valsecchi Paolo Valsecchi
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Martin Gavanda Martin Gavanda
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Andrea Mauro Andrea Mauro
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started FREE CHAPTER
2. Evolution to vSphere 6.7 3. Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure 4. Analysis and Assessment of Existing Environments 5. Deployment Workflow and Component Installation 6. Configuring and Managing vSphere 6.7 7. Life Cycle Management, Patching, and Upgrading 8. Section 2: Managing Resources
9. Managing Networking Resources 10. Managing Storage Resources 11. VM Deployment and Management 12. VM Resource Management 13. Section 3: Advanced Topics
14. Availability and Disaster Recovery 15. Securing and Protecting Your Environment 16. Analyzing and Optimizing Your Environment 17. Troubleshooting Your Environment 18. Section 4: Building Your Lab Environment
19. Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab 20. Assessment 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building Your Own VMware vSphere Lab

In this chapter, we will focus on different techniques that can be used to enhance your VMware vSphere skills. The majority of the chapter will look at various aspects of building your lab, including different approaches you can take and the pros and cons of each.

After that, we will cover one particular solution in more detail, which is having a vSphere lab environment running on the dedicated physical server in the data center. We will learn how to install and configure different components of the lab.

Running your vSphere lab should be one of your primary concerns, since, with your lab, you can test any component of VMware vSphere and gain the required experience and knowledge.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • The importance of lifelong learning
  • Choosing the right platform
  • Software components and licensing
  • Architecture...
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