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You're reading from VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook This recipe-driven tutorial is the easy way to master VMware vSphere to design a virtual datacenter. You'll learn in simple steps that cover everything from initial groundwork to creating professional design documentation.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2014

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782177005

Length 260 pages

Edition Edition

Tools

vSphere

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Hersey Cartwright

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. The Virtual Datacenter

2. The Discovery Process FREE CHAPTER

3. The Design Factors

4. The vSphere Management Design

5. The vSphere Storage Design

6. The vSphere Network Design

7. The vSphere Compute Design

8. The vSphere Physical Design

9. The Virtual Machine Design

10. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

11. The Design Documentation

Index

Selecting a database for vCenter deployment

The vCenter SSO, vCenter Server, and VUM each require a supported database to be deployed.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps to select a database for the vCenter deployment:

Estimate the number of host and virtual machines that will be managed by the vCenter Server.
Choose a supported database platform that is suitable to support the vCenter inventory.

How it works…

The database stores configuration and performance information. The three database deployment options are as follows:

Use the embedded database on the VCSA or the bundled SQL Express database if installing vCenter on a Windows server
Install a full database server locally on the same server as the vCenter Server components
Connect to a database hosted on a remote server

The embedded database on the vCenter Server virtual appliance or the SQL Server Express, which can be deployed as part of the vCenter Server Windows install, is intended for small deployments of up to five hosts and 50...