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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
2. Evolution to vSphere 6.7 FREE CHAPTER 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

Reasons for and against upgrading

VMware vSphere 6.7 does not represent a major release of vSphere compared to 6.5, but some exciting features might encourage you to think about going for the update. This is especially the case if you are interested in a hybrid cloud solution and interconnection with AWS; vSphere 6.7 is a clear way to go. Furthermore, the features described here are only available in the newest version of VMware vSphere. If you need to use some of those features, then make the update. There are almost no difference in configuration maximums, so scalability is probably not the most significant issue there.

Finally, don't forget to check that your physical hardware is supported by vSphere 6.7. This is necessary as there were some changes, especially with several CPU models that are no longer supported. Don't forget to consider all third-party code, including...

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