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VMware vSphere® 5.0 Evaluation Guide Volume One TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER V 1.1/UPDATED AUGUST 11 2011
VMware vSphere® 5.0 Evaluation Guide Volume One TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER V 1.1/UPDATED AUGUST 11 2011
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... Operating Systems 6 Evaluation Guide Environment Setup 7 Server Configuration 8 Logical Network Setup 8 Storage Setup 10 Virtual Machine Setup 10 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Worksheet 11 vSphere Evaluation Tasks 12 High Availability 12 Introduction 12 Prerequisites 12 Enabling HA 12 Connect to Virtual Server 13 Go to Cluster Summary 14 Edit Cluster ...
... Operating Systems 6 Evaluation Guide Environment Setup 7 Server Configuration 8 Logical Network Setup 8 Storage Setup 10 Virtual Machine Setup 10 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Worksheet 11 vSphere Evaluation Tasks 12 High Availability 12 Introduction 12 Prerequisites 12 Enabling HA 12 Connect to Virtual Server 13 Go to Cluster Summary 14 Edit Cluster ...
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Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44 Edit Cluster Settings 45 Wait for Task to Complete 46 Getting Familiar ... Formatting esxcli Output 58 The localcli Command 59 Bringing It All Together 60 vSphere PowerCLI by Example 62 Introduction 62 Prerequisites 62 Install vSphere PowerCLI 62 Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI 69 Connecting to a vSphere Host or vCenter 69 Using vSphere PowerCLI 71 vSphere PowerCLI Summary 81 Evaluating the ESXi Firewall 81 Introduction 81 TECHNICAL WHITE...
Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44 Edit Cluster Settings 45 Wait for Task to Complete 46 Getting Familiar ... Formatting esxcli Output 58 The localcli Command 59 Bringing It All Together 60 vSphere PowerCLI by Example 62 Introduction 62 Prerequisites 62 Install vSphere PowerCLI 62 Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI 69 Connecting to a vSphere Host or vCenter 69 Using vSphere PowerCLI 71 vSphere PowerCLI Summary 81 Evaluating the ESXi Firewall 81 Introduction 81 TECHNICAL WHITE...
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...89 Image Builder 91 Introduction 91 Image Builder Prerequisites 92 Preparation Tasks 92 Install vSphere PowerCLI 92 Download the ESXi Offline Bundle 92 Extract the ESXi Offline Bundle 92 Start an Image Builder vSphere PowerCLI Session 92 Import the ESXi Offline Bundle 94 Display Software Depots 94 Display...100 Using Storage Performance Statistics 101 Introduction 101 Monitoring Performance Statistics of a Datastore 103 Help and Support During the Evaluation 105 VMware Contact Information 105 Providing Feedback 105 TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 4 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
...89 Image Builder 91 Introduction 91 Image Builder Prerequisites 92 Preparation Tasks 92 Install vSphere PowerCLI 92 Download the ESXi Offline Bundle 92 Extract the ESXi Offline Bundle 92 Start an Image Builder vSphere PowerCLI Session 92 Import the ESXi Offline Bundle 94 Display Software Depots 94 Display...100 Using Storage Performance Statistics 101 Introduction 101 Monitoring Performance Statistics of a Datastore 103 Help and Support During the Evaluation 105 VMware Contact Information 105 Providing Feedback 105 TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 4 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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... about your existing physical infrastructure: Servers You must have shared storage with enough space available to separate virtual machine, vMotion, and vSphere management. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - System Requirements To ensure the best experience when using this evaluation guide, the configuration includes a single vSphere standard switch with multiple port groups, or across multiple virtual switches.
... about your existing physical infrastructure: Servers You must have shared storage with enough space available to separate virtual machine, vMotion, and vSphere management. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - System Requirements To ensure the best experience when using this evaluation guide, the configuration includes a single vSphere standard switch with multiple port groups, or across multiple virtual switches.
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...Plus functionality for Essentials Plus. Guest Operating Systems This volume of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide does not place any VMware-supported operating system (OS) in Volume Two of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide requires vSphere 5.0 and licensing for 60 days and is free to also complete...virtual machines. The user is the best choice for Enterprise Plus will require five or six virtual machines running virtual machines. The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, will be required. HARDWARE ESXi Storage Network MINIMUM Three ESXi/ESX servers CPU - If the...
...Plus functionality for Essentials Plus. Guest Operating Systems This volume of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide does not place any VMware-supported operating system (OS) in Volume Two of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide requires vSphere 5.0 and licensing for 60 days and is free to also complete...virtual machines. The user is the best choice for Enterprise Plus will require five or six virtual machines running virtual machines. The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, will be required. HARDWARE ESXi Storage Network MINIMUM Three ESXi/ESX servers CPU - If the...
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... cluster and a fourth node for in the following section and can configure only what is called for management. Volume One Evaluation Guide Environment Setup The VMware Technical Marketing lab was built using a combination of each chassis reserved for core management TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER...
... cluster and a fourth node for in the following section and can configure only what is called for management. Volume One Evaluation Guide Environment Setup The VMware Technical Marketing lab was built using a combination of each chassis reserved for core management TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER...
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... standard switch, with adequate processors and memory to host 6-8 minimally configured virtual machines used for vSphere management traffic, including vSphere High Availability (VMware HA). Each logical network is configured as a port group on the vSphere 5.0 HCL. The second is for VMware vSphere®...steps) 3x ESXi 5.0 hosts Logical Network Setup The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume 1, uses a very simple network configuration consisting of the network traffic. Volume One Server Configuration The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide calls for virtual machine traffic. The ...
... standard switch, with adequate processors and memory to host 6-8 minimally configured virtual machines used for vSphere management traffic, including vSphere High Availability (VMware HA). Each logical network is configured as a port group on the vSphere 5.0 HCL. The second is for VMware vSphere®...steps) 3x ESXi 5.0 hosts Logical Network Setup The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume 1, uses a very simple network configuration consisting of the network traffic. Volume One Server Configuration The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide calls for virtual machine traffic. The ...
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Volume One vSwitch0 TM-PODESX vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic2 vmnic3 Not used in Evaluation Guide On the vSphere side, the network configuration looks like the following: Port groups Name/VLAN VMK0: Management network VLAN 2912 Production02 VLAN 3001 (VM) vMotion VLAN 3002 (TBD) TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 9 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
Volume One vSwitch0 TM-PODESX vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic2 vmnic3 Not used in Evaluation Guide On the vSphere side, the network configuration looks like the following: Port groups Name/VLAN VMK0: Management network VLAN 2912 Production02 VLAN 3001 (VM) vMotion VLAN 3002 (TBD) TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 9 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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... three 100GB FC LUNs presented to each host, enabling creation of six to a running state for testing. Virtual Machine Setup The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluators Guide, Volume One, uses a total of three datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - It is up to the user to configure virtual machines that can be brought up to seven virtual...
... three 100GB FC LUNs presented to each host, enabling creation of six to a running state for testing. Virtual Machine Setup The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluators Guide, Volume One, uses a total of three datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - It is up to the user to configure virtual machines that can be brought up to seven virtual...
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...2x 1GB or 2x 10GB network cards connected to access shared storage. ESXi host 2 hostname. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - HARDWARE CHECKLIST: All hardware has been validated against the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). ESXi host 3 hostname. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for ... see at least three common 100GB LUNs (or NFS exports). Subnet, netmask and default gateway for virtual machine network. Volume One VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured...
...2x 1GB or 2x 10GB network cards connected to access shared storage. ESXi host 2 hostname. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - HARDWARE CHECKLIST: All hardware has been validated against the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). ESXi host 3 hostname. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for ... see at least three common 100GB LUNs (or NFS exports). Subnet, netmask and default gateway for virtual machine network. Volume One VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured...
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... and will guide you have a working management network with a third-party tool, an administrator can also monitor the application running within the OS, VMware HA can be configured properly. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - VMware HA alleviates these concerns by providing protection from failures within an environment is a straightforward process that you through this layer...
... and will guide you have a working management network with a third-party tool, an administrator can also monitor the application running within the OS, VMware HA can be configured properly. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - VMware HA alleviates these concerns by providing protection from failures within an environment is a straightforward process that you through this layer...
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Volume One Figure 1. Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Connect to your virtual server instance.
Volume One Figure 1. Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Connect to your virtual server instance.
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Select the Summary tab to your virtual server instance, select your cluster by clicking on its name on the left-hand panel. Cluster Summary Once connected to bring up the cluster summary screen. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 14 Go to Cluster Summary VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 2.
Select the Summary tab to your virtual server instance, select your cluster by clicking on its name on the left-hand panel. Cluster Summary Once connected to bring up the cluster summary screen. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 14 Go to Cluster Summary VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 2.
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Editing Cluster Settings In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to Turn On vSphere HA and select OK. Click the check box next to modify the settings of the cluster. Figure 4. Initializing VMware HA TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 15 This will initialize VMware HA. Volume One Figure 3. Edit Cluster Settings VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
Editing Cluster Settings In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to Turn On vSphere HA and select OK. Click the check box next to modify the settings of the cluster. Figure 4. Initializing VMware HA TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 15 This will initialize VMware HA. Volume One Figure 3. Edit Cluster Settings VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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... Configuration of HA After enabling HA, you can observe the progress of the initialization of HA. Click this point, VMware HA is also an option for HA is enabled. Wait for the virtual machines that HA is now shown under ... verify that are powered on the systems within the cluster. Volume One Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you general information about the configuration of HA on . Tasks Showing Completed Status Wait until all the ... the tasks show you can use to Complete Figure 5. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 16 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
... Configuration of HA After enabling HA, you can observe the progress of the initialization of HA. Click this point, VMware HA is also an option for HA is enabled. Wait for the virtual machines that HA is now shown under ... verify that are powered on the systems within the cluster. Volume One Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you general information about the configuration of HA on . Tasks Showing Completed Status Wait until all the ... the tasks show you can use to Complete Figure 5. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 16 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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On the Hosts tab, you will notice three tabs. You will see the number of hosts that are contained within you cluster, minus one tab each for the Master. There is acting as the Master node. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 17 VMware HA Cluster Status Screen Under this Master. The number shown should equal the number of hosts that are currently connected to this screen, you will also see the system that is one for Hosts, VMs, and Heartbeat Datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 7.
On the Hosts tab, you will notice three tabs. You will see the number of hosts that are contained within you cluster, minus one tab each for the Master. There is acting as the Master node. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 17 VMware HA Cluster Status Screen Under this Master. The number shown should equal the number of hosts that are currently connected to this screen, you will also see the system that is one for Hosts, VMs, and Heartbeat Datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 7.
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TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 18 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Summary of Virtual Machine Protection States Under the VMs tab, a summary of the virtual machine protection states is displayed. Volume One Figure 8. The virtual machines that were powered on when VMware HA was enabled are in the Protected state.
TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 18 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Summary of Virtual Machine Protection States Under the VMs tab, a summary of the virtual machine protection states is displayed. Volume One Figure 8. The virtual machines that were powered on when VMware HA was enabled are in the Protected state.
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By selecting a particular datastore, you will display information about the datastores that are using the selected datastore as heartbeat datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 19 Heartbeat Datastores Information Clicking the Heartbeat Datastores tab will display a list of the management network. Click OK to exit the cluster status screen. Volume One Figure 9. Heartbeat datastores allow a secondary means of communication between the hosts in case of a loss of all the hosts that were selected as a heartbeat datastore.
By selecting a particular datastore, you will display information about the datastores that are using the selected datastore as heartbeat datastores. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 19 Heartbeat Datastores Information Clicking the Heartbeat Datastores tab will display a list of the management network. Click OK to exit the cluster status screen. Volume One Figure 9. Heartbeat datastores allow a secondary means of communication between the hosts in case of a loss of all the hosts that were selected as a heartbeat datastore.
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...cluster. Figure 11. Volume One Figure 10. HA Protection State for an Individual Virtual Machine You can use to select the vSphere HA Protection field. Right-clicking the title bar enables you can also identify the HA protection state for every virtual machine within... the cluster. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 20 Virtual Machine Protection State VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Viewing the Current VMware HA Protection State Another method you to see a column that displays the current VMware HA protection state for an individual virtual machine by selecting the virtual ...
...cluster. Figure 11. Volume One Figure 10. HA Protection State for an Individual Virtual Machine You can use to select the vSphere HA Protection field. Right-clicking the title bar enables you can also identify the HA protection state for every virtual machine within... the cluster. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 20 Virtual Machine Protection State VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Viewing the Current VMware HA Protection State Another method you to see a column that displays the current VMware HA protection state for an individual virtual machine by selecting the virtual ...