VMware VSphere : Install, Configure,

and Manage

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 What is virtualization?

• Virtualization refers to the

act of creating a virtual
(rather than actual) version
of something, including (but
not limited to) a virtual
computer hardware platform,
operating system (OS),
storage device, or computer
network resources.
• Using software, virtualization
abstracts away something that
was traditionally physical and
runs it as virtual.
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 Virtualized Environments

• Three major components of virtualized

environment
1. Guest – system components that interact with
virtualization layer.
2. Host – original environment where guest
runs.
3. Virtualization layer – recreates the same or
different environment where guest will run.

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 Virtualization reference model

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 Briefly About Virtualization
• Hypervisor/Virtual Machine
Monitor
• Host Operating System
• Guest Operating System
• Every Virtual Machine is given a
set of virtual hardware.
• Involves many software and
hardware architectural
modifications. (Memory
Management, CPU Management)

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 Physical Architecture and virtual architecture

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 Physical resource sharing

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 CPU Virtualization

In physical environment, the operating system assumes the

ownership of all the physical CPUs in the system.
CPU virtualization emphasizes performance and runs directly on
the available CPUs

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 Physical and virtual networking

Virtual Ethernet adapters and virtual switches are key

virtual networking components.

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 Physical and virtualized host memory usage
In physical environment, the operating system assumes
the ownership of all the physical memory in the system.
Memory virtualization emphasizes performance and
runs directly on the available CPUs

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 Virtual machine
• A software representation of physical computer.
• Anything we can do on a physical computer we can also do on
a virtual machine
• The virtualization software converts the physical machine and
its components into files.

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 VMware tools
• VMware Tools is a set of services and modules that enable several
features in VMware products for better management of guests’
operating systems and seamless user interactions with them.
• It includes device drivers and other software that is essential for your
VM.
VMware Tools has the ability to:
• Pass messages from the host operating system to the guest operating
system.
• Customize guest operating systems as a part of the vCenter Server and
other VMware products.
• Synchronize the time in the guest operating system with the time on
the host operating system

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 Benefits of using virtual machines
Physical machine
1. Difficult to relocate
• moves require downtime
2. Difficult to manage
• Require physical maintenance
• Hardware failures cause
downtime
3. Often have short lifecycle
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virtual machine
1. Easy to relocate
• Encapsulated into files
• Independent of physical
hardware
2. Easy to manage
• Insulated from other VMs
• Hardware failures cause
downtime
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 Hypervisors (VMM)
• A software that creates a virtual machine on
the host machine
• It creates a virtual platform on the host
computer, on top of which multiple guest
operating systems are executed and monitored.
• Sometimes called Virtual Machine Monitor

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 Hypervisors (VMM) types
Hypervisors are of two types:
Type 1:- native or bare-metal hypervisor
• run directly on the host hardware to control the hardware and to manage
guest operating systems.
• Because they run on the host hardware they are called bare-metal
hypervisors.
e.g.:- oracle vm server for SPARC, vmware ESXi
Type 2:- hosted hypervisors
• Run on a conventional operating system as other computer programs do.
• They abstract guest operating systems from the host operating system
– E.g.:- VMware's workstation and virtual box

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 Type 1 hypervisors

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 Type 2 hypervisors

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 VMware vSphere components

• VMware vSphere is a software suite that includes components like

ESXi, vCenter Server, vSphere Client, vCenter Orchestrator e.t.c.
components included in the vSphere product suite:
1. ESXi – a type 1 hypervisor.
2. vCenter Server – a centralized management platform and
framework that lets you manage virtual machines and ESXi hosts
centrally.
3. vSphere Web Client – a web-based user interface used for
managing a virtual infrastructure
4. vSphere Client – a locally installed Windows application with a
graphical user interface (GUI) for all day-to-day management
tasks and for the advanced configuration of a virtual infrastructure.

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 ESXi Host Architecture

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 Configuring ESXi host
The Direct Console User Interface helps you to configure root
access, lockdown mode, management network…

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After configuring the ESXi host using the direct console
user interface you should be able to see the following
interface using the ip address you have specified by
searching on the browser

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 vCenter server
It is a centralized management platform and framework that lets
you manage virtual machines and ESXi hosts centrally.
It is a service that acts as a central point for ESXi hosts and their
virtual machines connected on a network
• Up to 1000 hosts per vCenter Server instance
• Up to 10,000 powered on virtual machines per vCenter server
instance

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 vCenter server architecture

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 vCenter server hardware requirements

Hardware requirements
• CPU:- 2vCPUs if you deploy in tiny environment
• RAM:- 12GB
• Disk storage:- 465GB-3665GB depending on the no of VMs

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 Before installing vCenter server

Before beginning the vCenter server installation, make

sure the following prerequisites are met
• Ensure that vCenter server hardware requirements are
met
• Ensure that vCenter server system belongs to the
domain rather than a workgroup.
• Obtain and assign static IP address and hostname to
the vCenter server system.

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 Conclusion

• Virtualization reduces
energy costs
• Virtualization improves
device utilization
• Virtualization makes
data center
maintenance simple

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