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Maximum vSphere™: Tips, How-Tos, and Best Practices for Working with VMware vSphere™ 4
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: August 17, 2010
Print ISBN-10: 0-13-704474-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-704474-0
Web ISBN-10: 0-13-704573-5
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-13-704573-0
Pages in Print Edition: 416
Subscriber Rating:
[3 Ratings] Subscriber Reviews
Overview
Best Practices, How-Tos, and Technical Deep Dives for Working VMware VI4/VI3 Pros
Maximum vSphere is the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute, working reference for everyone who plans, implements, or administers VMware virtual infrastructure. Authored by top VMware consultants, it brings together proven best practices, tips, and solutions for achieving outstanding performance and reliability in your production environment.
This book brings together crucial knowledge you won’t find anywhere else, including powerful new vSphere 4 techniques drawn from the experiences of dozens of advanced practitioners. You’ll find sophisticated, expert coverage of virtual machines, vCenter Server, networking, storage, backups, vMotion, fault tolerance, vSphere management, installation, upgrades, security, and much more.
Author Eric Siebert takes the same hands-on approach that made his VMware® VI3 Implementation and Administration so popular with working professionals. Whether you’re implementing or managing vSphere 4, upgrading from older virtualization technologies, or taking new responsibilities in any VMware environment, you’ll find this bookindispensable.
Coverage includes
Understanding how key vSphere 4 changes affect production environments
Working with ESX and ESXi hosts and host profiles
Getting “under the hood” with vSphere 4 virtual machines
Making the most of vCenter Server and plug-ins
Choosing and configuring storage for maximum efficiency
vSphere Networking: physical/virtual NICs, standard/distributed vSwitches, Cisco Nexus 1000V, and more
Monitoring and troubleshooting vSphere performance: CPU, memory, disk/storage, and other issues
Backing up and recovering VMware environments
Using advanced features, including High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource, Distributed Power Management (DPM) and Vmotion
Managing vSphere through the client, Web access, command line, Management Assistant, Powershell, ESX Service Console, and third-party tools
Building your own vSphere 4 lab
Performing more efficient installations and upgrades
Subscriber Reviews
Average Rating: 
Based on 3 Ratings
"Excellent Big Picture Understanding" - by Ronald Jacobs on 03-APR-2011
Reviewer Rating:
This book does an excellent job of presenting the big picture understanding of all the components that make up vSphere. The authors does a pretty good job of presenting how each components works, where they fit, and some best practices that are used in the field. The book is easy to follow and easy to understand. Each component of vSphere is broken down beginning with its description, purpose, how it works, where it fits, and it is used in the field.
I found this book to be more a preparation tool for the field book than it is a field manual. The book does not go into the practical details of how the components are configured, such as what keystrokes to use to configure each component. I was not expecting this book to this. This book fully met my needs for understanding VMware, preparing for the VCP exam and building my personal VMware lab. I purchased this book along with both of Scott Lowes' books to prepare for the VCP and to setup my home lab. This book also is an excellent reference book as well.
I would recommend this book to anyone just getting started learning VMware, preparing for the VCP exam.
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