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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING VMWARE VSPHERE 5
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Profi le-Driven Storage
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vSphere High Availability
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vSphere Fault Tolerance
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vSphere Storage APIs for Data Protection and VMware Data Recovery
Rather than waiting to introduce these products and features in their own chapters, I’ll intro-
duce each product or feature in the following sections. This will allow me to explain how each
product or feature affects the design, installation, and confi guration of your virtual infrastruc-
ture. After I cover the features and products in the vSphere suite, you’ll have a better grasp of
how each of them fi ts into the design and the big picture of virtualization.
product or feature affects the design, installation, and confi guration of your virtual infrastruc-
ture. After I cover the features and products in the vSphere suite, you’ll have a better grasp of
how each of them fi ts into the design and the big picture of virtualization.
Certain products outside the vSphere product suite extend the vSphere product line with
new functionality. Examples of these additional products include VMware View, VMware
vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Request Manager, VMware vCenter AppSpeed, and VMware
vCenter Site Recovery Manager, just to name a few. Because of the size and scope of these
products and because they are developed and released on a schedule separate from VMware
vSphere, they are not covered in this book.
vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Request Manager, VMware vCenter AppSpeed, and VMware
vCenter Site Recovery Manager, just to name a few. Because of the size and scope of these
products and because they are developed and released on a schedule separate from VMware
vSphere, they are not covered in this book.
As of the writing of this book, VMware vSphere 5 is the latest release of the VMware vSphere
product family. This book covers functionality found in version 5. Where possible, I’ve tried to
note differences between 4.x and 5. For detailed information on VMware vSphere 4.0, refer to
Mastering VMware vSphere 4, also published by Sybex.
note differences between 4.x and 5. For detailed information on VMware vSphere 4.0, refer to
Mastering VMware vSphere 4, also published by Sybex.
To help simplify navigation and to help you fi nd information on the breadth of products and fea-
tures in the vSphere product suite, I’ve prepared Table 1.1, which contains cross-references to where
you can fi nd more information about that particular product or feature elsewhere in the book.
you can fi nd more information about that particular product or feature elsewhere in the book.
Table 1.1:
Product and feature cross-references
VMware vSphere Product or Feature
More Information Found in This Chapter
VMware ESXi
Installation – Chapter 2
Networking – Chapter 5
Storage – Chapter 6
VMware vCenter Server
Installation – Chapter 3
Networking – Chapter 5
Storage – Chapter 6
Security – Chapter 8
vSphere Update Manager
Chapter 4
vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client
Installation – Chapter 2
Usage – Chapters 3–14
VMware vShield Zones
Chapter 8
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