Chapter 4. vSphere Management Design
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Identifying vCenter components and dependencies
- Selecting a vCenter deployment option
- Determining vCenter resource requirements
- Selecting a database for the vCenter deployment
- Determining database interoperability
- Choosing a vCenter deployment topology
- Designing for management availability
- Designing a separate management cluster
- Configuring vCenter Mail, SNMP, and Alarms
- Using Enhanced Linked Mode
- Using the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
- Backing up vCenter Server components
- Upgrading vCenter Server
- Designing a vSphere Update Manager Deployment
Introduction
This chapter discusses the design considerations that should be taken into account when designing the management ...
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