Table Of ContentVMware vSphere 5.1
Cookbook
Over 130 task-oriented recipes to install, configure, and
manage various vSphere 5.1 components
Abhilash GB
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook
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Abhilash GB Arshad Sopariwala
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Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Stephen Copestake
Christian Mohn Dirk Manuel
Chris Wahl
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About the Author
Abhilash GB specializes in the area of Datacenter Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
He is also a VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Datacenter Administration
(VCAP-DCA #382).
He is currently working as a VMware Specialist at Hewlett-Packard, Bangalore.
He has nine years of IT experience, which includes over 6 years on VMware products
and technologies.
His primary areas of interest include Datacenter Virtualization and Cloud Solutions using
VMware technologies.
I would like to dedicate this book to my wife and my parents. Without their
patience and support this book would not have been possible.
A big thanks to Dilip Venkatesh, Acquisition Editor, Packt Publishing, for
giving me an opportunity to debut my first book. Special thanks to the Lead
Technical Editors (Unnati Shah and Arun Nadar), the Project Coordinators
(Vishal Bodwani and Arshad Sopariwala), and the Technical Reviewers
(Christian Mohn, Chris Wahl, and Alessandro Cardoso) who helped me
deliver this book.
About the Reviewers
Alessandro Cardoso is a virtualization and management enthusiast, author, and
evangelist. He is a subject matter expert in cloud computing, virtualization, and management,
and works at Insight as a Practice Manager for Cloud and Emerging technologies, leading
award-winning IT projects in key areas involving Cloud, Virtualization, Security, Messaging, and
Hosting within the IT, Health, and Government industries.
A VMware VCP and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in virtualization since 2009, his
product skill set includes Microsoft infrastructure technologies such as O365, Hyper-V,
System Center, Windows Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, IIS,
and Forefront, and he also has sound knowledge of Quest Migration Manager, Linux
Infrastructure, Networking, Security Solutions, and VMware in complex and large scenarios.
He is a well-known speaker at IT-related events and is the author of the book System
Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and was the technical reviewer of the Windows 2012
Hyper-V Cookbook.
You can also check his personal blog where he talks about Microsoft Virtualization and
System Center at http://virtualisationandmanagement.wordpress.com or
can follow him on twitter at @edvaldocardoso.
I would like to thank my wife Daniele and my kids Matheus, Lucas, and
Nicole for the support and for being my inspiration. I love you all.
Christian Mohn is currently employed as a senior consultant at EVRY Consulting AS in
Norway, and is currently serving as Tech Champion for Server Virtualization.
He has a background as an IT-professional since 1997, and has worked both as a consultant
and as an infrastructure manager for a large Norwegian shipping company.
He is also one of the co-hosts of the vSoup Virtualization Podcast. Christian was awarded the
VMware vExpert title for both 2011 and 2012.
He wrote the foreword in Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View, which
is available at http://www.lulu.com/shop/mike-laverick-and-barry-coombs/
building-end-user-computing-solutions-with-vmware-view/ebook/
product-20368612.html.
Chris Wahl has over 13 years of IT experience in enterprise infrastructure design,
implementation, and administration within a diverse set of business and regulatory
requirements, such as HIPPA, SOX, PCI-DSS, ITIL, and ePHI. He has held architect and
engineer roles in a variety of virtualization, converged infrastructure, and private cloud
based engagements, while working with high-performance technical teams in tiered data
center environments.
He has over 30 active industry certifications, including the VMware Certified Design Expert
(VCDX #104), and is a recognized VMware vExpert. Additionally, he holds an active "Master"
rank on the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) as a contributor and forum moderator.
Chris also volunteers as a Leader in the Chicago VMware User Group (VMUG) to help spread
education and technical knowledge of VMware's products and related architecture.
As an Independent Blogger for the award winning "Wahl Network" Chris focuses on creating
content that revolves around virtualization, converged infrastructure, and evangelizing
products and services that benefit the technology community. Over the past three years,
he has published over 200 articles and was voted the "Favorite Independent Blogger"
by vSphere-Land.com for 2012. Chris also travels globally to speak at industry events,
provide subject matter expertise, and offer insight as a technical analyst.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Upgrading to vSphere 5.1 7
Introduction 7
Carrying out pre-upgrade checks before performing a vCenter upgrade 9
Performing an in-place upgrade of vCenter Server 15
Creating a table space for SSO on a SQL instance 28
Creating DB users for the SSO database 30
Upgrading a 32-bit vCenter Server to vCenter 5.1 32
Upgrading to ESXi 5.1 36
Installing vSphere Web Client 42
Upgrading VMware Tools 46
Upgrading the virtual machine hardware 49
Chapter 2: Performing a Fresh Installation of vSphere 5.1 53
Introduction 53
Installing vCenter 5.1 54
Deploying a VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 58
Preparing vCenter Server Appliance for first use 62
Installing the vCenter Server Appliance update 68
Upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance 70
Installing ESXi 5.1 71
Performing a scripted install of the ESXi server 77
Chapter 3: vSphere Auto Deploy 83
Introduction 83
Installing the Auto Deploy server 84
Configuring a TFTP server with Auto Deploy files 88
Configuring the DHCP server for PXE boot 91
Testing the PXE boot configuration 96
Preparing VMware PowerCLI for first use 98
