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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
There's moreā¦
See also
Conventions
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1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.5
Introduction
Downloading vCenter 5.5
How to do it...
Carrying out pre-upgrade checks
How to do it...
Checking ESXi host compatibility with vCenter
Running the VMware vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker
Checking database compatibility
Backing up SSL certificates
Enabling SSL certificate verification
Upgrading the Single Sign-On component
How to do it...
Upgrading the vSphere Web Client
How to do it...
There's more...
Upgrading the vCenter Inventory Service
How to do it...
Performing an upgrade of vCenter Server
How to do it...
Upgrading ESXi to Version 5.5
Getting ready
How to do it...
Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance to Version 5.5
How to do it...
How it works...
Upgrading VMware Tools
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Upgrading the virtual machine hardware
Getting ready
How to do it...
Scheduling the virtual machine hardware upgrade
Getting ready
How to do it...
2. Performing a New Installation of vSphere 5.5
Introduction
Installing ESXi 5.5
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
There's more...
See also
Configuring the ESXi Management Network
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
There's moreā¦
Installing vCenter 5.5
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
Creating a DSN for the SQL database for vCenter Server
Performing a new installation of vCenter Server
How it worksā¦
Adding an additional Identity Source to the SSO server
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Assigning users/groups to the vCenter Server
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
Deploying SSO for the vCenter Linked Mode
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Creating a vCenter Linked Mode group
Getting ready
How to do it...
Deploying vCenter Server Appliance 5.5
Getting ready
How to do it...
3. Using vSphere Host Profiles
Introduction
Preparing a reference host
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Creating a Host Profile
Getting ready
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Exporting a Host Profile
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Importing a Host Profile
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Duplicating a Host Profile
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Attaching/detaching ESXi hosts to/from a Host Profile
How to do itā¦
Verifying the profile compliance of an ESXi host
How to do itā¦
How it worksā¦
Remediating an ESXi host for profile compliance
How to do itā¦
Using Host Profiles to push a new configuration change
How to do itā¦
4. Using ESXi Image Builder
Introduction
vSphere Installation Bundle
Image profiles
Offline bundles
Downloading an ESXi offline bundle
How to do it...
Creating an image profile by cloning a predefined profile
How to do it...
Adding an ESXi software depot
Listing available image profiles
Cloning a predefined ESXi image profile to form a new one
How it works...
See also
Removing an ESXi image profile
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding a VIB (software package) to an image profile
Getting ready
How to do it...
There's more...
Adding the HA VIB to the image profile
How to do it...
Exporting an image profile as an ISO or offline bundle
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating an image profile from scratch
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Applyi...
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