Virtual Machine Management Module 7 © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved VMware vScxcxcxcxcxphere Install, Configure, Manage 7 ‹› You Are Here Course Introduction Softwar.
Virtual Machine Management Module © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved You Are Here Course Introduction Virtual Machine Management Software-Defined Data Center Resource Management and Creating Virtual Machines vCenter Server Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage Monitoring vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance 10 Host Scalability 11 vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance 12 Installing vSphere Components VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-2 Importance You must perform many cumbersome tasks when using physical machines For example, you must move server storage from one storage array to another, deploy servers with the same configuration, and dynamically add resources The ability to clone and deploy virtual machines from a template enables you to capture the state of a problematic virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a preconfigured standard VMware vSphere® enables you to migrate virtual machines and virtual machine disks from one VMware ESXi™ host to another while the virtual machines are running VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-3 Module Lessons Lesson 1: Creating Templates and Clones Lesson 2: Modifying Virtual Machines Lesson 3: Migrating Virtual Machines Lesson 4: Creating Virtual Machine Snapshots Lesson 5: Creating vApps Lesson 6: Working with Content Libraries VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-4 Lesson 1: Creating Templates and Clones 7-5 © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved Learner Objectives By the end of this lesson, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Create a template • Deploy a virtual machine from a template • Clone a virtual machine • Enable guest operating system customization by VMware vCenter Server™ VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-6 Using a Template A template is a master copy of a virtual machine It is used to create and provision new virtual machines VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-7 Creating a Template Clone the virtual machine to a template: • The virtual machine can be powered on or powered off Convert the virtual machine to a template: • The virtual machine must be powered off Clone a template: • Used to create a new template based on one that existed previously VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-8 Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template To deploy a virtual machine, you must provide such information as the virtual machine name, inventory location, host, datastore, and guest operating system customization data VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-9 Updating a Template Update a template to include new patches, make system changes, and install new applications: Convert the template to a virtual machine Place the virtual machine on an isolated network to prevent user access Make appropriate changes to the virtual machine Convert the virtual machine to a template VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-10 About the Content Library A content library is a repository of OVF templates and other files that can be shared and synchronized across vCenter Server systems VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-79 Benefits of Content Libraries Sharing and Consistency Storage Efficiency Metadata Secure Subscription VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-80 Library Subscription Types Three types of content library are available: local, published, and subscribed Local Library of content that you control Published Local library that makes content available for subscription Subscribed Library that syncs with a published library On-Demand Automatic >>>> On-Demand Automatic >>>> >>>> >>>> Metadata Library Content • Immediately download all library content Download library content only when needed Saves storage backing space Only metadata is retrieved Content is downloaded as needed when creating virtual machines or synchronizing content VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-81 Subscribing to vCloud Director 5.5 Catalogs You can subscribe a content library to VMware vCloud Director® 5.5 vCenter Server Su bs cr ip The subscription process is the same as with the published content library: tio n U si ng Content Catalogs in vCloud Director 5.5 U R L • Uses the published URL • Static user name (always vcsp) and password VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-82 Publish and Subscribe Interactions between the publisher and subscriber can include connectivity, security, an actionable files vCenter Server vCenter Server Templates Other Transfer Service Transfer Service Content Library Service Content Library Service Subscribe using URL Subscription URL Password (Optional) VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-83 Synchronization and Versioning Synchronization is used to resolve versioning discrepancies between the publisher and the subscribing content libraries vCenter Server vCenter Server HTTP/NFC Transfer Service Content Library Service Transfer Service VCSP Content Library Service VMware Content Subscription Protocol VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-84 Content Library Requirements and Limitations Single storage backing and datastore (64 TB maximum) Maximum 256 library Items Maximum 10 simultaneous synchronizations Synchronization occurs once every 24 hours License to scale based on content library usage VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-85 Creating a Content Library You can create a content library in the vSphere Web Client and populate it with templates to use to deploy virtual machines or vApps in your virtual environment VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-86 Selecting Storage for the Content Library You select storage for the content library based on the type of library you are creating VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-87 Populating Content Libraries with Content You populate a content library with templates that you can use to provision new virtual machines To add templates to a content library, use one of the following methods: • Clone a virtual machine to a template in the content library • Clone a template from the vSphere inventory or from another content library • Clone a vApp • Import a template from an URL • Import an OVF file from your local file system VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-88 Importing Items into the Content Library Your source to import items in to a content library can be a file stored on your local machine or a file stored on a Web server Click this icon to import OVF pages and other file types into the content library VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-89 Deploying a Virtual Machine to a Content Library You can clone virtual machines or virtual machine templates to templates in the content library and use them later to provision virtual machines on a virtual data center, a data center, a cluster, or a host VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-90 Publishing a Content Library for External Use You can publish a content library for external use and add password protection by editing the content library settings: • Users access the library through the subscription URL that is system generated VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-91 Review of Learner Objectives You should be able to meet the following objectives: • Describe the types of content libraries • Recognize how to import content into a content library • Identify how to publish a content library for external use VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage © 2015 VMware Inc All rights reserved 7-92 Key Points • vCenter Server provides features for provisioning virtual machines, such as templates and cloning • By deploying virtual machines from a template, you can create many virtual machines easily and quickly • You can use vSphere vMotion to move virtual machines while they are powered on • You can use vSphere Storage vMotion to move virtual machines from one datastore to another datastore • You can use virtual machine snapshots to preserve the state of the virtual machine so that you can return to the same state repeatedly • A vApp is a container for one or more virtual machines The vApp can be used to package and manage related applications • Content libraries provide simple and effective management for virtual machine templates, vApps, and other types of files for vSphere administrators Questions? 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