VMware vCenter Server Module © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved You Are Here Course Introduction Data Protection Introduction to Virtualization Access & Authentication Control Virtual Machines Resource Management and Monitoring VMware vCenter Server High Availability Configure and Manage Virtual Networks Scalability Configure and Manage Virtual Storage Patch Management Managing Virtual Machines Installing vSphere Components VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-2 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Importance VMware vCenter Server™ allows you to centrally manage multiple VMware® ESXi™ hosts and their virtual machines Failure to properly install, configure, and manage vCenter Server could result in reduced administrative efficiency or possible VMware ESXi host and virtual machine downtime VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-3 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Module Lessons Lesson 1: vCenter Server Architecture Lesson 2: Deploy vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Lesson 3: Manage vCenter Server Inventory VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-4 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Lesson 1: vCenter Server Architecture VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-5 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Learner Objectives After this lesson, you should be able to the following: Describe the architecture of vCenter Server Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server Identify additional vCenter Server components and modules VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-6 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server: Management Platform vCenter Server is a service that acts as a central administration point for ESXi hosts and their virtual machines, connected on a network: VMware vCenter Server Manage Up to 1,000 hosts per vCenter Server instance Up to 10,000 powered-on virtual machines per vCenter Server instance VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A VMware vSphere® VMware vSphere VMware vSphere 4-7 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Architecture * ESXi host ESXi host ESXi host * NIS also supported VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-8 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved ESXi and vCenter Server Communication vCenter Server vpxa hostd ESXi host VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-9 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server Components distributed services Active Directory / NIS Services Additional Services : • Update manager database server • Orchestrator user access control vSphere API core services VMware ESX®/ESXi management VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-10 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Review of Learner Objectives You should be able to the following: Import the vCenter Server appliance into an existing infrastructure Configure and deploy the vCenter Server appliance VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-28 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Lesson 3: Manage vCenter Server Inventory VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-29 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Learner Objectives After this lesson, you should be able to the following: Create and organize vCenter Server inventory objects Navigate using the vSphere Client Add license keys to vCenter Server View vCenter Server logs and events Create a vCenter Server administrator VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-30 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Datacenter Object VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-31 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Organizing Inventory Objects into Folders VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-32 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Navigating the vSphere Client Home page search box navigation bar VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-33 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server Views: Hosts and Clusters, VMs, and Templates Virtual machines and templates inventory view Hosts and clusters inventory view VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-34 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server Views: Datastores and Networks Datastores and datastore clusters inventory view VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A Networking inventory view 4-35 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Adding a Host to the vCenter Server Inventory To add an ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory, use the Add Host wizard and specify: Fully qualified domain name User name and password Lockdown mode enabled VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-36 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter License Overview Licenses are managed and monitored from vCenter Server Licensing consists of: Product – License to use a vSphere software component or feature License key – 25-character string that corresponds to a product Asset – Machine on which a product is installed product license key assets VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-37 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server Events event search details of selected event VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-38 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved vCenter Server System Logs log search VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-39 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Lab In this lab, you will perform basic vCenter Server inventory operations Install vSphere license keys Create a vCenter Server inventory datacenter object Create vCenter Server inventory folder objects Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-40 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Review of Learner Objectives You should be able to the following: Create and organize vCenter Server inventory objects Navigate using the vSphere Client Add license keys to vCenter Server View vCenter Server logs and events Create a vCenter Server administrator VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-41 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved Key Points The vCenter Server appliance is a Linux based appliance that you can deploy as an alternative to the standard, Windowsbased vCenter Server software The VMware vCenter™ architecture consists of vCenter Server, the vCenter Server database, Active Directory, and managed ESXi hosts Use the inventory views to organize inventory objects in a meaningful way VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A 4-42 © 2011 VMware Inc All rights reserved