vmware ESX -1 why is vmware ESX so important and relevant

why is vmware ESX so important and relevant?

. flexibiliy & power com with virualization.

. new technology

. prevent server proliferation

. server consolidation

. testing&development

.disaser recovery

. high availability

. cost saving
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what's vmware ESX server?

1. vmware esx server homepage can be found at:
http://vmware.com/products/vi/esx

2.esx is vmware 's flagship virtualization product

3. allows you to run multiple virual os , all at the
same time, with no partitioning and no rebooting.

4. allows you to create multiple virual networks.

5. supports multi-processors, massive anounts of
RAM, and SAN storage

6.runs on directly on hardware( no underlying oS)

7. offers a remote GUI or Web console but
usually intergrated with virtual centere for
centralized management.

8. product datasheet can be found at:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx datasheet.pdf.

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where and when would I use VMware Esx sever?

production data center(server consolidation)

1. consolidate servers

2. consolidate desktops

3. make more efficient use of hardware

4. enhance IT staff productivity

testing and development

1. point in the time snapshots

2. network isolation

3. appliance download

disaster recovery

Hardware independence(application portability)

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what are the basic features of VMware esx
server?

1. bare metal= highest performance

2. iscsi of Fiber SAN support

3. VMFS virtual disks,LVM, boot from SAN,and
Raw device mapping

4. Virtual networking-VNICs, Vswitches,and
VLANs

5.RAM over commitment, memory page sharing,
and memory ballooning.

6. 4-way virtual SMP, up to 16GB RAM for virtual
machines,

7. supports up to 32 logical CPUs and 64GB
RAM, and up to 128 VMs per server

8. support for up to 128 power-on virtual
machines, Take advantage of very large server

9. Virtual centre centralized management,
Vmotion,VMHA,DRS

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what makes up Vmware infrastructure?

A suit of products made up of:

1. ESX server = virtualization platform(&OS)

2. VMFS=HP cluster file systems

3. virtual SMP = Multiprocessing

4. virtualcenter management server=centralized
management

5.virtual HA

6.virtual DRS

7. Vmotion

8. vmware consolidation backup(VCB)

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what is virtual center management server?

centralized managment for esx servers provide:

1 performance

2.HA&DRS

3.Logging

4.Authorization&permissions(windows AD authentication)

5.single managment point

must be installed on it's own windows server

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