Learning VMware vCloud air : leverage VMware's latest public cloud offering to build an efficient hybrid cloud infrastructure for your business / Yohan Rohinton Wadia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadia, Yohan Rohinton, author.

Series:

Professional experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

VMware.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is intended for cloud engineers or administrators who wish to explore and gain hands-on experience of VMware vCloud Air. To make the most of this book, it would be beneficial to have a bit of familiarity with basic VMware vCloud concepts, but no prior experience is required.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with VMware vCloud Air; What is cloud computing?; How is cloud computing useful?; vCloud Air: concepts and components; vCloud Air service offerings; Types of vCloud Air services; The Dedicated Cloud service; The Virtual Private Cloud service; The Disaster Recovery service; Signing up for VMware vCloud Air; Regions; Navigating through the interface; Resource usage; Virtual machines; Gateways; Networks; Virtual Datacenters - VDCs

User managementSummary; Chapter 2: Working with Virtual Machines; What is a virtual machine?; vApps, templates, and catalogs; Getting started with virtual machines; Creating a virtual machine using a template; Creating a virtual machine from scratch; Virtual machine power operations; Editing virtual machine properties using vCloud Air; Editing virtual machine properties using vCloud director; Creating custom catalogs; Accessing virtual machines using the VMRC; Monitoring virtual machines; Best practices and tips; Summary; Chapter 3: vCloud Air Networking and Security

The vCloud Air networking componentsGateways and networks; Gateways; Networks; Assigning public IPs; Connecting virtual machines to a network; Connecting virtual machines to the Internet; Scenario; Networking services provided by gateways; DHCP; NAT; The Firewall; Static routing; Virtual private networks; Load balancing; Scenario; Best practices and tips; Summary; Chapter 4: Extending vCloud Air; VPNs; Site-to-site VPN connectivity; Multi-site VPN connectivity; Extending datacenters to clouds using vCloud Connector; What is VMware vCloud Connector?; vCloud Connector features

Deploying vCloud Connector in your environmentDeploying vCloud Connector Server; Deploying vCloud Connector node; Registering vCloud Connector in vSphere Client; Adding clouds to vCloud Connector; Copying content between clouds using vCloud Connector; Best practices; Summary; Chapter 5: Monitoring Workloads on vCloud Air; The VMware vRealize Suite; VMware vRealize Operations; Adding Data Nodes; Adding Remote Collector Nodes; Configuring HA for vRealize Operations Master Nodes; Configuring vRealize Operations for first use; vRealize Operations Manager Solutions

Configuring the vSphere Solutions packConfiguring the vCloud Air Management Pack; vCloud Air Management Pack Dashboards; Best practices; Summary; Chapter 6: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery using vCloud Air; The importance of business continuity and disaster recovery; The need for cloud-based disaster recovery; VMware vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery; Key features and benefits of VMware vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery; Setting up a disaster recovery service; Setting up VMware vSphere Replication; Configuring a vSphere Replication connection with vCloud Air

Configuring virtual machine replication

Notes:

"Professional expertise distilled"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 15, 2015).

ISBN:

9781785287961

1785287966