Virtualization Infrastructure Administration Other Jakub Yaghob

vSphere performance monitoring Performance monitoring Performance charts Overview Advanced Predefined time ranges with different granularity Requires a lot of space for storing performance data in SQL server

vSphere alarms Alarms A notification that occurs in response to selected events or conditions that occur with an object in the inventory Default alarms exist for various inventory objects Custom alarms for a wide range of inventory objects

vSphere scheduling Scheduling Automation of tasks Different tasks Time scheduling, frequency

vSphere Update Manager Update manager Patching hosts Upgrading hosts Distributing extensions Upgrading VMware Tools Upgrading virtual hardware Scan, stage, remediate Managed only from thick client

vSphere licensing Licensing Centralized management from vCenter Server Different editions vSphere licensing based on physical sockets Assigning license keys to assets

vSphere SSO SSO (Single Sign-On) Identity sources OpenLDAP Active Directory Local OS users Managed only from Web Client

vSphere security Security Roles Assigning roles to the users Assigning permissions for different objects

vSphere CLI PowerCLI Extension to the PowerShell All operations Managing hosts Managing VMs

vSphere backup Backup Snapshots Quiescing VM using VMware Tools Deduplication VDP (VMware Data Protection) Predefined size 2TB Whole machine or selected disks Managed only by web client