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    DATA SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR COURSE


    DS.02.02

    VIRTUALIZATION
    PART II: VMWARE VCENTER SERVER
    APPLIANCE (VCSA)

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    OVERVIEW

    • What is VCSA
    • Why use VCSA
    • Difference between vCenter and ESXi

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    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Refer to your student handout for detailed list of your Terminal


    and Enabling learning objectives.

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    WHAT IS VCSA

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    WHAT IS VCSA

    • VMware vCenter Server provides the centralized management plane of the VMware
    vSphere solution and allows creating clusters of VMware ESXi hosts
    • Enables the enterprise vSphere capabilities and features
    – VMware High Availability (HA)
    – VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
    – vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
    – vMotion
    – vSAN

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    WHAT IS VCSA

    Highlights of using VCSA


    • Easy Deployment
    – Is deployed using a purpose-built vSphere Server Appliance (VCSA)
    – Makes provisioning the management solution environment extremely easy
    • Streamlined Management and Optimization
    – Built-in tools needed for availability and resource scheduling across the vSphere
    cluster
    • Extent to hybrid cloud
    – Easily extend and scale VMware vSphere environment from on-premises to cloud
    environments

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    WHAT IS VCSA

    Highlights of using VCSA


    • Role-Based Access
    – Provides the centralized management tool of the VMware vSphere environment.
    – Provides the ability to delegate permissions
    • Native availability and data protection
    – VCSA appliance provides a native, file-based backup solution built into the
    appliance itself.
    • Third-Party extensibility
    – Major hardware vendors now offer plugin integration

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    WHY USE VCSA

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    WHY USE VCSA

    Why use VCSA


    Unlocks many great features that are needed
    • vMotion
    • High-Availability (HA)
    • Distributed Resource Scheduler
    • vSphere Distributed Switches
    • Template Creation

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    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VCSA AND ESXI

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    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VCSA AND ESXI

    • vCenter Server
    – The management component of VMware vSphere
    – Required to unlock most of the enterprise features needed for production
    environments.
    • ESXi
    – This is the bare-metal type 1 hypervisor that allows running virtual instances of
    guest operating systems on bare metal
    – ESXi can operate as a standalone host, or it can be configured as part of a
    cluster of ESXi hosts called a vSphere cluster

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    OVERVIEW

    • What is VCSA
    • Why use VCSA
    • Difference between vCenter and ESXi

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