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Published inJun 2016
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ISBN-139781785283468
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Hersey Cartwright
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Hersey Cartwright has worked in the technology industry since 1996 in many roles, from help desk support to IT management. He first started working with VMware technologies in 2006. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for VMware, where he designs, sells, and supports VMware software-defined datacenter products in enterprise environments within the healthcare industry. He has experience working with a wide variety of server, storage, and network platforms.
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Since 2012 Kim Bottu has been the EMEA Virtualization Engineer for an international Biglaw firm where he focuses mainly on virtual datacenter performance optimization and virtual datacenter design. Kim holds the following certifications and honors: VCA-NV, VCP5-DCV, VCP6-DCV, VCAP5-DCD and has been named vExpert 2016. Kim can be reached at www.vMusketeers.com.
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Using the VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide


The VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide provides configuration guidance in order to secure a vSphere environment. The guide includes recommended security settings for ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and virtual networks.

How to do it…

  1. Download the VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide from https://www.vmware.com/security/hardening-guides.

  2. Use the guide to apply security settings based on the design security requirements.

How it works…


The vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide is an Excel spreadsheet with security settings for ESXi hosts, virtual machine configurations, and virtual networks. Each guideline includes information such as a Guideline ID, Description, Risk Profile, Vulnerability Discussion (the reason for the guideline), Configuration Parameter, Default Setting, and the desired setting for Risk Profile.

The following screenshot provides an example of the information available in the vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide file:

Guidelines are categorized into three...

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VMware vSphere 6.x Datacenter Design Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jun 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785283468

Authors (2)

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Hersey Cartwright

Hersey Cartwright has worked in the technology industry since 1996 in many roles, from help desk support to IT management. He first started working with VMware technologies in 2006. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for VMware, where he designs, sells, and supports VMware software-defined datacenter products in enterprise environments within the healthcare industry. He has experience working with a wide variety of server, storage, and network platforms.
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kim bottu

Since 2012 Kim Bottu has been the EMEA Virtualization Engineer for an international Biglaw firm where he focuses mainly on virtual datacenter performance optimization and virtual datacenter design. Kim holds the following certifications and honors: VCA-NV, VCP5-DCV, VCP6-DCV, VCAP5-DCD and has been named vExpert 2016. Kim can be reached at www.vMusketeers.com.
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