Search icon
Arrow left icon
All Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Newsletters
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
VMware vSphere 6.x Datacenter Design  Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from  VMware vSphere 6.x Datacenter Design Cookbook - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785283468
Pages 324 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Hersey Cartwright Hersey Cartwright
Profile icon Hersey Cartwright
kim bottu kim bottu
Profile icon kim bottu
View More author details

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

VMware vSphere 6.x Datacenter Design Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. The Virtual Datacenter 2. The Discovery Process 3. The Design Factors 4. vSphere Management Design 5. vSphere Storage Design 6. vSphere Network Design 7. vSphere Compute Design 8. vSphere Physical Design 9. Virtual Machine Design 10. vSphere Security Design 11. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 12. Design Documentation Index

Identifying vCenter components and dependencies


The vCenter Server provides the central configuration and management of the ESXi servers and the services provided by the virtual infrastructure. vCenter 6.x is composed of several components and services such as the Platform Services Controller (PSC), the vCenter Server Database, and the vCenter Server.

How to do it…

  1. Identify the following core components and services of vCenter 6.x:

    • The VMware PSC was introduced in 6.x. The PSC handles security functions in the vSphere infrastructure. The PSC provides the vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) service, licensing management, registration services, and the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA). The PSC can be deployed as a standalone server or be embedded on the same server with other required vCenter components.

    • The vCenter SSO is deployed as part of the PSC in vSphere 6.x. SSO provides identity management for administrators, users, and applications that interact with the VMware vSphere environment. Active...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $15.99/month. Cancel anytime}