VMware Vsphere 5.5 Cookbook

Table of Contents

1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.5
2. Performing a fresh installation of vSphere 5.5
3. Using vSphere Host Profiles
4. ESXi Image Builder
5. vSphere Auto Deploy
6. Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores
7. Managing iSCSI and NFS storage
8. Profile Driven Storage and SIOC
9. Configuring the vSphere Network
10. Creating and Managing Virtual machines
11. Configuring vSphere HA
12. Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM and Vmware EVC
13. Upgrading and Patching using vSphere Update Manager
14. Using vSphere Management Assistant
15. Monitoring the performance of a vSphere Environment