VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook

This recipe-driven tutorial is the easy way to master VMware vSphere to design a virtual datacenter. You'll learn in simple steps that cover everything from initial groundwork to creating professional design documentation.

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Hersey Cartwright

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|Sep 2025

E-Book €36.99Institutions €126.95

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A practical guide packed with step-by-step recipes to design a virtual datacenter using VMware 5.x. This book is a guide for anyone interested in designing virtualized datacenters using VMware vSphere 5.x and the supporting components. Current administrators of VMware vSphere environments will find this book useful when interested in becoming a vSphere Architect or are interested in learning more about the virtual datacenter design process. Knowledge of vSphere installation, configuration, and administration is a prerequisite.

What you will learn

Identify key factors related to a vSphere design and apply them to every step of the design process
Create a vSphere conceptual design by identifying technical and business requirements
Design for performance, availability, recoverability, manageability, and security
Map the logical resource design into the physical vSphere design
Create professional vSphere design documentation to ensure a successful implementation of the vSphere design

VMware vSphere 5.x Datacenter Design Cookbook

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