vSphere Installation and Setup - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Installation and Setup - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Installation and Setup - Documentation - VMware
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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Installation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Setup</strong><br />
Provisioning ESXi Systems with <strong>vSphere</strong> Auto Deploy 84<br />
Using Auto Deploy for Stateless Caching <strong>and</strong> Stateful Installs 88<br />
Setting Up an Auto Deploy Reference Host 95<br />
Advanced Management Tasks 104<br />
Auto Deploy Best Practices <strong>and</strong> Security Consideration 115<br />
Troubleshooting Auto Deploy 120<br />
Auto Deploy Proof of Concept <strong>Setup</strong> 126<br />
6 Using <strong>vSphere</strong> ESXi Image Builder CLI 143<br />
Underst<strong>and</strong>ing Image Builder 143<br />
Image Builder <strong>Installation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Usage 151<br />
Image Builder Common Tasks 153<br />
Image Builder Workflows 159<br />
7 Setting Up ESXi 165<br />
ESXi Autoconfiguration 166<br />
About the Direct Console ESXi Interface 166<br />
Set the Password for the Administrator Account 169<br />
Configuring the BIOS Boot Settings 170<br />
Host Fails to Boot After You Install ESXi in UEFI Mode 171<br />
Network Access to Your ESXi Host 171<br />
Configure the Network Settings on a Host That Is Not Attached to the Network 172<br />
Managing ESXi Remotely 172<br />
Configuring Network Settings 173<br />
Storage Behavior 177<br />
View System Logs 180<br />
Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts 181<br />
Enable Lockdown Mode Using the Direct Console 181<br />
Enable Lockdown Mode Using the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client 182<br />
Enable Lockdown Mode Using the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client 182<br />
Enable ESXi Shell <strong>and</strong> SSH Access with the Direct Console User Interface 183<br />
Set the Host Image Profile Acceptance Level 183<br />
Reset the System Configuration 184<br />
Remove All Custom Packages on ESXi 185<br />
Disable Support for Non-ASCII Characters in Virtual Machine File <strong>and</strong> Directory Names 185<br />
Disable ESXi 185<br />
8 After You Install <strong>and</strong> Set Up ESXi 187<br />
Managing the ESXi Host with the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client <strong>and</strong> the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client 187<br />
Licensing ESXi Hosts 187<br />
9 Preparing vCenter Server Databases 191<br />
vCenter Server Database Configuration Notes 192<br />
Create a 64-Bit DSN 192<br />
Configure vCenter Server to Communicate with the Local Database 193<br />
About the Bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Database Package 193<br />
Maintaining a vCenter Server Database 194<br />
Configure DB2 Databases 194<br />
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