Mike Brown & Hersey Cartwright 
The Complete VMware vSphere Guide 
Design a virtualized data center with VMware vSphere 6.7

Explore the benefits of VMware v Sphere 6.7 to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure virtual infrastructure, and secure apps. Next, you”ll pick up on how to enhance your infrastructure with high-performance storage access, such as remote direct memory access (RDMA) and Persistent

• Design, deploy and manage VMware v Sphere virtual data centers


• Implement monitoring and security of VMware workloads with ease


• Explore tips and techniques for designing a robust virtual infrastructure

v Sphere 6.7 is the latest release of VMware’s industry-leading virtual cloud platform. By understanding how to manage, secure, and scale apps with v Sphere 6.7, you can easily run even the most demanding of workloads. This Learning Path begins with an overview of the features of the v Sphere 6.7 suite. You’ll learn how to plan and design a virtual infrastructure. You’ll also gain insights into best practices to efficiently configure, manage, and secure apps. Next, you’ll pick up on how to enhance your infrastructure with high-performance storage access, such as remote direct memory access (RDMA) and Persistent memory. The book will even guide you in securing your network with security features, such as encrypted v Motion and VM-level encryption. Finally, by learning how to apply Proactive High Availability and Predictive Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), you’ll be able to achieve enhanced computing, storage, network, and management capabilities for your virtual data center.

By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll be able to build your own VMware v Sphere lab that can run high workloads.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

• VMware v Sphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook – Third Edition by Mike Brown and Hersey Cartwright


• Mastering VMware v Sphere 6.7 – Second Edition by Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, and Paolo Valsecchi

• Understand how to patch, upgrade, and manage a virtual environment with v Sphere 6.7


• Identify key factors related to a v Sphere design


• Mitigate security risks and meet compliance requirements in a v Sphere design


• Create a v Sphere conceptual design by identifying technical and business requirements


• Map the logical resource design into the physical v Sphere design


• Create professional v Sphere design documentation

This Learning Path is for administrators, infrastructure engineers, consultants, and architects who want to design virtualized data center environments using VMware v Sphere 6.x (or previous versions of v Sphere and the supporting components). Basic knowledge of VMware v Sphere is required to get the most out of this Learning Path.