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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] i VATC Lab Setup Guide – April 20, 2015

VMwarevSphere:Install,Configure,Manage[V6]VATC Lab Setup Guide

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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] i i VATC Lab Setup Guide – April 20, 2015

Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................................ii

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3

Infrastructure Systems ................................................................................................................ 3

Control Center VM ................................................................................................................................ 3

Student Desktops .................................................................................................................................. 6

ESXi Hosts .............................................................................................................................................. 8

vCenter Server Virtual Appliance ........................................................................................................ 10

NFS Server ........................................................................................................................................... 10

iSCSI Storage ....................................................................................................................................... 11

VROPSHVM ......................................................................................................................................... 12

Network Diagram ...................................................................................................................... 12

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] 3 VATC Lab Setup Guide – April 20, 2015

Introduction This guide provides information that VATCs need to set up the lab environment for the vSphere Install Configure Manage course.

The lab environment should be set up to accommodate some number of student teams. A student team consists of 1 or 2 students. Each student team is assigned one complete set of systems configured to host a vSphere infrastructure, known as the “Day-0” environment.

VMware hosts the vSphere Install Configure Manage class on the VMware VDC lab environment, under the OneCloud system. This means that all student lab environments are presented as “vApps” running on top of a vCloud Director hosting environment. VMware recommends that VATCs use a similar configuration where all systems are virtual machines, running inside of vApps.

This guide lists the hardware requirements, software requirements, and any special configuration instructions for the systems used in the Day-0 lab environment.

Infrastructure Systems The Day-0 image is composed of the following eight systems:

• Control Center (CC) – A domain controller hosting the vclass.local domain • Desktop01 – A student desktop used by the student to gain access to the lab

environment. • Desktop02 – A student desktop used by the student to gain access to the lab

environment. • VCVA – vCenter Server Appliance • ESXi01 – ESXi host • ESXi02 – ESXi host • VROPSHVM - vRealize Operations Manager • iSCSI Server

Control Center VM CC is designed to provide network services to the students such as AD, DNS, DHCP, and storage services.

Hardware / Software Requirements CPU 1 64-bit processor Memory 2 GB Disk Disk 0: 25 GB

Disk 1: 160 GB Networking

Three Network Interfaces: • vAppNet-Fence – 172.20.0.10 • Mgmt-IPStorage – 172.20.10.10 • Production – 172.20.11.10

Operating System Windows 2008 (Note: As of this writing, other Windows versions have not been tested.)


Networking

The CC virtual machine has 3 network interfaces and acts as the primary router for the student network topology.

The vAppNet-Fence network interface (172.20.0.10/24) connects the student environment to the classroom network and other external resources.

The Mgmt-IPStorage network interface (172.20.10.10/24) connects to all systems in the student environment.

The Production network interface (172.20.11.10/24) connects to the ESXi01 and ESXi02 hosts and their nested virtual machines.

Service – DNS

Install DNS on Control Center as part of the domain setup procedure, allowing Windows to configure DNS automatically. Once the domain has been configured, add the following reverse lookup zone.

172.20.x.x Run ipconfig /registerdns on the domain controller to create the DC PTR record after the reverse zone has been created.

Add the following host records to the vclass.local forward lookup zone.

Name: ControlCenter (FQDN: cc.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.10 Name: esxi01 (FQDN: esxi01.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.51 Name: esxi02 (FQDN: esxi02.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.52 Name: Desktop01 (FQDN: desktop01.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.91 Name: Desktop02 (FQDN: desktop02.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.92


Name: vcva01 (FQDN: vcva01.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.94 Name: iscsi (FQDN: iscsi.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.14 Name: NFS (FQDN: nfs.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.10 Name: vcops (FQDN: vcops.vclass.local) IP: 172.20.10.96

Service - DHCP

Install and authorize the DHCP service on Control Center. Then add the following scopes and configure scope options.

Name: 172.20.10.0 (Management network) Range: 172.20.10.100 - 172.20.10.200

Name: 172.20.11.0 (Production network for virtual machines) Range: 172.20.11.201 - 172.20.11.220

Scope Options for the Production network:


Option Name Value

003 Router 172.20.11.10

006 DNS Server 172.20.10.10, 172.20.11.10, 172.20.0.10, 127.0.0.1

015 DNS Domain Name vclass.local

Be sure that the DHCP service is authorized, and that all scopes are activated. DHCP assignment is used only for the virtual machine operations.

Student Desktops

Hardware / Software Requirements CPU 1 64-bit processor Memory 8 GB Disk Disk 0: 40 GB Networking Two Network Interfaces:

Mgmt-IPStorage network – 172.20.10.91 (Desktop01), 172.20.10.92 (Desktop02) vAppNet-Fence network – 172.20.0.91 (Desktop01), 172.20.0.92 (Desktop02) Access to the Internet is NOT needed or provided for lab exercises.

Operating System Windows 2008 Adobe Flash Player Plugin Version 15.0.0

These student desktops are two Windows 2008 virtual machines that students will access during labs. Students install and/or run client software on these desktops, including vSphere Client, vSphere Web Client, vSphere Update Manager client, and vRealize Operations Manager client.

User accounts:

The student Desktops should be created as a member of or added to the vclass.local domain. Students log into these systems as the domain administrator. Any account used by the students should have similar permissions.

Username: vclass\Administrator Password: VMware1!


Software – Mozilla Firefox Install the latest version of Firefox web browser (avoid Google Chrome) for all users, and place a shortcut on the desktop. Make sure that the Firefox shortcut appears on the all users’ desktop (c:\Users\public\desktop).

The Firefox should be configured in the following ways: - Disable automatic updating - Enable the Shortcut Bar - Enable the Menu Bar - Create a “vSphere Web Client” shortcut on the shortcut bar to the vSphere Web Client - Create a “vROPS” shortcut on the shortcut bar to the VMware vRealize Operations

Manager UI.

Software – WinSCP

It is recommended (not required) that you install WinSCP (version 4.3.2 or higher) for all users and place a shortcut on the desktop. This is for the convenience of file transfers.

Downloads Folder

Download the VMware Remote Console from the VMware website and place it in the Downloads folder.

Desktop – lab folder

Create a lab files folder on the student desktop that contains:

1) vSphere Installer (VMware-VIMSetup-all-6.0.0-<build_number>), including the vSphere Client, vSphere Update Manager installation files and other components. This installer can be downloaded from the VATC website.

2) vSphere Update Manager patch bundle zip file. This file can be downloaded from the VATC website.


ESXi Hosts

There are two ESXi hosts. Each ESXi host must meet the following hardware requirements:

Hardware / Software Requirements CPU Two 64-bit processors (minimum) Memory 6 GB (Must be exactly 6 GB because a lab was written based on this setting.) Disk Disk 0: 32 GB Networking

Four Network Interfaces (1 Gbps each interface is recommended): • NIC 0 (vmnic0):

Management network: 172.20.10.51 (ESXi01), 172.20.10.52 (ESXi02) IP Storage: 172.20.10.61 (ESXi01), 172.20.10.62 (ESXi02)

• NIC 1 (vmnic1): Production network (for standard switch): 172.20.11.51 (ESXi01), 172.20.11.52 (ESXi02)

• NIC 3 (vmnic3): Production network (for Distributed Virtual Switch): 172.20.11.61 (ESXi01), 172.20.11.62 (ESXi02)

• NIC 2 (vmnic2): vMotion network: 172.20.12.51 (ESXi01), 172.20.12.52 (ESXi02)

Operating System ESXi 6.0.0, 2494585


Storage: Each host has a local datastore on the local 32 GB hard drive:

- The first 7 GB is consumed by the ESXi installation - The remaining ~25 GB is used to create the local datastore.

o ESXi01 has a datastore named Datastore1 o ESXi02 should have the datastore renamed to Datastore2

Folder\File Purpose

ISOFiles\ClassFiles-vSphere.iso ISO image that contains the cpubusy.vbs and IOMeter.exe files.

ISOFiles\en_windows_server_2008_ datacenter_enterprise_standard_without_hyperv_x86_dvd_X14-27006.iso

Virtual machine guest operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) Standard without Hyper-V

1) Shared Datastores: two LUNs per ESXi host (22 GB each). StarWind has been used to provide shared datastores. ESXi01 host has LUN 1 and LUN 2. ESXi02 host has LUN 3 and LUN 4. Please see the screenshot below.

2) RDM: one LUN per ESXi host (16 MB each). StarWind has been used to provide shared datastores. ESXi01 host has LUN 5. ESXi02 host has LUN 6. Please see the screenshot below.


vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Hardware Requirements CPU 4 CPUs Memory 16 GB Disk 170 GB Networking Management network interface – 172.20.10.94 Version 6.0.0-2562643 These instructions are for the configuration of a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance. This information is also applicable to a Windows vCenter Server.

The VCSA Configuration is as follows - Name: vcva01 - OS Password: VMware1! - Single Sign-On Password: VMware1! - Single Sign-On Domain: vsphere.local - Single Sign-On site name: Training - IPv4 Static address: 172.20.10.94 - Full name (FQDN): vcva01.vclass.local - SSH: Enabled

NFS Server

There is one NFS server for the class. The NFS server should be configured to export two LUNs (one for each ESXi host). These LUNs are used by the students for the NFS lab.

The NFS volumes are Windows 2008 Native NFS shares and are configured on the Control Center’s C: drive. The shares should have the “Everyone” and ANONYMOUS LOGON” group[s with Read/Write access. The DNS name should be nfs.vclass.local and reference the IP address of the control center. The two LUNs exported should be /nfsvol1 and /nfsvol2.


iSCSI Storage

In the VMware class the iSCSI server is provided by the StarWind VM (172.20.10.14). The iSCSI should host six LUNs (three per ESXi host) should be configured on StarWind.

Hardware / Software Requirements CPU 1 64-bit processor Memory 2 GB Disk Disk 0: 25 GB

Disk 1: 160 GB Networking

Network Interface: • Mgmt-IPStorage – 172.20.10.14

Operating System Windows 2008

(Note: As of this writing, other Windows versions have not been tested.)

Each ESXi host should have:

• 4 shared LUNs (two for each ESXi host, 22 GB each) for the VMFS lab. • 2 shared LUNs (one for each ESXi host, 16 GB each) for the Raw Device Mapping

lab.

The LUN configuration on StarWind should be similar to the graphic below:


VROPSHVM The VROPSHVM virtual appliance is provided for you by VMware Education. Download the virtual appliance from the VATC web site at vatc.vmeduc.com.

The VROPSHVM virtual appliance has the following minimum hardware requirements: Hardware / Software Requirements CPU 2 64-bit processors Memory 8 GB Disks Disk 0: 12GB

Disk 1: 250GB Disk 2: 4GB

Networking – 1 interface

Management network IP address: 172.20.10.96

Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (64-bit)

Network Diagram

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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6] 2021. 2. 5. · Students install and/or run client software on these desktops, including vSphere Client, vSphere Web Client, vSphere