VMware Infrastructure Essentials: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

"VMware Infrastructure Essentials"

"VMware Infrastructure Essentials" is an authoritative guide purpose-built for IT professionals and enterprise architects navigating the expanding landscape of VMware virtualization. Carefully structured across nine comprehensive chapters, this book lays a solid foundation, beginning with core platform architecture and delving into the deeper mechanics of ESXi, vCenter Server, and supporting modules. Readers are afforded detailed insights into hypervisor internals, virtual machine configuration, deployment models, platform interoperability, and strategic licensing—making it indispensable for both designing robust infrastructures and optimizing existing deployments.

The coverage extends expertly into the operational domains of host lifecycle management, advanced networking, and scalable enterprise storage. From automated ESXi deployment to intricate resource scheduling, distributed switching, micro-segmentation with NSX, and data persistence via vSAN and external integrations, each topic is addressed with technical precision and best practice guidance. The book provides actionable frameworks for clustering, high availability, performance analysis, and proactive capacity planning—empowering readers to maintain resilient, high-performing environments regardless of scale.

Security, compliance, automation, and hybrid cloud integration round out the book’s focus. Readers will master identity management, encrypted communication, compliance automation, and event-driven remediation alongside deep dives into vSphere APIs, Infrastructure as Code with PowerCLI and Terraform, and DevOps-enabling workflows. Future-oriented chapters demystify hybrid and multi-cloud integration, disaster recovery orchestration, and modern deployments with Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu. "VMware Infrastructure Essentials" is your definitive companion for building secure, automated, and cloud-ready VMware environments, suited for today’s dynamic enterprise IT demands.

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Release date

Ebook: 2 June 2025