{"product_id":"automating-vsphere-with-vmware-vcenter-orchestrator","title":"Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnleash the Power of vCenter Orchestrator to Automate Tasks and Improve Efficiency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, VMware administrators are responsible for far more infrastructure, servers, and services than ever before. To succeed, they must take full advantage of opportunities to automate and orchestrate their vSphere environments. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutomating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, three-time vExpert Cody Bunch shows how to utilize VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) 4.2 to achieve far higher levels of operational efficiency and effectiveness. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBunch reveals what vCO can do, walks through each step of installation and configuration, explains how its “moving parts” work together, and thoroughly introduces both plug-ins and workflows. Building on this core knowledge, he presents several start-to-finish case studies showing how to use vCO to address real-world challenges ranging from provisioning to snapshots, cluster management to decommissioning. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhatever your VMware virtualization environment, this book will help you do more with less, save time, eliminate errors, and improve both performance and reliability. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoverage includes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding how vCO fits into your environment and identifying your best opportunities to use it \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eChoosing the right installation scenario and efficiently managing the vCO installation process \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eConfiguring vCO: services, passwords, networking, LDAP, databases, SSL, licensing, plug-ins, backup, and more \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eInteracting with vCO through actions, packages, plug-ins, web views, resources, and workflows \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAutomating manual tasks with vCO’s extensive workflow library \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eCreating sophisticated workflows with drag-and-drop components and JavaScript \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUsing plug-ins to control infrastructure within and around your vSphere environment \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBringing consistency to VM provisioning, overcoming “VM sprawl” and resource contention, and simplifying support \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eOptimizing VM lifecycle management, all the way through decommissioning \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAutomating all snapshot monitoring processes and components \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eExporting logs, finding\/deleting orphaned files, and performing other day-to-day tasks \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eEfficiently conducting mass VM migrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eQuickly adding vCenter hosts and clusters, configuring shared storage, and adding hosts to new clusters \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eUsing vCO and third-party plug-ins to gain “private cloud” benefits and flexibility \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworking\/Virtualization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003evmware.com\/go\/vmwarepress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46286767423726,"sku":"9780132841825","price":42.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/automating-vsphere-with-vmware-vcenter-orchestrator","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}