VSDD6 Design Template ConfigurationWorkbook

vCenter Server Appliance Configuration Information
vCenter Server Appliance

System
Appliance version
Operating system name
Target Deployment Host
ESXi Hostname / IP address
ESXi Host User Name
ESXi Host Password Known?
vCenter Appliance Configuration
vCenter Server Appliance VM Name
vCenter Server Appliance User Name
vCenter Server Appliance Password (Configured Here) Known?
Deployment Type
Platform Services Controller (Embedded or External (Use PSC Tab))
VMware vCenter Single Sign-On SetupVMware vCenter Single Sign-On SetupVMware vCenter Single Sign-On SetupVMware vCen
vCenter Single Sign-On deployment type (Create New Domain or Join Existing Domain)
vCenter Single Sign-On account user name
vCenter Single Sign-On account password (Configured here) known?
vCenter Single Sign-On domain name
vCenter Single Sign-On site name
Appliance Size
Appliance Size (Tiny, Small, Medium, or Large)
Datastore
Deployment LUN
Thin Provision Disk
Database Settings
Database Type (Embedded or Oracle)
Server
Port
Instance name
Login
Password
Network
Network
IP Address Family (IPv4 or IPv6)
Address type (DHCP or Static)
IPv4 IP Address
System Name (FQDN)
IPv4 Netmask
IPv4 default gateway
Preferred DNS
Alternate DNS
IPv6 default gateway
IPv6 address type (Auto, DHCP, or Static)
IPv6 address
Network Time (NTP)
Synchronize with ESXi Host (Yes or No)
NTP Servers
NTP Server Address/FQDN
Enable SSH
Enable SSH (Yes or No)
Services
VMware ESXi™ Dump Collector repository maximum size (GB)
on
vCenter Server 1
6.0.0.xxxxx Build xxxxx

SUSE
esxi-01.vmware.lab
root
Yes
vcsa-01
root
Yes
External (Use Platform Services Controller Tab)

vCenter Single Sign-On SetupVMware vCenter Single Sign-On Setup
Join Existing Domain
administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Large
esxi-lun1
No
Embedded
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
management-network-1
IPv4
Static
10.161.0.20
vcva-01.vmware.lab
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
n/a
n/a
n/a
No
Yes
10.161.0.36
No
2
vCenter Server 2

SUSE
esxi-01.vmware.lab
root
Yes
vcsa-01
root
Yes

administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Large
esxi-lun1
No
Embedded
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
IPv4
Static
10.161.0.20
vcva-01.vmware.lab
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
n/a
n/a
n/a
No
Yes
10.161.0.36
No
2
vCenter Server 3

SUSE
esxi-01.vmware.lab
root
Yes
vcsa-01
root
Yes
Embedded

administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Large
esxi-lun1
No
Embedded
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
IPv4
Static
10.161.0.20
vcva-01.vmware.lab
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
n/a
n/a
n/a
No
Yes
10.161.0.36
No
2
vCenter Server for Windows Configuration Information
vCenter Server for Windows
vCenter Server for Windows System Type (Physical or Virtual)
vCenter Server for Windows System Operating System
vCenter Server for Windows Version
vCenter Server for Windows System Hostname / System Network Name
vCenter Server for Windows System IP Address
vCenter Server for Windows System Subnet
vCenter Server for Windows System DNS
vCenter Server for Windows System DNS Suffix
vCenter Server for Windows Admin User
vCenter Server for Windows Admin Password Known
Platform Service Controller Type (Embedded or External (Use PSC Tab))
VMware vCenter Single Sign-On™ SetupVMware vCenter Single Sign-On™ SetupVMware vCenter Single Sign-On™ Setup
VMware vCenter Server for Windows Service Account
Use Local System Account as Service Account (Yes or No)
Service Account User
Service Account Password known
vCenter Server Database
vCenter Server Database System Type (Physical or Virtual)
vCenter Server Database Configuration (Single Node or Cluster)
vCenter Server Database Type (Embedded Postgres, Microsoft SQL, or Oracle)
vCenter Server Database Version
vCenter Server Database System Operating System Type
vCenter Server Database System Hostname
vCenter Server Database System IP Address
vCenter Server Database System Subnet
vCenter Server Database System DNS
vCenter Server Database System DNS Suffix
vCenter Server Database System NTP
vCenter Server Database System IP Address for Backups
vCenter Server Database DSN Name
vCenter Server Database Name
vCenter Server Database Admin User
vCenter Server Database Admin Password Known
vCenter Server Database Port
vCenter Server 1
Virtual
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
6.0
vc-01.vmware.lab
10.161.0.20
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
admin@vmware
Yes
are vCenter Single Sign-On™ Setup
administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Yes
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
vCenter Server 1 DB
Virtual
Single Node
Microsoft SQL
2008 R2
sql-01.vmware.lab
10.1.45.100
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
ntp.vmware.lab
vCenter Database Server

CIM-01
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
1433
vCenter Server 2
Virtual
6.0
vc-01.vmware.lab
10.161.0.20
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
admin@vmware
Yes

administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Yes
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
vCenter Server 2 DB
Virtual
Single Node
Microsoft SQL
2008 R2
sql-01.vmware.lab
10.1.45.100
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
ntp.vmware.lab

CIM-01
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
1433
vCenter Server 3
Virtual
6.0
vc-01.vmware.lab
10.161.0.20
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
admin@vmware
Yes

administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
Yes
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
vCenter Server 2 DB
Virtual
Single Node
Microsoft SQL
2008 R2
sql-01.vmware.lab
10.1.45.100
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.15,10.161.0.16
vmware.lab
ntp.vmware.lab

CIM-01
vcsrvacc@vmware
Yes
1433
External Platform Service Controller Configuration Information
Platform Service Controller Server (External Controller ONLY!)
Platform Service Controller Server Type (Physical or Virtual
Platform Service Controller Deployment Type (External or Embedded (Go To vCenter Tab))
Platform Service Controller Server Operating System Type
Platform Service Controller Server Version
Platform Service Controller Server Hostname
Platform Service Controller Server IP Address
Platform Service Controller Server Subnet
Platform Service Controller Server DNS
Platform Service Controller High Availability
Needed? (Yes or No)
Platform Service Controller Load Balancer DNS Name
nformation
PSC 1
Virtual
External
Appliance
6.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
No
TBD
PSC 2
Virtual
External
Appliance
6.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
No
TBD
PSC 3
Virtual
External
Appliance
6.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
administrator
Yes
vsphere.local
PaloAlto
No
TBD
vSphere Data Center and Cluster Configuration
Data Center
Data Center Name
Cluster 1
Cluster Name
Cluster Features
vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (Yes or No)
Automation Level (Manual, Partial Automated, or Fully Automated)
Migration Threshold (Priority 1 (Conservative), 2, or 3 (Aggressive))
Virtual Machine Automation (Disabled or Enabled (Individual VM Levels))
Power Management (Manual, Automatic, or Off)
DPM Threshold (Priority 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or n/a)
Affinity Rules
Virtual Machines Options
vSphere HA
vSphere High Availability (HA) (Yes or No)
Host Monitoring (Yes or No)
Protect against
(Disabled, Storage Connectivity
VM Monitoring Only, or VM Loss
and(Yes or No) Monitoring)Virtual Machine Monitoring
Application
(Disabled, VM Monitoring Only, or VM and Application Monitoring)
Failure conditions and VM response
VM Restart Policy (Disabled, Low, Medium, or High)
Response
Response for
for Host Isolation
datastores with(Disabled,
PermanentShutdown and (PDL)
Device Loss Restart VMs, Power
(Disabled, IssueOff and Restart
Events, PowerVMs)
Off and Restart
VMs)
(Aggressive))Response for datastores with All Paths Down (APD)
(Disabled, Issue Events, Power Off and Restart VMs (Conservative), Power Off and Restart VMs (Aggressive))
Delay for VM failover for APD
Response for APD recovery after APD timeout (Disabled or Restart VMs)
VM monitoring sensitivity (Low or High)
Admission Control Settings
Admission Control (Enabled or Disabled)
Admission Control Policy
Datastore Heartbeating
EVC Mode
EVC Mode Setting (Disable, Enable for AMD Hosts, Enable for Intel Hosts)
EVC Mode Type
Fault Tolerance
Turn on Fault Tolerance (Yes or No)
DRS Affinity Rules

Rule Name
Rule Name
Rule Name
Rule Name
Rule Name
Rule Name
Virtual Machine Options

Virtual Machine
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
VM Name
vc01-dc01
Cluster 1
Yes
Fully Automated
Priority 2
Enabled (Individual VM Levels)
Off
n/a
See below
See below
Yes
Yes
Yes
VM Monitoring Only
High
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
3 minutes
Disabled
High
Enabled
Define failover capacity by reserving a percentage
Automatic
Enable EVC for Intel Hosts

Setting
No
Type
Keep/Separate/Pin to host
Automation Level
Fully/Partial/Manual/Default/Disabled
vc01-dc02
Cluster 2
Yes
Fully Automated
Priority 2
Enabled (Individual VM Levels)
Off
n/a
See below
See below
Yes
Yes
Yes
VM Monitoring Only
Medium
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
3 minutes
Disabled
High
Enabled
Define failover capacity by reserving a percentage
Automatic
Enable EVC for Intel Hosts

Setting
No
Physical ESXi Host Summary Local Storage
Hostname Manufacturer Model Present
esxi-01 SuperMicro SuperBlade (Yes
No or No)
esxi-02 SuperMicro SuperBlade No
Local Total Burn-in
Storage Storage Raid Total RAM (GB) performed? CPU Model CPU Speed
Type (GB) (Yes (Ghz)
n/a n/a n/a 96 GB Yes or No) Intel Xeon X5650 2.6 Ghz
n/a n/a n/a 96 GB Yes Intel Xeon X5650 2.6 Ghz
Network Off-load features
Processor Processor Cores Network Chipset Network Speed supported?
Sockets Per Socket Port Count (Mb) (Yes or No)
2 6 Intel 82576 2 1000 No
2 6 Intel 82576 2 1000 No
2 6 Intel 82576 2 1000 No
2 6 Intel 82576 2 1000 No
Network Network Firmware IP Address VLAN ID DNS Entry
Port Count Speed (Mb) Version
2 10000 02.02.64 192.168.1.11 100 Yes
2 10000 02.02.64 192.168.1.12 100 Yes
2 10000 02.02.64 192.168.1.13 100 Yes
2 10000 02.02.64 192.168.1.14 100 Yes
FQDN
esxi-01-ilo.sddc.lab
ESXi Host Configuration
Basic ESXi Configuration
Management Network Adapter
VLAN ID (Dynamic IPv4 Address or Static IPv4 Address, or Disable IPv4
IPv4 Mode
Configuration)
IPv4 Address
IPv4 Subnet Mask
IPv4
IPv6 Default GatewayIPv6 Address or Static IPv6 Address, or Disable IPv6
Mode (Dynamic
Configuration)
IPv6 Static Address 1
IPv6 Default Gateway
Primary DNS Server
Secondary DNS Server
Hostname
Custom DNS Suffixes
Advanced ESXi Configuration
ESXi Host Network Configuration
Virtual Machines
Swap file location
Default VM Compatibility
System
Time Configuration (Manually Configure or Enable NTP Client)
NTP Service Start Up Policy
NTP Servers
Authentication Services (Local Authentication or Join Domain)
Domain
Credentials
Using Proxy (IP Address)
Host Profile

VLAN ID (Dynamic IPv4 Address or Static IPv4 Address, or Disable IPv4
IPv4 Mode
Configuration)
IPv4 Address
IPv4 Subnet Mask
IPv4 Mode
IPv6 Default(Dynamic
GatewayIPv6 Address or Static IPv6 Address, or Disable IPv6
Configuration)
Primary DNS Server
Hostname
Custom DNS Suffixes
Virtual Machines
Swap file location
System
NTP Servers
Domain
Credentials
Host Profile

VLANMode
IPv4 ID (Dynamic IPv4 Address or Static IPv4 Address, or Disable IPv4
Configuration)
IPv4 Address
IPv4 Subnet Mask
IPv4 Mode
IPv6 Default(Dynamic
GatewayIPv6 Address or Static IPv6 Address, or Disable IPv6
Configuration)
Primary DNS Server
Hostname
Custom DNS Suffixes
Virtual Machines
Swap file location
System
NTP Servers
Domain
Credentials
Host Profile
<Cluster 1>
Host 1
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.241
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
Disable IPv6 Configuration
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-01.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 1
Refer to the Networking tab.
Virtual machine directory

Use data center setting and host version
Enable NTP Client

Start and Stop With Host
pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
esxsrvacc@vsphere.lab
n/a
None
<Cluster 2>
Host 1
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.241
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-01.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 1

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
<Cluster 3>
Host 1
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.241
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-01.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 1

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
<Cluster 1>
Host 2
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.242
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-02.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 2

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
<Cluster 2>
Host 2
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.242
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-02.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 2

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
<Cluster 3>
Host 2
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.242
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-02.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 2

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
Host 3
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.243
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-03.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 3

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
Host 3
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.243
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-03.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 3

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
Host 3
vmnic01
n/a
Static IPv4 Address
10.161.0.243
255.255.255.0
10.161.0.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10.161.0.15
10.161.0.16
esx-03.vsphere.lab
vsphere.lab
Host 3

Enable NTP Client

pool.ntp.org
Join Domain
vsphere.lab
n/a
None
Storage Configuration
Basic Sizing When sizing a VMware datastore, first determine how many active virtual machines to allocate per datas
The following is a general calculation that can be used to determine the datastore size best suited for the
Average size of all VMDKs for a VM * Number of VMs = Datastore Capacity
Swap Space Factor in the needed spare room for virtual machine swap space.
Average VM Memory Size * Number of VMs = Swap Space Capacity
Snapshots 15 percent is a good figure to use for snapshot overhead. The retention policy for active snapshots deter
two days, store the snap shots on a second-tier datastore.
Free Space 15 percent is a good figure to factor in free space.
Number of VMs Average VM Memory Size Average Disk Size (GB) Snapshot Space (%)
(GB)
10 20 GB 60 GB 10
NFS, VSAN,
or VVOL) Datastore Name Size LUN ID
NFS las-ntap01-sg09-01 2 TB n/a
NFS las-ntap02-sg10-01 2 TB n/a
NFS las-vnx01-sg09-01 2 TB n/a
ctive virtual machines to allocate per datastore.
rmine the datastore size best suited for the environment.
of VMs = Datastore Capacity
ce.
Swap Space Capacity
retention policy for active snapshots determines the overall space required. Best practice recommends that the retention policy for active snapsho
Free Space (%) VMDK Space Swap Space Snapshot Space Free Space Required
Required Required Required
10 600 200 60 60
LUN WWN NFS Server NFS Folder IO Control Enabled

n/a 10.0.9.10 /vol/las_ntap01_sg09_01 No
n/a 10.0.9.10 /vol/las_ntap02_sg10_01 No
n/a 10.1.9.10 /las_vnx01_sg09_01 No
nds that the retention policy for active snapshots be as short as possible. If the retention policy exceeds
Total Datastore Size

920
Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster Name

No n/a
No n/a
No n/a
vSphere Datastore Cluster Configuration
Datastore Cluster Configuration
Data Center
Cluster
Datastore Cluster Name
Cluster Features
vSphere Storage DRS (Yes or No)
Cluster Automation Level (No Automation or Fully Automated)
Enable I/O Metrics (Yes or No)
Space Threshold
I/O Latency Threshold
Keep VMDKs together by default (True or False)
Check Imbalances every
I/O Imbalance Threshold
Datastore
Datastore #1
Datastore #2
Datastore #3
Datastore #x
ration
vc01-dc01 vc02-dc01
Management Payload
DataClusters-Mgmt-NoReplica DataClusters-Payload-NoReplica
Yes Yes
Fully Automated Fully Automated
Yes Yes
85% 85%
15ms 15ms
0 0
8 hrs 8 hrs
5 5
<datastore name> <datastore name>

vc03-dc01 vc04-dc01
Payload Payload
DataClusters-Payload-Replica DataClusters-PerfCap-NoReplica
Yes Yes
Fully Automated Fully Automated
Yes Yes
85% 85%
15ms 15ms
0 0
8 hrs 8 hrs
5 5

vSwitch Configuration (vSwitch and Portgroup)
vSwitch
Data Center Configuration
Switch Type Name Version
or Host Name (Standard or Distributed)
esx-01.vsphere.lab Standard SS01 n/a
vc01-dc01 Distributed vDS-MGMT 6.0.0
Portgroup
Portgroup Name
Configuration
Switch Location
Port Binding (Static, Port Allocation (Elastic
Dynamic, or Ephemeral) or Fixed)
ESXi_Mgmt_100 vDS-MGMT Static binding Elastic
iSCSI1_Storage_200 vDS-MGMT Static binding Elastic
iSCSI2_Storage_200 vDS-MGMT Static binding Elastic
Portgroup
Portgroup Name
Policies Promiscuous Mode Mac Address Changes Forged Transmits
(Reject or Accept) (Reject or Accept) (Reject or Accept)
ESXi_Mgmt_100 Reject Reject Reject
iSCSI1_Storage_200 Reject Reject Reject
iSCSI2_Storage_200 Reject Reject Reject
Uplinks Network I/O Control (Enabled or Disabled) Default Port Group
(Yes or No)
n/a n/a n/a
2 Enabled No
VLAN Type (VLAN,

Number of Ports Network Resource Pool VLAN Trunking, or Private
8 Default VLAN)
VLAN
8 Default VLAN
8 Default VLAN
Traffic Shaping Load Balancing Policy Failure Detection

Disabled Route Based on Originating Virtual Port Link Status Only
Default Port Group Name
n/a
N/A
VLAN(s)
100
200
200
Notify Switches (Yes or No) Failback Teaming Policy Uplinks

(Yes or No)
Yes No Active/Standby vmnic0, vmnic2
ESXi Host VMkernel Network Configuration
<Cluster Name> Host 1 Host 2
Hostname esx-01.sddc.lab esx-02.sddc.lab
Management Network Host 1 Host 2
Use DHCP No No
IPv4 Address 10.161.0.241 10.161.0.242
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
IPv6 Address N/A N/A
Switch Name vDS_MGMT vDS_MGMT
vmnic(s) vmnic0/vmnic1 vmnic0/vmnic1
Portgroup ESXi_Mgmt_100 ESXi_Mgmt_100
Traffic Type Management Management
TCP/IP Stack Default Default
Storage Network Host 1 Host 2
Use DHCP No No
IPv4 Address 10.161.0.241 10.161.0.242
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Portgroup iSCSI1_Storage_200 iSCSI1_Storage_200
Traffic Type IP Storage IP Storage
Storage Network 2 Host 1 Host 2
Use DHCP No No
IPv4 Address 10.161.1.241 10.161.1.242
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Portgroup iSCSI2_Storage_200 iSCSI2_Storage_200
Traffic Type IP Storage IP Storage
vMotion Network Host 1 Host 2
Use DHCP No No
IPv4 Address 192.168.0.241 192.168.0.242
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Switch Name vDS0 vDS0
Portgroup ESXi_vMotion_300 ESXi_vMotion_300
Traffic Type vMotion vMotion
Fault Tolerance Network Host 1 Host 2
Use DHCP No No
Subnet Mask N/A N/A
Switch Name vDS0 vDS0
Portgroup ESXi_FT_400 ESXi_FT_400
Traffic Type Fault Tolerance logging Fault Tolerance logging
Host 3 Host 4
esx-03.sddc.lab
Host 3 Host 4
No
10.161.0.243
255.255.255.0
N/A
vDS_MGMT
vmnic0/vmnic1
ESXi_Mgmt_100
Management
Default
Host 3 Host 4
No
10.161.0.243
255.255.255.0
N/A
vDS_MGMT
vmnic0/vmnic1
iSCSI1_Storage_200
IP Storage
Default
Host 3 Host 4
No
10.161.1.243
255.255.255.0
N/A
vDS_MGMT
vmnic1/vmnic0
iSCSI2_Storage_200
IP Storage
Default
Host 3 Host 4
No
192.168.0.243
255.255.255.0
N/A
vDS0
vmnic2/vmnic3
ESXi_vMotion_300
vMotion
Default
Host 3 Host 4
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
vDS0
vmnic2/vmnic3
ESXi_FT_400
Fault Tolerance logging
Default
Network I/O Control Settings
Distributed Switch Name: DS01 Traffic type in use
Traffic Type (Yes or No)Traffic type in use
Fault Tolerance (FT) Traffic (YesYes
or No)
Management Traffic Yes
NFS Traffic No
Virtual Machine Traffic Yes
Virtual SAN Traffic Yes
iSCSI Traffic No
vMotion Traffic Yes
vSphere Data Protection Backup Traffic No
vSphere Replication (VR) Traffic No
Distributed Switch Name: Traffic type in use
Traffic Type (Yes or No)Traffic type in use
Fault Tolerance (FT) Traffic (Yes or No)
Management Traffic
NFS Traffic
Virtual Machine Traffic
Virtual SAN Traffic
iSCSI Traffic
vMotion Traffic
vSphere Data Protection Backup Traffic
vSphere Replication (VR) Traffic
Shares Shares Value Limits Reservations
Normal n/a n/a n/a
High n/a n/a n/a
High n/a n/a n/a

Normal n/a n/a n/a
High n/a n/a n/a
Shares Shares Value Limits Reservations

Network IO Control Bandwidth Calculator
10 GB Uplink Speed
Traffic Type NIOC Share Bandwidth Share Use?

FT 50 0.00 No
iSCSI 100 0.00 No
NFS 100 3.33 Yes
vMotion 25 0.83 Yes
Management 25 0.83 Yes
VM Traffic 100 3.33 Yes
UD: Backup 50 1.67 Yes
UD: Storage 100 3.33 Yes
300
Enter Share Value Enter Yes or No
NIOC Bandwidth Share
Values FT
Low = 25 iSCS
Normal = 50 3.33 3.33 NFS
High = 100 vMo
Man
VM T
0.83 UD:
1.67
0.83 UD:
3.33
Enter Yes or No
hare
FT
iSCSI
NFS
vMotion
Management
VM Traffic
UD: Backup
UD: Storage
Virtual Machine Workload Summary
Virtual Machine Name Application
VM01 Application server
VM02 Web server
Operating System vCPUs vRAM (GB) Storage (GB)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 16 80
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 4 16 60
OS Storage Application Storage CPU Shares CPU CPU Limit Memory Shares
Size (GB) Size (GB) Reservation
20 60 n/a n/a n/a n/a
20 40 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Memory Memory Limit
Reservation
n/a n/a
n/a n/a
Roles and Credentials
vCenter Server Role Name AD User/Group To Assign Role To Enabled vSphere Privileges
Administrator vSphere-Admins This is a built-in role.
Datastore Consumer (Sample) Storage-Admins This is a built-in role.
Custom Role #1
Custom Role #2
vCenter Inventory level of Description
permissions
Global permissions Administrative
Administrative rightstotoallvSphere
rights vSpherestorage
objects
Datastores and all children components
vSphere Update Manager
Attribute
Patch download sources
Shared repository
Proxy settings
Patch download schedule
Email notification
vSphere Update Manager baselines
Virtual machine settings
ESXi host settings
vApp settings
VUM Server 1
Download ESXi 6.0 patches
C:\VUM\vSpherePatches
proxy.vsphere.local:3128
Every Sunday at 1:00AM PST
vsphereadmin@company.com
Critical and non-critical ESXi host patches;
VMwarerollback;
enable Tools and Virtual hardware upgrades
Selectinterval:
Retry "Do not 30
delete snapshots"
minutes
Number of retries: 5
Select "Enable smart reboot after remediation"
VUM Server 2
Download ESXi 6.0 patches
C:\VUM\vSpherePatches
proxy.vsphere.local:3128
Every Sunday at 1:00AM PST
vsphereadmin@company.com
Critical and non-critical ESXi host patches;
VMwarerollback;
enable Tools and Virtual hardware upgrades
Selectinterval:
Retry "Do not 30
delete snapshots"
minutes
Number of retries: 5
Select "Enable smart reboot after remediation"

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vCenter Server Appliance Configuration Information

vCenter Server Appliance

6.0.0.xxxxx Build xxxxx

External (Use Platform Services Controller Tab)

6.0.0.xxxxx Build xxxxx

External (Use Platform Services Controller Tab)

Join Existing Domain

6.0.0.xxxxx Build xxxxx

Join Existing Domain

vCenter Database Server

Join Existing Domain

vCenter Database Server

Join Existing Domain

vCenter Database Server

DRS Affinity Rules

Virtual Machine Options

Enable EVC for Intel Hosts

Enable EVC for Intel Hosts

Basic ESXi Configuration

Basic ESXi Configuration

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Virtual machine directory

Enable NTP Client

Average size of all VMDKs for a VM * Number of VMs = Datastore Capacity

Average VM Memory Size * Number of VMs = Swap Space Capacity

Free Space 15 percent is a good figure to factor in free space.

of VMs = Datastore Capacity

Swap Space Capacity

LUN WWN NFS Server NFS Folder IO Control Enabled

Total Datastore Size

Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster Name

<datastore name> <datastore name>

<datastore name> <datastore name>

VLAN Type (VLAN,

Traffic Shaping Load Balancing Policy Failure Detection

Notify Switches (Yes or No) Failback Teaming Policy Uplinks

High n/a n/a n/a

High n/a n/a n/a

Shares Shares Value Limits Reservations

Traffic Type NIOC Share Bandwidth Share Use?

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