Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems Best Practices for Running VMware ESXi 6.5 or Later Clusters on XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems
- Revision history
- Introduction
- Boot devices
- Configure VMware vSphere vCenter Server
- Apply updates in a VMware vSphere environment
- Deployment best practices
- Appendix
Chapter 1: Revision history............................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Introduction.................................................................................................................5
Chapter 3: Boot devices................................................................................................................ 6
Essential information about the boot devices.............................................................................................................. 6
Run virtual machines on the Nutanix Distributed File System only.........................................................................6
Chapter 4: Configure VMware vSphere vCenter Server................................................................. 8
Register vSphere Server under Prism............................................................................................................................ 8
Configure VMware DRS settings.....................................................................................................................................8
Configure VMware HA....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Enable VMware EVC settings......................................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 5: Apply updates in a VMware vSphere environment....................................................... 12
VMware Update Manager................................................................................................................................................12
Pre-requisite for a One-Click upgrade process.......................................................................................................... 12
Perform the upgrade.........................................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 6: Deployment best practices......................................................................................... 15
Virtual disk provisioning....................................................................................................................................................15
SYSLOG................................................................................................................................................................................15
Appendix A: Appendix.................................................................................................................. 16
Additional resources and references............................................................................................................................. 16
Referenced or recommended Dell EMC publications................................................................................................16
Referenced or recommended Nutanix publications...................................................................................................16
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