Reference Guide
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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