Vcap-Dca, Objective 3.1 – Commands And Steps

Front 1

Tune ESXi host networking configuration: Adjust Host Power Management Settings

Back 1

Performance Best Practices, page 34

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Click Configuration.
2. Click on Power Management (under Hardware)
3. Click on the Properties link.
4. Select the High Performance option.
5. Click OK.

Front 2

Tune ESXi host CPU configuration: Enable/Disable hyper-threading

Back 2

Performance Best Practices, P 19

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select Host
2. Click Configuration tab
3. Click Processors
4. Click Properties
6, Check or un-check Enabled

(if properites is greyed out, hyper-threading is not enabled in the BIOS)

Front 3

Configure and apply advanced ESXi host attributes: GUI

Back 3

Resource Management, Pp 104-106

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a Host
2. Click on the Configuration tab
3. Under Software, click on the Advanced Settings link.
4. Choose the attribute group in the left-hand pane.
5. In the right-hand pane, locate the proper attribute and make the required change.

Front 4

Configure and apply advanced ESXi host attributes: CLI

Back 4

Resource Management, Pp 104-106

esxcli system settings advanced

or

vicfg-advcfg

Front 5

Configure and apply advanced Virtual Machine attributes: GUI

Back 5

Resource Management, Pp 101-104
From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a VM
2. Click Edit Settings
3. Click Options
4. Click Configuration parameters
5. Click Add Row
6. Enter the name of the attribute and the value
7. Click OK

Front 6

Configure and apply advanced Virtual Machine attributes: CLI

Back 6

Resource Management, Pp 101-104

In CLI

vmAdvSettings.pl -vmname <VM name> -operation <update> -key <key name> -value <value>

In PowerCLI

Get-VM <VM Name>| Set-VMAdvancedConfiguration -key <key> -value <value>

Front 7

Configure advanced cluster attributes

Back 7

Resource Management, Pp 104-105

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1, Right-click on the cluster and click Edit Settings.
2. Click on vSphere HA
3. Click the Advanced Options button.
4. From here, add an Option and the Value.
5. Click OK when finished.