Mastering VMware vSphere 4

ISBN: 978-0-470-48138-7

Paperback

696 pages

August 2009

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Chapter	Page	Details	Date	Print Run
1	3	Text correction: Error in Table 1.1 Under VMware ESX 4 Maximum, the entry for "Amount of RAM per host," "512GB," is incorrect. The correct amount is "1TB"	9/16/09	1st
1	8	Text correction In the shaded box headed "Fewer Bigger Servers or More Smaller Servers," there is a reference to erroneous information in Table 1.1. The first sentence: "...VMware ESX/ESXi supports...512GB of RAM," is incorrect. VMware ESX/ESXi supports 1TB of RAM.	9/16/09	1st
2	54	Text correction: Error in IP Address Under step 9, top of the page: "...the single entry in the step-tickers would read as follows: 172.30.0111" omits a period in the IP address given. The second instance should read the same as the first: "172.30.0.111"	9/16/09	1st
3	99	Text correction: Incorrect figure given for Timeout Settings Under "Timeout Settings," the 6th item in list on the page, the figure for the setting for long operations given, "120 minutes," is incorrect. The correct setting is "120 seconds".	11/23/09	1st-3rd
5	148 & 166	Text correction: Typographical errors in Figures 5.7 and 5.30 The labels in these two figures that read "Psysical Switch" should be "Physical Switch"	9/16/09	1st
5	180	Text correction: Incorrect information regarding vSwitch configurations The first sentence in the sidebar, "Although you can create a vSwitch with a maximum of 1,016 ports (really 1,024), it is not recommended if you anticipate growth." is incorrect. It should read: "Although you can create a vSwitch with a maximum of 4,088 ports, it is not recommended if you anticipate growth."	1/29/10	1st and 2nd
5	181	Text correction: Error in Table 5.1, Configuration Maximums The entry for Maximum Ports per vSwitch given, 1,016, is incorrect. The maximum is 4,088.	1/29/10	1st and 2nd
5	201	Text correction: Error under "Installing the Cisco Nexus 1000V" In step 2., "Memory: 1024MB" and "Virtual disk: 4GB" are incorrect. It should read: "Memory: 2048MB" and "Virtual disk: 3GB"	9/16/09	1st
5	205	Text correction: Error under "Configuring the Cisco Nexus 1000V" In step 4., the first sentence, "Enter the following commands to create a new port profile:" should read: "Enter the following commands to remove a port profile:"	9/16/09	1st
6	216	Text correction Under the heading "Shared Storage Fundamentals" 1st paragraph, the end of the 4th sentance, "...(ISO) images." should read "...CD/DVD images."	9/16/09	1st
6	218	Text correction The end of the first sentence after the shaded box, "...so a robust, design is paramount." should read: "...so a robust, redundant design is paramount."	9/16/09	1st
6	247	Correction: Incorrect entry in Table 6.1 The line for "Raw device mapping" in Table 6.1 should have "No" under "NFS"	11/4/09	1st and 2nd
6	301	Text correction: misidentification of NPIV In the third paragraph, NPIV is spelled out as "N-Port Virtualization." The proper term is "N_Port ID Virtualizarion."	9/16/09	1st
9	394	Text correction: Working with Folders Change the first sentence of the last paragraph on the page to read: "In the same way you can use folders to organize datacenters, you can also create folders inside the datacenter to organize hosts, clusters, and virtual machines according to your needs."	8/11/10
9	396	Text correction: Working with Folders Change the first sentence of the first full paragraph on the page to read: "Folders, along with datacenter objects and vCenter Server objects, are the only objects that span both the Hosts And Clusters view and the VMs And Templates view."	8/11/10
9	399	Text correction: misidentified role The heading of the first item on the page, "Datacenter Consumer" is incorrect. It should read: Datastore consumer".	8/11/10
10	420	Text correction: CPU capacity Under "Allocating Virtual Machine CPU Capacity," Change the second sentence in the first paragraph to read: "This CPU setting effectively lets the guest operating system utilize between one and eight virtual CPUs on the host system, depending upon the guest operating system and the vSphere license."	8/11/10	1st and 2nd
10	422	Text correction: Error in figure caption In order to match the image, the caption for Figure 10.4 should read: "A virtual machine configured with a 500Mz reservation..."	8/11/10	1st and 2nd
10	438	Text corrextion: Incorrect information given regarding physical mode RDMs The third item in the bulleted list on the page, "The virtual machine must not have a physical mode raw device mapping (RDM)." is incorrect. It should be deleted.	8/11/10	1st and 2nd
11	486	Text correction: HA Isolation Response In the last paragraph, third sentence, change "15 seconds" to read "13 seconds". To the last full sentence on the page, add the phrase "(for ESXi, the default gateway IP address for the Management network)".	8/11/10	1st and 2nd
11	498	Text correction: VCB on Fibre Channel without Mulipathing Delete the text in the shaded box. Replace it with the following text: "The VCB proxy requires a Fibre Channel HBA to communicate with Fibre Channel SAN LUNs regarding backup processes. Versions of VCB prior to 1.0.3 do not support multiple HBAs or multipathing software like EMC PowerPath. For these early versions of VCB, use only a single HBA. vSphere 4.0 ships with VCB 1.5, so all versions of VCB since the release of vSphere 4.0 are safe for use with multipathing."	8/11/10	1st and 2nd
14	592	Text correction: Creating and Testing the LDAP Connection In list item 6., change "universal principal name" to "User Principal Name".	8/11/10	1st and 2nd