Configuring Vmware Esx Server 2.5

ISBN-13: 9781597490191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 463 str.

Al Muller; Seburn Wilson; Don Happe

Opis

This book will detail the default and custom installation of VMware's ESx server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. It will also discuss the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort.

Furthermore, the book will provide a thorough understanding of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure and a comprehensive examination of how VMware eases administration and lowers overall IT costs.

Lastly, the book delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution which is underway in many IT organizations and how the reader will benefit from shifting from the physical to a virtual

* A detailed resource on the default and custom installation of VMware's ESx server
* Covers all the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort
* Delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution occuring in the IT industry

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware Terms and Concepts ; Chapter 2 Loading VMware ESX Server 2.1.2 ; Chapter 3 Configuring a Virtual Machine and Gold Builds ; Chapter 4 Advanced Configurations including Clustering ; Chapter 5 Physical to Virtual Migrations ; Chapter 6 - Server Consolidation ; Chapter 7 Cool Tools for a Virtual Infrastructure ; Chapter 8 Administering a Virtual Infrastructure ; Chapter 9 Gotchas/Common Problems and their Solutions ; Chapter 10 VMware under the Covers ; Chapter 11 Virtual Evolution and the Road Ahead ; Chapter 12 Backups made simple.Scripts and all ; Chapter 13 A Peak at the Future.It's Totally Cool ; Chapter 14 Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005..Connectix on 'roids ;