Professional Xen virtualization
This book presents you with a complete foundation on the Xen technology and shows you how Xen virtualization offers faster response times for new server and service requests, a simplified system administration for multiple systems, and better availability for critical computing resources. Packed wit...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis, IN :
Wiley Pub
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Wrox professional guides.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009626876606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Professional Xen Virtualization; About the Author; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What This Book Covers; How This Book Is Organized; What You Need To Use This Book; Source Code; Errata; p2p.wrox.com; Chapter 1: Overview of Virtualization; What Is Virtualization?; Why Virtualization Today?; Basic Approaches to Virtual Systems; Advantages of Virtualization; Virtualization Caveats; Identifying Candidates for Virtualization; Summary; Chapter 2: Introduction to Xen; History of Xen; Overview of Xen and x86 Virtualization; Xen Domains and the Hypervisor
- Types of Virtual Machines Supported by XenPopular Xen and Virtualization Resources on the Internet; Other Popular Virtualization Software; Popular Emulation Software; Summary; Chapter 3: Obtaining and Installing Xen; Hardware Requirements for Xen; Software Packages Required for Running Xen; Downloading and Installing Xen from Binaries; Getting the Xen Source Code; Building Xen from Source Code; Installing Xen; Summary; Chapter 4: Booting and Configuring a Xen Host; Overview of Xen and Linux System Startup; Configuring GRUB for Xen; Hiding PCI Devices from domain0; Summary
- Chapter 5: Configuring and Booting Virtual Machines Virtual Machine Requirements; Obtaining Sample Xen Filesystem Images; Defining and Starting a Paravir tualized VM; Defining and Starting Xen Hardware Virtual Machines; Automatically Starting Xen Domains at Boot Time; Troubleshooting Configuration Files and Guest Domains; Summary; Chapter 6: Building Filesystems for Virtual Machines; Linux Storage and Filesystems; Filesystem Choices, Locations, and Flexibility; Building Virtual Machine Filesystems; Creating Swap Filesystems for Xen; Adding Applications to a Xen Root Filesystem
- Creating and Using QEMU Disk Images Summary; Chapter 7: Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines; Overview of the Xen Daemon; Using the xm Command; XenStore and Related Utilities; Xen Tracing and Performance Monitoring; Reporting Bugs in Xen; Open Source Xen Management Utilities; Distribution-Specific Xen Management Software; Summary; Chapter 8: Xen Networking; Overview of Xen Networking; Specifying Parameters for Xen Network Startup; Using Multiple Ethernet Cards with Xen; Virtual, Non-Routable Subnets for Xen Guests; Virtual LANs and Xen Guests; DHCP Tips for Xen Environments
- Fine-Tuning Services on Xen Guests Troubleshooting Xen Networking; Summary; Chapter 9: Advanced Virtual Machine Configuration; domain0 and domainU Memory Management in Xen; Accessing New and Removable Storage in domainU Guests; Using Dedicated Hardware in Guest Domains; Working with Sound on domainU Guests; Time Synchronization in domain0 and domainU; domain0 and domainU Kernel and Binary Considerations; The Many Moods of Graphics for domainU Guests; Xen Lifecycle Management; Xen Access Control and Security Policies; Xen and Trusted Computing; Summary; Chapter 10: Using Xen in the Data Center
- Documenting Your Virtual Machines
