VMware Infrastructure 3 for dummies

VMware Infrastructure 3 for Dummies will help you understand, design, and deploy a reliable and fault tolerant Virtual Infrastructure 3 environment. Virtualization can save your business a lot of money! You'll find an introduction to the technology and learn from the key topics covered in each...

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Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley 2008.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:--For dummies.
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  • VMware Infrastructure 3 For Dummies®; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Ready, Set, Go with VMware Infrastructure 3; Chapter 1 Exploring VMware Infrastructure 3 as Your Virtual Solution; Knowing What You Must About Virtual Machines; Understanding the Role That VMkernel Plays; VMware Infrastructure 3; Planning Your VMware Solution; Chapter 2 Getting the Scoop on Capacity Planning; Planning: Why You Have to Do It; Capturing the Right Stuff; Finding Data-Gathering Tools; Where the Money Hits the Pavement: Hardware; Chapter 3 Knowing Your Storage Options; SCSI Anatomy 101
  • Using Local SCSI: Why It Works WellFibre Channel: The Speed Demon; Considering Whether to Use iSCSI; Network Attached Storage: The Good and the Bad; SAN and NAS Best Practices; Part II Setting Up ESX Hosts; Chapter 4 ESX: The Brawn Behind the Brains; Checking Out ESX Host Anatomy; Getting Two Operating Systems in One; ESX is Like an Octopus; Disk Partitions: Please No More Than Four; Chapter 5 ESX Installation - Now the Fun Begins; What You Need to Know Before You Install; Stepping Through the Install; Installing VI Client Sure Beats Typing
  • Part III Connecting the Physical to Your Virtual EnvironmentChapter 6 Embracing the Look and Feel of VMware Infrastructure Client; Introducing the VMware Infrastructure Client; Installing VMware Infrastructure Client; Understanding the VIC Interface; Chapter 7 Virtual Networking; Virtual Switch Options; Hardware Out of Nowhere: Virtual Switches; Configuring Port Groups and Their Properties; Following Networking Best Practices; Chapter 8 Connecting to Storage; The VMware Infrastructure 3 Layered Storage Model; How ESX Sees Disk Partitions; Understanding Multipathing
  • Understanding VMware File SystemPart IV Fault Tolerance and Data Centers; Chapter 9 Getting VMware VirtualCenter Running; VMware VirtualCenter: The Brains Behind the System; VirtualCenter Housekeeping: You Need a Database; Licensing Your Virtual Infrastructure; Installing VirtualCenter Server; Adding Data Centers and ESX Hosts to Your Virtual Center; Chapter 10 Making Virtual Machines; Understanding Virtual Machine Makeup; VMware Infrastructure Client and VM Consoles: A Window into Windows; Using the Web Management Interface; Chapter 11 Managing Virtual Machines
  • Creating a New Server in 15 MinutesFreezing Time with Snapshots; Converting Physical Machines to Virtual Machines; Chapter 12 Keeping Things Running with Virtual Clusters; Reducing Single Points of Failure; Using VMotion to Move Virtual Machines from One Host to Another; Part V Playing Virtual Administrator; Chapter 13 Securing Your System; Dissecting VMware's Security Model; Several Examples of Applied Rights; Chapter 14 Swimming in Resource Pools; Sharing and Playing Nicely with Resource Pools; Expandable Resource Pools: Borrowing from Your Parents
  • Setting Up Resource Pools: Which Machine Do You Love More?