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MC GRAW HILL Vmware Vsphere 4 Implementation 2010 Edition by Mike Laverick
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Evolve to a virtual network infrastructure using VMware vSphere 4Design and deploy a high-performance cloud-based enterprise IT platform with guidance from a VMware expert. Featuring tips, techniques, and best practices, VMware vSphere 4 Implementation explains how to dramatically cut hardware costs, maximize computing power, and centralize system administration. Configure hardware and storage devices, build virtual machines and networks, install guest operating systems, and import physical machines. Security, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and system updates are also covered in this comprehensive resource.Perform a clean VMware vSphere 4 install or migrate existing systemsBuild Distributed Virtual Networks using DvSwitches and VMotionManage SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and fiber channel storage devicesConstruct VM and provision new copies of Windows/Linux from vCenterAutomate server maintenance with the Distributed Resource SchedulerSet up multiple security zones, users, permissions, roles, and privilegesMaximize uptime using VMware High Availability and Fault ToleranceWork with VMware Consolidated Backup, vDR, and Update ManagerMike Laverick is a VMware Forum moderator and member of the London VMware User Group steering committee. He is the sole author of the virtualization website/blog, RTFM Education. Mike recently received the vExperts Award from VMware. Chapter 1. Install and Configure ESX 4 Classic; Chapter 2. Install and Configure ESXi 4; Chapter 3. Install vCenter; Chapter 4. Standard Networking; Chapter 5. Distributed Virtual Networking; Chapter 6. Storage; Chapter 7. Creating and Modifying Virtual Machines; Chapter 8. Rapid VM Deployment; Chapter 9. Access Control; Chapter 10. Resource Monitoring; Chapter 11. Resource Management; Chapter 12. VMotion, Storage VMotion, and Cold Migration; Chapter 13. VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler; Chapter 14. VMware Distributed Power Management; Chapter 15. VMware High Availability; Chapter 16. VMware Fault Tolerance; Chapter 17. vSphere Advanced Configuration Tools; Chapter 18. Virtual Machine Backup; Chapter 19. VMware Patch Management; Chapter 20. Upgrading from VI3.5 to vSphere 4; Index