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Virtualization essentials (series: essentials) (paperback)

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Learn Virtualization Quickly and Easily

Virtualization is crucial to providing computing services economically on a wide scale, and the topic is essential learning for IT professionals. This full-color, hands-on guide thoroughly covers virtualization fundamentals. You'll discover how today's virtual machines work, explore hypervisors, learn virtual networking concepts, see how to plan for high availability, and much more. It's the perfect virtualization primer, whether you're an aspiring IT professional or just brushing up on your skills.

Learn these virtualization essentials*and more:

  • The importance of virtualization in today's data center environments

  • Hypervisors*Type 1, Type 2, their roles, and what's on the market

  • How to build a virtual machine from scratch

  • Managing CPU, memory, disk storage, and networking

  • Ways to map virtual networking to a physical machine

  • Configuring devices such as DVDs, USBs, and sound cards

  • What you need to do to ensure high availability

  • Working with applications in a virtual environment

Change virtual machine CPU quantity

Virtual network configurations

This striking Essentials book maximizes skill acquisition and knowledge retention with:

  • Chapter-opening learning objectives

  • Step-by-step tutorials

  • Four-color screenshots and illustrations

  • Essentials and Beyond*summaries and additional suggested exercises

  • Chapter review questions

Introduction xv

CHAPTER 1 Understanding Virtualization 1

Describing Virtualization 1

Microsoft Windows Drives Server Growth 3

Explaining Moore's Law 6

Understanding the Importance of Virtualization 9

Examining Today's Trends 11

Virtualization and Cloud Computing 14

Understanding Virtualization Software Operation 15

Virtualizing Servers 15

Virtualizing Desktops 15

Virtualizing Applications 17

CHAPTER 2 Understanding Hypervisors 19

Describing a Hypervisor 19

Exploring the History of Hypervisors 20

Understanding Type 1 Hypervisors 21

Understanding Type 2 Hypervisors 23

Understanding the Role of a Hypervisor 24

Holodecks and Traffic Cops 24

Resource Allocation 25

Comparing Today's Hypervisors 27

VMware ESX 27

Citrix Xen 29

Microsoft Hyper-V 31

Other Solutions 32

CHAPTER 3 Understanding Virtual Machines 35

Describing a Virtual Machine 35

Examining CPU in a Virtual Machine 38

Examining Memory in a Virtual Machine 39

Examining Network Resources in a Virtual Machine 39

Examining Storage in a Virtual Machine 41

Understanding How a Virtual Machine Works 42

Working with Virtual Machines 43

Understanding Virtual Machine Clones 44

Understanding Templates 45

Understanding Snapshots 47

Understanding OVF 48

CHAPTER 4 Creating a Virtual Machine 51

Performing P2V Conversions 51

Investigating the Physical-to-Virtual Process 52

Hot and Cold Cloning 53

Loading Your Environment 54

Exploring VMware Player 60

Building a New Virtual Machine 63

Thinking About VM Confi guration 64

Creating a First VM 65

CHAPTER 5 Installing Windows on a Virtual Machine 71

Loading Windows into a Virtual Machine 71

Installing Windows 7 72

Installing VMware Tools 83

Understanding Confi guration Options 89

Optimizing a New Virtual Machine 95

CHAPTER 6 Installing Linux on a Virtual Machine 97

Loading Linux into a Virtual Machine 97

Installing Linux into a Virtual Machine 98

Installing VMware Tools 113

Understanding Confi guration Options 117

Optimizing a New Linux Virtual Machine 122

CHAPTER 7 Managing CPUs for a VM 125

Understanding CPU Virtualization 125

Confi guring VM CPU Options 129

Tuning Practices for VM CPUs 130

Choosing Multiple vCPUs vs. a Single vCPU 131

Hyper-Threading 132

Working with Intel and AMD Servers 134

CHAPTER 8 Managing Memory for a Virtual Machine 137

Understanding Memory Virtualization 137

Confi guring VM Memory Options 140

Tuning Practices for VM Memory 142

Calculating Memory Overhead 143

Memory Optimizations 144

CHAPTER 9 Managing Storage for a Virtual Machine 151

Understanding Storage Virtualization 151

Confi guring VM Storage Options 156

Tuning Practices for VM Storage 162

CHAPTER 10 Managing Networking for a Virtual Machine 171

Understanding Network Virtualization 171

Confi guring VM Network Options 181

Tuning Practices for Virtual Networks 187

CHAPTER 11 Copying a Virtual Machine 191

Cloning a Virtual Machine 191

Working with Templates 197

Saving a Virtual Machine State 201

Creating a Snapshot 204

Merging Snapshots...

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