Book description
Server Sprawl and escalating IT costs have managers and system administrators scrambling to find ways to cut costs and reduce Total Cost of Ownership of their physical infrastructure. Combining software applications onto a single server, even if those applications are from the same software vendor, can be dangerous and problems hard to troubleshoot.
Virtualization allows you to consolidate many servers onto a single physical server reducing hardware, electrical, cooling, and administrative costs. These virtual servers run completely independent of each other so if one crashes the other are not affected. Planning and implementing a server consolidation is a complex process. This book details the requirements for such a project, includes sample forms and templates, and delivers several physical to virtual migration strategies which will save both time and costs. Readers of this book will easily be able to plan and deploy VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server, and Xen.
- Create a virtual network to exchange information or provide a service to other virtual machines or computers
- Use virtualization to support removable media such as CD or DVD optical disks
- Reduce server costs, administration overhead, and complexity
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Contributing Authors
- 1. An Introduction to Virtualization
- 2. Virtualization Technologies
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3. Introduction to Microsoft Virtual Server
- Introduction
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Dynamics System Initiative
- What Is Virtualization, and When Should You Use It?
- What Virtualization Tools Are Available?
- How Does Virtualization Work?
- Virtual PC versus Virtual Server 2005
- Virtual Server 2005 versus Virtual Server 2005 R2
- Summary
- Solutions Fast Track
- Frequently Asked Questions
- 4. Installing and Configuring a Virtual Server
- 5. Virtual Machines
- 6. Virtual Networks
- 7. Virtual Disks
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8. Introduction to ADS and Virtual Server Migration Tool
- Automated Deployment Services
- What Components Does ADS Use?
- Installing ADS
- Post-Installation: Configuring ADS
- Administration Agent Installing
- Adding Hardware Drivers in the Boot OS
- Editing Using the Sequence Editor
- Installing Virtual Server Migration Toolkit onto the Virtualization Server
- Summary
- Solutions Fast Track
- Frequently Asked Questions
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9. Managing Virtual Server
- Introduction
- The Management Interface
- Using the Virtual Server COM API
- Accessing a Virtual Server Using Script
- Creating a Virtual Machine Using Script
- Creating a Virtual Network Using Script
- Retrieving Guest OS Information Using Script
- Changing a Virtual Machine State Using Script
- Attaching Scripts to Virtual Server Events
- Summary
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Solutions Fast Track
- The Management Interface
- Using the Virtual Server COM API
- Accessing a Virtual Server Using Script
- Creating a Virtual Machine Using Script
- Creating a Virtual Network Using Script
- Retrieving Guest OS Information Using Script
- Changing a Virtual Machine State Using Script
- Attaching Scripts to Virtual Server Events
- Frequently Asked Questions
- 10. Migrating Physical Machines
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11. Troubleshooting
- Introduction
- Troubleshooting Virtual Server 2005 R2
- Troubleshooting Automated Deployment Services
- Troubleshooting the Virtual Server Migration Toolkit
- Troubleshooting the Migration Process
- Summary
- Solutions Fast Track
- Frequently Asked Questions
- 12. Introducing Xen
- 13. Deploying Xen: Demystifying the Installation
- 14. The Administrator Console and Other Native Tools
- 15. Managing Xen with Third-Party Management Tools
- 16. Deploying a Virtual Machine in Xen
- 17. Advanced Xen Concepts
- 18. Scripted Installation
- 19. An Introduction to ESX Native Tools and How to Use Them
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20. Scripting and Programming for the Virtual Infrastructure
- Introduction
- VMware Scripting APIs
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VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK
- What Is the VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK?
- Developing with the Virtual Infrastructure SDK 1.1
- Developing with the Virtual Infrastructure SDK 2.0
- Performing Advanced Operations
- Other VMware SDKs
- Summary
- 21. Building a VM
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22. Modifying VMs
- Introduction
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The Virtual Machine VMDK File
- VMDK Components
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The Virtual Machine Configuration vmx File
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vmx File Components
- config.version = “”
- Scsi0:0.present = “”
- Scsi0:0.name = “”
- Scsi0:0.mode = “”
- scsi0.present = “”
- scsi0.virtualDev = “”
- ethernet0.present = “”
- ethernet0.connectionType = “”
- ethernet0.devName = “”
- ethernet0.networkName = “”
- Ethernet0.addressType = “vpx”
- Ethernet0.generatedAddress = “”
- Ethernet0.virtualDev = “vlance” or “vmxnet” or “e1000”
- Floppy Drives and CD-ROMs for Virtual Machines
- Graphics Emulation, Unique Identifiers
- Priority, VMware Tools Settings, and Suspend
- Autostart, Autostop, and Time Sync Options
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vmx File Components
- Virtual Machine Conversion from IDE to SCSI
- Dynamic Creation of Virtual Machines
- Summary
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23. Instant Disk: How to P2V for Free
- Introduction
- What Is a P2V?
- P2V Techniques
- The “Big Secret” of P2V
- Instant Disk Overview
- The Bad News
- Prepping the ESX Host: Setting Up FTP on ESX Host
- Prepping the Source Machine: Install the SCSI Driver
- Continue Prepping the Source Machine: Validate
- The Linux Rescue CD
- At the Command Prompt
- Finding the Hard Drives and Storage
- Virtual Disk Files on the VMFS
- Starting the FTP Process
- Creating a New Virtual Machine and Pointing It to a New VMDK File
- Summary
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24. Scripting Hot Backups and Recovery for Virtual Machines
- Introduction
- Anatomy of a VM Backup
- Hot VM Backup Sample Script
- Choosing the Target for VM Backups
- Existing VM Backup Tools
- VMX File Backups
- Summary
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25. The Future of Virtualization
- Introduction
- The Unofficial Xen Road Map
- Virtual Infrastructure in Tomorrow’s Data Center
- The Magic Recipe: Other Hardware and Software Virtualization Trends
- Summary
- Solutions Fast Track
- Frequently Asked Questions
Product information
- Title: The Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2011
- Publisher(s): Syngress
- ISBN: 9780080556659
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