Preface

How often have you heard this kind of marketing hype around the use of VMware vSphere 4?

The latest version of ESX does everything for you!

Virtualize Everything!

It is cloud ready!

VMware ESX and ESXi, specifically the latest incarnation, VMware vSphere 4, does offer amazing functionality with virtualization: fault tolerance, dynamic resource load balancing, better virtual machine hardware, virtual networking, and failover. However, you still need to hire a consultant to share the mysteries of choosing hardware, good candidates for virtualization, choosing installation methods, installing, configuring, using, and even migrating machines. It is time for a reference that goes over all this information in simple language and in detail ...

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