Book Description
Using the Hyper-V virtualization capabilities built into Windows Server 2008, organizations can slash costs for power, space, and maintenance, and dramatically improve IT flexibility at the same time. This is the first book to offer comprehensive, independent, real-world coverage of planning, designing, implementing, and supporting Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization environments. Authored by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet–top consultants of Microsoft technologies with unsurpassed experience deploying Hyper-V in enterprise organizations–this book delivers start-to-finish guidance for every facet of your virtualization initiative.
Leverage the experience from hundreds of real world implementations of Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 in your deployment of a virtualized server environment
Implement best practices for planning, prototyping, and deploying Hyper-V–including strategies, processes, and templates
Install and configure Windows 2008 Server with Windows Hyper-V Services
Provide guest operating systems ranging from Windows 2003 Server to Linux
Administer Hyper-V Host Servers as standalone hosts or in multiple host environments
Optimize Hyper-V Host Server and guest sessions, by efficiently allocating memory, processors,
disk space, and other resources
Move from basic server virtualization to a systematically managed virtual enterprise environment
Use Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to centrally monitor all your Hyper-V hosts and guest sessions
Quickly provision new guest images wherever and whenever you need them
Implement reliable failover processes to overcome failures in guest sessions, host systems, or sites
Troubleshoot problems with both Hyper-V hosts and guest operating systems
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Windows 2008 Hyper-V Overview
- Part II Windows 2008 Hyper-V Host and Guest Installation
- Part III Administering and Maintaining Hyper-V Host Services
- Part IV System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment
- Part V Maintaining Guest Session Uptime in a Hyper-V Environment
- Index
Product Information
- Title: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2008
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780768685671