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The Definitive Guide to Planning, Implementing, Securing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3

Thisis the most comprehensive guide to planning for, implementing, securing, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting VMware VI3 in any IT environment. Written by one of the world’s most experienced VMware system administrators, it will help IT professionals make the best possible decisions about VMware every step of the way.

Eric Siebert presents extensive coverage of the upfront planning and architectural tasks that can make or break VMware deployments, sharing practical insights you’ll never find in the official documentation. Next, he presents dozens of tips, tricks, and best practices for everything from migration and configuration to backup. Along the way, Siebert introduces advanced techniques for optimizing both the efficiency of VMware system administration and the effectiveness of VMware virtual environments. Coverage includes

• Understanding your current infrastructure--and all the ways virtualization will change it

• Architecting VI3 environments for maximum reliability and performance

• Choosing the right software, servers, storage, and network infrastructure

• Constructing your virtualized environment

• Configuring virtual networking, storage, and resources to maximize host and guest performance

• Systematically securing hosts, VMs, networks, and vCenter servers

• Mastering best practices for populating virtual environments, including P2V migration, templating, and the use of ISO files

• Monitoring your environment, analyzing metrics, and proactively eliminating bottlenecks

• Applying patches to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities without introducing problems caused by unexpected dependencies

• Troubleshooting virtual environments: identifying and resolving specific problems, one step at a time

• Improving administration with snapshots, scripting, and other advanced techniques

VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration will be invaluable to every professional working with VMware, including architects designing virtual infrastructures, as well as managers and administrators who must implement and support them.

Introduction

Chapter 1   Assessing Your Current Environment

Chapter 2   Planning Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 3    Building Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 4   Configuring Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 5   Securing Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 6   Populating Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 7   Monitoring Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 8   Maintaining Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 9   Backing Up Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 10  Troubleshooting Your Virtual Environment

Chapter 11  Advanced Topics

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 3 Ratings

Very Enjoyable Read - 2010-01-11
Reviewer Rating:
VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration was a very enjoyable read. I don't mean to sound clichGÇÜ but for me it was one of those books that is hard to put down. Released in May of 2009, along with the next generation of VMware IV (vSphere), the timing of its arrival to market probably could have been better, but better late than never. Datacenters will be running on VI3 for quite some time. With that in mind, this book provides a tremendous amount of value and insight. I can tell that Eric put a lot of time and research into this book; the quality of the content shows. Much of the book was review for me, but I was still able to pick up bits and pieces here and there I wasn't aware of, as well as some fresh perspective and new approaches to design, administration, and support.

To be honest and objective, I felt that Chapter 9, "Backing Up Your Virtual Environment", lacked the completeness which all other chapters were given. A single page was dedicated to VMware Consolidated Backup with no detailed examples or demonstrations of how to use it, which would have been found throughout other chapters. To add, there was only a few sentences covering Replication which is a required component in many environments. Eric likes to discuss 3rd party solutions and this would have been a great opportunity to go into more detail or at least mention some products affordable to businesses of any size which could leverage replication solutions.

Overall, this is a great book. Eric has a no-nonsense writing style backed by decades of in the trench experience. I thank you Eric and look forward to your upcoming vSphere book!

Great resource! - 2009-09-23
Reviewer Rating:
Mr. Siebert's book is a high quality roadmap to VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3. The book does a great job of starting with what you currently have and the benefits of virtualization. It is a systematic approach with critical insight on planning and building (I have seen many projects fail due to a lack of a strong foundation). I particularly appreciated the highlighted "By the way" and "Did you know?" comments; the comments are brief and often contain critical bits of information.

Siebert's book is a reference for the seasoned veterans, newcomers, and solution specialists providing information to decision makers. I highly recommend it.

Excellent Reference - 2009-08-28
Reviewer Rating:
This is an excellent reference for VMware Virtual Infrastructure administrators. It covers planning, configuration, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of your virtual data center running on VMware. The concepts are clear with procedures to accomplish common operations. It also includes Best Practice sections to optimize your virtual infrastructure. This is the first book I'd open when a problem arises with my virtual infrastructure.

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