Chapter 11: Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Virtualization brings new flexibilities to the IT landscape, such as rapid deployment of systems, server migration, and the ability to deploy systems without regard to the physical server environment.

These virtualization flexibilities have spawned a new area of software dedicated to managing the virtualization environment. Virtualization management software is geared completely toward managing the virtualization platform and adding capabilities to a very flexible virtualization environment.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 focuses on bridging the gap between physical systems management, virtualization management, and application knowledge. The ability to bring application knowledge into the virtualization management space marries the flexibility of virtualization with the applications running in the virtual machines.