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Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0

Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0

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Publisher: VMware Press

Publication Date: 28-DEC-2011

Insert Date: 16-AUG-2011

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The Complete, Hands-On Guide to Installing and Configuring VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 is the complete, technical, hands-on guide to VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 installation and configuration for experienced VMware professionals. VMware forum moderator and vExpert Mike Laverick fully explains SRM 5.0’s failover/failback procedures, walks readers through configuring storage replication with hardware from several leading suppliers, and shows how to efficiently implement fast, automated, centralized disaster recovery. Drawing on...

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VMware vSphere Design

VMware vSphere Design

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Publisher: Sybex

Publication Date: 08-MAR-2011

Insert Date: 30-MAR-2011

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The only book focused on designing VMware vSphere implementations. VMware vSphere is the most widely deployed virtualization platform today. Considered the most robust and sophisticated hypervisor product, vSphere is the de facto standard for businesses, both large and small. This book is the only one of its kind to concisely explain how to execute a successful vSphere architecture, tailored to meet your company's needs. Expert authors share with you the factors that shape the design of a vSphere implementation. Learn how to make the right design decisions for your...

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VCP4 Exam Cram: VMware Certified Professional, Second Edition

VCP4 Exam Cram: VMware Certified Professional, Second Edition

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Publisher: Pearson Certification

Publication Date: 21-JAN-2011

Insert Date: 16-DEC-2010

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VCP4 Exam Cram is the perfect study guide to help you pass VMware's brand-new VCP4 exam. The author and tech reviewers are all VMware vExperts. As with all Exam Crams, it provides comprehensive, foundational learning for every exam topic, organized to map directly to the exam objectives. Its features include: An extensive collection of practice questions A state-of-the-art CD-ROM test engine that provides real-time practice and feedback, including two complete sample exams Notes, tips, sidebars, cautions, test-taking strategies, and time-saving tips that make studying...

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VMware® ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and Security

VMware® ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and Security

By: Dave Mishchenko

Publisher: Course Technology PTR

Publication Date: 23-NOV-2010

Insert Date: 12-NOV-2010

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VMware ESXi is the easiest way to get started with virtualization-and it's free. It allows users to consolidate their applications onto fewer servers and start saving money through reduced hardware, power, cooling and administration costs. VMware ESXi has been optimized and tested to run even your most resource intensive applications and databases with minimal performance overhead. VMware for ESXi Server: Planning, Implementation, and Security covers the key features critical to successfully planning for and implementing VMWare's ESXi. The book is perfect for those getting started with...

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VCP VMware® Certified Professional vSphere™ 4 Study Guide (Exam VCP410)

VCP VMware® Certified Professional vSphere™ 4 Study Guide (Exam VCP410)

By: Robert Schmidt

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 21-MAY-2010

Insert Date: 04-SEP-2010

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The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, VCP VMware Certified Professional vSphere 4 Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam. • 100% complete coverage of all official ojectives for exam VCP410 • Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlighting key exan tipics covered • Two-minute drills for quick review at the end of every chapter • Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam Covers all the exam topics,...

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VMware vSphere™ 4 Implementation

VMware vSphere™ 4 Implementation

By: Mike Laverick

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 20-JAN-2010

Insert Date: 10-JUL-2010

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Evolve to a virtual network infrastructure using VMware vSphere 4 Design and deploy a high-performance cloud-based enterprise IT platform with guidance from a VMware expert. Featuring tips, techniques, and best practices, VMware vSphere 4 Implementation explains how to dramatically cut hardware costs, maximize computing power, and centralize system administration. Configure hardware and storage devices, build virtual machines and networks, install guest operating systems, and import physical machines. Security, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and system updates are also covered in...

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VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment of Virtualization Servers, Second Edition

VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment of Virtualization Servers, Second Edition

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Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 08-FEB-2011

Insert Date: 07-JUL-2010

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Edward Haletky’s Complete, Solutions-Focused Guide to Running ESX Server 3.5, vSphere, and VMware 4.X Extensively updated and revised, this is the definitive real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing VMware ESX Server 3.5, VMware ESXi, or VMware vSphere 4.x cloud computing in mission-critical environments. Drawing on extensive experience consulting on enterprise VMware implementations, Edward Haletky offers a “soup-to-nuts” collection of field-tested best practices and solutions. He illuminates the real issues, tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with VMware’s newest...

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Maximum vSphere™: Tips, How-Tos, and Best Practices for Working with VMware vSphere™ 4

Maximum vSphere™: Tips, How-Tos, and Best Practices for Working with VMware vSphere™ 4

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Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 17-AUG-2010

Insert Date: 06-JUN-2010

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Best Practices, How-Tos, and Technical Deep Dives for Working VMware VI4/VI3 Pros Maximum vSphere is the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute, working reference for everyone who plans, implements, or administers VMware virtual infrastructure. Authored by top VMware consultants, it brings together proven best practices, tips, and solutions for achieving outstanding performance and reliability in your production environment. This book brings together crucial knowledge you won’t find anywhere else, including powerful new vSphere 4 techniques drawn from the experiences of dozens of...

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#21: Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4

#21: Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4

By: John Arrasjid; Duncan Epping; Steve Kaplan

Publisher: The USENIX Association

Publication Date: 01-JAN-2010

Insert Date: 13-MAR-2010

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Virtualization is recognized as a foundation for Cloud Computing. This book is an overview of the VMware technologies and how they can support the various services and management pieces required for Cloud architecture. Without diving overly deeply into specific design patterns, it provides insight into the tools to fit your design criteria. ...

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VMware vSphere™ 4 Administration: Instant Reference

VMware vSphere 4 Administration: Instant Reference

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Publisher: Sybex

Publication Date: 21-DEC-2009

Insert Date: 05-MAR-2010

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The only quick reference guide to the number one virtualization product! Get all your solutions about VMware's newest virtualization infrastructure software on the spot with this handy reference guide. Designed for quick access with special headings, thumb tabs, easy-to-read lists, and more, this book is the perfect companion to any comprehensive VMware guide, such as Mastering VMware vSphere 4. Covers the market-leading virtualization product, VMware's new vSphere 4 Offers a quick-access reference for your day-to-day administration of vSphere 4 Includes thumb tabs,...

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Mastering VMware vSphere™ 4

Mastering VMware vSphere™ 4

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Publisher: Sybex

Publication Date: 31-AUG-2009

Insert Date: 05-MAR-2010

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As part of the highly acclaimed Mastering series from Sybex, this book offers a comprehensive look at VMware vSphere 4, how to implement it, and how to make the most of what it offers. Coverage Includes: Shows administrators how to use VMware to realize significant savings in hardware costs while still providing adequate "servers" for their users Demonstrates how to partition a physical server into several virtual machines, reducing the overall server footprint within the operations center Explains how VMware subsumes a network to centralize and simplify its management, thus...

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Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac

Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac

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Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date: 14-JAN-2010

Insert Date: 22-JAN-2010

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Using an Intel-based Mac means you can choose the best of both worlds—running Mac OS X or running Windows, but what's the optimal way way to go about it? Cross-platform expert Joe Kissell has distilled untold hours of testing into this ebook to help you understand the pros and cons of Apple's Boot Camp versus virtualization software and to give advice and step-by-step instructions for installing either Windows XP or Windows Vista in Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop 5, VMware Fusion 3, and VirtualBox....

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Take Control of VMware Fusion 3

Take Control of VMware Fusion 3

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Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date: 07-JUN-2010

Insert Date: 25-NOV-2009

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After introducing you to a few basic concepts, the ebook offers advice for mixing Fusion and Boot Camp, and notes the hardware and software you'll need. Then you'll find steps for installing Windows for use in Fusion in these scenarios: When installing a new copy of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 From an already-installed copy of Windows under Boot Camp, VMware Fusion 1.x or 2.x, Parallels Desktop, Virtual PC, or an actual PC From a slipstream disc that contains Windows plus service packs, updates, drivers, and settings On the MacBook Air, which lacks an internal optical...

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VMware® VI and vSphere SDK: Managing the VMware Infrastructure and vSphere

VMware® VI and vSphere SDK: Managing the VMware Infrastructure and vSphere

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Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 29-SEP-2009

Insert Date: 29-JUL-2009

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Drive Even More Value from Virtualization: Write VMware® Applications that Automate Virtual Infrastructure Management Companies running VMware have already achieved enormous gains through virtualization. The next wave of benefits will come when they reduce the time and effort required to run and manage VMware platforms. The VMware Infrastructure Software Development Kit (VI SDK) includes application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers and administrators to do just that. Until now, there has been little documentation for the APIs. In VMware VI and vSphere SDK, software...

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VMware Cookbook

VMware Cookbook

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 23-OCT-2009

Insert Date: 20-JUN-2009

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If you want to gain insight into the real-world uses of VMware ESX and ESXi, this book provides scores of step-by-step solutions for working with these products in a wide range of network environments. You'll not only learn the basics -- how to pool resources from hardware servers, computer clusters, networks, and storage, and then distribute them among virtual machines -- but also the stumbling blocks you'll encounter when you monitor systems, troubleshoot problems, and deal with security. In addition to the recipes, VMware Cookbook includes background...

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VMware vSphere™ and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment

VMware vSphere™ and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment

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Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 22-JUN-2009

Insert Date: 05-MAY-2009

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Complete Hands-On Help for Securing VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure by Edward Haletky, Author of the Best Selling Book on VMware, VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise As VMware has become increasingly ubiquitous in the enterprise, IT professionals have become increasingly concerned about securing it. Now, for the first time, leading VMware expert Edward Haletky brings together comprehensive guidance for identifying and mitigating virtualization-related security threats on all VMware platforms, including the new cloud computing platform, vSphere. This book reflects the same...

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VMware® Infrastructure 3 FOR DUMMIES®

VMware® Infrastructure 3 FOR DUMMIES®

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Publisher: For Dummies

Publication Date: 29-SEP-2008

Insert Date: 28-APR-2009

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VMware Infrastructure 3 for Dummies will help you understand, design, and deploy a reliable and fault tolerant Virtual Infrastructure 3 environment. Virtualization can save your business a lot of money! You’ll find an introduction to the technology and learn from the key topics covered in each chapter. You will have enough information to design and deploy your first system without being overwhelmed by extensive technical details. You can also use this book as a reference for maintenance and troubleshooting. You will find out what you need to do before you virtualize your machines. Learn...

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How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server

How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server

By: David Rule

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 10-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009

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A virtual evolution in IT shops large and small has begun. VMware's ESX Server is the enterprise tool to free your infrastructure from its physical limitations providing the great transformation into a virtual environment--this book shows you how. Use Syngress' proven "How to Cheat" methodology to configure and build VMware's ESX Server version 3. This clear, concise guide provides all the information you need to become a virtual whiz! This book will detail the default and custom installation of VMware's ESX server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. It will then...

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Deploying the VMware Infrastructure

Deploying the VMware Infrastructure

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Publisher: The USENIX Association

Publication Date: 10-AUG-2008

Insert Date: 20-MAR-2009

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Virtual machines, which were almost forgotten in the 1990s, have re-emerged as a method to install and consolidate many server systems into one physical machine. Many virtual machines can run on one host. Fast networks and CPUs now enable PCs to be hosted as virtual machines in central servers accessed from thin clients, just like the old time-sharing terminals, which improves the manageability of desktop computing. Complex, multi-tiered systems can be tested and deployed using virtual machines, which helps bring a wide array of configurations to the fingertips of developers, with no need...

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VMware Infrastructure 3 im Business Umfeld: Virtualisierung von mittleren und großen Umgebungen mit VMware ESX 3.5 und ESXi 3.5

VMware Infrastructure 3 im Business Umfeld: Virtualisierung von mittleren und großen Umgebungen mit VMware ESX 3.5 und ESXi 3.5

By: Christian Sturm; Nadin Ebel; Stefan Wißkirchen; Roland Runge; Joachim Groh; Oliver Höller; Carsten Mewes

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Verlag

Publication Date: 01-DEC-2008

Insert Date: 18-MAR-2009

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Dieses Buch führt Sven Ahnerts Bestseller "Virtuelle Maschinen mit VMware und Microsoft" weiter und behandelt die Beschreibung und Umsetzung von Virtualisierung mittlerer bis großer IT-Umgebungen von Small Business bis Enterprise. Die Autoren beschreiben methodisch Entwurf und Betrieb, wobei neben der Anwendung der Produkte ESX 3.5 und Virtual Center 2.5 und dem Einsatz von Netzwerk und Speichermedien das Thema "Datensicherung und Wiederherstellung" am Beispiel eines IBM Tivoli Storage Managers besonders ausführlich beschrieben wird. Detaillierte Erklärungen zur Optimierung runden das Buch...