Virtualization: A Beginners Guide (Beginner's Guide)

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform"If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton GroupTransform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures.Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plansPerform pre-deployment network and workstation tests Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloadsSet up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environmentManage a centralized, on-demand application delivery frameworkHandle volatile and persistent desktop virtualizationUse hypervisors to facilitate workload deliveryImplement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies **Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform**"If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton GroupTransform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, __Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide__ shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures. * Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans> * Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests * Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads * Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment * Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework * Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization * Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery * Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform "If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." —From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures. Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies Publisher's Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform "If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures. Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures. Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans; Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests; Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads; Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment; Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework; Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization; Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery; Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies. - Publisher Get your transition to virtualization off the ground. Here is the only hands-on beginner's guide to teach IT professionals how to incorporate virtualization into a corporate environment. The book helps you evaluate and compare the major vendors technologies including Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware and make the right choice for your needs. Featuring detailed explanations, best practices, and real-world examples, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide helps organizations of all sizes move forward with more dynamic datacenter approaches. This book provides a five-step process to help you manage the move to virtualization effectively. You will get strategies for building your virtualization infrastructure and converting physical machines to virtual implementations.