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| About the Authors | |
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| About the Technical Reviewer | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Examining the Anatomy of a Virtual Machine | |
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| Introducing VM Types | |
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| Hardware Emulators | |
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| Application Virtual Machines | |
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| Mainframe Virtual Machine | |
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| Operating System Virtual Machines | |
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| Parallel Virtual Machines | |
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| Deploying VMs | |
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| Choosing VM Hardware | |
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| Introducing Computer Components | |
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| CPU | |
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| RAM | |
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| Hard Drive | |
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| Introducing Virtual Disk Types: Microsoft and VMware | |
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| Virtual Hard Disk and Virtual Disks | |
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| Dynamically Expanding and Dynamic Disks | |
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| Fixed and Preallocated Disks | |
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| Linked and Physical Disks | |
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| Undo and Undoable Disks | |
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| Differencing Disks | |
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| Persistent and Nonpersistent Independent Disks | |
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| Append Disks | |
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| Resizing Disks | |
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| Introducing Networking | |
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| VM Networking Protocols | |
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| TCP/IP | |
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| DHCP | |
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| NAT | |
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| Introducing Networking VMs | |
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| Introducing Hardware | |
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| Network Interface Card | |
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| Switches | |
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| BIOS | |
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| Generic SCSI | |
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| I/O Devices | |
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| Introducing VM Products | |
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| Virtual PC | |
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| VMware Workstation | |
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| Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 | |
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| VMware GSX Server | |
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| VMware ESX Server | |
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| Virtual Infrastructure | |
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| VMware VirtualCenter and VMotion | |
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| VMware P2V Assistant | |
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| Migrating Between VMs | |
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| VMware ACE | |
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| Summary | |
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| Preparing a Virtual Machine Host | |
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| Implementing Best Practices | |
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| Evaluating Host Requirements | |
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| Selecting a Motherboard | |
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| CPU Speed and Quantity | |
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| Controller Chipset | |
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| Memory Requirements | |
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| Bus Types | |
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| Integrated Devices | |
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| Board Form Factor | |
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| Overall Quality | |
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| Considering Your Network | |
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| Public or Private VMs | |
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| Availability and Performance | |
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| Simplicity | |
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| Mesh Networks | |
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| Teaming and Load Balancing | |
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| Network Adapter Teaming | |
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| VM Networking Configurations | |
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| Supporting Generic SCSI | |
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| Windows Guests | |
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| Linux Guests | |
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| Considering Storage Options | |
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| Physical Hard Drive Specifications | |
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| RAID | |
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| Host Disk Sizing | |
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| Guest Disk Sizing | |
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| Storage Area Networks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Installing VM Applications on Desktops | |
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| Deploying VMs with Microsoft Virtual PC | |
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| Installing VMware Workstation for Windows | |
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| Installing VMware Workstation for Linux | |
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| Installing the RPM | |
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| Installing the TAR | |
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| VM Host Tuning Tips | |
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| Summary | |
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| Deploying and Managing VMs on the Desktop | |
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| Deploying VMs with VMware Workstation | |
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| Installing VM Tools | |
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| VMware Tools for Windows | |
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| VMware Tools for Linux | |
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| VMware Virtual Hardware Options for Windows and Linux | |
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| Microsoft Virtual PC: Building a Windows VM | |
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| Microsoft Virtual PC: Building a Linux VM | |
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| Virtual PC Virtual Hardware Options | |
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| Installing Virtual Machine Additions | |
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| Managing VMs | |
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| Backing Up and Modifying VM Configurations | |
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| VMware*.vmx Configuration Files | |
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| Virtual PC*.vmc Configuration Files | |
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| Copying and Moving VMware Workstation Guest VMs | |
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| VMware Universally Unique Identifiers | |
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| Copying and Moving Virtual PC VMs to Other Hosts | |
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| Running VMs As Services | |
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| Introducing VM CLI Administration and Keyboard Shortcuts | |
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| VMware Workstation CLI | |
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| Virtual PC CLI Administration | |
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| Monitoring and Configuring VM Performance | |
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| VMware Performance Counters | |
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| Virtual PC Performance Options | |
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| Summary | |
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| Installing and Deploying VMs on Enterprise Servers | |
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| Installing Microsoft Virtual Server | |
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| Installing VMware GSX Server for Windows | |
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| Installing VMware GSX Server for Linux | |
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| Installing the RPM | |
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| Installing the TAR | |
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| Installing the VMware Management Interface | |
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| Working with the VMware Virtual Machine Console | |
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| Changing GSX Server's Remote Console Port Number | |
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| Installing VMware ESX Server | |
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| Verifying ESX Server Configuration Information | |
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| Viewing Configuration Files | |
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| Using Linux Survival Commands | |
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| Working with the Management Interface | |
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| Understanding MUI and SSL | |
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| Configuring the ESX Server Installation: Part One | |
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| License Agreement | |
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| Startup Profile | |
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| Storage Configuration | |
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| Swap File | |
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| Network Configuration | |
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| ESX Security | |
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| Configuring the ESX Server Installation: Part Two | |
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| Summary | |
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| Deploying and Managing Production VMs on Enterprise Servers | |
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| Deploying VMs with VMware GSX Server and ESX Server | |
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| Building VMware GSX Server VMs | |
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| Building VMware ESX Server VMs | |
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| Mounting ISO Images | |
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| Installing VM Tools for GSX Server and ESX Server VMs | |
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| Using VMware Tools for Windows | |
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| Using VMware Tools for Linux | |
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| Configuring VMware GSX Server and ESX Server Virtual Hardware Options | |
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| Hard Disk | |
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| DVD/CD-ROM Drive | |
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| Floppy Drive | |
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| Ethernet Adapter | |
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| Sound Adapter | |
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| Configuring Legacy Devices | |
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| Configuring Generic SCSI Devices | |
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| Configuring a USB Controller | |
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| Scripting ESX Server USB Connectivity | |
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| Building Microsoft Virtual Server VMs | |
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| General Properties | |
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| Virtual Machine Additions | |
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| Memory | |
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| Hard Disks | |
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| CD/DVD | |
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| SCSI Adapters | |
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| Network Adapters | |
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| Scripts | |
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| Floppy Drives | |
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| COM Ports | |
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| LPT Ports | |
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| Managing Server-Class VMs | |
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| Modifying VM Configurations: Renaming and Moving | |
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| Using VMware Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) | |
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| Importing Workstation and GSX Server VMs into ESX Server | |
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| Working with VMware GSX Server and ESX Server*.vmx Configuration Files | |
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| Working with Virtual Server*.vmc Configuration Files | |
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| Performing Command-Line Management | |
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| VMware | |
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| Microsoft | |
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| Using the Windows System Preparation Tool | |
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| Monitoring VM Performance | |
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| Monitoring ESX Server Performance | |
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| Monitoring VMware GSX Server Performance | |
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| Monitoring Virtual Server Performance | |
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| Performing Fault Monitoring and Fault Tolerance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Backing Up and Recovering Virtual Machines | |
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| Performing Traditional Agent-Based Backups | |
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| Running Backup Agents on VMs | |
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| Running Backup Agents on the Host | |
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| Performing Non-Agent-Based Backups | |
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| Using Windows Backup | |
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| Backing Up Linux File Systems | |
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| Performing Flat-File Backups | |
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| Running VMware Workstation Flat-File Backups | |
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| Running VMware GSX Server Flat-File Backups | |
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| Running Virtual PC 2004 Flat-File Backups | |
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| Running Virtual Server 2005 Flat-File Backups | |
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| Taking Online Snapshots | |
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| Performing a Full System Recovery | |
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| Restoring Online VM Backups | |
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| Restoring Flat-File VM Backups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using Virtual File Systems | |
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| Introducing DFS | |
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| Implementing Windows DFS | |
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| Implementing Linux DFS | |
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| Using Samba with Kerberos Authentication | |
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| Adding Samba to Active Directory | |
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| Setting Up Samba DFS Shares | |
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| Introducing AFS | |
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| Implementing AFS | |
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| Installing AFS for Linux Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Implementing Failover Clusters | |
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| Introducing Failover Clustering | |
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| Defining Essential Terms | |
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| Introducing Cluster Architecture | |
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| Introducing N-tier Clustering | |
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| Working with Failover Cluster Products | |
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| Planning for Failover Clusters | |
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| Choosing the Right Model | |
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| Configuring Cluster Hardware | |
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| Setting Up Microsoft Server Clusters | |
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| Looking Under the Hood | |
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| Planning Resource and Group Configuration | |
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| Installing the Windows Server 2003 Cluster Service | |
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| Using the Cluster Administrator | |
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| Setting Up Linux Failover Clusters | |
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| Setting Up the Red Hat Cluster Suite | |
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| Using Linux-HA Clusters | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating Load-Balanced Clusters | |
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| Round-Robin DNS: The Beginning | |
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| Planning for Load-Balanced Clusters | |
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| Selecting Applications | |
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| Verifying Licensing | |
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| Analyzing Risks | |
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| Estimating Server Capacity | |
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| Building Windows Network Load-Balanced (NLB) Clusters | |
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| Enabling the NLB Service | |
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| Understanding Unicast and Multicast | |
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| Understanding Convergence | |
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| Setting Priority | |
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| Setting Port Rules | |
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| Understanding Remote Control | |
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| Using the Network Load Balancing Manager | |
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| Implementing Best Practices for NLB Cluster Implementations | |
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| Configuring and Managing Windows NLB Clusters | |
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| Building Linux Virtual Server (LVS) Clusters | |
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| Understanding LVS Architecture | |
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| Implementing LVS Implementation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Building Virtual Machine Clusters | |
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| Building Microsoft VM Clusters | |
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| Setting Up Windows Server Clusters | |
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| Setting Up iSCSI Windows Server Clusters | |
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| Installing the Windows Server 2003 Cluster Service | |
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| Setting Up Windows NLB Clusters | |
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| Building Linux VM Clusters | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introducing Storage Networking | |
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| Introducing SCSI | |
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| Speaking SCSI | |
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| ID vs. LUN | |
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| Using SCSI Buses | |
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| Understanding Termination | |
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| Introducing Fibre Channel | |
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| Introducing Fibre Channel Cables | |
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| Introducing Fibre Channel Hardware Devices | |
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| Understanding Zoning | |
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| Configuring Fibre Channel Hardware | |
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| Extending the SAN with FCIP and iFCP | |
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| Introducing iSCSI | |
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| Understanding iSCSI Architecture | |
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| Securing iSCSI | |
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| Using SAN Backup and Recovery Techniques | |
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| Performing LAN-Free Backups | |
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| Performing Server-Free Backups | |
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| Performing Serverless Backups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Virtualizing Storage | |
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| RAID: The Root of Storage Virtualization | |
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| Introducing Common RAID Levels | |
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| Implementing RAID | |
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| Introducing the SNIA Shared Storage Model | |
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| Why a Model for Shared Storage? | |
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| Benefits of the Model | |
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| A Note on the Graphical Conventions Used in the Model | |
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| The Classic Storage Model | |
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| The SNIA Shared Storage Model | |
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| Applying the SNIA Shared Storage Model | |
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| Understanding Host-Based Architecture | |
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| Understanding Storage-Based Architecture | |
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| Understanding Network-Based Architecture | |
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| Adding Fault Tolerance to the SAN | |
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| Performing Backups | |
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| Introducing Hierarchical Storage Management | |
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| Using Virtual Tape Libraries | |
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| Dividing Physical Libraries | |
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| Writing to Magnetic Disk | |
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| Summary | |
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| Putting It All Together: The Virtualized Information System | |
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| Reviewing the Elements of the Virtual IS | |
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| Failover Cluster | |
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| Load-Balanced Cluster | |
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| Virtual Machine Host | |
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| Storage Area Network | |
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| Distributed File System | |
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| Maintaining a Standby VM Server | |
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| Setting Up the VM | |
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| Maintaining a Standby Server with Scheduled Backups and Restores | |
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| Maintaining a Standby Server with Shared Storage | |
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| Maintaining a Standby Server with Disk Mirroring | |
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| Automating Standby Server Startup | |
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| Summary | |
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| Virtualization Product Roundup | |
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| Global Namespace: The New Paradigm in Distributed Data Management | |
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| The Problem: Network Data Management and Movement | |
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| The Solution: Global Namespace | |
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| StorageX Uses Global Namespace to Deliver a Complete Network Data Management Platform | |
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| What Is Unique About the StorageX Global Namespace? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Server Consolidation and Beyond: Enhancing Virtual Machine Infrastructure Through Automation | |
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| Evolution of Virtualization in the Data Center | |
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| Enhancing Data Center Flexibility Through PlateSpin PowerP2V | |
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| Comparing Other Methods of Converting Between Physical and Virtual Machine Infrastructure with PlateSpin PowerP2V | |
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| Replicating Entire Test Lab Environments Using Virtual Machines | |
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| Using Virtual Machines As Hot Backup Servers for Planned and Unplanned Downtime | |
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| Moving a Virtual Machine from One VM Host to Another (V2V) | |
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| Production Server Virtualization | |
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| Server Migrations Across Geographic Regions | |
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| The Need for Continuous Resource Analysis and Rebalancing | |
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| Dynamic Virtual Machine Portability: Using Virtual Machines to Prevent SLA Violations | |
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| How Dynamic Virtual Machine Portability Can Enhance Business Service Management | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Rocket Division Software | |
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| iSCSI Target | |
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| StarPort iSCSI Initiator, RAM Disk, and Virtual DVD Emulator | |
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| Mission and Technologies | |
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| Market Focus | |
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| Network Instruments' Observer | |
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| Too Much Traffic in the Kitchen | |
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| Two Unique Networks Working Together | |
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| Maximizing the Network | |
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| Complete Network Control | |
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| Capacity Analysis | |
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| Proactive Management | |
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| About Jack in the Box, Inc | |
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| About Real-Time Expert | |
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| About Advanced Single Probes, Advanced Multi-Probes, and Advanced Expert Probes | |
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| About Network Trending | |
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| About "What-If" Analysis | |
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| About Network Instruments, LLC | |
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| Index | |