VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise: Virtualization Best Practices for VMware ESX Server

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by: Haletky & Hill

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Features and Benefits

Master VMware ESX best practices and make the most of the powerful virtualization tools that solves IT problems

  * Learn best practices for VMware's ESX server from real-world examples

  * Follow along an installation demonstration with comprehensive code throughout the book

  * Master virtualization by following real examples and case studies in the most comprehensive VMWare ESX server book available

Table of Contents

PREFACE

            XVII

1

              SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS

    1

2

              VERSION COMPARISON

              33

3

              INSTALLATION

                  55

4

              AUDITING, MONITORING, AND SECURING

        93

5

              STORAGE WITH ESX

163

6

              EFFECTS ON OPERATIONS

      203

7

              NETWORKING

217

8

              CONFIGURING ESX FROM A HOST CONNECTION

          245

9

              CONFIGURING ESX FROM A VIRTUAL CENTER OR HOST

          271

10

            VIRTUAL MACHINES

  345

11

            DYNAMIC RESOURCE LOAD BALANCING

            407

12

            DISASTER RECOVERY AND BACKUP

431

EPILOGUE

          THE FUTURE OF VIRTUALIZATION

        461

APPENDIX A

  SECURITY SCRIPT

        465

APPENDIX B

  ESX VERSION 3 TEXT INSTALLATION 481

APPENDIX C

  ESX VERSION 3 GRAPHICAL INSTALLATION

501

REFERENCES

519

INDEX

521

About the Authors

Edward L. Haletky graduated from Purdue University in 1988 with a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. Since then, he has worked programming graphics and other lower-level libraries on various UNIX platforms. Edward recently left Hewlett-Packard, where he worked on the Virtualization, Linux, and High-Performance Technical Computing teams. He owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., providing virtualization, security, and network consulting and development. Edward is very active (rated Virtuoso by his peers) on the VMware discussion forums providing answers to security and configuration questions.