Configuring VMware ESX Server 2.5 [Paperback]

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 also discuss the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort.

Furthermore, the book will provide a thorough understanding of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure and a comprehensive examination of how VMware eases administration and lowers overall IT costs.

Lastly, the book delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution which is underway in many IT organizations and how the reader will benefit from shifting from the physical to a virtual

* A detailed resource on the default and custom installation of VMware's ESx server
* Covers all the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort
* Delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution occuring in the IT industryChapter 1 Introduction to VMware Terms and Concepts ; Chapter 2 Loading VMware ESX Server 2.1.2 ; Chapter 3 Configuring a Virtual Machine and Gold Builds ; Chapter 4 Advanced Configurations including Clustering ; Chapter 5 Physical to Virtual Migrations ; Chapter 6 - Server Consolidation ; Chapter 7 Cool Tools for a Virtual Infrastructure ; Chapter 8 Administering a Virtual Infrastructure ; Chapter 9 Gotchas/Common Problems and their Solutions ; Chapter 10 VMware under the Covers ; Chapter 11 Virtual Evolution and the Road Ahead ; Chapter 12 Backups made simple.Scripts and all ; Chapter 13 A Peak at the Future.It's Totally Cool ; Chapter 14 Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005..Connectix on 'roids ;