作者：Edward L. Haletky
副书名：Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers
出版日期：January 8, 2008
出版社：Prentice Hall
页数：576
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0132302071 ISBN-13: 978-0132302074
文件格式：PDF


The Most Complete, Practical, Solutions-Focused Guide to Running ESX Server 3
VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise is the definitive, real-worldguide to planning, deploying, and managing today’s leading virtualinfrastructure platform in mission-critical environments.
Drawing on his extensive experience consulting on large-scale ESXServer implementations, Edward L. Haletky brings together anunprecedented collection of tips, best practices, and field-testedsolutions. More than any other author, he illuminates the real issues,tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with ESX Server–and shows how tomake the most of it in your unique environment.
Haletky covers the entire lifecycle: planning, installation, systemmonitoring, tuning, clustering, security, disaster recovery, and muchmore. Throughout, he supports his recommendations with examples fromreal-world deployments. He also provides detailed checklists forhandling crucial issues such as caching, networking, storage, andhardware selection. Many of his techniques and practices apply to allcurrent virtualization platforms, not just ESX Server.
This book will be an indispensable resource for every networkarchitect, administrator, and IT professional who works with virtualservers. ESX Server newcomers will find the soup-to-nuts introductionthey desperately need; experienced users will find an unparalleledsource of field-tested answers and solutions.
In this book, you’ll learn how to:
• Identify key differences between ESX v3.x.y and ESX v2.5.x and their implications
• Perform a complete installation–with automated scripting techniques and samples
• Efficiently audit, monitor, and secure ESX Server
• Discover SAN storage pitfalls and solutions–with detailed guidance for specific SANs, switches, and fibre-channel adapters
• Understand ESX Server networking: NIC teaming, vSwitches, network lag, and troubleshooting
• Configure ESX Server via the Management User Interface, Virtual Center client, and command line interface
• Install Windows, Linux, and NetWare VMs: prepare media images,place configuration files, handle sizing and swap files, and more
• Use Dynamic Resource Load Balancing to consistently achieve utilization goals
• Implement effective backup and disaster recovery procedures
Edward L. Haletky owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., a consultancyspecializing in virtualization, security, and networking. He has beenrated by his peers on the VMware Discussion Forums as a “virtuoso” forhis work in answering VMware security and configuration questions.Prior to establishing AstroArch, Haletky was a member ofHewlett-Packard’s Virtualization, Linux, and High-Performance TechnicalComputing teams. He holds a degree in Aeronautical and AstronauticalEngineering from Purdue University.
About the Author
Edward L. Haletky graduated from Purdue University with a degree inaeronautical and astronautical engineering. Since then, he has workedprogramming graphics and other lower-level libraries on various UNIXplatforms. Edward recently left Hewlett-Packard, where he worked on theVirtualization, Linux, and High- Performance Technical Computing teams.He owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., providing virtualization, security,and network consulting and development. Edward is very active (ratedVirtuoso by his peers) on the VMware discussion forums providinganswers to security and configuration questions.