| Edward L. Haletky brings together a collection of tips, best practices, and field-tested solutions. He illuminates the real issues, tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with ESX Server - and shows how to make the most of it in your unique environment.
Haletky covers the entire lifecycle: planning, installation, system monitoring, tuning, clustering, security, disaster recovery, & more. Throughout, he supports his recommendations with examples from real-world deployments. He also provides detailed checklists for handling crucial issues such as caching, networking, storage, and hardware selection. Many of his techniques and practices apply to all current virtualization platforms, not just ESX Server. In this book, you'll learn how to:
- Identify key differences between ESX v3.x.y & ESX v2.5.x and their implications; Perform a complete installation - with automated scripting techniques & samples;
- Efficiently audit, monitor, and secure ESX Server; Discover SAN storage pitfalls & 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 & disaster recovery procedures. | |
