Professional Xen Virtualization

Author : William von Hagen
Publisher : Wrox
ISBN 13 : 0470138114
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Xen Virtualization written by William von Hagen and published by Wrox. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents you with a complete foundation on the Xen technology and shows you how Xen virtualization offers faster response times for new server and service requests, a simplified system administration for multiple systems, and better availability for critical computing resources. Packed with detailed examples of Xen configuration files, system configuration files, and system-level configuration information, this book shows you why Xen virtualization is among the leading emerging technologies on the Linux platform and is being integrated into virtually every commercial distribution.

Author : Chris Takemura
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 1593271867
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Xen written by Chris Takemura and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xen allows administrators to run many virtual operating systems on one physical server, including Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, and Microsoft Windows. In the process, users save money on hardware, maintenance, and electricity. Not only is Xen open source, the Xen hypervisor (the virtual machine monitor) is the best-performing hypervisor available. "The Book of Xen" explains everything a sysadmin needs to know to use this powerful technology, with coverage of installation, networking, virtualized storage, and managing guest and host operating systems. Written for administrators who have worked with *NIX before but who may be new to virtualization, "The Book of Xen" covers both the basics and the trickier aspects of Xen administration, like profiling and benchmarks, migration, XenSource administration, and hardware assisted virtualization (HVM).

Author : David E. Williams
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080553931
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtualization with Xen(tm): Including XenEnterprise, XenServer, and XenExpress written by David E. Williams and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Coverage of Xen, Including Version 3.2 Virtualization with Xen is the first book to demonstrate to readers how to install, administer, and maintain a virtual infrastructure based on XenSource’s latest release, Xen 3.2. It discusses best practices for setting up a Xen environment correctly the first time, maximizing the utilization of server assets while taking advantage of the fastest and most secure enterprise-grade paravirtualization architecture. It covers both basic and advanced topics, such as planning and installation, physical-to-virtual migrations, virtual machine provisioning, resource management, and monitoring and troubleshooting guests and Xen hosts. * Explore Xen’s Virtualization Model Find a complete overview of the architecture model as well of all products: Xen 3.0 , Xen Express, XenServer, and Xen Enterprise. * Deploy Xen Understand the system requirements, learn installation methods, and see how to install Xen on a free Linux distribution. * Master the Administrator Console Learn how to use the command-line tools and the remote Java-based consoler that manages the configuration and operations of XenServer hosts and VMs. * Manage Xen with Third-Party Tools Use products like openQRM, Enomalism, and Project ConVirt to manage the VMM. * Deploy a Virtual Machine in Xen Learn about workload planning and installing modified guests, unmodified guests, and Windows guests. * Explore Advanced Xen Concepts Build a Xen Cluster, complete a XenVM migration, and discover XenVM backup and recovery solutions. * See the Future of Virtualization See the unofficial Xen road map and what virtual infrastructure holds for tomorrow’s data center. * See Other Virtualization Technologies and How They Compare with Xen Take a look at the different types of server virtualization, other virtual machine software available, and how they compare with Xen. Xen has the lead in the open-source community; now distributed as a standard kernel package for Novell’s SLES 10 and Red Hat’s RHEL 5 and Fedora Core 6 Linux distributions Covers installation, administration, management, monitoring, and deployment planning and strategies

Author : Chris Wolf
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430200278
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtualization written by Chris Wolf and published by Apress. This book was released on 2006-11-03 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * This will be the only complete virtualization reference on the market; brings all virtualization technologies together * Microsoft has shifted its training strategy to include virtual machine technology in all new ALS/MOC courses, which leads to high demand for knowledge about this technology * Covers both Microsoft and Linux environments

Author : Prabhakar Chaganti
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781847192486
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Xen Virtualization written by Prabhakar Chaganti and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast and practical guide to supporting multiple operating systems with the Xen hypervisor.

Author : Nelson Ruest
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071614028
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtualization, A Beginner's Guide written by Nelson Ruest and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform "If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures. Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies

Author : Jason A. Kappel
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071614044
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V written by Jason A. Kappel and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-09-05 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implement a Hyper-V virtualization solution Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V shows you how to deploy Microsoft's next-generation hypervisor-based server virtualization technology in a corporate environment. You'll get step-by-step guidelines for getting Hyper-V up and running, followed by best practices for building a larger, fault-tolerant solution using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. This hands-on guide explains how to migrate physical systems to the virtual environment; use System Center Operations Manager; and secure, back up, and restore your Hyper-V solution. Plan and implement a Hyper-V installation Configure Hyper-V components Install and configure System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Create and manage virtual machines Back up and restore virtual machines Monitor, back up, and restore the virtual solution Secure your Hyper-V environment Understand the virtual desktop infrastructure Use third-party virtualization tools for Hyper-V

Author : Gareth R. James
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9781597495837
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citrix XenDesktop Implementation written by Gareth R. James and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citrix XenDesktop Implementation explores the implementation of Citrix XenDesktop, a virtual desktop infrastructure solution. After introducing the desktop virtualization, the book discusses the installation of a desktop delivery controller through advanced XenDesktop Client Settings. This book briefly discusses the work of desktop delivery controller mechanisms followed by its installation process, integration process of XenDesktop with Microsoft Active Directory, and the configuration of the desktop delivery controller. It then examines the process of installing the virtual desktop onto the server infrastructure, and it follows the installation and integration onto Xen Server, Hyper-V, and VMware hypervisors. Furthermore, it discusses the advanced configuration settings. The book covers the installation of the Citrix Provisioning Server and its fundamental configuration. It also explores the configuration of Citrix XenApp for Application provisioning, the integration of virtual applications, and the implementation of virtual profiles into the virtual desktop. The book concludes by explaining the advanced XenDesktop client settings on audio, video, and peripherals. Ideal one-stop handbook for implementing a Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktop solution Includes all technical details required for you to evaluate how Citrix XenDesktop would integrate into your existing environment Covers integration with VMware ESX/vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V including System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and Citrix XenServer

Author : John Hoopes
Publisher : Syngress
ISBN 13 : 0080879357
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtualization for Security written by John Hoopes and published by Syngress. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry for the past few years, virtualization has matured into a practical requirement for many best-practice business scenarios, becoming an invaluable tool for security professionals at companies of every size. In addition to saving time and other resources, virtualization affords unprecedented means for intrusion and malware detection, prevention, recovery, and analysis. Taking a practical approach in a growing market underserved by books, this hands-on title is the first to combine in one place the most important and sought-after uses of virtualization for enhanced security, including sandboxing, disaster recovery and high availability, forensic analysis, and honeypotting. Already gaining buzz and traction in actual usage at an impressive rate, Gartner research indicates that virtualization will be the most significant trend in IT infrastructure and operations over the next four years. A recent report by IT research firm IDC predicts the virtualization services market will grow from $5.5 billion in 2006 to $11.7 billion in 2011. With this growth in adoption, becoming increasingly common even for small and midsize businesses, security is becoming a much more serious concern, both in terms of how to secure virtualization and how virtualization can serve critical security objectives. Titles exist and are on the way to fill the need for securing virtualization, but security professionals do not yet have a book outlining the many security applications of virtualization that will become increasingly important in their job requirements. This book is the first to fill that need, covering tactics such as isolating a virtual environment on the desktop for application testing, creating virtualized storage solutions for immediate disaster recovery and high availability across a network, migrating physical systems to virtual systems for analysis, and creating complete virtual systems to entice hackers and expose potential threats to actual production systems. About the Technologies A sandbox is an isolated environment created to run and test applications that might be a security risk. Recovering a compromised system is as easy as restarting the virtual machine to revert to the point before failure. Employing virtualization on actual production systems, rather than just test environments, yields similar benefits for disaster recovery and high availability. While traditional disaster recovery methods require time-consuming reinstallation of the operating system and applications before restoring data, backing up to a virtual machine makes the recovery process much easier, faster, and efficient. The virtual machine can be restored to same physical machine or an entirely different machine if the original machine has experienced irreparable hardware failure. Decreased downtime translates into higher availability of the system and increased productivity in the enterprise. Virtualization has been used for years in the field of forensic analysis, but new tools, techniques, and automation capabilities are making it an increasingly important tool. By means of virtualization, an investigator can create an exact working copy of a physical computer on another machine, including hidden or encrypted partitions, without altering any data, allowing complete access for analysis. The investigator can also take a live ?snapshot? to review or freeze the target computer at any point in time, before an attacker has a chance to cover his tracks or inflict further damage.

Author : Jeanna N. Matthews
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 0132704579
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Running Xen written by Jeanna N. Matthews and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2008-04-06 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This accessible and immediately useful book expertly provides the Xen community with everything it needs to know to download, build, deploy and manage Xen implementations.” —Ian Pratt, Xen Project Leader VP Advanced Technology, Citrix Systems The Real–World, 100% Practical Guide to Xen Virtualization in Production Environments Using free, open source Xen virtualization software, you can save money, gain new flexibility, improve utilization, and simplify everything from disaster recovery to software testing. Running Xen brings together all the knowledge you need to create and manage high–performance Xen virtual machines in any environment. Drawing on the unparalleled experience of a world–class Xen team, it covers everything from installation to administration—sharing field-tested insights, best practices, and case studies you can find nowhere else. The authors begin with a primer on virtualization: its concepts, uses, and advantages. Next, they tour Xen’s capabilities, explore the Xen LiveCD, introduce the Xen hypervisor, and walk you through configuring your own hard–disk–based Xen installation. After you’re running, they guide you through each leading method for creating “guests” and migrating existing systems to run as Xen guests. Then they offer comprehensive coverage of managing and securing Xen guests, devices, networks, and distributed resources. Whether you’re an administrator, data center manager, developer, system integrator, or ISP, Running Xen will help you achieve your goals with Xen–reliably, efficiently, with outstanding performance, and at a surprisingly low cost. •Understanding the Xen hypervisor: what it does, and how it works •Using pre-built system images, including compressed file systems •Managing domains with the xm console •Populating and storing guest images •Planning, designing, and configuring networks in Xen •Utilizing Xen security: special purpose VMs, virtual network segments, remote access, firewalls, network monitors, sHype access control, Xen Security Modules (XSM), and more •Managing guest resources: memory, CPU, and I/O •Employing Xen in the enterprise: tools, products, and techniques