VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise

You’ll learn how to:

•    Assess VMware datacenter and infrastructure hardware requirements

•    Understand technical, licensing, and management differences between ESX/ESXi 3.5 and 4.x

•    Plan installation for your environment and identify potential “gotchas”

•    Select, configure, utilize, and support storage cost-effectively

•    Manage key operational issues associated with virtual infrastructure

•    Adapt existing network and security infrastructure to virtualization

•    Configure ESX from host connections

•    Configure ESX Server from Virtual Centers or hosts

•    Create, modify, and manage VMs (with detailed Windows, Linux, and NetWare examples)

•    Troubleshoot VM issues with eDirectory, private labs, firewalls, and clusters

•    Utilize vSphere 4.1’s improved Dynamic Resource Load Balancing (DRLB)

•    Implement disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup

•    Plan for vApps and the future of virtualization

VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise has long been the definitive single-source guide to VMware planning, deployment, and management. For today’s VMware architects, administrators, and managers, this edition will be even more valuable.