Using the Hyper-V virtualization capabilities built into Windows Server 2008, organizations can slash costs for power, space, and maintenance, and dramatically improve IT flexibility at the same time. This is the first book to offer comprehensive, independent, real-world coverage of planning, designing, implementing, and supporting Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization environments. Authored by Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet–top consultants of Microsoft technologies with unsurpassed experience deploying Hyper-V in enterprise organizations–this book delivers start-to-finish guidance for every facet of your virtualization initiative.
Leverage the experience from hundreds of real world implementations of Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008 in your deployment of a virtualized server environment
Implement best practices for planning, prototyping, and deploying Hyper-V–including strategies, processes, and templates Install and configure Windows 2008 Server with Windows Hyper-V Services Provide guest operating systems ranging from Windows 2003 Server to Linux Administer Hyper-V Host Servers as standalone hosts or in multiple host environments Optimize Hyper-V Host Server and guest sessions, by efficiently allocating memory, processors, disk space, and other resources Move from basic server virtualization to a systematically managed virtual enterprise environment Use Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to centrally monitor all your Hyper-V hosts and guest sessions Quickly provision new guest images wherever and whenever you need them Implement reliable failover processes to overcome failures in guest sessions, host systems, or sites Troubleshoot problems with both Hyper-V hosts and guest operating systems
Rand Morimoto is president, CEO, and principal consultant for Convergent Computing, Microsoft’s 2007 Partner of the Year. Convergent Computing is one of only a handful of Microsoft early adopter organizations working with Hyper-V in production environments a year before the product release. He has authored, coauthored, or contributed to more than two dozen books, including Windows Server 2008 Unleashed and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed.
Jeff Guillet, senior consultant for Convergent Computing, holds Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, Messaging, and CISSP certifications. He was technical editor of Windows Server 2008 Unleashed and contributing author of Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed.
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Hyper-V is Microsoft’s server virtualization technology built-in to Windows Server 2008. Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is a System Center add-on that helps organizations better manage their virtual guest images, delegate administration and management, and even extract virtual images from existing physical and virtual servers. This book, Hyper-V Unleashed, was written by authors Rand Morimoto and Jeff Guillet who have worked with Hyper-V and VMM/2008 for well over a year prior to the formal product release. Dozens of organizations trusted Hyper-V enough to put it into full production environments before formal product release.
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· Assessment of the resource demands of existing physical servers
· Analysis of the assessment data to determine the right size host servers to acquire