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VMware ESX Server runbook overview

Though getting VMware ESX Server in the budget is no small feat, the real work for virtualization administrators begins when it's time to manage, configure and monitor your virtual infrastructure network, storage and performance -- This VMware ESX Server runbook will help.

Published: 21 Apr 2008

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CHAPTER 1: Networking configurations and considerations

CHAPTER 2: ESX Server management

CHAPTER 3: Managing storage in an ESX Server environment

CHAPTER 4: Scripts for streamlining VMware ESX

The enterprise virtualization bar has been set at VMware ESX Server leaving data center managers the task of getting up to speed on this technology. We've put together this VMware ESX Server runbook to help ease your learning curve. In it we cover networking, systems management and storage. Also included is a handy ESX toolbox with links to scripts for configuring your virtual environment.

As VMware continues its effort to evolve ESX, the platform's feature set expands. In addition to the features and functionalities discussed in this guide, there are a number of lesser known ESX features in 3.5 that users should become familiar with.

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VMware HA implementation and ESX/ESXi host addition Implementing VMware HA, which offers automatic failover for virtual machines, requires you to ensure the DNS server is configured and to add ESX/EXSi hosts to a VMware HA cluster.

VMware View 4 release coming as ESX dominates for VDI back end The VMware View 4 release targets the desktop virtualization market, and VMware ESX is the dominant server virtualization platform for VDI.

Understanding VMware ESX features An expert outlines VMware ESX features and ESX hardware compatibility and installation concerns.

VMware ESX Server installation, troubleshooting and management guide Use this guide to compare VMware ESX Server with Microsoft Hyper-V, and learn about VMware ESX licensing, features and deployment concerns.

Running ESX4 on VMware Workstation 6/ESX4 They were the first to show how you could virtualize ESX 3 on VMware Workstation 6 – and the boys at xtravirt.com have done it again with ESX 4.

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