Virtualization Essentials

Introduction xv Chapter 1 Understanding Virtualization 1 Describing Virtualization 1 Microsoft Windows Drives Server Growth 3 Explaining Moore's Law 7 Understanding the Importance of Virtualization 10 Examining Today's Trends 12 Virtualization and Cloud Computing 15 Hyperconverged Infrastructure 16 Understanding Virtualization Software Operation 17 Virtualizing Servers 17 Virtualizing Desktops 18 Virtualizing Applications 19 Chapter 2 Understanding Hypervisors 23 Describing a Hypervisor 23 Exploring the History of Hypervisors 24 Understanding Type 1 Hypervisors 25 Understanding Type 2 Hypervisors 27 Understanding the Role of a Hypervisor 28 Holodecks and Traffic Cops 28 Resource Allocation 30 Comparing Today's Hypervisors 31 VMware ESX 31 Citrix Hypervisor (Xen) 33 Microsoft Hyper- V 35 Other Solutions 36 Chapter 3 Understanding Virtual Machines 39 Describing a Virtual Machine 39 Examining CPUs in a Virtual Machine 42 Examining Memory in a Virtual Machine 43 Examining Network Resources in a Virtual Machine 44 Examining Storage in a Virtual Machine 45 Understanding How a Virtual Machine Works 47 Working with Virtual Machines 49 Understanding Virtual Machine Clones 50 Understanding Templates 51 Understanding Snapshots 52 Understanding OVF 53 Understanding Containers 54 Chapter 4 Creating a Virtual Machine 57 Performing P2V Conversions 57 Investigating the Physical- to- Virtual Process 58 Hot and Cold Cloning 59 Loading Your Environment 60 Loading VMware Workstation Player 61 Exploring VMware Workstation Player 66 Loading VirtualBox 70 Building a New Virtual Machine 75 Thinking About VM Configuration 76 Creating a First VM 77 Chapter 5 Installing Windows on a Virtual Machine 83 Loading Windows into a Virtual Machine 83 Installing Windows 11 84 Installing VMware Tools 97 Understanding Configuration Options 102 Optimizing a New Virtual Machine 107 Chapter 6 Installing Linux on a Virtual Machine 111 Loading Linux into a Virtual Machine 111 Exploring Oracle VM VirtualBox

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Matthew Portnoy is an information technology professional and Sales Engineering Manager at Splunk. He specializes in data management and virtualization. He has over 30 years' experience in the IT industry and is a former Staff System Engineer at VMware.