Overview
In-depth and comprehensive, this Resource Kit delivers the information you need for administering Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best—leading virtualization experts and the Windows Virtualization team. Plus—software, scripts, tools, and other essential resources on DVD.
Get expert guidance on how to:
- Install Virtual Server 2005 and troubleshoot common issues
- Analyze, plan, and manage a virtualized infrastructure
- Define workload resource requirements and perform a physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration
- Set up, configure, and manage virtual hard disks and virtual machines
- Implement and administer virtual networking
- Create permission entries, set NTFS permissions, and enable SSL protocols to help restric access
- Use best practices for configuration, tuning, and performance testing
- Apply a 5-step methodology to help drive your virtualization project to success
DVD features:
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
- Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
- 40 scripts for automating administration.
- Active Directory Topology Diagramming (ADTD) tool.
- Virtual Machine Remote Client Plus (VMRCPlus) for remote administration.
- Tools for automating conversions and resizing virtual hard disks.
- Videos: step-by-step demos on host clustering, P2V migration, and more.
- Fully searchable eBook.
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD
The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].
Synopsis
In-depth and comprehensive, this Resource Kit delivers the information you need for administering Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best—leading virtualization experts and the Windows Virtualization team. Plus—software, scripts, tools, and other essential resources on DVD.
Get expert guidance on how to:
- Install Virtual Server 2005 and troubleshoot common issues
- Analyze, plan, and manage a virtualized infrastructure
- Define workload resource requirements and perform a physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration
- Set up, configure, and manage virtual hard disks and virtual machines
- Implement and administer virtual networking
- Create permission entries, set NTFS permissions, and enable SSL protocols to help restric access
- Use best practices for configuration, tuning, and performance testing
- Apply a 5-step methodology to help drive your virtualization project to success
DVD features:
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
- Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
- 40 scripts for automating administration.
- Active Directory Topology Diagramming (ADTD) tool.
- Virtual Machine Remote Client Plus (VMRCPlus) for remote administration.
- Tools for automating conversions and resizing virtual hard disks.
- Videos: step-by-step demos on host clustering, P2V migration, and more.
- Fully searchable eBook.
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD
The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
Make a CIO smile: Start talking about virtualization. This technology gives IT organizations unprecedented flexibility in deploying applications and consolidating servers, helping them save on everything from administration to electricity. Now IT shops who've chosen Microsoft's flagship virtualization product have a start-to-finish guide to deploying and managing it: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit.If you're an IT pro, chances are you've used Microsoft's Resource Kits to deploy Windows servers, desktops, or Office. You know that they provide authoritative information and tools you can't find elsewhere. This one's no exception. It contains thorough, careful guidance on hardware planning, installation, configuration, migration, tuning, security, scripting, and troubleshooting -- plus Microsoft's complete, best-practice virtualization project methodology.
When you're ready to go from reading to "doing," load the DVD. There, you'll find full copies of both VS 2005 R2 SP1 and Microsoft's desktop virtualization application, Virtual PC 2007. Bill Camarda, from the November 2007 Read Only