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Professional VMware Server $39.99 Developing software and testing within virtual machines provides you with countless advantages in terms of automation, stability, disaster recovery, and overall code quality. With this book as your guide, you get the tools you need to create a fleet of virtual machine images that you can use to build your own secure applications. Beginning with the basics of virtualization and its place within the development and testing environment, the book then delves into the APIs and provides a deep, example-rich reference to their function and purpose. VMware expert Eric Hammersley shares his vast experience in using VMware in the development process and shows you how you can streamline your own development with the new VMware Server. You’ll learn to integrate VMware Server into your existing environment using CruiseControl.NET and Visual Studio(r) Team System as examples. Plus, you’ll get a clear understanding of virtual hardware, networks, and the server console, and find out how to build base images. You’ll discover the benefits of software development and testing within virtual machines and the advantages they have to offer. This will help you rapidly deploy new machines, set up multiple platforms on a single machine, and dramatically increase the utilization of your hardware. What you will learn from this book * Steps on how to install and configure VMware Server * Tips to follow when creating development base images * Methods on how to organize your image libraries and prepare them for use * Best practices for using VmCOM, VmPerl, and the Programming API * How to integrate VMware Server into your existing environment and automate its functionality * Ways to leverage VMware Server to provide banks of testing machines on demand Who this book is for This book is for software developers, lead developers, and software testing engineers who want to integrate VMware Server into their existing systems in order to create and test applications on various platforms. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. |
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VMware ESXi $49.99 VMware ESXi is the easiest way to get started with virtualization—and it's free. It allows users to consolidate their applications onto fewer servers and start saving money through reduced hardware, power, cooling and administration costs. VMware ESXi has been optimized and tested to run even your most resource intensive applications and databases with minimal performance overhead. VMware for ESXi Server: Planning, Implementation, and Security covers the key features critical to successfully planning for and implementing VMWare's ESXi. The book is perfect for those getting started with virtualization as well as current VMware VI3 and vSphere administrators who may be considering a switch to vSphere ESXi. |
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VMware vSphere 5 $560 Get affordable, proven enterprise-class virtualization solutions from VMware, starting at $560. With VMware vSphere you can increase staff productivity three times over, control downtime, and save more than 50% on the cost of managing, powering and cooling servers. With VMware it’s possible. |
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VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise $43.99 This is the eBook version of the printed book. VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers The Most Complete, Practical, Solutions-Focused Guide to Running ESX Server 3 VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise is the definitive, real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing today’s leading virtual infrastructure platform in mission-critical environments. Drawing on his extensive experience consulting on large-scale ESX Server implementations, Edward L. Haletky brings together an unprecedented collection of tips, best practices, and field-tested solutions. More than any other author, he illuminates the real issues, tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with ESX Server–and shows how to make the most of it in your unique environment. Haletky covers the entire lifecycle: planning, installation, system monitoring, tuning, clustering, security, disaster recovery, and much more. Throughout, he supports his recommendations with examples from real-world deployments. He also provides detailed checklists for handling crucial issues such as caching, networking, storage, and hardware selection. Many of his techniques and practices apply to all current virtualization platforms, not just ESX Server. This book will be an indispensable resource for every network architect, administrator, and IT professional who works with virtual servers. ESX Server newcomers will find the soup-to-nuts introduction they desperately need; experienced users will find an unparalleled source of field-tested answers and solutions. In this book, you’ll learn how to: • Identify key differences between ESX v3.x.y and ESX v2.5.x and their implications • Perform a complete installation–with automated scripting techniques and samples • Efficiently audit, monitor, and secure ESX Server • Discover SAN storage pitfalls and solutions–with detailed guidance for specific SANs, switches, and fibre-channel adapters • Understand ESX Server networking: NIC teaming, vSwitches, network lag, and troubleshooting • Configure ESX Server via the Management User Interface, Virtual Center client, and command line interface • Install Windows, Linux, and NetWare VMs: prepare media images, place configuration files, handle sizing and swap files, and more • Use Dynamic Resource Load Balancing to consistently achieve utilization goals • Implement effective backup and disaster recovery procedures Edward L. Haletky owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., a consultancy specializing in virtualization, security, and networking. He has been rated by his peers on the VMware Discussion Forums as a “virtuoso” for h |
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VMware Workstation 8 $199 VMware Workstation is best way to run a full web or cloud environment right on your PC. Winner of more than 50 industry awards, VMware Workstation is recognized for its broad operating system support, rich user experience, comprehensive feature set, and high performance. |
Leveling the Playing Field for Small IT Groups Using SQL VMware
In a world of increasing competition and demands from customers, IT organizations are under more pressure to succeed than ever before. The rest of the company focuses on innovative products and services, while they struggle to compete with IT organizations with much more money and man power. It may be a tough battle for small companies like yours, but the entire companies success depends upon theirs.
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But what do you do if you are a small company and your IT staff is only a handful of people or less?
SQL Server on VMware
The answer is virtualization. Convert your SQL Server databases to virtual machines and save the time and expense necessary to house and maintain physical machines. You will then be free to concentrate on the business you know and stop technology support from interfering with your core business.
SQL Server on VMware not only streamlines your business by managing many of your IT headaches; it also enables you to compete more readily with established industry players. Virtualization will give your IT support the muscle and flexibility it needs to be competitive. You will have a nimble IT infrastructure that will enable you to react to changes in your business with much more speed and efficiency than your larger competitors.
Managing Growth with SQL Server on VMware
Moving to a cloud-based IT infrastructure lets you concentrate on growth while your host concentrates on your IT needs. When you implement SQL Server on VMware you can start small or start big. Growth then becomes an opportunity instead of a challenge. The crippling costs of hardware upgrades are no longer a stumbling block as your company grows.
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Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS (Ensure Business Continuance on Virtualized Networks by Implementing Layer 2 Connectivity Across Layer 3) $47.99 As data centers grow in size and complexity, enterprises are adopting server virtualization technologies such as VMware, VMotion, NIC teaming, and server clustering to achieve increased efficiency of resources and to ensure business resilience. However, these technologies often involve significant expense and challenges to deal with complex multisite interconnections and to maintain the high availability of network resources and applications. Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS presents Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) based solutions that provide high-speed, low-latency network and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) isolation between data centers resulting in significant cost savings and a highly resilient virtualized network. The design guidance, configuration examples, and best practices presented in this book have been validated under the Cisco Validated Design (CVD) System Assurance program to facilitate faster, more reliable and more predictable deployments. The presented solutions include detailed information about issues that relate to large Layer 2 bridging domains and offer guidance for extending VLANs over Layer 3 networks using VPLS technology. Implementing this breakthrough Data Center Interconnect (DCI) strategy will evolve your network to support current server virtualization techniques and to provide a solid foundation for emerging approaches. The book takes you from the legacy deployment models for DCI, problems associated with extending Layer 2 networks, through VPN technologies, to various MST-, EEM-, and GRE-based deployment models and beyond. Although this book is intended to be read cover-to-cover, it is designed to beflexible and allow you to easily move between chapters to develop the solution most compatible with your requirements. Describes a variety of deployment models to effectively transport Layer 2 information, allowing your virtualization solution to operate |
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Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS: Ensure Business Continuance on Virtualized Networks by Implementing Layer 2 Connectivity Across Layer 3 (Networking Technology Series) $41.84 As data centers grow in size and complexity, enterprises are adopting server virtualization technologies such as VMware, VMotion, NIC teaming, and server clustering to achieve increased efficiency of resources and to ensure business resilience. However, these technologies often involve significant expense and challenges to deal with complex multisite interconnections and to maintain the high availability of network resources and applications.Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS presents Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) based solutions that provide high-speed, low-latency network and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) isolation between data centers resulting in significant cost savings and a highly resilient virtualized network. The design guidance, configuration examples, and best practices presented in this book have been validated under the Cisco Validated Design (CVD) System Assurance program to facilitate faster, more reliable and more predictable deployments. The presented solutions include detailed information about issues that relate to large Layer 2 bridging domains and offer guidance for extending VLANs over Layer 3 networks using VPLS technology.Implementing this breakthrough Data Center Interconnect (DCI) strategy will evolve your network to support current server virtualization techniques and to provide a solid foundation for emerging approaches. The book takes you from the legacy deployment models for DCI, problems associated with extending Layer 2 networks, through VPN technologies, to various MST-, EEM-, and GRE-based deployment models and beyond. Although this book is intended to be read cover-to-cover, it is designed to be flexible and allow you to easily move between chapters to develop the solution most compatible with your requirements. Describes a variety of deployment models to effectively transport Layer 2 information, allowing your virtualization solution to operate effectively Explains benefits and trade-offs of |