France: Virtualization

VMware (NYSE:VMW), a global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. VMware enables enterprises to adopt a cloud model that addresses their unique business challenges. VMware's approach accelerates the transition to cloud computing while preserving existing investments and improving security and control. With more than 500,000 customers and 55,000 partners, VMware solutions help organizations of all sizes lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice. For more information, visit www.vmware.com. About VMware Inc.

• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• How This Book Is Organized
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Chapter 1
• The What and Why of Virtualization
• In the Beginning: The Mighty Mainframe
• Trend Spotting: Data, Data Everywhere
• Seven Good Reasons to Virtualize
• Chapter 2
• The Evolution of Virtualization
• Hypervisor 101: Sharing the Love
• Today's Challenges
• The Next Generation: Virtualization 2.0
• Chapter 3
• Virtualization 2.0: Starting with Operations Management
• Capacity Management
• Capacity management: What is it?
• How it's done: Millennium Pharmacy optimized IT resources with VMware
• Performance Monitoring
• Performance monitoring: What is it?
• How it's done: Cornerstone optimized IT performance with VMware
• Chapter 4
• Virtualization 2.0: Deep Dive
• Operations Management for Virtualized Environments
• The challenge: Improve efficiency, and fast
• How it works
• Virtualized Backup
• The goal: Simplify, simplify
• How it works
• Virtualized Storage
• The answer: Virtual storage-area networks
• How it works
• Virtualized Networking
• The mission: Make life easier
• How it works
• Chapter 5
• Real-world Outcomes of Virtualization 2.0
• IT Outcome: Data Center Virtualization and Standardization
• IT Outcome: Streamlined and Automated Data Center Operations
• IT Outcome: Security Controls Native to Infrastructure
• IT Outcome: High Availability and Resilient Infrastructure
• IT Outcome: App and Infrastructure Delivery Automation
• Chapter 6
• Virtualization 2.0 Preflight
• Preparing to Move from Physical to Virtual
• Using Traditional vs. Virtual Storage
• Sizing and Managing Shared Storage
• Addressing Security and Compliance
• Using Operations Management to Meet Business Objectives
• Adding Operations Management
• Prepare Carefully to Optimize Resource Utilization
• Consider the Appropriate Permissions for Different User Types
• Model Your Virtual Environment on Your Business Structure
• Create Policies for Efficient Resource Management
• Configure Badges for Quick Health Checks
• Identify the Needs of Workgroups to Configure Capacity Settings
• Choose How You Want to be Alerted
• Set up Email Notifications for Administrative Alerts
• Schedule Reports to Help Address Bottlenecks Before They Occur
• Unify Your View of the Virtual Environment
• Chapter 7
• Ten Best Practices for Virtualization 2.0
• Prepare your Physical Servers
• Install Your Hypervisor
• Configure Back-end Storage Devices Correctly
• Evaluate and Redesign the Network before Virtualizing
• Secure Your Environment
• Performance-tune for Latency-sensitive Workloads
• Enable Advanced Features for Performance and Availability
• Optimize VMs So They're Stable and Efficient
• Monitor and Optimize Continuously
• Spread the Word
• Chapter 8
• Ten Useful Resources for Virtualization 2.0
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
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