Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V : Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

by John Kelbley; Mike Sterling; Allen Stewart

• ISBN13: 9780470440964
• ISBN10: 0470440961
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

If you want to get up and running with Microsoft's latest solution in server virtualization, this book is for you. This practical guide focuses on the essentials of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, allowing administrators to waste no time in performing key virtualization scenarios, such as server consolidation, software test and development, and a dynamic data center. Written by true expertsmembers of the Windows Server team, the authors help you get the most out of Hyper-V, showing you how Hyper-V can be leveraged to reduce cost and complexity of a server infrastructure and create an agile server environment that will leverage script and command line-based automation samples as well as discussing VMM, DPM, and SCOM for managing and maintaining Hyper-V environments. Readers should be familiar with Windows Server 2008 and have some knowledge of server virtualization.

Author Biography

John Kelbley, Senior Technical Product Manager at Microsoft, is involved in high-performance computing and virtualization. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and a TechNet Magazine contributor. Mike Sterling is a program manager in the Windows Server and Solutions Division at Microsoft, where he focuses on Hyper-V functionality in Windows Server 2008. Mike promotes Hyper-V through his blog and speaking engagements. Allen Stewart is a principal program manager at Microsoft, focusing on Microsoft virtualization technologies. He also leads the Microsoft Virtualization Customer Advisory Council, which has a core set of customers who help drive next-generation virtualization scenarios.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Hyper-V

Installing Hyper-V and Server Core

Configuring Hyper-V

Best Practices

Administration and Management

Virtualization Security

Backup and Recovery

High Availability

Understanding WMI, Scripting and Hyper-V

Automating Common Tasks

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

System Center Data Protection Manager

System Center Operations Manager

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