Virtualization Essentials

**A full-color beginner's guide to the core concepts and skills of virtualization**Virtualization is the IT world's hottest trend in recent years, and many colleges do not yet have curricula in place to prepare students for this important area. This guide fills the need, with a learn-by-doing approach to mastering the core elements of virtualization. Each chapter clearly outlines what is covered, thoroughly discusses the concepts, and engages readers with hands-on tutorials. The book covers how virtualization software operates; hypervisor products; how to manage CPU, memory, storage, and networking; and much more. * Fills the gap left by the many colleges and universities that are unprepared to educate IT students on virtualization, a megatrend in the IT world * Covers the fundamental concepts and skills, including how virtualization software operates within a computing environment * Explains the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and tells how to create a virtual machine from scratch or by migrating from physical to virtual * Tells how to manage the basics and how to configure supporting devices for a virtual machine __Virtualization Essentials__ gets IT students and practitioners up to speed on one of the most important aspects of today's IT environment. A full-color beginner's guide to the core concepts and skills of virtualization Virtualization is the IT world's hottest trend in recent years, and many colleges do not yet have curricula in place to prepare students for this important area. A full-color beginner's guide to the core concepts and skills of virtualization Virtualization is the IT world's hottest trend in recent years, and many colleges do not yet have curricula in place to prepare students for this important area. This guide fills the need, with a learn-by-doing approach to mastering the core elements of virtualization. Each chapter clearly outlines what is covered, thoroughly discusses the concepts, and engages readers with hands-on tutorials. The book covers how virtualization software operates; hypervisor products; how to manage CPU, memory, storage, and networking; and much more. Fills the gap left by the many colleges and universities that are unprepared to educate IT students on virtualization, a megatrend in the IT world Covers the fundamental concepts and skills, including how virtualization software operates within a computing environment Explains the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and tells how to create a virtual machine from scratch or by migrating from physical to virtual Tells how to manage the basics and how to configure supporting devices for a virtual machine Virtualization Essentials gets IT students and practitioners up to speed on one of the most important aspects of today's IT environment. Learn Virtualization Quickly and Easily Virtualization is crucial to providing computing services economically on a wide scale, and the topic is essential learning for IT professionals. This full-color, hands-on guide thoroughly covers virtualization fundamentals. You'll discover how today's virtual machines work, explore hypervisors, learn virtual networking concepts, see how to plan for high availability, and much more. It's the perfect virtualization primer, whether you're an aspiring IT professional or just brushing up on your skills. Learn these virtualization essentials and more: The importance of virtualization in today's data center environments Hypervisors Type 1, Type 2, their roles, and what's on the market How to build a virtual machine from scratch Managing CPU, memory, disk storage, and networking Ways to map virtual networking to a physical machine Configuring devices such as DVDs, USBs, and sound cards What you need to do to ensure high availability Working with applications in a virtual environment Change virtual machine CPU quantity Virtual network configurations This striking Essentials book maximizes skill acquisition and knowledge retention with: Chapter-opening learning objectives Step-by-step tutorials Four-color screenshots and illustrations Essentials and Beyond summaries and additional suggested exercises Chapter review questions

A full-color beginner's guide to the core concepts and skills of virtualization

Virtualization is the IT world's hottest trend in recent years, and many colleges do not yet have curricula in place to prepare students for this important area. This guide fills the need, with a learn-by-doing approach to mastering the core elements of virtualization. Each chapter clearly outlines what is covered, thoroughly discusses the concepts, and engages readers with hands-on tutorials. The book covers how virtualization software operates; hypervisor products; how to manage CPU, memory, storage, and networking; and much more.

• Fills the gap left by the many colleges and universities that are unprepared to educate IT students on virtualization, a megatrend in the IT world
• Covers the fundamental concepts and skills, including how virtualization software operates within a computing environment
• Explains the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and tells how to create a virtual machine from scratch or by migrating from physical to virtual
• Tells how to manage the basics and how to configure supporting devices for a virtual machine

Virtualization Essentials gets IT students and practitioners up to speed on one of the most important aspects of today's IT environment.

Virtualization Essentials provides aspiring IT professionals and those just starting out in IT a solid foundation in virtualization by teaching them fundamental concepts and skills to working in a virtual environment. Presented in full-color, this practical book takes on a learning-by-doing approach to gaining a core understanding of virtualization. Each chapter begins by clearly identifying what readers will learn in the chapter, followed by a straightforward discussion of concepts and then engaging readers in hands-on tutorials for readers to gain strong understanding of the chapter topics. Chapters conclude with suggested exercises that allow readers to reinforce their understanding. In this book, readers will learn to: Understand how virtualization software operates within a computing environment Distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and compare hypervisor products in the market today Create a virtual machine, by scratch and by migrating from physical to virtual Manage the basics of CPU, memory, storage, and networking of a virtual machine Configure supporting devices for a virtual machine Make considerations for availability And more! Understanding virtualization -- Understanding hypervisors -- Understanding virtual machines -- Creating a virtual machine -- Installing Windows on a virtual machine -- Installing Linux on a virtual machine -- Managing CPUs for a virtual machine -- Managing memory for a virtual machine -- Managing storage for a virtual machine -- Managing networking for a virtual machine -- Copying a virtual machine -- Managing additional devices in a virtual machine -- Understanding availability -- Understanding application in a virtual machine -- Answers to additional exercises "This full-color, hands-on guide thoroghly covers virtualization fundamentals. You'll discover how today's virtual machines work, explore hypervisors, learn virtual networking concepts, see how to plan for high availability, and much more"--Page 4 of cover