Book description
Virtualize mission-critical Microsoft applications
How do you safely deploy Tier 1 apps in virtual environments? In this
in-depth guide, VMware insiders Charles A. Windom, Hemant Gaidhani,
and Alex Fontana show you how. Focusing on Microsoft applications,
they guide you step by step through a Proof of Concept for
virtualizing Windows Server, Active Directory, Internet Information
Services, Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, and Remote
Desktop Services-all on the VMware vSphere 4 platform.
You'll find out what to consider for each application before you
virtualize it, and learn how to perform VM backup using VMware Data
Recovery, Windows patch management using VMware Update Manager,
application performance monitoring using VMware Appspeed, and more.
Topics include:
A Thorough Overview of VMware vSphere 4
Virtualizing Windows Server 2008
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Choose virtual hardware and learn how to add sufficient CPU and memory
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Run Microsoft Windows Server 2008 as a guest inside the vSphere environment
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Protect your applications and data and deliver high
availability using Failover Clustering and Windows Network Load Balancing
Virtualizing Other Microsoft Applications
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Active Directory
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Internet Information Services 7. 0
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Exchange Server 2007 and 2010
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SQL Server 2005 and 2008
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SharePoint Server 2007
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Remote Desktop Services 2008 R2
Charles A. Windom, MCSE, is the Microsoft Solution
Architect at VMware, Inc. Before joining VMware, Charles worked for 29
years for such companies as Brocade, Compaq, Siebel, Taos, and Hitachi
Data Systems, designing and implementing solutions including Microsoft
infrastructure and applications. He has been Microsoft-certified since
1990. Hemant Gaidhani is a Senior Technical Marketing Manager at
VMware, Inc., with extensive experience in software development and
performance engineering. He has been instrumental in developing best
practices for several multi-tier enterprise applications in VMware
environments. In addition, Hemant has over 18 years of experience
working for high-technology companies such as Informix, Commerce One,
and EMC. Alex Fontana is a Technical Solutions Architect at VMware,
with a focus on virtualizing Microsoft Tier 1 applications. He has
worked in the information technology industry for over 10 years,
including five years designing and deploying Microsoft applications on
VMware technologies. He holds VMware, Microsoft, and ITIL
certifications.
