Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.

Front Matter -- Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 -- Planning a VMM Deployment -- Installation and Configuration -- Managing VMware ESX Using VMM -- Managing Hyper-V Using VMM -- Managing Virtual Server Using VMM -- Virtual Machine Management -- Automation Using PowerShell -- Writing a PRO Pack -- Planning for Backup and Recovery -- Troubleshooting -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Appendix B: VMM Windows PowerShell Object Properties and VMM Cmdlet Descriptions -- Index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 -- A Quick Overview of Virtual Machine Manager -- Exploring Virtual Machine Manager Components -- VMM Server and VMM Database -- VMM Administrator Console -- Windows PowerShell Interface -- Virtual Machine Manager Agents -- Virtual Machine Manager Library -- Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal -- Microsoft Virtualization Management -- VMware VirtualCenter Management -- VMM Architecture -- Protocols -- Windows Remote Management -- Windows Communication Foundation -- Background Intelligent Transfer Service -- Operations Manager Connector -- Role-Based Administration -- Types of Virtual Machine Migration in VMM -- Authentication and Authorization Model -- Refreshers -- Time-Outs -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Planning a VMM Deployment -- The Need for Virtualization -- Preplanning -- Shifting from Physical to Virtual -- Security -- Server Sprawl -- Shared Environments -- Virtualization Types -- Designing a VMM Infrastructure -- Designing the VMM Server -- Designing VMM Infrastructure -- Designing VMM Clients -- Deployment Models -- Common Optimizations -- Using the Single-Datacenter Model -- Deploying a Multiple-Datacenter Model -- Deploying a Branch Office Model -- Additional Infrastructure Considerations -- Migration -- Backup -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Installation and Configuration -- Prerequisites and Requirements for Installing and Configuring VMM Hosts and Libraries -- Requirements for All-in-One Configuration -- Requirements for the VMM Server -- Requirements for the VMM Database Server -- Requirements for a VMM Library Server -- Requirements for the VMM Administrator Console -- Requirements for the VMM Self-Service Portal -- Requirements for VMM PowerShell CLI -- Requirements for VMM Operations Manager Integration -- Requirements for VMM VM Hosts -- Installing and Configuring aVMM Server -- VMM Configuration Analyzer -- VMM Server Deployment -- Installing and Configuring theVMM Administrator Console -- Installing and Configuring VMM and Operations Manager Integration Components -- Installing Prerequisite Management Packs on Operations Manager Server -- Installing the VMM OPSMGR Connector -- Configuring the VMM Server and Management Servers -- Configure Reporting for VMM -- What More You Can Monitor in Your VMM Environment -- Installing and Configuring VMM Self-Service Portal -- Installing Self-Service Portal -- Setting Up Constrained Delegation for Self-Service Portal -- Configuring Self-Service User Roles -- Configuring Self-Service Administrative Contact -- Installing and Configuring VMM Hosts and Libraries -- VM Host vs. Library -- Adding VM Hosts -- Adding a VMM Library -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Managing VMware ESX Using VMM -- The Need to Support Multiple Hypervisors -- How VMM and VMware vCenter Interact -- Setting Up the Connection between VMM and vCenter -- What to Expect When VMM and vCenter Interact? -- Managing VMware ESX Hosts -- Adding an ESX Host -- VM Host Properties -- Enabling ESX Full Management -- Virtual Machine Building Blocks -- Hardware and Guest Operating System Profiles -- Virtual.

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