Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter.
- Other Names:
- Ahmed, Gohar
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting to Know Xen; Life without virtualization; What is virtualization?; Types of virtualization; History of Xen and XenServer; How XenServer works; Benefits of Citrix XenServer; Requirements for XenServer; System requirements; What is XenCenter; System requirements; Summary; Chapter 2: Installing and Starting XenServer; Downloading and installing XenServer; Enabling virtualization in BIOS; Installing XenServer; Installing XenCenter; Connecting XenCenter and XenServer. Virtual Block Devices (VBDs)Storage attributes; Creating a storage repository; Creating an NFS VHD storage repository; Creating a software iSCSI Storage Repository; Creating a hardware HBA storage repository; Creating a StorageLink repository; Creating an ISO library; Managing the storage repositories; Summary; Chapter 5: Playing with VMs; Virtual machines using templates; Selecting a template for a new virtual machine; Selecting the operating-system-bootable ISO; Selecting the host XenServer for a virtual machine; Selecting storage space to create the vHDD. Network interface and network connectivityXenServer Tools; Creating new templates; Converting an existing VM to a template; Making templates from snapshots; Importing templates; Cloning VMs and templates; Preparing and cloning Windows VMs; Summary; Chapter 6: Managing virtual machines; Managing storage, memory, and networking;Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting to Know Xen; Life without virtualization; What is virtualization?; Types of virtualization; History of Xen and XenServer; How XenServer works; Benefits of Citrix XenServer; Requirements for XenServer; System requirements; What is XenCenter; System requirements; Summary; Chapter 2: Installing and Starting XenServer; Downloading and installing XenServer; Enabling virtualization in BIOS; Installing XenServer; Installing XenCenter; Connecting XenCenter and XenServer. Virtual Block Devices (VBDs)Storage attributes; Creating a storage repository; Creating an NFS VHD storage repository; Creating a software iSCSI Storage Repository; Creating a hardware HBA storage repository; Creating a StorageLink repository; Creating an ISO library; Managing the storage repositories; Summary; Chapter 5: Playing with VMs; Virtual machines using templates; Selecting a template for a new virtual machine; Selecting the operating-system-bootable ISO; Selecting the host XenServer for a virtual machine; Selecting storage space to create the vHDD. Network interface and network connectivityXenServer Tools; Creating new templates; Converting an existing VM to a template; Making templates from snapshots; Importing templates; Cloning VMs and templates; Preparing and cloning Windows VMs; Summary; Chapter 6: Managing virtual machines; Managing storage, memory, and networking; Managing VM CPU and memory; Dynamic memory control; Managing virtual machine storage; Managing network interfaces; Importing and exporting virtual machines; Exporting a virtual machine; Importing a virtual machine; Virtual machine snapshots; Types of snapshots. Disk-onlyQuiesced; Disk and memory; Introduction to vApps; Summary; Chapter 7: Networking in XEN; The XenServer networking concept; Network types and objects; The Networking pool; Network types; Using virtual networks; VLANs with virtual machines; NIC bonds; Creating an NIC bond; Deleting an NIC bond; Virtual switches and routers; Summary; Chapter 8: Advanced Concepts; Introduction to XenConvert; System requirements; Converting a physical machine to a virtual machine; Preparing the host machine; High Availability; Failure planning; Distributed vSwitch Controller; Workload Balancing. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Packt Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 005.43
COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- General
Virtual computer systems
Computer organization
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
Computer organization
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
Virtual computer systems
COMPUTERS -- Enterprise Applications -- General
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 1299687741
9781299687745
9781849689830
1849689830
9781849689823
1849689822 - Notes:
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