Microsoft Hyper-V: TFM®
Page Count : 450+ pages
ISBN :978-0-9821314-3-5
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Microsoft Hyper-V: TFM, focuses on giving you a practical guide to implementing Hyper-V in your environment; everything from installing your first Hyper-V server to building clustered environments for complex systems. This book includes instructions for managing Hyper-V using the built-in Hyper-V Manager or Systems Centre Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), as well as, giving you all the tools required to get started with Powershell scripts for Hyper-V.
The main topics covered include:
- Key differences between Hyper-V RTM and Hyper-V R2
- Choosing the right hardware for your environment
- Installing Hyper-V
- Creating and Managing virtual machines
- Running VMs without Integration Services
- Installing and using Virtual Machine Manager
- Physical to Virtual Migrations
- Creating and deploying VMs from templates
- Server consolidation using Hyper-V
- Disaster Recovery and High Availability using Hyper-V
- PowerShell scripting for Hyper-V
- And much more...
Table of Contents
- An Introduction to Virtualization
- Making Smart Design Decisions
- Installing Hyper-V
- Creating VMs with Hyper-V Manager
- Unsupported Guests on Hyper-V
- Getting Started with Virtual Machine Manager 2008
- Hyper-V Management Decisions
- Virtualisation of Legacy Systems Using P2V Migrations
- Streamlined Guest Deployment with VMM
- Making the most of VMMÕs Self-Service Portal
- The Death of Traditional Test and Development Servers
- Hyper-V and Server Consolidation
- Running Hyper-V on Your Desktop or Laptop
- Backups and Disaster Recovery with Hyper-V
- High Availability and Hyper-V
- Putting It All Together
- Hyper-V, PowerShell and Scripting
- Hyper-V and RAID Configuration Performance Testing
- Failover Clusters using Hyper-V v.1
About the Author
Thomas G. Townsend was born on the 24th of April 1981 and raised in central Victoria on a small farm. From the early age, Tom has shown great interest in computers and understanding complex systems, a passion still with him today. At the age of 17, he moved to Australia's capital city, Canberra, to study a Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Canberra, majoring in Sociology, Adult Education and Information Systems. While studying Tom began tutoring in web design and continued teaching through his Honors degree in Communications. This experience sparked his passion for IT yet again and he began working for the central IT department at the university while continuing to teach in the areas of IT Architecture and Security. Now a 10-year veteran at University of Canberra, Tom is now the Systems Manager, responsible for managing the server environment and data centre.