TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed,Gohar TI - Implementing Citrix XenServer Quickstarter: a practical guide to getting started with the Citrix XenServer Virtualization technology with easy-to-follow instructions T2 - Professional expertise distilled SN - 1299687741 AV - TK5105.597 .A378 2013 U1 - 005.43 PY - 2013/// PB - Packt Publishing KW - Xen (Electronic resource) KW - fast KW - Virtual computer systems KW - Computer organization KW - Parallel processing (Electronic computers) KW - Systèmes virtuels (Informatique) KW - Ordinateurs KW - Conception et construction KW - Parallélisme (Informatique) KW - COMPUTERS KW - Operating Systems KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you get started with the Citrix XenServer Virtualization technology with easy-to-follow instructions. Implementing Citrix XenServer Quick Starter is for system administrators who have little to no information on virtualization and specifically Citrix XenServer Virtualization. If you're managing a lot of physical servers and are tired of installing, deploying, updating, and managing physical machines on a daily basis over and over again, then you should probably explore your option of XenServer Virtualizati UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=601393 ER -