Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter: An intuitive guide to learning Virtualization with Hyper-V

About the Book

An intuitive guide to learning Virtualization with Hyper-V Key Features Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results. Step-by-step, practical guide to understanding and implementing virtualization for an enterprise environment Learn how to create a virtual machine in three steps Learn about capacity planning, virtual network management, integrating your virtual host, and more Book DescriptionDoing more with less and making the most of what we have is the aim of virtualization. Although resources such as OS and printers are still shared, under the time-sharing model, in a virtualized environment individual virtual servers are isolated from each other, giving an illusion of multiple fully functional systems. Hyper-V server 2008 R2 provides software infrastructure and basic management tools that you can use to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment."Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter" will teach you the basics of virtualization, and get you started with building your first virtual machine. This book also contains tips and tricks for using Microsoft Hyper-V server 2008 R2.This book is a crash course on getting your virtualization infrastructure working, creating a virtual machine, and making it more robust by anticipating failures. You will also learn how to create a virtual network so that your virtual machines can communicate among themselves and the rest of the world. You will even learn to how to calculate the costs involved in your Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solution.What you will learn Learn the basics of virtualization and the fundamentals of Hyper-V Install a Hyper-V role on your Windows server Create your first virtual machine in three steps Make a capacity planning exercise for virtualization Integrate the virtual network into your physical one Make your virtual machine robust against anticipating failures Who this book is for"Instant Hyper-V Server Virtualization Starter" is especially designed for system administrators and advanced PC enthusiasts who want to venture into the world of virtualization. Knowledge of server operative systems, LAN, and networking is assumed. Having a good background of server administration such as networking services is desirable but not required.

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About the Author :
Vicente Rodriguez Eguibar is the founder of Eguibar Information Technology S.L. Company, which is dedicated to providing IT consultancy and services, focusing on corporate directories, networking, virtualization, migration, and IT optimization. He has been a director of this company for the last four years, providing services and solutions to Fortune 500 international companies. He has traveled to several countries in Asia, Europe, and America supervising and managing projects for different companies. His technical background started in 1993 as an IT trainer. He has also worked in many different positions as a system operator, technical project manager, and senior consultant for many international companies. Back in Mexico, where he was born, he was certified by Microsoft as a Product Specialist, being one of the first people to obtain this certification in Mexico. At the beginning in México, he administered and managed computer systems for several industrial companies in the automotive sector. Following his performance in Mexico, he was required by the CIO office to design and manage the international communication network and corporate directory for their company. After managing this position for three years, he was hired by a German car manufacturing company to design the global corporate directory, being in this position for three years. When the German car manufacturing company sold the IT section to a German telecommunications company, Rodriguez Eguibar was appointed to design IT Architecture Infrastructures for external customer companies and government agencies. His last position before creating his own company was for an international call center corporation, where he was in charge of designing, deploying, and migrating to the corporate directory, messaging system, and virtualization strategy. He was married in Mexico to Adriana Sainz 14 years ago; since 2001, he lives in Spain.