Server virtualization management tools and practices

HIGHLIGHTS

	Optimizing Hyper-V performance: Monitoring tips TIP - Optimally configure Hyper-V virtual machines with tools like Task Manager and by using vendor-supported guest OSes. This tip offers the brass tacks on optimizing Hyper-V.
	Novell virtualization, management save VIST money ARTICLE - In choosing Novell SUSE Xen virtualization and ZenWorks management controls, VIST Financial Corp. has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars.
		Does virtualization need specialized management tools? ARTICLE - Virtualization-specific management software that governs virtual machines throughout their lifecycle may fill a void unsolved by traditional systems management tools.

SUBTOPICS

	VM performance management For virtualization administrators, one of the most vexing challenges is ensuring virtual machine (VM) performance and how to build a high-availability environment. The task touches nearly every aspect of a virtualized environment –from hardware to networks and more. This section's ...
	Capacity planning As you expand a server virtualization deployment, your server capacity planning and resource allocation challenges are bound to become increasingly complex. How do you decide which workloads to allocate virtual machines (VMs), how do you measure these workloads in an increasingly mobile, ...
	Provisioning and configuration As a server virtualization administrator, one of your chief goals is finding ways to ease the administrative and management burdens of your virtualized server environment. How you provision virtual servers and configure virtual machines (VMs) is a critical piece of streamlining those ...
	Monitoring and troubleshooting virtual machines Let's face it: Managing virtualized server performance and ensuring virtual machine (VM) availability and system performance can be onerous. You need virtual systems tools that monitor, track and report on events; indicate root causes of performance problems; and automatically address ...
	P2V, V2V and V2P migration Performing physical-to-virtual (P2V), virtual-to-physical and virtual-to-virtual migrations may seem like a simple process that involves merely copying files. But with complex systems like a virtualized data center, dynamic resources like virtual machines and varying workloads, this ...

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