Managing virtual environments

HIGHLIGHTS

	Storage for virtualization learning guide ALL-IN-ONE GUIDES - This guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and SearchStorage.com, offers tips, news and expert advice on storage considerations for the virtualized environment.
		Using the chargeback system to demonstrate virtualization benefits TIP - Learn how to use the chargeback system to specify key performance indicators, such as hardware cost per CPU second.
	Virtual infrastructure licensing and technical support challenges TIP - Focus Consultant Craig Newell discusses virtualization licensing and technical support challenges.
		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

	Availability The place for news, user stories and tips on server availability in virtualized environments.
	Backup and disaster recovery Get news, user stories and tips on backup and disaster recovery planning for virtual machines and server virtualization environments.
	Emerging virtual environment management tools, best practices Managing physical servers is different than managing virtual servers. Here you'll find info on software licensing, systems management, VMware's capacity planner, consolidation ratios and best practices for monitoring virtual environments. There are also tips describing the best tools for ...
	Integrating physical and virtual environment management Learn how to manage both physical and virtual environments in this topic section. You'll find articles about software licensing, disaster recovery planning, special networking considerations in virtual environments, Microsoft and Citrix XenServer software interoperability, why you should ...
	P2V, V2V and V2P migration Get news, user stories and tips on P2V, V2V and V2P physical machine migrations.
	Storage management Get news, user stories and tips on storage issues related to server virtualization, including virtual hard disk (VHD) management.
	Monitoring and troubleshooting virtual machines This topic section provides information on how to monitor and troubleshoot your virtual machines. You'll find the latest news about whether or not virtualization needs specialized management tools, expert answers to readers' questions about problems with their virtual machines, general ...
	Provisioning and configuration Get news, user stories and tips on virtual machine provisioning and configuration in server virtualization environments.
	Capacity planning Are your virtualized servers equipped for future workload increases? Make sure your capacity planning is on target with the tips and advice in this section.
	Performance management Virtual machine performance management can be tricky. Here you'll find articles on networking considerations, capacity planning, a user story how one company shrank its hard disk space needs for optimal virtual machine availability, virtual sprawl, how to get virtualization availability ...
	Security management Keep your virtual machines and environments secure with the info in these news reports, user stories and tips.

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