Professional Xen virtualization / William von Hagen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von Hagen, William.

Series:

Wrox professional guides.

Wrox professional guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual computer systems.

Open source software.

Xen (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book presents you with a complete foundation on the Xen technology and shows you how Xen virtualization offers faster response times for new server and service requests, a simplified system administration for multiple systems, and better availability for critical computing resources. Packed with detailed examples of Xen configuration files, system configuration files, and system-level configuration information, this book shows you why Xen virtualization is among the leading emerging technologies on the Linux platform and is being integrated into virtually every commercial distribution.

Contents:

Professional Xen Virtualization; About the Author; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What This Book Covers; How This Book Is Organized; What You Need To Use This Book; Source Code; Errata; p2p.wrox.com; Chapter 1: Overview of Virtualization; What Is Virtualization?; Why Virtualization Today?; Basic Approaches to Virtual Systems; Advantages of Virtualization; Virtualization Caveats; Identifying Candidates for Virtualization; Summary; Chapter 2: Introduction to Xen; History of Xen; Overview of Xen and x86 Virtualization; Xen Domains and the Hypervisor

Types of Virtual Machines Supported by XenPopular Xen and Virtualization Resources on the Internet; Other Popular Virtualization Software; Popular Emulation Software; Summary; Chapter 3: Obtaining and Installing Xen; Hardware Requirements for Xen; Software Packages Required for Running Xen; Downloading and Installing Xen from Binaries; Getting the Xen Source Code; Building Xen from Source Code; Installing Xen; Summary; Chapter 4: Booting and Configuring a Xen Host; Overview of Xen and Linux System Startup; Configuring GRUB for Xen; Hiding PCI Devices from domain0; Summary

Chapter 5: Configuring and Booting Virtual Machines Virtual Machine Requirements; Obtaining Sample Xen Filesystem Images; Defining and Starting a Paravir tualized VM; Defining and Starting Xen Hardware Virtual Machines; Automatically Starting Xen Domains at Boot Time; Troubleshooting Configuration Files and Guest Domains; Summary; Chapter 6: Building Filesystems for Virtual Machines; Linux Storage and Filesystems; Filesystem Choices, Locations, and Flexibility; Building Virtual Machine Filesystems; Creating Swap Filesystems for Xen; Adding Applications to a Xen Root Filesystem

Creating and Using QEMU Disk Images Summary; Chapter 7: Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines; Overview of the Xen Daemon; Using the xm Command; XenStore and Related Utilities; Xen Tracing and Performance Monitoring; Reporting Bugs in Xen; Open Source Xen Management Utilities; Distribution-Specific Xen Management Software; Summary; Chapter 8: Xen Networking; Overview of Xen Networking; Specifying Parameters for Xen Network Startup; Using Multiple Ethernet Cards with Xen; Virtual, Non-Routable Subnets for Xen Guests; Virtual LANs and Xen Guests; DHCP Tips for Xen Environments

Fine-Tuning Services on Xen Guests Troubleshooting Xen Networking; Summary; Chapter 9: Advanced Virtual Machine Configuration; domain0 and domainU Memory Management in Xen; Accessing New and Removable Storage in domainU Guests; Using Dedicated Hardware in Guest Domains; Working with Sound on domainU Guests; Time Synchronization in domain0 and domainU; domain0 and domainU Kernel and Binary Considerations; The Many Moods of Graphics for domainU Guests; Xen Lifecycle Management; Xen Access Control and Security Policies; Xen and Trusted Computing; Summary; Chapter 10: Using Xen in the Data Center

Documenting Your Virtual Machines

Notes:

"Wrox programmer to programmer."

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611204341

9781281204349

128120434X

9780470289181

047028918X

OCLC:

646742179