System center 2012 R2 virtual machine manager cookbook : over 70 recipes to help you design, configure, and manage a reliable and efficient virtual infrastructure with VNM 2012 R2 / Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso ; cover image by Ramon Reginald Vega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cardoso, Edvaldo Alessandro, author.

Contributor:

Vega, Ramon Reginald, cover designer.

Series:

Quick answers to common problems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft System center configuration manager--Computer programs.

Microsoft Systems management server.

Configuration management.

Virtual computer systems.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is a step-by-step guide packed with recipes that cover architecture design and planning. The book is also full of deployment tips, techniques, and solutions. If you are a solutions architect, technical consultant, administrator, or any other virtualization enthusiast who needs to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a real-world environment, then this is the book for you. We assume that you have previous experience with Windows 2012 R2 and Hyper-V.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: VMM 2012 Architecture; Introduction; Understanding each component for a real-world implementation; Planning for High Availability; Designing the VMM server, database, and console implementation; Specifying the correct system requirements for a real-world scenario; Licensing the System Center; Troubleshooting VMM and supporting technologies; Chapter 2: Upgrading from Previous Versions; Introduction; Reviewing the upgrade options

Checking the VMM system requirements and preparing for the upgradeUpgrading to VMM 2012 R2; Reassociating hosts after upgrading; Updating the VMM agents; Performing other post-upgrade tasks; Chapter 3: Installing VMM 2012 R2; Introduction; Creating service accounts; Deploying a Microsoft SQL Server for a VMM implementation; Installing VMM dependencies; Configuring Distributed Key Management; Installing a VMM management server; Installing the VMM console; Connecting to a VMM management server using the VMM console; Creating credentials for a Run As account in VMM

Configuring ports and protocols on the host firewall for each VMM componentChapter 4: Installing a High Available VMM Server; Introduction; Installing a highly available VMM management server; Installing a VMM management server on the additional node of a cluster; Connecting to a highly available VMM management server using the VMM console; Deploying a highly available library server on a file server cluster; Uninstalling a highly available VMM management server; Chapter 5: Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM; Introduction; Creating host groups; Setting up a VMM library

Configuring networks in VMMNetworking - configuring logical networks; Networking - configuring VM networks and gateways; Networking - configuring logical switches, port profiles, and port classifications; Integrating and configuring the storage; Creating a physical computer profile (host profile); Provisioning a physical computer as a Hyper-V host - Bare Metal host deployment; Adding and managing Hyper-V hosts and host clusters; Chapter 6: Deploying Virtual Machines and Services; Introduction; Creating private clouds; Creating hardware, guest OSes, applications, and SQL profiles

Creating user roles in VMMCreating and deploying virtual machines; Creating virtual machine templates; Creating and deploying service templates; Rapidly provisioning a virtual machine using SAN Copy; Chapter 7: Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix® XenServer® Hosts; Introduction; Adding VMware vCenter Server to VMM; Adding VMware ESX hosts or host clusters to VMM; Configuring network settings on a VMware ESX host; Configuring host BMC settings; Importing VMware templates; Converting VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V; Managing Citrix® XenServer® hosts and pools

Converting Citrix® virtual machines to Hyper-V

Notes:

"Quick answers to common problems"--Cover.

"Professional Expertise Distilled"--Cover.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2014).

ISBN:

9781782176855

1782176853

OCLC:

882610643