Virtualization Essentials, 3/e (Paperback)

Learn the fundamental concepts and skills by building your own virtual machine

Virtualization is more important than ever, it's how the Cloud works! As virtualization continues to expand, millions of companies all over the world are leveraging virtualization. IT professionals need a solid understanding of virtualization concepts and software to compete in today's job market.

The updated new edition of Virtualization Essentials teaches you the core concepts and skills necessary to work with virtualization environments. Designed for new and aspiring IT professionals alike, this practical guide offers an applied, real-world approach to help you develop the necessary skill set to work in Cloud computing, the DevOps space, and the rest of the virtual world.

Virtualization Essentials simplifies complex concepts to ensure that you fully understand what virtualization is and how it works within the computing environment. Step by step, you'll learn how to build your own virtual machine, both by scratch and by migrating from physical to virtual. Each user-friendly chapter contains an overview of the topic, a discussion of key concepts, hands-on tutorials, end-of-chapter exercises, review questions, and more.

• Configure and manage a virtual machine's CPU, memory, storage, and networking
• Distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors
• Compare the leading hypervisor products in today's market
• Configure additional devices for a virtual machine
• Make considerations for availability
• Understand how cloud computing leverages virtualization

Virtualization Essentials is an invaluable 'learn-by-doing' resource for new and aspiring IT professionals looking to gain a solid foundation in virtualization. It is also an excellent reference for more experienced IT admins responsible for managing on-premise and remote computers and workstations.

學習基本概念和技能，通過建立自己的虛擬機器

虛擬化比以往任何時候都更加重要，這是雲端運作的方式！隨著虛擬化的不斷擴展，全球數百萬家公司都在利用虛擬化。IT專業人員需要對虛擬化概念和軟體有扎實的理解，以在今天的就業市場中競爭。

更新的新版《虛擬化基礎》教授您在虛擬化環境中工作所需的核心概念和技能。這本實用指南旨在為新手和有抱負的IT專業人員提供應用的、實際的方法，幫助您發展在雲端運算、DevOps領域和其他虛擬世界中所需的技能。

《虛擬化基礎》將複雜的概念簡化，以確保您充分理解虛擬化是什麼，以及它在計算環境中的運作方式。逐步進行，您將學習如何建立自己的虛擬機器，包括從頭開始建立和從實體機器遷移至虛擬機器。每個用戶友好的章節都包含主題概述、關鍵概念討論、實際教程、章末練習、復習問題等。

- 配置和管理虛擬機器的CPU、內存、存儲和網絡
- 區分第一類和第二類虛擬機監視器
- 比較當今市場上領先的虛擬機監視器產品
- 為虛擬機器配置其他設備
- 考慮可用性
- 了解雲端運算如何利用虛擬化

《虛擬化基礎》是一本寶貴的「學以致用」資源，適合新手和有抱負的IT專業人員，希望在虛擬化領域建立堅實的基礎。對於負責管理本地和遠程計算機和工作站的經驗豐富的IT管理員來說，它也是一本優秀的參考書。

About the Author

Matthew Portnoy is an information technology professional and Sales Engineering Manager at Splunk. He specializes in data management and virtualization. He has over 30 years' experience in the IT industry and is a former Staff System Engineer at VMware.

關於作者

Matthew Portnoy 是一位資訊科技專業人員，也是 Splunk 的銷售工程經理。他專精於資料管理和虛擬化。他在資訊科技行業擁有超過30年的經驗，曾任 VMware 的資深系統工程師。