Professional Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

Professional Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Book Description

Wroxs Professional Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is one of the first guides to Microsofts new free product offering. Written by a key member of the Virtual Server product team, Professional Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is heavy on real-world examples making this a hands-on guide that will get readers up and running with Virtual Server quickly. Topics include: ? Installation troubleshooting ? Understanding virtual devices, networks and storage systems ? Installing Linux under Virtual Server ? Creating VM libraries ? Tweaking performance ? Clustering virtual machines ? Development and debugging in virtual machines ? Accessing the Virtual Server COM API ? ASP.NET applications for the COM interface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Getting Started with Virtual Servers Chapter 1. Why Virtualize? Chapter 2. Getting Started with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Chapter 3. Virutal Server Basic Concepts. Chapter 4. Installing Guest Operating Systems Part II: Optimizing Virtual Machine Management and Usage. Chapter 5. Creating a Virtual Machine Library Chapter 6. Understanding Virtual Machine Performance Part III: Maintaining Virtual Machines Chapter 7. Monitoring and Managing Virtual Machines Chapter 8. Keeping Virtual Machines Up to Date Part IV: Security and Backup for Virtual Machines Chapter 9. Keeping Virtual Machines Secure Chapter 10. Securing Virtual Server Chapter 11. Backing Up Virtual Machines Part V: Physical to Virtual Migration. Chapter 12. Manual Physical to Virtual Migration of Servers Chapter 13. Manual Physical to Virtual Migrations Part VI: Virtual Machines and Clustering Chapter 14. Clustering Virtual Machines Chapter 15. Clustering Virtual Server Part VII: Automating Virtual Machine Operations Chapter 16. Using the Virtual Server COM Interface Chapter 17. Scripting Virtual Server Chapter 18. Using PowerShell to Control Virtual Server Part VIII: Developing Software for Virtual Servers. Chapter 19. Developing Managed Applications for Virtual Server Chapter 20. Developing ASP.NET Applications with Virtual Server Part IX: Development and Debugging in Virtual Machines Chapter 21. Application Debugging with Virtual Server Appendix A. Common Problems and Solutions Appendix B. Virtual Server Clustering Script: HAVM.VBS Index Benjamin Armstrong was an engineer at Connectix Corporation, the original developers of Virtual PC before Microsoft acquired the company. Today, he is a technical program manager on the Microsoft virtualization team, and has been working with virtualization software for the past 5 years. Bens a technical blog about using Virtual PC and Virtual Server is a popular destination for those interested in the technology. This title is aimed at existing programmers and IT professionals. Prior experience with programming, and/or operating systems and networking is assumed.

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