You're reading from System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Cookbook - Second Edition Over 70 recipes to help you design, configure, and manage a reliable and efficient virtual infrastructure with VMM 2012 R2.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2014

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ISBN-13 9781782176848

Length 428 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

EDVALDO ALESSANDRO CARDOSO

Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. VMM 2012 Architecture

2. Upgrading from Previous Versions FREE CHAPTER

3. Installing VMM 2012 R2

4. Installing a High Available VMM Server

5. Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM

6. Deploying Virtual Machines and Services

7. Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix® XenServer® Hosts

8. Managing Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and the New Features of R2

9. Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2

10. Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager

Index

What this book covers

Chapter 1, VMM 2012 Architecture, provides an understanding of the underlying VMM modular architecture, which is useful when troubleshooting VMM and improving implementation. Make sure you spend some time rewiring this chapter.

Chapter 2, Upgrading from Previous Versions, provides recipes that allow you to smooth the migration process from the previous versions of System Center to the new System Center 2012 R2 with tips and tricks.

Chapter 3, Installing VMM 2012 R2, provides tips to shorten and automate processes when installing VMM 2012 R2; it covers the SQL installation, the AD container for security and HA, and Run As accounts to automate and manage the credentials through VMM.

Chapter 4, Installing a High Available VMM Server, provides an understanding of how VMM has become a critical part of the private cloud infrastructure. This chapter walks you through the recipes to implement Highly Available VMM Server with useful tips and tricks.

Chapter 5, Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM, provides detailed recipes for Fabric Resources configuration and management, which is extremely powerful when configuring resources for hosts, virtual machines, and services. It provides information on configuring and managing the virtualization host, networking, storage, and library resources. The recipes allow you to get more out of this impressive feature and help you understand the logical flow, from preparing the infrastructure to making the infrastructure building blocks available to a private cloud.

Chapter 6, Deploying Virtual Machines and Services, provides information to help the administrator create, deploy, and manage private clouds, virtual machines, templates, and services in System Center VMM 2012; it provides recipes to assist you in getting the most out of deployment.

Chapter 7, Managing VMware ESXi and Citrix^® XenServer^® Hosts, provides tips and techniques to allow you to integrate VMM directly with VMware vCenter Server and Citrix XenServers, to manage and make their resources available to private cloud deployments. It provides recipes to help you manage the day-to-day operations of VMware ESX/ESXi and Citrix XenServers hosts and clusters, such as the discovery and management of hosts and the ability to create, manage, store, place, and deploy virtual machines and templates, all from the VMM console. It also provides a recipe to add VMware VCenter to VMM to manage VMware Hosts.

Chapter 8, Managing Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Updates, Resources, Clusters, and the New Features of R2, provides recipes with more improvements provided by the VMM 2012. The chapter also explores some of the key features of SP1 and R2, such as Linux VMs, the availability options, resource throttling, and IPAM integration. Additionally, it also provides recipes to integrate VMM with System Center 2012 R2 App Controller for Hybrid Cloud Management.

Chapter 9, Integration with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2, provides tips and techniques to allow administrators to integrate SCOM 2012 R2 with VMM when monitoring the private cloud infrastructure.

Chapter 10, Scripting in Virtual Machine Manager, provides a useful understanding of VMM PowerShell scripts; they allow you to perform all VMM administrative functions using commands or scripts. You will also find some useful sample scripts in this chapter.

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Authors (2)

Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso Sobrinho

Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso is a virtualization and management enthusiast, author, and team leader. He is a subject matter expert in cloud computing and virtualization, and their management. He is strong team player, and pays attention to detail. His major strengths include strong leadership and hands-on skills, excellent communication skills, the ability to manage varied and conflicting demands to agreed standards and timelines. He has dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments. He also has supervisory skills, which includes hiring skills. He has experience in managing, finding solutions, planning, organizing, and leading complex projects. All of these acquired in 23 years of experience in IT, in roles that span from an Application Developer through Network Manager, Network Security Manager, Systems Engineer, and Technical Consultant, working in segments spanning from government to health, education, and IT sectors. His product skill set includes Microsoft infrastructure technologies such as Hyper-V, System Center, Windows Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, IIS, and Forefront, and he also has sound knowledge of Quest Migration Manager, Linux Infrastructure, Networking, Security Solutions (such as VPN and Firewall), and VMware in complex and large scenarios. He also has a strong grasp of infrastructure and architecture solutions, IT management and industry-related datacenter processes, strategies, and industry regulations and requirements. He has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in virtualization since 2009, he is a well-known speaker at IT-related events such as TechEd, CNASI, Windows Road Shows, and User Groups. He has consistently been a presenter for more than 10 years. He is an active member of Microsoft System Center TAP. He is also an Australian Computer Society (ACS) Certified Professional, a VMware Certified Professional, and also holds certifications in MCSE, MCSA, MCT. He was selected as Microsoft TechNet Brazil IT Hero in 2007. He was also awarded the Microsoft IT Heroes Happen award in Los Angeles in 2008. Furthermore, his virtualization project for a governmental institution in Brazil, while working as IT Manager, was selected as a business case by Microsoft. He lead major virtualization, AD, and Exchange projects for large customers is APJ, closely collaborating and liaising with presales and sales teams to ensure order fulfillment, client satisfaction, and IT synergies. As a key member of his team, he proactively shares expertise with peers around the globe, building and maintaining confidence of colleagues and customers, developing and nurturing deep expertise in key areas such as private cloud, migration and messages, and collaboration. He has also actively contributed to the development of materials and presentations related to his expertise, the development of best practices, and reusable content to ensure high-quality and consistent delivery of service projects across the globe.

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