Title: VMware Infrastructre 3: Advanced Technical Design guide and Advanced Operations Guide
Author: Scott Herold, Ron Oglesby, Mike Laverick
ISBN: 0971151083
Description: Detailing both the design environments and operational processes of VMware Infrastructure 3, and written from the practical experience of proven VMware engineers, this book provides IT consultants and system engineers with the insight needed to tackle tough issues in server virtualization such as virtual machine technologies, storage infrastructure, and designing clustered environments. An administrator’s guide highlights how to implement the architectural design decisions and real-world, proven strategies created specifically for VMware Infrastructure 3. Crucial information for designing custom VMware Infrastructure 3 environments based on specific requirements and details is also included.
Title: VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers
Author: Edward L. Haletky
ISBN: 0132302071
Description: VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise is the definitive, real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing today’s leading virtual infrastructure platform in mission-critical environments. Drawing on his extensive experience consulting on large-scale ESX Server implementations, Edward L. Haletky brings together an unprecedented collection of tips, best practices, and field-tested solutions. More than any other author, he illuminates the real issues, tradeoffs, and pitfalls associated with ESX Server–and shows how to make the most of it in your unique environment.
Title: Administering Vmware Site Recovery Manager
Author: Mike Laverick
ISBN:
Description: This book will teach you how to install and configure Vmware’s Site Recovery Manager product. It also covers in detail the failover and failback processes and I will guide you step-by-step through the set up of the product. This book is not filled with project management padding that typifies a lot of IT books. It is practical and technical, and assumes you are already pretty familiar with VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure products including ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. In this book you will learn the strengths and weaknesses of Site Recovery Manager, and I will show you the common pitfalls and errors that can happen, and also more importantly why they happen, and how to fix them.