Best Practices in Virtualization: Integrated Management
Introduction
There’s a new wind of change in the IT industry today. It’s called virtualization—guest operating system (OS) or hardware virtualization that is. Guest OS virtualization is a software layer that provides the ability to simulate a physical machine on top of an existing operating system running on a hardware host. This ability to run one or more virtual machines on top of one physical host opens up several possibilities in the industry. It is now much easier to create testing, training or development environments, it is easier to create secure virtual desktop environments as well as rely on virtualization to reduce the number of physical boxes to manage, and virtualization opens up vast possibilities in business continuity. Virtualization offers a very strong value proposition to organizations of all sizes, but it also brings an additional layer of management. This report will cover best practices for managing virtual machines and physical machines in an integrated manner
Table of Contents
Introduction
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The Impact of Guest OS Virtualization
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Managing Mixed Environments
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Integrated Management for Virtual and Physical Machines
