Citrix XenServer 6.0 Administration Essential Guide

Deploy and manage XenServer in your enterprise to create, integrate, manage and automate a virtual datacenter quickly and easily with this book and ebook.

Key Features

• This book and eBook will take you through deploying XenServer in your enterprise, and teach you how to create and maintain your datacenter.
• Manage XenServer and virtual machines using Citrix management tools and the command line.
• Organize secure access to your infrastructure using role-based access control.
• Back up your host and the highavailability of virtual machines.
• The book contains practical examples and tips by the author from his own experience in clear step by step

Book Description

What you will learn

• Create and manage XenServer resource pools to manage your XenServer host as a unique identity
• Use XenServer features like XenMotion to move the VM from one host to another without downtime
• Manage user authentication using role-based access control
• Configure Storage Repository and Networking
• Create, Import and Export Virtual Machines
• Convert physical machines to virtual using XenConvert
• Manage Virtual Machines memory and snapshots with dynamic memory control and optimize Xen memory usage
• Enable and manage High Availability in your XenServer
• Integrate and configure XenServer with Microsoft Active Directory
• Manage backups of XenServer host, protection, and the high-availability of virtual machines

Who this book is for

If you are an administrator working on XenServer, this book is for you. The book assumes that you have a basic understanding of XenServer administration, but need not have working experience with XenServer. You must be well aware of virtualization concepts as the book does not cover that.IT consultants, service providers and architects, who want to approach XenServer as a virtualization platform will also find this book useful.