Front Cover; Virtulization with Xen"! Including XenEnterprise, "!XenServer, "!and XenExpress"! Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Virtualization; Introduction; What Is Virtualization?; Why Virtualize?; How Does Virtualization Work?; Types of Virtualization; Common Use Cases for Virtualization; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 2. Introducing Xen; Introduction; What Is Xen?; Xen's Virtualization Model Explored; CPU Virtualization; Memory Virtualization; I / O Virtualization; The Xenstore; Summary; Solutions Fast Track.

Frequently Asked QuestionsChapter 3. Deploying Xen: Demystifying the Installation; Introduction; Determining Which Xen to Choose; System Requirements; Thinking Before You Start; Installing Xen on a Free Linux Distribution; Installing the XenServer Product Family; Other Xen Installation Methods; Configuring Xen; Summary; Solutions FastTrack; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 4. The Administrator Console and Other Native Tools; Introduction; Native Xen Command-Line Tools; XenServer Administrator Console; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions.

Chapter 5. Managing Xen with Third-Party Management ToolsIntroduction; Qlusters openQRM ; Enomalism; Project ConVirt and XenMan; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 6. Deploying a Virtual Machine in Xen; Introduction; Workload Planning and Virtual Machine Placement; Installing Modified Guests; Installing Unmodified Guests; Installing Windows Guests; Physical-to-Virtual Migrations of Existing Systems; Importing and Exporting Existing Virtual Machines; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 7. Advanced Xen Concepts ; Introduction.

The Virtual Split Devices ModelAdvanced Storage Concepts; Advanced Networking Concepts; Building a Xen Cluster; XenVM Migration; XenVM Backup and Xecovery Solutions; Full Virtualization in Xen; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 8. The Future of Virtualization; Introduction; The Unofficial Xen Road Map; Virtual Infrastructure in Tomorrow's Data Center; The Magic Recipe: Other Hardware and Software Virtualization Trends; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Appendix A. Glossary of Terms.