Professional Xen Virtualization

Description

This book presents you with a complete foundation on the Xen technology and shows you how Xen virtualization offers faster response times for new server and service requests, a simplified system administration for multiple systems, and better availability for critical computing resources. Packed with detailed examples of Xen configuration files, system configuration files, and system-level configuration information, this book shows you why Xen virtualization is among the leading emerging technologies on the Linux platform and is being integrated into virtually every commercial distribution.

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments.

  
Introduction.

  
Chapter 1: Overview of Virtualization.

  
Chapter 2: Introduction to Xen.

  
Chapter 3: Obtaining and Installing Xen.

  
Chapter 4: Booting and Configuring a Xen Host.

  
Chapter 5: Configuring and Booting Virtual Machines.

  
Chapter 6: Building Filesystems for Virtual Machines.

  
Chapter 7: Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines.

  
Chapter 8: Xen Networking.

  
Chapter 9: Advanced Virtual Machine Configuration.

  
Chapter 10: Using Xen in the Data Center.

  
Appendix A: xm Command and Option Reference.

  
Appendix B: Xen Virtual Machine Configuration File Reference.

  
Index.