VMware vSphere For Dummies

Introduction.Part I: Deciding on vSphere.Chapter 1: Getting the Most Out of VMware vSphere.Chapter 2: Introducing Virtualization.Chapter 3: Exploring the Capabilities of VMware vSphere.Chapter 4: Comparing Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 with vSphere 4.x.Part II: Getting Ready for Sphere.Chapter 5: Planning for a vSphere Rollout.Chapter 6: Preparing Network and Storage for vSphere.Part III: Installing Sphere.Chapter 7: Installing VMware ESX 4 for the First Time.Chapter 8: Building the vCenter Server.Chapter 9: Getting Started with the vSphere Client.Part IV: Configuring and Connecting vSphere.Chapter 10: Configuring a New vCenter Server.Chapter 11: Wiring Up vSphere to the Network, Virtually.Chapter 12: Connecting vSphere to Shared Storage.Chapter 13: Assembling an ESX Cluster.Part V: Administering and Maintaining vSphere.Chapter 14: Creating, Cloning, and Converting VMs.Chapter 15: Organizing vSphere Resources.Chapter 16: Events, Alarms, and Monitoring.Chapter 17: A Quick Tour of Your Virtual Infrastructure.Chapter 18: One of These Hosts Is Not Like the Other -- Host Profiles.Part VI: Tuning and Troubleshooting vSphere.Chapter 19: Making VMs Play Fair with Resource Pools.Chapter 20: Using vSphere Availability Features.Chapter 21: Troubleshooting vSphere.Part VII: The Part of Tens.Chapter 22: Ten Tools to Make vSphere Management Easier.Chapter 23: Ten Places to Improve Your vSphere Know-How.Chapter 24: Ten Pro Tips for a Successful vSphere Deployment.Index.