Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.43
EAN: 9780470183137
ISBN: 0470183136
Label: Sybex
Manufacturer: Sybex
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
Publisher: Sybex
Studio: Sybex

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Cut hardware costs, expand your capacity, and manage an entire fleet of virtual machines in your enterprise with the leading virtualization solution, VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3), by applying the step-by-step instructions in Mastering VMware® Infrastructure 3. Packed with the technical details, best practices, and how-tos you need to install, configure, and run a virtual infrastructure at maximum efficiency, this guide is comprehensive and essential. Learn how to create and manage virtual networks and machines, configure every product in the VI3 suite, monitor resources and performance, maintain security, and much more.




Rating: - Great book to get you started
I found this book to be a great resource both in preparing for and after deploying 3 ESX hosts in our network. I use this book as a reference frequently and highly recommend.

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Rating: - Good learning book
This is currently the best learning book on the market for VMware, better than the inappropriately named VMware Certified Professional Test Prep.

This really provides enough information to begin using the product(s) effectively and is what I would provide a staffperson with no knowledge of VMware. I appreciate that it is a softcover book, making it much easier to read for me.

The only rub here is that VMware has excellent documentation of their own. A person reading only ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent book but the text is too small.
I've taken the VI3 course twice and this book goes into greater detail than the vendor course does. The author gives real world applications to many of the issues that VMWare administrators would face. He also presents more detailed explanations of ancilliary subjects such as SANs, command line functions and planning scenarios than you would find by attending the course.

However, the text is a little on the small side. Not enough to be much of a bother when going through the book generally, ... Read More

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Rating: - VMWare Newbie
I have used this book constantly, it is a great book which is laid out very well. I think it is a book for newbies and experts... as he seems to cover the topics very well and in depth.

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Rating: - Great book
I used this book for preparing for VCP exam (Oct 2008) and found this very helpful in understanding the concepts as well as from exam point of view.

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