Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtualization
Chapter 2: What is Oracle VM?
Chapter 3: Oracle VM Architecture
Chapter 4: Oracle VM Lifecycle Management
Chapter 5: Planning and Sizing the Enterprise VM Farm
Part II: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM
Chapter 6: Installing the Oracle VM Server
Chapter 7: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Manager
Chapter 8: Configuring the Oracle VM Management Pack
Chapter 9: Installing and Configuring the Oracle VM CLI
Chapter 10: Configuring the VM Server Network
Chapter 11: Configuring the VM Server Storage
Part III: Managing Oracle VM Servers and Guests
Chapter 12: Creating Server Pools and Servers
Chapter 13: Configuring Server Resources
Chapter 14: Managing and Tuning the Virtual Machine Server
Part IV: Installing and Configuring the Guest OS
Chapter 15: Creating Templates
Chapter 16: Using Templates to Create Virtual Machines and Configuring Resources
Chapter 17: Creating Virtual Machines Manually
Chapter 18: Converting Other Virtual Images to Oracle VM
Chapter 19: Managing the VM Environment and Virtual Machines
Chapter 20: Virtualization Summary and Best Practices
Practices
Part V: Appendixes and Glossary
Appendix A: Configuring Linux Support Functions
Appendix B: Oracle VM Log Files
Glossary
Index

Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtualization Chapter 2: What is Oracle VM? Chapter 3: Oracle VM Architecture Chapter 4: Oracle VM Lifecycle Management Chapter 5: Planning and Sizing the Enterprise VM Farm Part II: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Chapter 6: Installing the Oracle VM Server Chapter 7: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Manager Chapter 8: Configuring the Oracle VM Management Pack Chapter 9: Installing and Configuring the Oracle VM CLI Chapter 10: Configuring the VM Server Network Chapter 11: Configuring the VM Server Storage Part III: Managing Oracle VM Servers and Guests Chapter 12: Creating Server Pools and Servers Chapter 13: Configuring Server Resources Chapter 14: Managing and Tuning the Virtual Machine Server Part IV: Installing and Configuring the Guest OS Chapter 15: Creating Templates Chapter 16: Using Templates to Create Virtual Machines and Configuring Resources Chapter 17: Creating Virtual Machines Manually Chapter 18: Converting Other Virtual Images to Oracle VM Chapter 19: Managing the VM Environment and Virtual Machines Chapter 20: Virtualization Summary and Best Practices Practices Part V: Appendixes and Glossary Appendix A: Configuring Linux Support Functions Appendix B: Oracle VM Log Files Glossary Index

About the Author

Edward Whalen is a senior Enterprise Architect with over 25 years of experience in cloud computing, applications, operating systems, computer hardware and database technologies. He is experienced with designing and implementing high performance Enterprise systems and data centers, including primary and disaster recovery systems. The range of skills and experience covers all layers of applications, software and hardware technologies including the latest technologies.

Edward Whalen is the author of 10 books covering a wide range of topics including virtualization technologies, and database technologies from Oracle and Microsoft. In addition, Edward Whalen is a recognized expert on Oracle performance tuning, Oracle RAC, SAN implementation, and application workload testing. He currently holds a Top Secret clearance.