Books

VMware Press (Twitter @VMwarePress) is the official publisher of VMware books and training materials that provide guidance for the critical topics facing today's technology professionals and students. With books, certification and study guides, video training, and learning tools produced by world-class architects and IT experts, VMware Press helps IT professionals master a diverse range of topics on virtualization and cloud computing, and is the official source of reference materials for completing the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Examination.

Storage Design and Implementation in VMware vSphere 5.x
By Mostafa Khalil • Technology Deep Dive • Fall 2011
 
In this technology deep dive book, expert architect Mostafa Khalil teaches everything an administrator or architect needs to know about design, management and storage maintenance in the vSphere 5.0 virtual environment, including detailed procedures and guidelines, architectural design elements, best practices, common configuration details, and more.
 

Administering VMware SRM 5.x
By Mike Laverick • Technology Hands-On • Fall 2011
 
In this practical and technical guide to installing and configuring VMware's Site Recovery Manager 5.0, expert Mike Laverick takes readers through set-ups for multiple vendors, disaster recovery, common pitfalls and errors, while along the way explaining why things happen, and how to fix them.
 

Automating Day-to-Day Administration of VMware vSphere 5.x
By Cody Bunch • Technology Hands-On • Fall 2011
 
This hands-on technical guide to automating vSphere with Orchestrator teaches administrators how to save time and resources by automating their virtual infrastructure. Automation expert Cody Bunch teaches valuable practices and tool use through a combination of real world automation examples and case studies.

Via Scoopmeister Duncan Epping over at Yellow-Bricks :-)

Cloud Computing with VMware vCloud Director, by John Y. Arrasjid, Ben Lin, Raman Veeramraju, Steve Kaplan, Duncan Epping, and Michael Haines, provides use cases, design considerations, and technology guidance to answer your questions about cloud computing. The primary intended audience is those interested in learning about VMware cloud computing products and solutions, but content on third-party technologies is also included where appropriate.

http://www.sage.org/pubs/24_cloud/

 

Foreword by Paul Maritz Chief Executive Officer, VMware Inc.

In Closing; This book describes the foundation for this form of cloud computing. It is by no means the end of the story. Although we have not yet completely achieved our vision, we have created a solid basis for cloud computing and are working on more innovations. Simplification of IT is a large and formidable problem to solve, but that is our goal. I hope you enjoy reading this book and learning how VMware is taking on this challenge.