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I’ve reviewed Eric Siebert’s upcoming book. “VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration” is VMware above and beyond, a must read for every VMware believer.

As an experienced VMware Certified instructor, I’m involved in delivering VMware courses on a daily basis. I know how important it is to keep your students involved in a course. When you start reading this book, I can assure you, you will read it from A to Z. In the past three years I’ve seen lots of books. Eric Siebert did a great job with this one. He was able to write up topics varying from “installing” and “advanced configuration” in a clear and understandable way and put them together in this book.

I’m was one of the of the lucky bloggers who was asked to review Eric Siebert’s new book, VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration.

This book was written to cover all the various phases of implementing a virtualization project using VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 from the very initial planning stages all the way through designing, building, configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting and more. VMware has made it fairly easy to install and use their virtualization products but there’s a lot you need to know to properly setup your environment and to understand how everything works including the differences between physical and virtual servers. This book will walk you through the various stages and provide you with information and tips to guide you through them so you make informed decisions, utilize best practices and avoid common mistakes.

VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration By: Eric Siebert Last Updated on Safari: 2009/02/24 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub Date: May 21, 2009 (estimated) Pages: 500

Mike has rented out his advertisement space and is living in wealth now. He doesn’t have to earn his money with writing book anymore, so he’s giving them away. :-) You can download the first chapter of Mike's SRM book at RTFM-Education.

"This book will teach how install and configure VMware's Site Recovery Manager product. It also covers in detail the failover and failback processes - and I will guide you through step-by-step through the setup of the product. This book is not filled with project management padding that typifies a lot of IT books. It's practical and technical, and assumes you are already pretty familiar with VMware's Virtual Infrastructure products including ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. In this book you will learn the strengths and weakness of the Site Recovery Manager product, and show you the common pitfalls and errors that can happen, and also more importantly why they happen, and how to fix them."

Update : Mike did it again, another Four Free Chapters from the Vi3Book are online.

More and more companies are choosing to virtualize and consolidate their server environments with VMware to achieve smaller footprints and reduced operating costs, but optimizing the virtualized environment is nearly impossible without a solid strategy in place. This complete guide to VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) teaches readers how to plan for, implement, secure, maintain, monitor and troubleshoot a VI3 environment.

VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration By: Eric Siebert Last Updated on Safari: 2008/12/12 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub Date: June 26, 2009 (estimated) Pages: 400

This book covers the ESX 3.0.x through ESX 3.5.x releases that are the focus of the VCP test. Troubleshooting tips appear throughout the book, making it a useful resource in the virtualized datacenter. The first & only alternative to expensive courses, this highly accessible work provides motivated individuals with a selfaced method to prepare for the VMware Certified Professional exam. Geared toward professionals with basic technical skills, the book focuses on that information which is specific to the exam. It covers the basics needed to install ESX and VirtualCenter, and create virtual machines. It also delves into more advanced material such as how to configure networks, assign rights, and create resource pools, and optimize resource utilization. Questions at the end of each chapter review key topics. Two sample tests provide a gauge of one's readiness.

	ISBN-13	978-1-4200-6599-2 | 9781420065992
	ISBN-10	1-4200-6599-8 | 1420065998

Mike Laverick: It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book on VMware Site Recovery Manager 1.0 is now available from lulu.com. You can buy the book by clicking the book cover at the top of the blog or by clicking this link here: http://www.lulu.com/content/4343147.

"This book will teach how install and configure VMware's Site Recovery Manager product. It also covers in detail the failover and failback processes - and I will guide you through step-by-step through the setup of the product. This book is not filled with project management padding that typifies a lot of IT books. It's practical and technical, and assumes you are already pretty familiar with VMware's Virtual Infrastructure products including ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. In this book you will learn the strengths and weakness of the Site Recovery Manager product, and show you the common pitfalls and errors that can happen, and also more importantly why they happen, and how to fix them."

Virtualization for Dummies – Sun and AMD Special Edition is now available! Published by the same folks who create all the "Dummies" books – this special edition version showcases Sun and AMD virtualization offerings, how they work together, and how they can benefit businesses. Learn about the latest virtualization technologies with this brief and easy-to-read booklet. Via Virtualization.info.

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I have received a free copy of “VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center” from one of the authors, Jase McCarty this morning.:-) I’m speed reading trough it and believe that these guys have covered everything you need to know when setting up your ESX environment. Finally an alternative to the VI3 install and configure course guide.

The VMware ESX server is vital to virtualization methods used to perform server consolidation, software development, test automation, legacy Windows migration, and more. VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center is an extremely valuable and distinctive resource. The authors present surprising new ways of using virtualization to accomplish tasks now performed at the physical level. All areas of business are examined, with text that features technical information and best practices, including business challenges and technology breakdowns to expedite effective allocation of time and resources.

VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center
CRC Press | 2009 | 237 pages | David Marshall, Stephen S. Beaver, Jason McCarthy