VMWare point in the right direction

[brotj7]

I took an Operating systems class ~2 years ago that focused on the typical memory management, race conditions, and 101 kernal design stuff, but also happened to give a basic 101 understanding of VMWare.

In the class we set up ubuntu x64, installed VMware server on one machine, then we remoted into VMWare server and set up a server 2003/2008 AD domain/forest, with windows XP, and Ubuntu Samba share clients.

I'd like to continue from that point. Can anyone direct me to a good book/website with test examples at a 201 type level. What should be next?

I'd like to know things like resource mgmt, transaction control, and VM maintenance. For example:

If you has 5 servers with ESXi(or whatever is the enterprise version) load balancing 20 VM's how do you set rules like:

- Never put VM appliance A and b on the same hardware because B is a backup or because they will both peg resource Z when certain processing happens???


- How do we prioritize server transactions over internet requests?

-Etc...

 

[quikah]

FYI: Server and ESX are completely different. You use Virtual Center to manage your ESX hosts and do what you are asking.

ESX guide is here:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/t...enter-server-50-resource-management-guide.pdf

Maybe not exactly what you are after, this is more of a user manual than a instructional text.

 

[brotj7]

Thank you, I will start there. The technology as a whole interests me, so any manual or texttbook is great. Any more resources are appreciated.