Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization

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Chapter 1, "Xen-Background and Virtualization Basics" is a quick introduction to virtualization in general and to Xen in particular. Chapter 2, "A Quick Tour with the Xen LiveCD", provides an overview of Xen’s functionalities by exploring the Xen LiveCD.

Chapter 3, "The Xen Hypervisor" focuses on the hypervisor that is the core of any Xen system and some other trusted components such as Domain0 and xend. We build on that common understanding of the Xen hypervisor by concretely showing you how... (read more)
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This book is targeted at individuals and organizations that are deploying Xen systems. It walks the reader through the basics, from installing Xen to using prebuilt guest images. It even tells readers how to experiment with Xen using only a Xen LiveCD. It covers the basics of virtualizations and important elements of all Xen systems like the hypervisor and Domain0. It explains the details of the xm commands for managing guest domains. It helps users deploy custom guest images based on operating systems from Linux to Windows. It covers more advanced topics like device virtualization, network configuration, security and live migration. We hope you will find it a good mix of introductory and advanced topics that will prove useful from your first Xen deployment experiment to running production Xen systems.
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Title: "Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization"

Authors: Jeanna N. Matthews, Eli M. Dow, Todd Deshane, Wenjin Hu, Jeremy Bongio, Patrick F. Wilbur, and Brendan Johnson

ISBN-10: 0132349663
ISBN-13: 978-0132349666
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Paperback: 720 pages
Language: English

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David wrote at 8:54am on August 4th, 2008
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Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization wrote at 8:00pm on May 20th, 2008
If you haven't already noticed, the book is now available for sale at all major retailers.
Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization wrote at 2:47pm on February 19th, 2008
The book should be available this April/May. Preorders are already being accepted.

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