Oracle VM 3 Cloud Implementation and Administration Guide, Second Edition

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.

Part I: Introduction to Oracle VM
Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtualization
Chapter 2: What is Oracle VM
Chapter 3: Oracle VM Architecture
Chapter 4: Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management
Chapter 5: Planning and Sizing the Enterprise VM Farm
Chapter 6: What's New in Oracle VM 3
Chapter 7: Disaster Recovery Planning
Chapter 8: Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Part II: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM
Chapter 9: Installing the Oracle VM Server
Chapter 10: Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Manager
Chapter 11: Installing and Configuring the Oracle VM CLI
Chapter 12: Configuring the VM Server Network
Chapter 13: Configuring the VM Server Storage

Part III: Managing Oracle VM
Chapter 14: Swimming in Server Pools
Chapter 15: Configuring Server Resources
Chapter 16: Monitoring and Tuning the Virtual Machine Server

Part IV: Installing and Configuring the VM Guest Additions
Chapter 17: Creating Templates
Chapter 18: Creating Virtual Machines Using Templates
Chapter 19: Creating Virtual Machines Manually
Chapter 20: Managing the VM Environment and Virtual Machines
Chapter 21: Physical to Virtual Migration and Virtual to Virtual Migration
Chapter 22: Virtualization Summary and Best Practices

Part V: Installing and Configuring Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for IaaS
Chapter 23: Basic Cloud Control Installation
Chapter 24: Using Cloud Control
Chapter 25: Advanced Cloud Control and User Self-Provisioning

Part VI: Disaster Recovery, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
Chapter 26: Oracle VM Disaster Recovery and Oracle SiteGuard
Chapter 27: Oracle VM Maintenance
Chapter 28: Oracle VM Troubleshooting