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Server virtualization moved into the mainstream data center faster than anyone imagined. The whole topic of systems management could evolve into management of virtual systems in the future. This guide offers a pragmatic and comprehensive look at this year's breakout technology.

First stage planning: Risks and rewards

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Options: A look at vendor offerings

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Overview: Server virtualization

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Second stage planning: Virtualization and systems management

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Server virtualization quiz

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Virtualization and hardware choices

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Windows Server
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- Bringing Windows RDS to the web: Designing the DMZ
  
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Enterprise Linux
- Talking with the expert: Take control with the Linux command line
  
  Linux expert William E. Shotts Jr. wants more Linux users to discover the command line and tap the advanced functionality below the GUI.
- Search and replace on steroids: Do more with these sed commands
  
  These tips can help administrators help themselves through advanced text editing with the UNIX Stream Editor (sed) utility.
- SearchEnterpriseLinux’s top five Linux tips of 2011
  
  Popular tips for Linux administrators in 2011 included systems management tool use and management, Linux security and Linux command line shortcuts. Did you miss a hot Linux admin tip this year?
Server Virtualization
- Virtualization disaster recovery tools: No silver bullet solution
  
  There’s a flood of virtualization disaster recovery tools available, but an effective DR plan may require a combination of technologies and products.
- Shedding light on Hyper-V 3.0 resource monitoring
  
  Hyper-V 3.0 will feature new resource-monitoring capabilities, which will be a boon for multi-tenant environments that need to calculate chargeback.
- VCP 5 certification course deadline looms over VMware pros
  
  VMware pros, who are under pressure to complete their VCP 5 exam before Feb. 29 to avoid additional requirements, yearn for Microsoft-style exams.
Cloud computing
- Keys to integrated cloud application management
  
  Seamless cloud application management isn’t a pipe dream. By following a few steps, cloud admins can monitor cloud app performance from one interface.
- Cloud infrastructure providers remain hot commodities
  
  Cloud infrastructure providers attracted acquisitive suitors last year. Profitable cloud vendors this year will catch the eye of telecoms.
- Digging deeper into IBM SmartCloud for private clouds
  
  IBM SmartCloud services give enterprises some options to build private and hybrid clouds and may give IBM a chance to improve its lagging cloud image.
Virtual Data Centre
- Demystifying VMware Site Recovery Manager and its role in DR
  
  VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) simplifies disaster recovery, but managing it is tricky if users don’t know how it handles VMware snapshots and how it affects backup software.
- Palmer's College scores on virtualisation, data centre consolidation
  
  Palmer's College's virtualisation and data centre consolidation project did not just improve IT efficiency and scalability, but also saves on data centre cooling costs.
- How IT can convince stakeholders of the value of technology projects
  
  IT professionals must take data centre measures to convince stakeholders of the business value of technology projects. This will help IT emerge as a valuable business resource.

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