1. Virtualization And why you should be using it

2. Carlos Felix • I.T. Consultant • CCSE, CCSA, MCSE, SBSC, VCP, VCSP, VSP, LMNOP, yada, yada, yada Who is this guy?

3. Est – 1994 • Private – 1998 • vmware user – 1998 • vmwarefanboy – 2001 • First ESX deployment - 2001 Chronology

4. Personal • Professional • Enterprise Scope

5. What is it? • Making more from what you have When did it start? • 1964 – IBM CP-40 @ Cambridge • 1998 – VMware “Renaissance” The basic questions

6. What are our options today? • Microsoft Hyper-V • Parallels • VirtualBox • VMware • XenServer The basic questions

7. Why do it? • Testing • Software • Upgrades • New OS • Troubleshooting • Customers/Family still running older OS • XYZ broke the system • Space reduction The basic questions

8. Why do it? (continued) • Security • VM just for online banking • VM just for risky behavior • VM for honeypot • Captive environment • Legacy Usage • Win 9x • Mandrake The basic questions

9. Why do it? (continued) • Specialized task • Multimedia Server • Report Generation • Training • Nostalgia • Environmental impact reduction • Expand your knowledge • Do more with less The basic questions

10. Why do it? (continued) • Reliability • Load Balancing • Site recovery • Flexibility • The ability to provide • The ability to retract The basic questions

11. Why do it? (continued) • Save $ • Save time • Remote users • Real $ in Virtualization The basic questions

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14. Using VMware Player • Windows 8 Developer Preview • Simple Setup • Presumes you know how to install an OS Building a Virtual Machine

29. vmware Workstation UI

30. vmwarevSphereClient UI

31. VirtualBox UI

32. vmware player - http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ • Virtualbox- https://www.virtualbox.org/ • Microsoft Virtual PC - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ Links Windows

33. vmware Fusion - http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html • Parallels - http://www.parallels.com/ Links OSX

34. vmware server - http://www.vmware.com/products/server/overview.html (end of life) • MS Hyper-V - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/hyper-v.aspx Links Server

35. vmwareESXi - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html • Citrix XenServer - http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=683148 Links Enterprise

36. You should be using virtualization Conclusion

37. Q & A Why did the chicken cross the road?

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