Monday, May 16, 2016

XenServer Administrators Handbook Published [feedly] - A must Have!!!!!!!

XenServer Administrators Handbook Published
http://xenserver.org/discuss-virtualization/virtualization-blog/entry/xenserver-administrators-handbook-published.html

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Last year, I announced that we were working on a XenServer Administrators Handbook, and I'm very pleased to announce that it's been published. Not only have we been published, but based on the Amazon reviews to date we've done a pretty decent job. In part, I suspect that has a ton to do with the book being focused on what information you, XenServer administrators, need to be successful when running a XenServer environment regardless of scale or workload.

XenServer Administrators HandbookThe handbook is formatted following a simple premise; first you need to plan your deployment and second you need to run it. With that in mind, we start with exactly what a XenServer is, define how it works and what expectations it has on infrastructure. After all, it's critical to understand how a product like XenServer interfaces with the real world, and how its virtual objects relate to each other. We even cover some of the misunderstandings those new to XenServer might have.

While it might be tempting to go deep on some of this stuff, Jesse and I both recognized that virtualization SREs have a job to do and that's to run virtual infrastructure. As interesting as it might be to dig into how the product is implemented, that's not the role of an administrators handbook. That's why the second half of the book provides some real world scenarios, and how to go about solving them.

We had an almost limitless list of scenarios to choose from, and what you see in the book represents real world situations which most SREs will face at some point. The goal of this format being to have a handbook which can be actively used, not something which is read once and placed on some shelf (virtual or physical). During the technical review phase, we sent copies out to actual XenServer admins, all of whom stated that we'd presented some piece of information they hadn't previously known. I for one consider that to be a fantastic compliment.

Lastly, I want to finish off by saying that like all good works, this is very much a "we" effort. Jesse did a top notch job as co-author and brings the experience of someone who's job it is to help solve customer problems. Our technical reviewers added tremendously to the polish you'll find in the book. The O'Reilly Media team was a pleasure to work with, pushing when we needed to be pushed but understanding that day jobs and family take precedence.

So whether you're looking at XenServer out of personal interest, have been tasked with designing a XenServer installation to support Citrix workloads, clouds, or for general purpose virtualization, or have a XenServer environment to call your own, there is something in here for you. On behalf of Jesse, we hope that everyone who gets a copy finds it valuable. The XenServer Administrator's handbook is available from book sellers everywhere including:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/XenServer-Administration-Handbook-Successful-Deployments/dp/149193543X/

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/xenserver-administration-handbook-tim-mackey/1123640451

O'Reilly Media: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920043737.do

If you need a copy of XenServer to work with, you can obtain that for free from: http://xenserver.org/download


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