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Deploying the VMware Infrastructure, Second Printing

John Arrasjid, Karthik Balachandran, Daniel Conde, Gary Lamb, and Steve Kaplan

Authors' Note: We have changed some names for VMware products from the first printing of this booklet in order to adhere to product name changes that the company has undertaken. These include changes from VirtualCenter to VMware vCenter and from Virtual Desktop Manager to VMware View Manager.



  • Complete booklet PDF (members only) or purchase the print version

Open PDFs

  • The cover PDF
  • Frontmatter/Table of Contents/Acknowledgments/Foreword PDF
  • About the Authors PDF

Members-Only PDFs

  • 1. Introduction PDF
  • 2. What Is Virtualization? PDF
  • 3. The Benefits of Infrastructure Virtualization PDF
  • 4. Use Cases for Virtualization PDF
  • 5. Virtualizing Your IT Infrastructure PDF
  • 6. Building a VMware Infrastructure PDF
  • 7. Managing the VMware Infrastructure PDF
  • 8. Migrating Candidates PDF
  • 9. Optimization PDF
  • 10. Disaster Recovery and Security PDF
  • 11. Advanced Capabilities PDF
  • 12. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure PDF
  • Appendix. Virtualization Technologies PDF