Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Evolve to a virtual network infrastructure using VMware vSphere 4Design and deploy a high-performance cloud-based enterprise IT platform with guidance from a VMware expert. Featuring tips, techniques, and best practices, VMware vSphere 4 Implementation explains how to dramatically cut hardware costs, maximize computing power, and centralize system administration. Configure hardware and storage devices, build virtual machines and networks, install guest operating systems, and import physical machines. Security, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and system updates are also covered in this comprehensive resource.Perform a clean VMware vSphere 4 install or migrate existing systemsBuild Distributed Virtual Networks using DvSwitches and VMotionManage SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and fiber channel storage devicesConstruct VM and provision new copies of Windows/Linux from vCenterAutomate server maintenance with the Distributed Resource SchedulerSet up multiple security zones, users, permissions, roles, and privilegesMaximize uptime using VMware High Availability and Fault ToleranceWork with VMware Consolidated Backup, vDR, and Update ManagerMike Laverick is a VMware Forum moderator and member of the London VMware User Group steering committee. He is the sole author of the virtualization website/blog, RTFM Education. Mike recently received the vExperts Award from VMware.