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Linux Virtual Machines: Templates, P2V and Other Tips and Tricks

Created on: Sep 18, 2008 12:00 AM by VMworld Team - Last Modified:  Jul 24, 2009 4:20 PM by VMworld Team

Session Details

Session ID:

PO3260

Session Title:

Linux Virtual Machines: Templates, P2V and Other Tips and Tricks

Session Abstract:

If you are fairly new to Linux and want to run your machines in a VMware environment, this session is one you can't miss. You will learn how to build templates on Virtual Infrastructure 3 to easily and rapidly deploy Linux machines. Also, different ways of performing physical to virtual conversions of Linux machines will be discussed. And last but not least many practical tips on using Linux in a VMware environment will be presented in this session. The Linux distributions used in the sessions are mainly SUSE Linux and RedHat, but the processes and tips described will work for many other distributions.

Track:

Session Type:

Technical Overview Session

Keywords:

Networking; Storage / Backup; VMware Infrastructure; Virtualization Platform / Hypervisor

Duration:

1 Hour

Speaker(s):

Rob Bastiaansen( Bastiaansen )

Speaker 1:

Rob Bastiaansen is an independent Trainer / Consultant / Author from The Netherlands. He is a VMware Certified Instructor and also a Certified Novell Instructor and SUSE Certified Linux Professional. Besides delivering training Rob also writes for several magazines and is the author of Rob's Guide to Using VMware, currently in its second edition. Rob has been a speaker at Novell's annual European and US BrainShare events and is also a speaker at many local events.



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