"Written by pioneers and established experts in the field of virtualization with years of hands-on experience, these pages detail the product and then outline innovative ways to use virtualization within the organization. With novel solutions for every level of the IT chain, this text is a complete guide to the design, operation, and management of the ESX product." "Covering VMware VI3, the most widely distributed server virtualization product on the market, from 3.0 to 3.5, as well as the most recently announced embedded version of ESXi, this book will give IT organizations the ability to save costs on hardware and increase the efficiency of server deployments, provisioning, and management. It will allow them to utilize the full benefits of virtualization, giving them the flexibility to innovate solutions and the freedom that comes with not being locked into a single vendor's hardware solution."--BOOK JACKET.