Learning Vmware Workstation for Windows: Implementing and Managing Vmware's Desktop Hypervisor Solution

Master VMware Workstation to create and run virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes clusters simultaneously on physical devices without having to reformat or dual boot the underlying device. This book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to creating and managing virtual machines using VMware Workstation, a software solution that provides a type-2 hypervisor, or desktop hypervisor, that runs on x64 Windows and Linux-based operating systems. This book focuses on the Windows version.

You'll start with an overview of hypervisors and desktop hypervisors. You'll then look at resources, such as CPU, memory, and networking, and how they are configured in a virtual environment. In the final chapters, you'll learn how to configure Workstation Pro to run and manage virtual machines before going on to build example virtual machines, including how to build a nested vSphere environment. Once built you'll see how to manage these virtual machines, before finally upgrading your VMware Workstation Pro environment.

In the end, you'll learn how to build and manage different virtual machines running on different operating systems and build an ESXi lab environment with VMware Workstation.

What You'll Learn

• Examine hypervisors and desktop hypervisors
• Understand how to install and configure VMware Workstation
• Gain practical knowledge on building and managing virtual machines on different OSs
• Support and troubleshoot VMware Workstation environments.

Who This Book Is For

Developers, IT professionals that remote, home, and BYOD

本書將教授您如何精通 VMware Workstation，以在實體設備上同時創建和運行虛擬機器、容器和 Kubernetes 叢集，而無需重新格式化或雙重啟動底層設備。本書提供了一個實用的、逐步指南，教您如何使用 VMware Workstation 創建和管理虛擬機器。VMware Workstation 是一個提供在 x64 Windows 和 Linux 系統上運行的第二型虛擬機監控程式（hypervisor）或桌面虛擬機監控程式的軟體解決方案。本書專注於 Windows 版本。

您將從虛擬機監控程式和桌面虛擬機監控程式的概述開始。然後，您將瞭解在虛擬環境中如何配置 CPU、記憶體和網路等資源。在最後幾章中，您將學習如何配置 Workstation Pro 來運行和管理虛擬機器，然後建立示例虛擬機器，包括如何建立嵌套的 vSphere 環境。建立完成後，您將學習如何管理這些虛擬機器，最後升級您的 VMware Workstation Pro 環境。

最後，您將學習如何在不同的作業系統上建立和管理不同的虛擬機器，並使用 VMware Workstation 建立一個 ESXi 實驗室環境。

您將學到以下內容：
- 研究虛擬機監控程式和桌面虛擬機監控程式
- 瞭解如何安裝和配置 VMware Workstation
- 獲得在不同作業系統上建立和管理虛擬機器的實用知識
- 支援和疑難排解 VMware Workstation 環境

本書適合開發人員、遠程工作者、家庭使用者和 BYOD（自帶設備）的 IT 專業人士。

Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant working closely with customers, partners, and vendors in designing technology solutions, to meet business needs and deliver outcomes. During his career, Peter has presented at key IT events such as VMworld, IP EXPO, and various VMUGs and CCUG events across the UK. He has also worked in senior presales roles and presales management roles for Fujitsu, HP, Citrix, and VMware, and has been awarded VMware vExpert for the last nine years in a row and vExpert EUC for the last three consecutive years. In 2021, Peter added the vExpert Desktop Hypervisor award to his portfolio of awards. In 2016, Peter founded his own company specializing in application delivery. Today he works with partners and vendors helping drive and deliver innovative technology solutions. He is also an avid author, having now written 18 books and made videos about VMware end-user computing solutions. In his spare time, Peter volunteers as a STEM Ambassador, working with schools and colleges, helping the next generation develop the skills and confidence in building careers in technology. He is also a serving Royal Air Force Reservist working as an instructor with the Air Cadet organization.

Peter von Oven是一位經驗豐富的技術顧問，與客戶、合作夥伴和供應商密切合作，設計技術解決方案以滿足業務需求並實現成果。在他的職業生涯中，Peter曾在重要的IT活動中發表演講，如VMworld、IP EXPO以及英國各地的VMUG和CCUG活動。他還曾在富士通、惠普、Citrix和VMware擔任高級售前角色和售前管理角色，連續九年獲得VMware vExpert稱號，連續三年獲得vExpert EUC稱號。2021年，Peter又獲得了vExpert Desktop Hypervisor獎項。2016年，Peter創立了自己的公司，專門從事應用交付領域。如今，他與合作夥伴和供應商合作，推動並提供創新的技術解決方案。他還是一位熱衷的作家，已經撰寫了18本關於VMware終端用戶計算解決方案的書籍，並製作了相關視頻。在空閒時間，Peter擔任STEM大使志願者，與學校和學院合作，幫助下一代發展在科技領域建立職業生涯所需的技能和信心。他還是一名皇家空軍預備役人員，在航空青年團組織擔任教官。