Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

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August 14, 2008

This book would not have been possible without the endless support and love of our families. Hector would like to thank his wife, Anna, for being so understanding, for the constant encouragement, and for the late-night coffee runs. He would also like to thank his parents, Mario and Aida Linares, for their support and encouragement throughout the years. Michael would like to thank his wife, Liberty, for letting him hijack their weekends and for supporting him throughout the book. This book would not have been possible without her and he thanks her for always being there for him. Michael would also like to thank his parents, Leonidas and Toulla, ‘‘You are my inspiration and made me who I am today.’’

Writing this book is easy in comparison to the amazing effort put forward by the Virtual Machine Manager team. It all started in 2005 with an idea to build a virtualization management product. With an excellent group of engineers, four years, and three releases later, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 was released. Paired with a flagship virtualization platform in Hyper-V and a best-of-breed service management solution in Operations Manager 2007, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 provides the end-to-end virtualization management that customers have long been waiting for.

We would like to thank the Virtual Machine Manager team for building a complete and easy-to-use solution. You have listened to your customers throughout the releases and delivered a product that meets their high demands. Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is a game-changing release. Congratulations, and we are looking forward to more excellent releases.

Many people helped in various ways with this book. We want to especially thank Cheng Wei, our contributing author, and Rakesh Malhotra, who served as our technical editor and wrote the foreword. Credit goes to Operations Manager expert Vlad Joanovic for his technical review of Chapter 9.

We would also like to thank the Sybex team. Even though we never met most of you in person, we feel like we know you. Agatha Kim, our acquisitions editor, thank you for the opportunity to write this book and putting up with our crazy schedules. Even though we squirmed when we received your status emails telling us of our missed deadlines, you were the motivation that helped us keep pushing. Denise Santoro Lincoln, our developmental editor, the book would not have been as polished and well written without your excellent feedback. Christine O’Connor, Pete Gaughan, Judy Flynn, Corina Copp, and Nancy Guenther, thank you for your valuable contributions.

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