Chapter 9. Virtualization

In the first few chapters, we looked at the big concepts and decision points for data protection and availability. Then, we moved into tactical and pragmatic implementation guidance on several data protection and availability technologies in the modern Windows datacenter.

In this chapter, we'll change gears and look at how virtualization changes what we have learned so far. We'll discuss how to protect and recover virtual environments, as well as how to ensure that our virtualization infrastructure stays highly available. Finally, we'll step away from the traditional concepts of availability and protection of virtualization and look at other capabilities that can be gained by combining data protection and virtualization. ...

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