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Getting Started with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Title:
Getting Started with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Author:
Dash, Pradyumna.
ISBN:
9781782177838
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (106 pages)
Contents:
Getting Started with Oracle VM VirtualBox -- Table of Contents -- Getting Started with Oracle VM VirtualBox -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Introduction to Virtualization -- Hypervisor -- Reasons to use Virtualization -- Oracle VM VirtualBox -- Virtualization components -- VirtualBox features -- How VirtualBox functions -- Oracle VM VirtualBox architecture -- VBoxSVC -- VirtualBox -- Summary -- 2. Installation of Oracle VM VirtualBox on Linux -- Basic requirements -- Host OS -- Windows -- Mac OS X -- Linux -- Solaris -- Guest OS -- Installation -- Installing dependency packages -- Installing VirtualBox 4.2.16 -- Rebuilding kernel modules -- Start VirtualBox -- Update VirtualBox -- Remove VirtualBox -- Summary -- 3. VM Creation on VirtualBox -- Creating the guest virtual machine -- Starting the virtual machine -- Virtual machine groups -- Virtual machine snapshots -- Taking, restoring, and deleting snapshots -- Virtual machine clone -- Summary -- 4. Installing OEL -- Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 -- Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions -- Ways to install VirtualBox Guest Additions -- Using shared folders -- Mounting the folders -- Memory management techniques -- Memory ballooning -- Page fusion -- Summary -- 5. Virtual Networking -- Virtual networking hardware -- Networking modes -- Network Address Translation (NAT) -- Port forwarding with NAT -- Bridged networking -- Internal networking -- Host-only networking -- Bandwidth limitation for network I/O -- Summary.

6. Virtual Storage -- Virtual disk -- Hard disk controllers -- Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD, and HDD) -- Image write modes -- Cloning a virtual disk image -- Bandwidth control for disk images -- Summary -- Index.
Abstract:
A step-by-step guide that will show you how to install, configure, and manage VirtualBox.This book is for system administrators, technical architects, and virtualization enthusiasts who want to learn how to set up a virtual machine. Knowledge of the Linux environment is expected. Prior experience with VirtualBox or knowledge of virtualization is not required.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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