Rebecca Fitzhugh - Vsphere Virtual Machine Management

Rebecca Fitzhugh is an independent VMware Consultant and VMware Certified Instructor (VCI). Her focus is on designing and delivering solutions as an infrastructure architect as well as delivering various authorized VMware courses. Prior to becoming a consultant and instructor, she served for five years in the United States Marine Corps, where she assisted in the buildout and administration of multiple enterprise networks residing on virtual infrastructure.

Rebecca currently holds multiple IT industry certifications, including VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) in Data Center Design (DCD), Data Center Administration (DCA), and Cloud Infrastructure Administration (CIA). You can follow her on Twitter (@RebeccaFitzhugh) or contact her using LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/rmfitzhugh/).

First and foremost, I would like to thank my sister, Robyn, and my brother, Joe. There are not enough words in this world to express how deeply grateful I am for you. I also want to thank my hilarious and brilliant niece and nephew, Katalyna and Kellan, for inspiring me each and every day. To all my friends around the world who have supported me and encouraged me: I'm so glad that there are people like you in my life with whom I can share my adventures.

A big thanks to the editors, technical editors, and reviewers who went through my writing. This book was written across three continents, much of it while sitting in the planes and airports. Jet lag is not conducive to writing coherent sentences; so, I truly appreciate your patience as I worked on trying to get my thoughts written down.

James Bowling is a VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, VCP5-DCV/IaaS, VCP-Cloud, VMware vExpert (x3), Cisco Champion for Data Center, Houston VMUG Leader, and virtualization enthusiast living in Houston, TX with over 13 years of experience. He has received the 2009 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Award for Energy Efficiency for his design and implementation of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Datacenter in Arlington, TX. James has held presentations on automation and orchestration at VMworld US and EMEA. His experience spans designing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructures. He is currently a Cloud Architect for General Datatech, LP in Dallas, Texas. He can be reached on Twitter (@vSential) or through his virtualization blog (vsential.com).

Andy Grant is a Technical Consultant for HP Enterprise Services. Andy's primary focus is datacenter infrastructure and virtualization projects across a number of industries, including government, healthcare, forestry, financial, gas and oil, and international contracting. He currently holds a number of technical certifications such as VCAP4/5-DCA/DCD, VCP4/5, MCITP:EA, MCSE, CCNA, Security+, A+, and HP ASE BladeSystem. Outside of work, Andy enjoys hiking, action pistol sports, and spending time adventuring with his son.

Christopher Kusek is a technology visionary and Internet personality known as @cxi on Twitter. A VMware vExpert, he has worked for enterprise vendors such as EMC and NetApp, leading global teams of Virtualization and Cloud Professionals. He is currently leading the charge for virtualization for the war effort in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Brian Wuchner is a Senior Systems Administrator for a government agency. He has over 10 years of industrial experience with specialties in infrastructure automation, directory services, and data center virtualization. Brian holds the VCA-Cloud, VCA-WM, and VCP5-DCV certifications and was awarded the vExpert title from VMware for 2011-2013. He can be contacted on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/bwuch), on Twitter (@bwuch), or through his blog at http://enterpriseadmins.org.

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