Cloud Computing- Virtualization Syllabus

Course: Virtualization

Syllabus

Course Code	VIRTUALIZATION
Unit Nos.	Unit Title
Unit No. I:	Introduction
Virtualization overview – Benefits – Need of virtualization – Limitations - Traditional vs. Contemporary Virtualization - Pitfalls of virtualization - Hypervisors - Virtualization Considerations for Cloud Providers
Unit No. II:	Types of Virtualization
Types of hardware virtualization: Full virtualization –- Para virtualization – Desktop virtualization - Server virtualization – Data virtualization – OS level Virtualization – Application level virtualization - Comparing Virtualization approaches – Managing heterogeneous virtualization environment – Customized and Modifying virtualization - advanced virtualization - Case Studies..
Unit No. III:	Virtual Machine
Understanding virtual machines - Taxonomy of virtual machines – Life Cycle - Process and System level virtual machines – Emulation – Binary Translation techniques – Managing storage for virtual machines - Virtualising storage – Backup and recovery virtual machine – Applications of virtual machines.
Unit No. IV:	Implementation
Building and managing Virtual machine – Xen Hypervisor and its Architecture – VMWare VSphere – Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) - Microsoft Hyper-V - Virtual Box.
Unit No. V:	Automation & Management
Cloud Management reference architecture – Data Center Challenges and Solutions - Goals of automating virtualization management – Automating the Data Center - benefits of data center automation – Virtualization for autonomic service provisioning – Virtualization Management - Evaluating virtualization management solutions – Tools for automation Puppet, Chef.
Text / Reference Books 1.     Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg, Andrzej Goscinski,” Cloud Computing Principles and Paradigms”, John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 2.     James E. Smith, Ravi Nair, “Virtual Machines”, Elsevier, 2005 3.     Matthew Portney, “Virtualization Essentials”, John Wiley & Sons, 2012. 4.     Tim cerfing, Jeff buller, Chuck Enstall, Richard Ruiz, “Mastering Microsoft Virtualization”, Wiley Publication, 2010. 5.     Venkata Josyula, Malcolm Orr, Greg Page, “Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data center”, Cisco Press, 2012. 6.     William Von Hagen, “Professional Xen Virtualization”,Wiley Publication, 2008. 7.     Cody Bunch, “Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator:Technology Hands-on”, Pearson Educcation, 2012.
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