{"id":327,"date":"2008-07-18T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T14:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/?p=327"},"modified":"2008-07-18T09:39:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T14:39:31","slug":"managing-virtualization-the-art-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/2008\/07\/managing-virtualization-the-art-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Virtualization: The Art of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/Anil-Desai\/Managing-Virtualization-The-Art-of-War.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"148\" alt=\"ArtOfWar\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/artofwar.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>My latest article for Virtual Strategy Magazine is now available for free online.&#160; This one covers some best practices and suggestions for keeping tracking of VMs and keeping IT departments in control of all of their physical and virtual systems.&#160; From the introduction to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/Anil-Desai\/Managing-Virtualization-The-Art-of-War.html\" target=\"_blank\">Managing Virtualization: The Art of War<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&quot;The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.&quot;<\/em> &#8211; David Friedman<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistakes, my friends. Virtualization technology is serious business. The stakes are high and the stakeholders are highly-motivated. War is a dirty word, and we did not choose this situation. However, today, we are called upon to defend ourselves against a vicious and unforeseen onslaught of virtual machines. They have attacked from every direction, and we now find ourselves in the middle of a battle for control. These once gentle automatons now threaten our very way of life within the IT department. Their unmanaged proliferation must be stopped here and now. <\/p>\n<p>This will not be an easy fight, so heed these words carefully. The fate of entire data centers hangs in the balance, and mismanagement of one or a few VMs could tip the balance in favor of the enemy. But rest assured, my friends: There is hope, if only we allow cooler heads to prevail. Batten down the hatches, up the irons, release the <i>Jolt! Cola<\/i>, and prepare for <i>Managing Virtualization: The Art of War<\/i>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest article for Virtual Strategy Magazine is now available for free online.&#160; This one covers some best practices and suggestions for keeping tracking of VMs and keeping IT departments in control of all of their physical and virtual systems.&#160; From the introduction to Managing Virtualization: The Art of War: &quot;The direct use of force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-vm-management","category-virtualization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}