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vSphere and VMware Consolidated Backup (VMware)
Designing Backup Solutions for VMware vSphere (VMware)
A review of VMware disk-to-disk backup apps: Veeam, Vizioncore, PHD Virtual and VDR (SearchDataBackup.com)
What is Changed Block Tracking in vSphere? (Virtualization Pro)
Array-based backup advantages in a VMware virtual infrastructure (By The Bell)
VMware Backup with Avamar and vSphere (The Backup Blog)
vStorage APIs for Data Protection and Avamar 5 (Virtual Geek)
What is VMware vStorage API? (vNotion)
The Great VSS Debate (Veeam Me Up)
Changed Block Tracking? (Yellow Bricks)
Comparing the top virtual infrastructure backup tools (Part 1) (SearchVMware.com)
Veeam Backup and Replication: A review (Part 2) & Veeam Software responds (SearchVMware.com)
Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.0 review (Part 3) & Vizioncore responds (SearchVMware.com)
PHD Virtual Techologies’ esXpress 3.6.7: A usability review & PHD Virtual responds (Part 4) (SearchVMware.com)
Test-driving VMware Data Recovery: A review (Part 5) & VMware responds (SearchVMware.com)
VM backup testing: Comparing Veeam, Vizioncore, esXpress and VMware Data Backup (Part 6) (SearchVMware.com)

VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 Blueprint (VMware)
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (VMware)
The VMware vSphere 4: What’s New Course (NT Pro.nl)
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 (NT Pro.nl)
VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage (Musings of Rodos)
VCP on vSphere 4 (VMware Training)
VMware vSphere Certification Program (Punching Clouds)
New VMware Education Roadmap for vSphere 4 (Punching Clouds)
VCP4 Beta Exam - Complete! (VMware Tips)
VCP vSphere 4 Practice Exam (The SLOG)
VCP4 vSphere Study Notes (The SLOG)
VCP on vSphere 4 Blueprint (VMware)
VCP4 Exam (Virtualization Evangelist)
VMware certification options: VCP, VCDX (SearchVMware.com)
VMware VCDX Qualification Review (VMware)
VCDX: VMware Certified Design Expert forum on VMTN (VMware)
Are you studying for the VCDX Enterprise Admin Exam? (Virtual Insanity)
VCDX Admin Exam Notes - Section 1.1 (Virtual Insanity)
VCDX Admin Exam Notes - Section 1.2 (Virtual Insanity)
VCDX Admin Exam Notes - Section 1.3 (Virtual Insanity)
VCDX Admin Exam Notes - Section 1.4 (Virtual Insanity)
VCDX Enterprise Exam prep material (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Tips from VCDX 001 John Arrasjid (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Design Exam, how to prepare? (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Defense, the blog article! (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Defense Panels (Yellow Bricks)
My VMware VCDX Defense Experience (VMware Tips)
On Becoming a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) (InformIT)
VCDX Enterprise Administration Exam (Virtualization Evangelist)
VMware Enterprise Administration Exam study guide 3.5 (Peter van den Bosch)
VMware Enterprise Administration Exam Blueprint v3.5 (VMware)

VMware vSphere 4: The CPU Scheduler in VMware ESX 4 (VMware)
Virtual Machine Monitor Execution Modes: in VMware vSphere 4.0 (VMware)
Four Things You Should Know About ESX 4’s Scheduler (Virtual Performance)

Main and Documentation sets:

Main doc link
Download the complete ESXi 4.0 Embedded and vCenter Server 4.0 Documentation Set
Download the complete ESXi 4.0 Installable and vCenter Server 4.0 Documentation Set
Download the complete ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0 Documentation Set

Individual Docs:

Documentation Roadmap
What’s New in vSphere 4.0
Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 4.0
VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes
Introduction to VMware vSphere
Getting Started with ESX
ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
Upgrade Guide
Basic System Administration
vSphere Web Access Administrator’s Guide
ESX Configuration Guide
Resource Management Guide
Availability Guide
Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide
iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide

ESXi:

Getting Started with ESXi Installable
Getting Started with ESXi Embedded
ESXi Installable and vCenter Server Setup Guide
ESXi Embedded and vCenter Server Setup Guide
ESXi Configuration Guide

Other:

Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service
vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide
License Server Configuration for vCenter Server 4.0
ESX 4 Patch Management Guide
Guest Operating System Installation Guide

Update Manager:

vCenter Update Manager Release Notes
vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide
vCenter Update Manager Sizing Estimator

Converter:

vCenter Converter Release Notes
vCenter Converter Administration Guide

Orchestrator:

VMware vCenter Orchestrator Release Notes
VMware vCenter Orchestrator Installation and Configuration Guide
VMware vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
VMware vCenter Orchestrator Developer’s Guide
VMware vCenter Orchestrator Example Applications

Consolidated Backup:

VMware Consolidated Backup Release Notes
Virtual Machine Backup Guide

Administration Automation:

vSphere Management Assistant Guide
vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 4.0 Release Notes
vSphere Command-Line Interface manual
vSphere Command-Line Interface 4.0 Release Notes
vSphere SDK for Perl Installation Guide
vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
vSphere SDK for Perl Release Notes
vSphere PowerCLI Installation Guide
vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide
vSphere SDK for .NET Developer’s Guide
VMware vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 Release Notes
VMware vCenter Update Manager - PowerShell Library 1.0

vShield Zones:

vShield Zones 1.0 Release Notes
vShield Zones 1.0 FAQ
Introduction to vShield Zones
vShield Zones Quick Start Guide
vShield Zones Administration Guide

Data Recovery:

Data Recovery 1.0 Release Notes
Data Recovery Administration Guide

vCenter Server Heartbeat:

vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 1 Release Notes
vCenter Server Heartbeat Quick Start
vCenter Server Heartbeat Reference Guide

ESX

ESXi

vCenter Server

Consolidated Backup

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module

vCenter Converter Standalone

Administrator Tools

Utilities

VMware ESX 4.0 installation video (Boche.net)
Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 01 - Installing ESX4 (HyperVizor)
Installing VMware ESX 4 in Text Mode (Daily Hypervisor)
ESX 4 Quick Install Guide (Xtravirt)
How to Reset the Root Password in VMware ESX 4 (Xtravirt)
Partitioning your ESX host - part II (Yellow Bricks)
Configuring the Net-SNMP Agent on ESX Hosts (VMware)
Changes to the ESX Service Console for ESX 4.0 (VMware)
ESX4 man pages (Jume)
Three ways to kill a frozen vSphere ESX host virtual machine (Virtualization Pro)
Howto: 101 Scripting ESX server installation on vSphere 4 (VI Tips)
Creating USB based boot media for ESX 4 installs (Ubiquitous Talk)
Automating vSphere ESX4 host installations (Ubiquitous Talk)
Best Practices for vSphere (ESX 4) Service Console Partitions (VM/ETC)
Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 4.0.x hosts (KB Article)
Cannot log in to an ESX 4 host with vSphere Web Access (KB Article)
Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server (KB Article)

PXE Booting VMware ESXi (VMware)
ESXi 4 Quick Install Guide (Xtravirt)
ESX3i to ESX4i Update (Technodrone)
Upgrade ESXi 3.x to 4.0 Video (VMware Tips)
Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 on a USB Memory Stick - The Official Way (TechHead)
vSphere ESXi on a USB memory stick (Yellow Bricks)
Three ways to kill a frozen vSphere ESXi host virtual machine (Virtualization Pro)
How-to install ESXi 4.0 on USB memory Key (ESX Virtualization)
Create ESXi 4 USB flash drives with Workstation (vCritical)
The Mechanics of VMware GO (SearchVMware.com)
Using VMware Go to get going on your ESXi virtualization project (SearchVMware.com)
Using ESXi & VMware Go - Part 1 Download & Install (Professional VMware)
VIDEO: Jumpstart ESXi and P2V with VMware GO (VMware Videos)
ESXi Lessons Learned - Part 1 (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi Lessons Learned - Part 2 (Yellow Bricks)
VMware Easter Egg? Easy Install of ESXi 4 On VMware Player 3.0 (VM/ETC)
VMWare ESXi 4.0 Installation on UCS Blade Server with UCS Manager KVM (Cisco)
10 Reasons why VMware ESXi 4 is perfect for the SMB (Virtualization Admin)
10 Steps to Install and Use the Free VMware ESXi 4 (Virtualization Admin)
Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server (VMware KB)

VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4 (VMware)
Protecting Mission-Critical Workloads with VMware Fault Tolerance (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Fault Tolerance: Architecture and Performance (VMware)
Fault Tolerance Datasheet (VMware)
Master’s guide to VMware Fault Tolerance (Virtualization Pro)
VMware Fault Tolerance: What it is and how it works (Virtualization Pro)
More details on VMwares Fault Tolerance Feature (Virtualization Pro)
New SiteSurvey utility from VMware checks for Fault Tolerance compatibility (Virtualization Pro)
VMware engineers caution IT pros: Use Fault Tolerance sparingly (SearchServerVirtualization)
FT Problem Decoder Chart (Virtualization Evangelist)
Not All FT Compatible CPUs Are Created Equal (Virtualization Evangelist)
After enabling FT on a VM - subtleties to expect (Virtualization Evangelist)
vSphere FT disk format (Musings of Rodos)
How does Fault Tolerance prevent a split brain scenario? (The VM Guy)
vSphere 4.0 Fault Tolerance (Architecture Diagram, Video and Use Cases) (HyperVizor)
Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 04 - Fault Tolerance (HyperVizor)
List of VMware FT (Fault Tolerant) compatible CPUs (Gabes Virtual World)
Fault Tolerance Checklist (NTPro)
CPU compatibility with VMware Fault Tolerance (NTPro)
VMware Fault Tolerance at your home-lab (NTPro)
Disaster Recovery and vSphere 4.0 Fault Tolerance (Xtravirt)
Comparing Performance of 1vCPU Nehalem VM with 2vCPU Harpertown VM (VMware VROOM!)
Performance of Exchange Server 2007 in a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine (VMware VROOM!)
Scheduling VMware’s FT (Professional VMware)
VMware FT (Virtualised Reality)
Demo of Fault Tolerance (video)
Meet the Engineer - VMware Fault Tolerance (video)
Fault Tolerance discussion on VMware Communities Roundtable (podcast)
Fault Tolerant VMs in VMware Infrastructure: Operation and Best Practices (VMworld 2008)
VMware Fault Tolerance Architecture and Performance (BC2961) (VMworld 2009)
VMware Fault Tolerance Real-World Use Cases (BC3369) (VMworld 2009)
VMware Fault Tolerance - Overview and Best Practices (BC3370) (VMworld 2009)
VMware Fault Tolerance - vSphere Workflows and API Considerations (BC3602) (VMworld 2009)
VMware Fault Tolerance FAQ (KB Article)
Reducing FT logging traffic for disk read intensive workloads (KB Article)
Processors and guest operating systems that support VMware Fault Tolerance (KB Article)
VMware Fault Tolerance migration transition states (KB Article)
Understanding VMware Fault Tolerance (KB Article)
The turn on Fault Tolerance option is disabled (KB Article)

What’s New with VMware vSphere 4 (VMware)
What’s New with vSphere 4.0 (VMware)
What’s New in vSphere 4.0: Technical Overview (Technodrone)
Creating a VMware vSphere guest OS: What’s new (SearchVMware)
A Tour of VMware vSphere (SearchVmware)
VMware focuses on stability, availability and security with vSphere 4 (SearchVMware)
A random collection of whats new vSphere eye candy (Boche.net)
vSphere Memory/CPU Hotplug (hot add) (Boche.net)
vSphere Is Coming (Virtualization Pro)
New vCenter Server features in vSphere (Virtualization Pro)
Enhanced alarm reporting in VMware vCenter Server 4.0 (Virtualization Pro)
HA enhancements, exploring the next version of ESX/vCenter (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere Launch Video (RTFM Education)
Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 05 - Hot-Add and Thin-Provisioning (HyperVizor)

vSphere Product Page (VMware)
vSphere Data Sheet (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Evaluator’s Guide (VMware)
vSphere Press Kit (VMware)
VMware Product Renaming (VMware)
VMware Solutions for Small and Midsize Businesses (VMware)
What is new in vSphere SDKs &Toolkits (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Launch Tour (VMware)
SearchVMware.com vSphere Launch Page (SearchVMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Cheat Sheat (Boche.net)
vSphere 4 Documentation Notes (vReference)
VMware vSphere Overview Video (YouTube)
vSphere Configuration Maximums Comparison Matrix (Daily Hypervisor)

Main Search Page
Systems Search Page
Storage/SAN Search Page
I/O Devices Search Page
Full Compatibility Guide

VMware vSphere: Got 64-bit hardware? (SearchVMware)
ESX Monitor Modes (VMware)
Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host (KB Article)
Determining if Intel Virtualization Technology or AMD Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS without rebooting (KB Article)

vSphere Launch Event Recorded Simulcast
VMware April 21 Announcement Press Pre-Brief
VMware vSphere 4 Launch Event - On-Site Coverage
Rick Scherer’s Pictures from the Launch Event
Sea of blue shirts picture at VMware for product launch
Paul Maritz quotes from the vSphere launch
Regional Event Photos
Launch Event Flash Movie
Launch Event Webcast (direct link)
Efficiency, Control and Choice - vSphere Launch Review
vSphere Launch Event – the horror of an insider with a video camera
Slideshow Video of Launch Event
VMware vSphere 4.0 “Chariots of Fire” Video
Photos from vSphere Launch
Photos from VMware vSphere Launch