Welcome to vSphere-land!

Creating a Virtual (Home) Lab for VMware VCP & VCAP - Step One: Design (Aaron Delp)
Is a whitebox or branded box better for a VMware lab? (Backup Central)
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 Network Storage, Cloud Edition (Boche.net)
Building the Ultimate vSphere Lab (12-part series) (Boerlowie’s Blog)
vSphere 5.0 on HP ML110 G7 (Bussink.ch)
HP ML110 G7 and Power Management (iLO3 & vSphere DPM) (Bussink.ch)
New ESXi test box: the green machine (Conrey.org)
Meet My ESX(i) Server, the BabyDragon (Error 404 - It’s a Blog)
My lab Setup (ESX Virtualization)
My ESXi 4 Whitebox (ESX Virtualization)
Video of my VMware vSphere HomeLAB (ESX Virtualization)
My switch adventures (ESX Virtualization)
My homelab - The Network design with Cisco SG 300 - a Layer 3 switch for €199 (ESX Virtualization)
Homelab for VCP and VCDX (Gabe’s Virtual World)
My new whitebox ESX home lab (Gabe’s Virtual World)
Home Lab Hosts - Just in time for vSphere 5 (Jase’s Place)
Home Lab Hosts - Could it have been leaner? ($$) (Jase’s Place)
Nested vSphere Lab in VMware Workstation - Faster/Affordable/Portable Storage Alternative (Jase’s Place)
vSphere Home Lab: Part 1 - Storage (Jason Nash’s Blog)
vSphere Home Lab: Part 2 - Networking (Jason Nash’s Blog)
vSphere Home Lab: Part 3 - Compute (Jason Nash’s Blog)
vSphere Home Lab: Part 4 - Upgrading a Synology NAS (Jason Nash’s Blog)
VMware vSphere Home Lab - “The Green Machines” (Kendrick Coleman)
My ESX future version compatible WhiteBox (NTPro.nl)
New ESX WhiteBox Asus V3-P5G45 (NTPro.nl)
A VMware High-Availability Cluster at Home (NTPro.nl)
VMware vSphere Whitebox Server Lab Setup Part 1 (Ray Heffer)
VIDEO: VMware vSphere Whitebox Server Lab Setup Part 2 (Ray Heffer)
VMware vSphere Whitebox Server Lab Setup Part 3 (Ray Heffer)
NetGear ReadyNAS review: A look at the ReadyNAS 2100 (SearchSMBStorage)
Building a virtual test lab to boost VMware skills (SearchVMware.com)
VMware lab at home: Assembling the parts for advanced vSphere features (SearchVMware.com)
Sifting through the hardware options for advanced VMware home labs (SearchVMware.com)
Creating a VMware home lab: Dollars and sense (SearchVMware.com)
Iomega ix2-200 Adds iSCSI, Sync To Dual-Drive SOHO NAS (Stephen Foskett)
Running your own EMC Celerra ‘Uber’ Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) in your vSphere Lab - Part 1 (TechHead)
VMware ESXi vSwapping with SandForce SSDs (TechHead)
Running VMware vSphere on an HP MicroServer (TechHead)
VIDEO - HP Proliant MicroServer Hands On Review (TechHead)
New HP Proliant MicroServer - a decent vSphere lab server candidate? (TechHead)
VMworld Slide Deck - “Building an Affordable vSphere Environment for a Lab or Small Business” (TechHead)
VIDEO: vChat - Episode 3 - vSphere Home Labs (TechHead)
Running VMware vSphere 4.1 on a MacBook Pro with dual disks (incl SSD) (TechHead)
Lenovo TS200 Server Review - Part 1: Hardware (TechHead)
Lenovo TS200 Server Review - Part 2: Running vSphere (TechHead)
VMware ESX(i) Home Lab - Why, What and How? Considerations when building your own home lab (TechHead)
Building your own VMware vSphere lab - A step by step guide. Part 1 - Lab Overview (TechHead)
HP Proliant ML110 G6 Released - Still a worthy virtualization work or home lab server? (TechHead)
VMware vSphere ESX: Install, Configure, Manage - Preparing your Test Lab (TechHead)
Running VMware ESXi on a home lab HP Proliant ML115 G5 with a Dell PERC 5i Array Controller (TechHead)
Installing and Running VMware vSphere (ESX 4.0) on your lab HP Proliant ML110 or ML115 (TechHead)
Network Cards Used For My VMware ESX Home Lab (TechHead)
VMware ESX WhiteBox Solutions - An Article Summary (TechHead)
Building a Fast and Cheap NAS for your vSphere Home Lab with Nexentastor (Vinf.net)
Distributed Power Management (DPM) for your Home Lab (Vinf.net)
vT.A.R.D.I.S - 10 ESXi node cluster on a trolley as demonstrated at London VMUG (Vinf.net)
vTARDIS Cloud (Vinf.net)
Performance Update on Cheap vSphere Server (Vinf.net)
Cheap vSphere Server (Vinf.net)
New Home Lab Design (Vinf.net)
SMB/LAN NAS Review (Virtual Future)
Cisco NSS324 review (Virtual Future)
Iomega IX4-200D review (Virtual Future)
Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6 review (Virtual Future)
QNAP TS-859U-RP+ Review (Virtual Future)
Synology DS1511+ NAS Review (Virtual Future)
Building a Home VMware Infrastructure Lab (Virtual Geek)
Updated “Homebrew” ESX Hardware List (Virtual Geek)
Updated 2011 vSphere ESXi 4.1 (and future) Homebrew/Whitebox parts list (Virtual Geek)
Home Lab (Virtualised Reality)
The Ultimate Portable Lab part1 (Virtualize Planet)
Running nested hypervisors on the Ultimate Portable Lab (Virtualize Planet)
VIDEO: My Home VMware vSphere Lab (VMware Videos)
vSphere WhiteBox HCL (VM-help.com)
New whitebox for ESX4 (Virtual Lifestyle)
HP’s new itty-bitty Microserver, the little server that couldn’t (vSphere-land)
The VMware Home Lab (vTexan)
New Super Quiet Supermicro X8SIL VMWare ESXi Server (Wolf++)

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

vSphere 4 Pricing, Packaging and Licensing Overview (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Licensing Guide (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Licensing Troubleshooting Guide (VMware)
VMware vSphere Licensing FAQs (VMware)
vSphere Editions Comparison (VMware)
vSphere Key Features & Benefits Summary (VMware)
vSphere 4 Essentials Editions (VMware)
vSphere - What’s New in Licensing (VMware)
vSphere Upgrade Entitlement Mapping (VMware)
vSphere Upgrade Center - Licensing (VMware)
License Server Configuration for vCenter Server 4.0 (VMware)
Licensing details from the vSphere launch event (Virtualization Pro)
VMware vSphere licensing commentary and FUD (Virtualization Pro)
The Plus in vSphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus licensing: Percolating thoughts (Virtualization Pro)
vSphere licensing & technology - Communities Roundtable podcast #44 (VMTN Blog)
vSphere Licensing Notables (Boche.net)
Breaking Down vSphere Pricing (Virtualization Review)
vSphere 4 – So What is new? (Technodrone)
vSphere Pricing Comparison (Technodrone)
License keys: Everything is about to get a whole lot better! (The VM Guy)
VMware vSphere General Availability (OZ VMs)
vSphere Pricing and Licensing (OZ VMs)
VMware vSphere 4: What’s in Enterprise Plus? (Virtual Future)
Quick Guide to vSphere License Portal (Latoga Labs)
vSphere Licensing Explained (VM Hero)
Some Basics of Microsoft Server OS Licensing on VMware vSphere (TechHead)
Smarter Microsoft licensing can reduce VMware environment costs (SearchVMware)
Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X (KB Article)
Licensing ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter 4.0 (KB Article)
Split and Combine license keys on vSphere (KB Article)
Enabling license downgrade by disabling features (KB Article)
Downgrading vSphere 4.0 License to ESX 3.5 version (KB Article)
Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X (KB Article)

General

What’s New in VMware vSphere 4: Virtual Networking (VMware)
vSphere 4 Launches! (VMware)
Simplify Network Administration with vNetwork Enhancements in VMware vSphere 4 (May 4th) (VMware)
Virtual Networking Features of the VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch and Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches (VMware)
VMware vSphere vDS, VMkernel Ports, and Jumbo Frames (Scott Lowe)
New Networking Features in vSphere (Xtravirt)
vSphere Networking Enhancements and Features (OZvms)
Testing Network throughput between VMware ESX Hosts (The SLOG)
Optimizing Quality of Service for vSphere 4 Networking with Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit Server Adapters (Dell)
TCP and UDP Ports for vCenter Server, ESX hosts, and other network components management access (KB article)

Network I/O Control

VMware Network I/O Control: Architecture, Performance and Best Practices (VMware)

vSwitches

vNetwork Distributed Switch Datasheet (VMware)
VMware Roadmap Demo: vNetwork Distributed Switch (VMware video)
Migrate an Existing Virtual Adapter to a vNetwork Distributed Switch (NTPro.nl)
vNetwork Distributed Switch back-up files (NTPro.nl)
Distributed Virtual Port Groups and Distributed Virtual Uplinks (NTPro.nl)
vSphere DvSwitch caveats and best practices! (NTPro.nl)
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch: Migration and Configuration (VMware)
Two vSwitches are better than 1, right? (Faz1)
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch and vSphere (video)
vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS) an overview (Virtualised Reality)
dvSwitch? (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 4.0 vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) - Video Demonstration + Architecture Diagram (Hypervizor)
vNetwork Distributed Switch on ESX 4.x - Concepts Overview (KB Article)
Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch using vCenter (KB Article)
vNetwork Distributed PortGroup (dvPortGroup) configuration (KB Article)
Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) Virtual Adapters (KB Article)

Cisco Nexus 1000V

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch Product Overview (Cisco)
Cisco Nexus 1000V: Come and Get It (Cisco)
Cisco Nexus 1000V In Depth (Cisco)
DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch (VMware)
Nexus 1000V with FCoE CNA and VMWare ESX 4.0 deployment diagram (Internetwork Expert)
10 Things to Know about the Cisco Nexus 1000V (Bobolwig)
VM Network Security with the Nexus 1000V (Faz1)
How to install an (60-day) evaluation license for Nexus 1000V (video)
Cisco Nexus 1000V and vSphere (video)
Detailed Feature Demo of Nexus 1000V (video)
Cisco Nexus 1000V installation and licensing information (KB article)

vNICs & pNICs

What vNIC? Choosing an adapter for your VM (VMware)
Which NIC is my VM using? Load Balancing Visibility with vSphere (VMware)
Which NIC is my ESXi based VM using? resxtop for ESXi and ESX (VMware)
Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device (VMware)

VMware Unveils the Industry’s First Operating System for Building the Internal Cloud—VMware vSphere 4
VMware launches vSphere 4
VMware vSphere 4 Provides ‘Always On IT’ for SMB and Branch Office IT Environments With Low Cost, High Availability Solutions
VMware vSphere 4 Sets New Records in Virtualization Performance
vSphere 4 Unveiled
VMware Announces vSphere 4 Cloud OS
VMware partners line up for vSphere launch
VMware vows to overhaul data center with ‘cloud OS’
VMware Launches vSphere
One man’s take on the vSphere launch
VMware Unveils vSphere
VMware’s version of data center flexibility leaves out Microsoft, Citrix tools
VMware unmasks next-gen hypervisor, Cloud eats ESX 4.0
vSphere 4 steps up, falls short of the cloud
VMware VSphere - Initial Comparisons with Hyper-V and Xen
VMware’s version of flexibility lacks Microsoft Hyper-V
Does VMware vSphere solve IT’s worries about the cloud?
Cheaper virtualization becoming a reality
The Real Impact of vSphere
VMware Takes on the Data Center With New Cloud Technology
VMware Slaps Enterprise and Cisco In Face, Opens Door For Competitors
VMware’s vSphere of influence
vSphere Announced. Now What For VMware Customers?
VMware announces vSphere - the foundation for the next generation data center
VMware tweaks pricing, bundles with vSphere 4 launch
VMware Launchs vSphere
What VMware vSphere 4 Really Means For Smaller Businesses
VMware Launches the V Series Mainframe
VMware announces vSphere 4.0 pricing and RTM date, investors are not impressed

What’s New in VMware vSphere 4: Performance Enhancements (VMware)
Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 4.0 (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Sets New Records in Virtualization Performance (VMware)
Virtualizing Performance-Critical Database Applications in VMware vSphere (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4 Performance with Extreme I/O Workloads (VMware)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Performance on VMware vSphere 4 (VMware)
Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device (VMware)
Storage System Performance Analysis with Iometer (VMware)
Database Sizing Charts for vSphere 4.0 (VMware VROOM! Blog)
vStorage: Troubleshooting Performance (Professional VMware)
Troubleshooting Performance Related Problems in vSphere 4.1 Environments (VMware)
Interpreting esxtop Statistics (VMware)
IOPs? (Yellow Bricks)
A sneak peek at vSphere 4 I/O goodness (and world records) (Virtual Geek)
vSphere Virtual Machine Performance Counters Integration into Perfmon (Boche.net)
New Performance Enhancements in VMware vSphere 4 (VMware Webcast)
VMware Performance Advancements and vSphere (video) (YouTube Video)
Storage performance improvements in vSphere 4.0 (VMware VROOM! Blog)
Database performance shines on vSphere 4 (VMware VROOM! Blog)
350,000 I/O operations per Second, One vSphere Host (VMware VROOM! Blog)
Java Performance on vSphere 4 (VMware VROOM! Blog)
VMware breaks the 50,000 SPECweb2005 barrier using VMware vSphere 4 (VMware VROOM! Blog)
Application Performance Improvement with DRS (VMware VROOM! Blog)
Comparing Performance of 1vCPU Nehalem VM with 2vCPU Harpertown VM (VMware VROOM! Blog)
Performance of Exchange Server 2007 in a Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine (VMware VROOM! Blog)

VMware Product Podcasts
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 1: Overview
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 2: vSphere Editions
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 3: Platform Efficiency and Performance
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 4: Hardware and Power Efficiency
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 5: Operational Efficiency and Network Management
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 6: Control of Application Availability
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 7: Control of Application Security
What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 8: Control of Application SLAs

VMware vSphere 4.0 Release Notes - ESX Edition
VMware vSphere 4.0 Release Notes - ESXi Edition

vSphere RC RAM Under VMware Workstation: How Low Can You Go? (Vinf.net)
How to run vSphere in a 4 GB memory Laptop (ESX Virtualization)
Running vSphere within Workstation will take up a lot of memory (Yellow Bricks)
VMware ESX 4 can even virtualize itself (vCritical)
VMotion from physical ESX 4 to virtual ESX 4 (vCritical)
vSphere Lab on VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation (Punching Clouds)
How to Install ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM (Xtravirt)
How to Install ESXi 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM (Xtravirt)
vSphere ESXi as a VM - VMKernel Traffic Not Working (Vinf.net)
Installing ESX 4.0 on VMware Fusion (Van-lieshout)
Running VMware ESXi 4/vSphere in VMware Workstation (video) (VMware Videos)

New stuff in the VI Toolkit Extensions: Part 1, Routing
vSphere Web Services SDK New Features
June 2009 PowerCLI Webinar: The aftermath
PowerCLI is official! What’s new?
Introduction to the vSphere SDK (VI SDK) in Java and C#

General

vSphere 4.1 Hardening Guide (VMware)
vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide (VMware)
Network Segmentation in Virtualized Environments (VMware)
DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch (VMware)
Anti-Virus Practices for VMware View (VMware)
VMware Fast Path Versus Slow Path Firewalls (chrisbrenton.org)
How to steal a virtual machine and its data in 3 easy steps (SearchVMware)
Five VMware security breaches that should never happen (SearchVMware)
Five ways to maximize VMware hypervisor security (SearchVMware)
VAR concerns and considerations for handling vSphere security: FAQ (SearchSystemsChannel)
VMware releases long-awaited VMsafe security API (SearchSecurity.com)
DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch (VMware)
Safely implementing VMsafe-aware virtual appliances in your data center (SearchVMware)

Compliance

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance and VMware (VMware)
Achieving Compliance in a Virtualized Environment (VMware)
Virtualization: Security and Compliance Considerations (Webinar) (ConfigureSoft)
How Can You Prove Your Virtualized Environment is PCI Compliant? (Webinar) (ConfigureSoft)
Best Practices for Achieving PCI Compliance in a Virtual Environment (Webinar) (ConfigureSoft)
How Virtualization Affects PCI DSS Part 1: Mapping PCI Requirements and Virtualization (McAfee)
How Virtualization Affects PCI DSS Part 2: A Review of the Top 5 Issues (McAfee)
Security Compliance in a Virtual World (RSA)
IT Audit for the Virtual Environment (SANS)
Meeting the Challenges of Virtualization Security (Trend Micro)

vShield

VShield: Breaking down the VMware security suite (SearchVMware)
Zeroing in on vShield Endpoint and Edge features (SearchVMware)
VShield Manager: Installing VMware’s virtual security appliance (SearchVMware)
Installing VMware vShield Zones for a virtual firewall (SearchVMware)
Top 10 VMware security tips for vShield users (SearchVMware)
vShield products packaging explained (with a focus on vCloud Director) (IT 2.0)
How To Wield the New vShield (Edge, App & Endpoint) (Rational Survivability)
VMware’s (New) vShield: The (Almost) Bottom Line (Rational Survivability)
VMware vShield Endpoint and Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5 understanding Part 1 (GeekSilver)
VMware vShield Endpoint and Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5 understanding Part 2 (GeekSilver)
VMware vShield Endpoint and Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5 understanding Part 3 (GeekSilver)
VMware vSphere vShield 1.0 design flaw with vCenter as VM? (GeekSilver)
VMware vShield Zones - Reviewers Guide (VMware)
vShield Zones 4.1 FAQ (VMware)
Meet the Engineer: VMware vShield Product Family (YouTube video) (VMware)
vShield Zones: What it is and how it works (Pt. 1) (vShield 1.0) (SearchVMware)
Installing and Configuring vShield Zones (Pt. 2) (vShield 1.0) (SearchVMware)
Quick tips for managing vShield Zones (Pt. 3) (vShield 1.0) (SearchVMware)
Introduction to vShield Zones (vShield 1.0) (VMware)
vShield Zones featured on VMTN Community Roundtable Podcast (Talkshoe)
VMware vShield Zones (Musings of Rodos)
Why use vShield Zones? (Virtualization Pro)

General

Everything you need to know about vSphere and data storage (Storage Magazine)
10 tips for managing storage for virtual servers and virtual desktops (Storage Magazine)
Storage Protocol Comparison - A vSphere Perspective (VMware vSphere Blog)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 4.1 - Storage (VMware)
Storage IO Control Technical Overview & Considerations for Deployment (VMware)
vSphere Storage: Features and Enhancements (Professional VMware)
Storage Basics - Part I: An Introduction (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part II: IOPS (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part III: RAID (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part IV: Interface (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part V: Controllers, Cache and Coalescing (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part VI: Storage Workload Characterization (VM Today)
Storage Basics - Part VII: Storage Alignment (VM Today)
vSphere and 2TB LUNs - changes from VI3.x (Virtual Geek)
A look at the ESX I/O stack (NetApp)
vSphere on NetApp Storage Best Practices (Netapp)
Storage Protocol Choices & Storage Best Practices for vSphere (EMC)
Improve Storage Efficiency and Management with VMware vSphere 4 (VMware)
What Is New in VMware vSphere 4: Storage (VMware)
VMware vSphere 4: Exchange Server on NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel (VMware)
Data Compression, Deduplication, & Single Instance Storage (Virtual Storage Guy)
vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN (Virtual Storage Guy)
A look at the ESX I/O stack (NetApp)
Storage Oversubscription Technologies (Xtravirt)
The Debate-Why NFS vs Block Access for OS/Applications (vTexan)

Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

“FCoE vs. iSCSI - Making the Choice” from Interop Las Vegas 2011 (Stephen Foskett)
How FCoE and iSCSI Fit into Your Storage Strategy (NetApp Tech OnTap)
Fibre Channel over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction (Cisco)

Solid-State Disks (SSDs)

Making the case for solid-state storage (Storage Magazine)

vStorage APIs

VAAI

VAAI sweetness (Yellow Bricks)
vStorage APIs for Array Integration aka VAAI (Yellow Bricks)
VMware VAAI pros and cons and the hidden fourth primitive (SearchVMware.com)
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) (VMTN)
vSphere 4.1 - What do the “vStorage APIs for Array Integration” mean to you? (Virtual Geek)
vSphere 4.1 and vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) (Virtual Storage Guy)
VMware vSphere VAAI Demo with NetApp (Virtual Storage Guy)
VAAI and Deployment - a Practical Example (NTPro.nl)
Exploring the performance benefits of VAAI (The Lower Case w)
VMware vSphere 4.1 vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) understanding (GeekSilver)
vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ (VMware KB)
3PAR and VMware go back to Storage’s Roots to Enhance the Future of Virtualized Data Centers (DCIG)
Using VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration with EMC Symmetrix VMAX (EMC)
Chad’s Choice - vStorage API for Array Integration: What is it; What to expect. (EMC Webcast)
VMware VAAI Storage Array Support in Plain English (Stephen Foskett)

VAMP

VMware PSP and SATP in Plain English (Stephen Foskett)
Configure VMware ESX(i) Round Robin on EMC Storage (boche.net)
What’s that ALUA exactly? (Yellow Bricks)
Pluggable Storage Architecture, exploring the next version of ESX/vCenter (Yellow Bricks)
A couple important (ALUA and SRM) notes (Virtual Geek)
Understanding more about NMP RR and iooperationslimit=1 (Virtual Geek)
vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN (Virtual Storage Guy)
VMware PSA, MPP, NMP, PSP, MRU, … And Tutti Quanti! (DeinosCloud)
Best practices for HP EVA, vSphere 4 and Round Robin multi-pathing (Ivobeerens.nl)
vSphere Round Robin MultiPathing (Phil the Virtualizer)
Multipathing policies in ESX 4.x (VMware KB)

iSCSI

A “Multivendor Post” on using iSCSI with VMware vSphere (Virtual Geek)
A “Multivendor Post” to help our mutual iSCSI customers using VMware (Virtual Geek)
Using iSCSI storage with vSphere (Storage Magazine)
Configuring VMware vSphere Software iSCSI with Dell Equallogic PS Series Storage (Equallogic)
How to Configure Openfiler iSCSI Storage for VMware ESX 4 (Xtravirt)
Putting your storage to the test - Part 1 iSCSI on Iomega IX4-200D (Gabe’s Virtual World)
How-to connect ESX4, vSphere to Openfiler iSCSI NAS (Vladan.fr)
EMC Virtual Infrastructure for Exchange 2007 using vSphere 4.0 and iSCSI (EMC)
How to setup basic software iSCSI for VMware vSphere (video)
iSCSI Design Considerations and Deployment Guide (VMware)
Converged Storage Infrastructure for VMware vSphere 4.1 (Broadcom)

NFS

A “Multivendor Post” to help our mutual NFS customers using VMware (Virtual Geek)
Using NAS for virtual machines (Storage Magazine)
Putting your storage to the test Part 2 NFS on Iomega IX4-200D (Gabe’s Virtual World)
Best Practices for Running vSphere on NFS Storage (VMware)
Republished: Dispelling Some VMware over NFS Myths (Scott Lowe)
Reasons For Using NFS With VMware Virtual Infrastructure (VM/ETC)

SAN/Fiber Channel

SAN System Design and Deployment Guide (VMware)
Configuring and Troubleshooting N-Port ID Virtualization (VMware)

Thin Provisioning

Dynamic Storage Provisioning (VMware)
Thin Provisioning - What’s the scoop? (VMware vSphere Blog)
VMware ESX 4 Reclaiming Thin Provisioned disk Unused Space (Virtualization Team)

Performance

vStorage: Troubleshooting Performance (Professional VMware)
Calculate IOPS in a storage array (Tech Republic)
IOPs? (Yellow Bricks)
Storage System Performance Analysis with Iometer (VMware)
Benchmarking Storage for VMware (Peacon)
Performance Troubleshooting VMware vSphere - Storage (Virtual Insanity)
NetApp TR-3808 - VMware vSphere and ESX 3.5 Multiprotocol Performance Comparison Using FC, iSCSI, and NFS (NetApp)
VMTN Storage Performance Thread and the EMC Celerra NS-120 (Virtualization Evangelist)
Comparing the I/O Performance of 2 or more Virtual Machines SSD, SATA & IOmeter (Vinf.net)
Poor performance and high disk latency with some storage configurations (VMware KB)

pvSCSI

More Bang for Your Buck with PVSCSI (Part 1) (Virtual Insanity)
More Bang for your Buck with PVSCSI (Part 2) (Virtual Insanity)
Boot from Paravirtualized SCSI Adapter (Xtravirt)
Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters (VMware KB)

VDI

Managing storage for virtual desktops (Storage Magazine)
VDI and Storage: Deep Impact (Virtuall.eu)
VDI User Sizing Example (EMC)

VMFS

VMFS Extents - Are they bad, or simply misunderstood? (VMware vSphere Blog)

vStorage Thin Provisioning Datasheet (VMware)
Performance Study of VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning (VMware)
vSphere 4 0 Thin Provisioning on EMC Storage (video) (EMC)
Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning – vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? (Virtual Geek)
Pointers for using thin-provisioned disks (Virtualization Pro)
VMware Thin Provisioning within ESX 4.0 (Xtravirt)
Why Thin Provisioning Is Not The Holy Grail for Utilisation (The Storage Architect)
Reclaiming unused VMDK space with storage thin provisioning (SearchVMware)
Provision a Thin Provisioned Standby LUN For vSphere Thin Provisioning (VM/ETC)
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 1 - The Basics (Virtual Storage Guy)
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 - Going Beyond (Virtual Storage Guy)
Get Thin Provisioning working for you in vSphere (Virtual Insanity)
Living Thin in a Fat World (IT Blood Pressure)
Responsible Thin Provisioning in VMware vSphere (vCritical)
Storage VMotion and moving to a Thin Provisioned disk (Yellow Bricks)
VMware vSphere 4 Thin Provisioning: Pros & Cons (The Lone Sysadmin)

vSphere Upgrade Center - Advisor (VMware)
vSphere Upgrade Center - Overview (VMware)
vSphere Upgrade Center - Resources (VMware)
vSphere Pre-requisites Checklist (VMware)
vSphere 4.0 Software Compatibility Matrix (VMware)
Upgrading to VMware vSphere: Test first, deploy later (SearchVMware.com)
Various methods for upgrading to vSphere (SearchVMware.com)
vSphere Upgrade Center Blog (VMware)
The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 1 - VMware VirtualCenter Management Components (VMware)
The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 2 - VMware ESX Host Migration Methods (VMware)
The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 3 - Virtual Machine Upgrades (VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware) (VMware)
The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 4 - Implementing VMware vSphere Licensing (VMware)
How to Upgrade from VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4 (VMware)
Remote in-place upgrade from ESX3.5 to vSphere (Vinf.net)
vSphere Virtual Machine Upgrade Process (Scott Lowe)
Upgrade VMware vCenter 2.5 to 4.0 Video (VMware Tips)
vSphere upgrade experience, day 1 (Virtualization Evangelist)
vSphere - Upgrade and Best Practices (Technodrone)
Adding ESX 3.5 Servers to vCenter 4.0 (Technodrone)
Understanding the Upgrade Process (Technodrone)
vCenter 4 Upgrade A Success! (Virtual-Jay)
Performing an offline upgrade from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0 on a local ESX host (KB Article)
Upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices (KB Article)
Upgrading an ESX 3.x virtual machine to ESX 4.0 (KB Article)
Upgrading ESXi 3.5 hosts with OEM server vendor’s specific components to ESXi 4.0 (KB Article)
How to create default alarms when upgrading to vSphere 4.0 (KB Article)
When you use VMware vSphere to perform an ESX host upgrade, the upgrade might fail (KB Article)
Sometimes the upgrade from ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0 fails when the host is trying to reboot (KB Article)
Performing an offline upgrade from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0 on a local ESX host (KB Article)
VMotion stops working after upgrading to vSphere 4.0 with a CPU of the host is incompatible error (KB Article)
VMotion stops working with a Licensing server is not configured error after upgrading to vSphere 4 (KB Article)

Improve Virtualization Management with VMware vCenter Server 4 (May 18th) (VMware)
VMware vCenter Server 4.0 installation video (vCritical)
vSphere vCenter Database and the IBM DB2 Express-C (NTPro.nl)
Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 02 - Installing vCenter4 (Hypervizor)
Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 03 – Licensing & Configuring vCenter (Hypervizor)
32-bit ODBC DSN for vSphere (VMwarewolf)
Memory usage in vCenter Server 4.0 (Virtualization Pro)
Importing vCenter 2.5 Customization Specifications into vCenter 4 (Vinf.net)
vCenter Server Linked Mode (NTPro.nl)
Performing a Command-Line Installation of vCenter Server (VMware)
Replacing vCenter Server Certificates (VMware)
Moving custom fields from one vCenter to another (VMware)
Upgrade VMware vCenter 2.5 to 4.0 Video (VMware Tips)
Options for VMware Virtual Center / vCenter Redundancy (Virtualization Admin)
Setting up vCenter Server in a Microsoft Cluster Service Cluster (KB Article)
vCenter Required Ports (KB Article)
Creating a 32bit DSN on a 64bit Windows machine (KB Article)