Category: vSphere Links

ESXi Links

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)

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ESX Links

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)

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Certification Links

General

Navigating VMware certifications: VCP, VCDX, VCAP (SearchVMware.com)
VMware certification options: VCP, VCDX (SearchVMware.com)
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (VMware)
The VMware vSphere 4: What’s New Course
(NT Pro.nl)
VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage (Musings of Rodos)
VMware vSphere Certification Program (Punching Clouds)
New VMware Education Roadmap for vSphere 4 (Punching Clouds)
Professional VMware BrownBags (Professional VMware)
vChat – Episode 13 – VMware Certifications – VCP, VCAP, VCDX (VMware Videos)

VCP

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)
Useful study material for VCP-410 Exam (Going Virtual)
VCP on vSphere 4 (VMware Training)
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 Blueprint (VMware)
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 (NT Pro.nl)

VCAP

A few notes about the new VCAP certifications (VMware Training)
vExpert David Davis: My VCAP-DCA Exam Experience (Train Signal)
VMware VCAP-DCA Exam Section 6: vSphere Troubleshooting (Train Signal)
VMware VCAP-DCA Exam Experience (Virtual VCP)
My VCAP-DCA Exam Experience (NTPro.nl)
Looking for VCAP practice questions? Here they are… (NTPro.nl)
VCAP-DCA & DCD Resources (The Saffa Geek)
VCAP-DCA Index (Sean Crookston)
VCAP-DCD Index (Sean Crookston)
Another VCAP-DCA Post (Sean Crookston)
VCAP Datacenter Administration Exam Landing Page VDCA410 (Kendrick Coleman)
VCAP DCA Study Notes (vExperienced)
VCAP-DCA Beta Experience (J.F.V.I.)
VCAP-DCA UI demo (VMware)
VCAP-DCD UI demo (VMware)
VMware VCAP-DCA Study Guide MindMap (Chris Dadswell)
VCAP-DCA4 Study Guide (vmDK)
VCAP-DCA Exam Blueprint Guide (VMTN)
VCAP-DCD Exam Blueprint Guide (VMTN)
VCAP Study Guide (VMTN)

VCDX

VMware VCDX Qualification Review (VMware)
vChat – Episode 12 – Jason Boche on the VCDX, Interviewed by David Davis (VMware Videos)
Bad News My VCDX Design Defense Experience (Vinf.net)
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 Application Form (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Design Exam, how to prepare? (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Defense, the blog article! (Yellow Bricks)
VCDX Defense Panels (Yellow Bricks)
On the VCDX Defense (Scott Lowe)
My VCDX Defense Experience (Virtualization Evangelist)
My VMware VCDX Defense Experience (VMware Tips)
My VCDX Defend Experience (Virtual Kenneth)
On Becoming a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) (InformIT)
VMware VCDX Design Exam Preparation Resources (Virtual Lifestyle)
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)
Enterprise Admin Exam (3.5): study notes (VMTN)
Another VCDX Study Guide – Part 1 Storage (VMTN)
Another VCDX Study Guide – Part 2 Networking (VMTN)
Another VCDX Study Guide – Part 6 Logging (VMTN)
Another VCDX Study Guide – Part 7 Security (VMTN)

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Backup & Data Recovery Links

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)

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