Документация
На данной странице собран полный набор документации по VMware vSphere 4 (официальной и неофициальной), а также отдельным компонентам VMware ESX, ESXi, vCenter и всему прочему, что входит в состав виртуальной инфраструктуры VMware. Страница постоянно обновляется!
Что нового в VMware vSphere 4.1:
Официальная документация VMware vSphere 4.1:
- vSphere 4.1 Virtual Machine Administration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_vm_admin_guide.pdf - vSphere 4.1 Resource Management Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_resource_mgmt.pdf - ESX 4.1 Configuration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_esx_server_config.pd - vSphere 4.1 Availability Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_availability.pdf - ESXi 4.1 Configuration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_esxi_server_config.pdf - vSphere 4.1 Datacenter Administration Guid
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.pdf - VMware vCenter Converter Installation and Administration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsp_vcc_42_admin_guide.pdf - VMware vSphere 4.1 Configuration Maximums
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_config_max.pdf - VMware vCenter 4.1 Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsp_vum_41_admin_guide.pdf - VMware Data Recovery 1.2 Administration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vdr_12_admin.pdf - vSphere 4.1 Command-Line Interface Installation and Scripting Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp4_41_vcli_inst_script.pdf - vSphere Management Assistant Guide
http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/vma41/doc/vma_41_guide.pdf - VMware Compatibility Guide
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php - vCenter Orchestrator Installation and Configuration Guide
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vco_410_install_config_guide.pdf
Обновление на VMware vSphere 4.1 с VMware vSphere 4.0
- vSphere 4.1 Upgrade Guide
- Upgrading to ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices (1022104)
- Upgrading ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.1 (1022140)
- vSphere 4.1 upgrade pre-installation requirements and considerations (1022137)
- Performing an offline upgrade from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x (1009440)
- How to: Upgrade to vSphere 4.1 (VMGuru.nl)
- ESX host upgrade to 4.1 using esxupdate (vReality)
Обновления до VMware vSphere (Upgrade) 4.x c VMware Virtual Infrastructure:
- VMware vSphere Upgrade Guide
- VMware vSphere Upgrade Center
- VMware vSphere: Got 64-bit hardware?
- vSphere Pre-requisites Checklist
- vSphere 4.0 Software Compatibility Matrix
- vSphere Upgrade Center Blog
- The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 1 - VMware VirtualCenter Management Components
- The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 2 - VMware ESX Host Migration Methods
- The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 3 - Virtual Machine Upgrades (VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware)
- The Path to vSphere Unleashed Pt 4 - Implementing VMware vSphere Licensing
- How to Upgrade from VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4 (May 27th)
- 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)
Официальная документация VMware по vSphere 4.1:
Главный набор документации VMware ESX 4.1 / ESXi 4.1 / vCenter 4.1:
- Main documentation link
- Download the complete ESXi 4.1 Embedded and vCenter Server 4.1 Documentation Set
- Download the complete ESXi 4.1 Installable and vCenter Server 4.1 Documentation Set
- Download the complete ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 Documentation Set
Документы VMware vSphere 4.1 по отдельности:
- Documentation Roadmap
- Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 4.1
- VMware vSphere Compatibility Matrixes
- Introduction to VMware vSphere
- Getting Started with ESX
- ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
- Upgrade Guide
- Datacenter Administration Guide
- Virtual Machine Administration Guide
- vSphere Web Access Administrator’s Guide
- ESX Configuration Guide
- Resource Management Guide
- Availability Guide
- Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide
- iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide
VMware ESXi 4.1:
- 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
Записи VMware KB по выпуску VMware vSphere 4.1:
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017910 Использование Tech Support Mode в ESXi 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1017928 Проблемы при добавлении хоста ESX в кластер (Downloading the license file fails)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018178 Падает VMware ESX 4.1 (virtual machine monitor encounters a critical error and shuts down)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018180 Не включить виртуальную машину (Cannot power on a virtual machine and you receive an Admission Check Failed error)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018181 Ошибка при попытке удалить хост ESX из inventory, когда он привязан к vDS
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1019144 Ошибка при установке или апгрейде на vCenter Server 4.1: This installation package is not supported by this processor type
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1020121 Ошибка при вклаючении виртуальной машины: MAX VCPUs limit is reached
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021635 Миграция базы данных vCenter Server 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021695 Возможности Update Manager 4.1 patch repository
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021769 Настройка IPv6 в ESX 4.1 и ESXi 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021779 Работа с фаерволом ESX 4.x
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021801 Размещение логов ESXi
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021806 Логи для остальных продуктов VMware
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021953 Статистики ввода-вывода (I/O Statistics) в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021970 Интеграция с Active Directory в ESX 4.1 и ESXi 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976 vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ (VAAI)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022030 Работа ESX/ESXi 4.1 с дисковыми массивами с реализацией ALUA
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022101 Best practices по установке ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022104 Best practices по апгрейду на ESX 4.1 и vCenter Server 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022137 Требования и рекомендации перед апгрейдом на vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022140 Апгрейд ESX 4.0 на ESX 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022256 Требования к портам vCenter Server 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022263 Развертывание ESXi 4.1 с использованием Scripted Install
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022289 Изменения числа виртуальных ядер на одном vCPU для хоста ESX/ESXi 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022290 Поддержка устройств USB в ESX/ESXi 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022303 Устройство Avocent ACS6000 Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022308 Решение проблем при установке ESXi 4.1 с помощью Scripted Install
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022536 Использование vShieldZones 1.0 в ESX 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022585 Техника Network I/O Resource Management в vSphere 4.1 на коммутаторе vDS
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022587 Исключение физического NIC из network resource management
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022590 Техника Load Based Teaming в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022842 Изменения в DRS в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022843 Изменения в VMware High Availability в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022844 Изменения в Fault Tolerance в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022851 Изменения в vMotion в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023118 Изменения в VMware Support в vSphere 4.1
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022091 Решение проблем при использовании технологии Storage I/O Control
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023990 Сравнение VMware ESX и ESXi 4.1
Разные guides и whitepapers:
- 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
Продукт VMware Update Manager:
- vCenter Update Manager Release Notes
- vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide
- vCenter Update Manager Sizing Estimator
Продукт VMware Converter:
Продукт VMware vCenter 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
VMware Consolidated Backup и vStorage API for Data Recovery:
Автоматизация администрирования VMware vSphere:
- Как использовать возможности VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
- 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
Продукт VMware 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
Продукт VMware Data Recovery:
Продукт vCenter Server Heartbeat:
- vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 1 Release Notes
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Quick Start
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Reference Guide
Скачать продукты VMware vSphere и другие:
Лицензирование продуктов VMware:
- Main Licensing Page
- VMware vSphere Licensing FAQs
- VMware vSphere 4 Licensing Troubleshooting Guide
- VMware vSphere Upgrade Center - Licensing
- vSphere 4 Pricing, Packaging and Licensing Overview
- vSphere Editions Comparison
- vSphere Key Features & Benefits Summary
- vSphere 4 Essentials Editions
- Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X (KB Article)
- vSphere - What’s New in Licensing
- vSphere Upgrade Entitlement Mapping
Совместимость оборудования (Hardware Compatibility Guide) с VMware vSphere:
- Main Search Page
- Systems Search Page
- Storage/SAN Search Page
- I/O Devices Search Page
- Full Compatibility Guide
Безопасность VMware vSphere
- VMware vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide
- Безопасность Service Console для VMware ESX 4 от vSphere: как войти пользователем root и использовать sudo
- Аутентификация и политики паролей в VMware ESX / vSphere под Service Console
- Как ограничить доступ к VMware vCenter через Web Access по IP-адресу
- Как отключить VMware vCenter Web Access для vSphere в целях безопасности
- 18 полезных статей о безопасности VMware Virtual Infrastructure / vSphere (ESX / ESXi)
- Безопасность серверов VMware ESX / ESXi – информация о пользователях и их действиях
- Основные принципы безопасности в среде VMware Virtual Infrastructure на платформе ESX Server. Часть 1 – виртуальные машины
- Active Directory и серверы VMware ESX
Заметки к релизам VMware vSphere (Release Notes):
База знаний VMware Knowledge Base:
Заметки к VMware vSphere от vReference (идеально для подготовки к экзамену VMware VCP):
Онлайн база документов VMware vSphere Online Library
Загрузчик документации VMware Documentation Downloader от Xtravirt
Производительность VMware vSphere 4
- Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 4.0
- Производительность сервера VMware ESX и виртуальных машин - решение проблем с помощью esxtop и resxtop
Все, что касается работы приложений на VMware vSphere:
- Oracle covering licensing and best practices
- Java covering performance
- Symantec eVault
- Lotus Domino
- Active Directory
- SAP
- SunGard Ambit
- Exchange 2007
- SQL Server
Инструкции по установке VMware vSphere, ESX, ESXi, vCenter на русском языке
Подготовка к экзаменам и сертификация VMware VCP по vSphere - VCP410:
- vSphere 4 Reference Card
- vSphere Documentation Notes
- Как сдать экзамен VMware VCP по vSphere ( VCP410 )
Поддерживаемые VMware vSphere гостевые и хостовые ОС:
Неофициально о VMware ESXi:
- 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
- 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)
