VMware vSphere

Documentation Roadmap —
Introduction to
ESX 4.0 Edition
VMware vSphere

check hardware
compatibility

if evaluating only, if using

use default installation Compatibility Guides SAN storage

Configuration Maximums

Fibre Channel SAN

Configuration Guide
iSCSI SAN
Getting Started Configuration Guide
install or upgrade
with ESX
product

Installation Guide

Upgrade Guide

work with vSphere Clients configure

& virtual machines server

Basic System ESX

Administration Configuration Guide

install guest OS if using resource pools if using HA or

in virtual machines or DRS VMware Fault Tolerance

Guest Operating System Resource Management Availability

install guest OS Installation Guide Guide Guide
in virtual machines

if using
vSphere Web Access

vSphere Web Access

Administrator’s Guide
 Guest OS Installation Guide
Server Configuration Guide
Basic System Administration

SAN Configuration Guides

Configuration Maximums
Compatibility Guides and
VMware vSphere – ESX 4.0 Edition

Getting Started with ESX

ESX and vCenter Server

Resource Management
Administrator’s Guide
vSphere Web Access
Installation Guide

Availability Guide
VMware vSphere

Upgrade Guide
Introduction to

Online Help
Guide
Administration
Alarms
Architecture & infrastructure
Boot from SAN
Cloning
Clusters (VMware), creating & managing
Compatibility
Consolidation, datacenters
Database, vCenter Server
Datacenter
Datastores
Events
Firewalls
Guest operating systems
Health monitoring
Host profiles
Hosts
Installation
Installation, scripted & remote
Inventory objects
iSCSI
Licensing
Linked Mode, vCenter Server
Maps
Migration
Migration, Storage VMotion
Migration, VMotion
Networking
Performance
Permissions & roles
Pluggable storage arrays
Power states
Raw device mapping
Remote access URLs, vSphere Web Access
Resource management
Resource pools
Restore & recover
SAN & ESX hosts
Security
Service console
Snapshots
SNMP
Starting & stopping servers
Storage
System requirements
Tasks
Templates
Upgrades
Users & groups
Virtual machines, creating & configuring
vSphere Client
vSphere Web Access
VMware DPM
VMware DRS
VMware Fault Tolerance
VMware HA
VMware Tools
 Compatibility Guides Compatibility
Introduction to Architecture & infrastructure
Database, vCenter Server
VMware vSphere Networking
Configuration Maximums
Storage
vSphere Client

Getting Started Installation

with ESX Hosts Fibre Channel SAN
Networking System requirements
Configuration Guide
Administrative passwords SAN & ESX hosts
iSCSI SAN Boot from SAN
Virtual machines, creating & configuring Configuration Guide iSCSI
Storage
Pluggable storage arrays
ESX and vCenter Server Installation
Installation Guide Installation, scripted & remote
Licensing
Database, vCenter Server Database, vCenter Server
Upgrade Guide Datastores
Datastores
Firewalls Hosts
Hosts Licensing
Service console Migration, VMotion & Storage VMotion
System requirements Snapshots
vSphere Web Access Upgrades
vSphere Client vSphere Client
vCenter Server Linked Mode vSphere Web Access
VMware Tools

Basic System Administration

ESX Networking
Administration Virtual machines, creating & configuring
Configuration Guide Storage
Architecture & infrastructure
Datastores
Permissions & roles, users & groups, security
iSCSI
vSphere Client
Raw device mapping
Consolidation, datacenters
Security
Datacenter
Firewalls
Inventory objects
Pluggable storage arrays
Migration, VMotion & Storage VMotion
Host profiles
Power states
Users & groups
Datastores
Hosts
Maps, alarms, tasks & events
Performance Resource management
SNMP Resource Management
Guide Resource pools
Starting & stopping servers Clusters (VMware), creating & managing
Templates VMware DPM
vCenter Server Linked Mode VMware DRS

Guest operating systems VMware HA

Guest Operating System Availability Guide
Installation Guide VMware Fault Tolerance

vSphere Web Access Administration

Administrator’s Guide Virtual machines, configuring, power states
VMware Tools
Scripted installs
VMware vSphere — ESX 4.0 Edition

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