VSOS 5.

x Links for Students v1

Module 2

vMA Authentication

http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/11/how-to-configure-and-use-vmas-vi.html

Working with the AnswerVM API

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-7273/diff?secondVersionNumber=3

Performance in a Virtualized Environment

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/perf-vsphere-monitor_modes.pdf

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1967

http://www.virtualinsanity.com/index.php/2010/09/15/esxtop-replay-and-vm-support-output-aka-
pain-train/

Network Scalability

Port Mirror

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/01/vsphere-5-1-vds-feature-enhancements-port-mirroring-
part-1.html

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/02/vsphere-5-1-vds-feature-enhancements-port-mirroring-
part-2.html

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/02/vsphere-5-1-vds-feature-enhancements-port-mirroring-
part-3.html
Network Virtualization Concepts

Virtual Network Adapters

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001805

TSO

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006143

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1465

http://www.ryanfrantz.com/2011/02/03/tcp-segmentation-offload/

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009517

Jumbo Frames

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009517

http://longwhiteclouds.com/2012/02/20/jumbo-frames-on-vsphere-5/

vSphere DirectPath I/O

http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2010/12/performance-and-use-cases-of-vmware-
directpath-io-for-networking.html

SR-IOV

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/systems-management/sriov-single-root-io-virtualization-
142151
SplitRx Mode

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.1.pdf

Configuring the SNMP Agent

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-
51-monitoring-performance-guide.pdf

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/04/vsphere-5-1-feature-enhancements-networking-mib-
support-part-1.html

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/04/vsphere-5-1-feature-enhancements-networking-mib-
support-part-2.html

Using net-dvs

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1020736

Storage Scalability

VAAI

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere-Storage-API-Array-Integration.pdf

VASA

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/a-sneak-peek-at-how-vmwares-storage-partners-are-
using-vasa.html

VMFS Resignaturing

http://www.vmadmin.co.uk/vmware/35-esxserver/227-esxvmfssnap
PSA

http://cormachogan.com/2013/02/04/pluggable-storage-architecture-psa-deep-dive-part-1/

http://cormachogan.com/2013/02/05/pluggable-storage-architecture-psa-deep-dive-part-2/

http://cormachogan.com/2013/02/07/pluggable-storage-architecture-psa-deep-dive-part-3/

http://cormachogan.com/2013/02/12/pluggable-storage-architecture-psa-deep-dive-part-4/

http://www.vexperienced.co.uk/2011/04/16/vcap-dca-study-notes-1-3-complex-multipathing-and-
psa-plugins/

http://blog.fosketts.net/2011/06/06/vmware-esx-vsphere-satp-psp-support-matrix/

http://virtualausterity.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/why-vmware-psa-is-helping-me-to-save.html

Storage DRS – vSphere Technology Compatibility

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-
51-resource-management-guide.pdf

Storage DRS – Array Feature Compatibility

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsphere-storage-drs-interoperability.pdf

Storage Optimization

Performance Impact of Queueing at the Array

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/scalable_storage_performance.pdf

Lun Queue Depth

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-6490

http://pubs.vmware.com/vi35u2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?
context=iscsi_san_config&file=esx_san_cfg_manage.7.39.html

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1267

Partition Alignment

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/guest-os-partition-alignment.html

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10510

http://pibytes.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/partition-alignment-in-vmware-vsphere-5-a-deepdrive-
part-1/

http://frankdenneman.nl/2009/05/20/windows-2008-disk-alignment/

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004087

SCSI Reservations

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/05/vmfs-locking-uncovered.html

Monitoring Storage Activity

Vscsistats

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10095

http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/converting-vscsistats-data-into-excel-charts/
Monitoring CPU

Viewing CPU metrics

Resxtop

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9279

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/sql_server_best_practices_guide.pdf

Memory Optimization

VM Memory reclamation techniques

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021095

Host Cache

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/18/swap-to-host-cache-aka-swap-to-ssd/

VM and Cluster Optimization

Timekeeping in Guest

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Timekeeping-In-VirtualMachines.pdf

vNUMA

http://virtualtoddsbigblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/numa-performance-considerations-on.html
Storage Considerations

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010398

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.1.pdf

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017423

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=9645697

Cluster Optimization

DRS Clusters

http://vm-help.com/esx40i/memory_allocation.php