Check out these latest technical papers released by VMware:
Patch Management for ESX Server 3
The VMware ESX 3 Server software maintenance tool, esxupdate, is a utility that efficiently updates VMware ESX Server hosts. Use it to install software updates, enforce software update policies, and track installed software. The benefits of this mechanism include smaller distribution downloads, atomic updates, ability to automate update deployment, selectability by update classification, and automatic dependency resolution.
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SAN Conceptual and Design Basics
To use ESX Server effectively with a SAN, youre expected to be familiar with the SAN technology. This white paper offers a brief introduction to some basic SAN concepts, but doesn't aim to be an exhaustive source of information on SANs.
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Enabling Active Directory Authentication with ESX Server
This document provides information about how to configure ESX Server to use Active Directory for authentication. This paper applies to VMware Infrastructure 3. The corresponding paper for ESX Server 2.x is available at http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/resources/429
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Using VirtualCenter Database Views
This document describes the relationships of the provided database views in your VMware VirtualCenter database for VirtualCenter version 1.0, 1.1 and later, and 2.x and later.
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The Portable Datacenter
Using VMware technology as a foundation, Smartronix, a global professional solutions provider,created a complete datacenter that is self-contained and easily transported to any location at a moment’s notice. This paper documents the architecture of this portable datacenter solution.
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