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- SAN/iQ: Enabling Technology for Effective VMware Deployments
- IT organizations are recognizing the benefits of virtualizing their datacenters, and many of them are enabling server virtualization with VMware Infrastructure 3. VMware Infrastructure 3 allows IT organizations to manage their server infra-structure as a single pool of resources on which applications can be deployed and then moved dynamically from...
- Tags: LeftHand Networks, Information Technology, VMware Inc., IT Organization, VMware Infrastructure 3, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-25
- NAS Concepts With VMware Infrastructure 3: An Overview of Using Network Attached Storage in a VMware World
- VMware Infrastructure 3 is a bundling of VMware's ESX server, Virtual Infrastructure Client and various other add-on services. ESX Server serves as the foundation for virtualization and allows IT administrators to abstract physical hardware resources such as CPUs, Memory, Network and Storage and build multiple virtual machines, allowing for greater...
- Tags: NAS, Network, Server, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, VMware Infrastructure 3, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-12-12
- VMware Infrastructure: Resource Management With VMware DRS
- VMware Infrastructure 3 provides a set of distributed infrastructure services that make the entire IT environment more serviceable, available and efficient. Working with ESX Server 3, VirtualCenter 2, and VMotion, VMware DRS Distributed Resource Scheduler dynamically allocates and balances computing capacity and virtual machine placement with resources pooled from multiple...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure 3, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization
- White papers 2006-11-25
- Configuring iSCSI in a VMware ESX Server 3 Environment
- VMware Infrastructure 3 delivers comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering. With the release of VMware ESX Server 3, VMware has expanded support for storage options available for the VMware VMFS cluster file system. In addition to Fibre Channel SAN storage, VMware...
- Tags: iSCSI, Environment, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, VMWare ESX, VMware Infrastructure 3, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-12
- VMware Infrastructure: Automating High Availability (HA) Services With VMware HA
- VMware Infrastructure 3 delivers comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering. VMware High Availability HA, a new capability in VMware Infrastructure 3, helps customers improve service levels for any application by implementing cost-effective virtualization-based high-availability solutions that are both easy to use...
- Tags: High Availability, VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure 3
- White papers 2006-06-05
Additional Resources
- VMware Infrastructure Architecture Overview
- VMware Infrastructure is the industry's first full infrastructure virtualization suite that allows enterprises and small businesses alike to transform, manage and optimize their IT systems infrastructure through virtualization. VMware Infrastructure delivers comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering. With a whole suite...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-09-06
- The Fastest 'Hot' Backups for VMware Infrastructure 3: Using VMware Consolidated Backup With esxRanger Professional 3.0
- Virtualization brings enterprises many new ways to deploy and manage application architectures. VMware has enabled these enterprises to take management and virtualization to the next level with their latest release of VMware Infrastructure 3. However, just as in the physical world, protecting data and applications is as, if not more,...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Vizioncore, Backups, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Planning an Upgrade to VMware Infrastructure 3
- VMware Infrastructure is the industry-leading virtualized infrastructure suite for the dynamic data center. With central management of virtual machines, one can automate and simplify server provisioning. Because of the breadth of the changes in VMware Infrastructure 3, environments that currently run ESX Server 2.x and VirtualCenter 1.x must be upgraded...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-08-28
- Best Practices for Deploying VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks Arrays
- To help you optimize storage in your VMware virtualized environment, HP and VMware have shared their knowledge of best practices for running VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks arrays, as described in this guide. This white paper isn't designed to replace documentation supplied with individual solution components but, rather, is...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, VMware Inc., Best Practice, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-08-01
- 3-Month VMware Infrastructure 3 Trial from IBM and VMware
- Get a 3-month trial of the industry-leading infrastructure software (and InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year) with the purchase of every IBM System x and BladeCenter server, available from VMware. Learn more--view this offer now!
- Tags: VMware Inc., IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Servers, Hardware
- Resource centers
- A Step-by-Step Guide to VMware Infrastructure 3 Deployment
- This white paper provides guidance on the deployment of a VMware Infrastructure environment based on HP server, storage, and management products. The following key technology components are deployed: HP ProLiant servers HP ProLiant Essentials software HP StorageWorks Storage Area Network SAN products VMware ESX...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., VMware Inc., Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-06-01
- VMware announces virtualization suite: VMware Infrastructure 3
- VMware has released its Infrastructure 3 suite, which incorporates several features for an enterprise virtualization solution. A quote from the article at TechNewsWorld: "This is the dawn of the virtualization era, and virtualization is going to be huge," Endpoint Technologies Associates Founder and President Roger Kay...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- new to vmware
- current infrastructure has 6 servers all 2003 servers, dl and ml hp range. 3 have lto tape drives for backup.every time we get a new app we add a server.very messy espically for backup and disaster recovery.thinking of moving to a san infrastructure and utilising vmware.i have never used vmware...
- Tags: Storage management, dmngr, current infrastructure
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Consolidated Backup in VMware Infrastructure 3
- New to VMware Infrastructure 3, VMware Consolidated Backup offloads backup tasks from ESX Server systems to one or more dedicated backup proxies, thus reducing the load on the ESX Server systems and improving manageability. It provides highly flexible backup and restore capabilities, from full image backups (for any guest operating...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Backups
- White papers 2006-06-05
- Streamlining BEA WebLogic Server Application Development With VMware Infrastructure 3
- This white paper describes different ways that customers can use VMware Infrastructure to increase productivity and efficiency of their BEA WebLogic Server environments. After an introduction to the products themselves (BEA WebLogic Platform, BEA WebLogic Server-Virtual Edition, and VMware Infrastructure 3), the paper discusses the advantages of using VMware Infrastructure...
- Tags: Application Development, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic, BEA Systems Inc., VMware Inc., Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-02-01
- VMware Virtual Infrastructure Saves Moen From Hardware Flood
- North America's #1 faucet maker Moen needed an enterprise-wide IT infrastructure that would keep up with business demands. They were looking for a new technology that would help the IT staff respond more efficiently to the company's growing business demands. With the help of VMware Enterprise VIP Reseller Champion Solutions...
- Tags: Information Technology, VMware Inc., Strategy, Storage, Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- LEGATO NetWorker With VMware ESX and GSX Server Editions: Data Protection in a Virtual Infrastructure
- A subsidiary of EMC Corporation since January 2004, VMware is located in Palo Alto, California. VMware has sold 5000+ licenses of GSX and ESX virtual infrastructure solutions worldwide. The VMware GSX and ESX server editions are qualified with LEGATO NetWorker for complete protection of data and configuration information. This paper...
- Tags: Legato, Data Protection, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., VMWare ESX, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Using VMware Infrastructure for Backup and Restore
- Backup, restore, and disaster recovery are among the most crucial elements of datacenter management. VMware ESX Server and VMware Infrastructure provide many different capabilities to improve these processes. Each approach has its own advantages and disadvantages, and different environments favor different solutions. The flexibility provided by VMware Infrastructure allows integrating...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Backups
- White papers 2006-09-22
- VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK
- The VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK is a programmatic interface allowing corporate developers and ISVs to manage and control virtual infrastructure from their own independent programs and from existing frameworks such as IBM Director. The SDK consists of the VirtualCenter Web Service interface along with a development kit containing a WSDL...
- Tags: SDK, VMware Inc., VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK
- Webcasts
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Security Best Practices
- VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter Server Virtual Infrastructure platform technologies provide a powerful yet flexible layer between a system's physical hardware and operating system. The timely development and publication of implementation and deployment best practices has been challenged by the rapid rate of VI adoption as organizations increasingly seek the...
- Tags: Server, VMware Inc., Foedus, Security
- White papers 2007-05-15
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