VMsources White Papers
Please select from the technical Whitepapers VMsources has created to assist our clients with their virtualization, storage, and open-source projects.
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor4.1
VMsources is pleased to announce a FREE online course in the VMware vSphere Hypervisor™, also known as ESXi. Watch video demonstrations and follow along with the included PDF course compendium as we install ESXi, build Virtual Machines and do a P2V migration!
In this course, follow along with noted instructor John Borhek as we install and configure the free edition of the VMware vSphere Hypervisor, build a Virtual Machine, do a P2V migration and then create a Virtual Router appliance so our ESXi can function as an all-in-one device for both networking and Virtual Machine operations.
VMware vSphere 4.X to VMware vSphere 5 Upgrade Guide
A complete Step by Step (SBS) Guide to performing a complete Orchestrated upgrade to your VMware vSphere Environment.
- Upgrade vCenter Server
- Upgrade to the vSphere Update Manager
- Upgrade both ESX 4 and ESXi 4 hosts to ESXi 5
Performance tips and techniques NTFS
Many VMware vSphere users don't realize what a few simple performance-tuning tips can do for NTFS virtual machines!
iSCSI Storage and VMware vSphere 5
Implementing multiple Storage Paths and using Jumbo Frames using both a single vSwitch and a multiple vSwitch configuration
Installing and using openfiler 2.3 iSCSI NFS
A detailed installation guide for the famed Openfiler SAN which converts just about any hardware, including Virtual Machines running on local ESX storage, into an iSCSI SAN
