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TABLE OF CONTENTS Performance management Security management and disaster recovery Configuration management and provisioning Integration & interoperability |
| Performance management | Return to Table of Contents |
- Checklist: VMware performance problem report check list (VMware)
- Tip: Xen virtualization and Linux clustering (Linux Journal)
- Tip: Virtualization in Xen 3.0 (Linux Journal)
- Tip: Do more with less: Exploring Virtual Server 2005 (Microsoft)
- Tip: The Virtual Server service quits unexpectedly on a computer with multiple CPUs that is running Virtual Server 2005 (Microsoft)
- Tip: Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to create and configure a two-node Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster (Microsoft)
- Tip: Requirements for configuring clustering in Virtual Server 2005 (Microsoft)
- Tip: Is a VTL right for your organization? (SearchStorage.com)
- Tip: Prototype complex enterprise solutions with just your workstation (DevX.com)
- White paper: Representing physical machines in the virtual world (VMware)
- White paper: Using esxtop to troubleshoot performance problems (VMware)
- White paper: VMware Workload Management with AppSense Performance Manager (AppSense)
- White paper: VMware VMotion performance on the Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server (Dell)
- White paper: Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM p5 Servers: Architecture and performance considerations (IBM)
| Security management and disaster recovery | Return to Table of Contents |
- Project: Virtual private servers and security contexts (SoluCorp)
- Tip: Make a Virtual Machine your safe internet-browsing sandbox (DevX.com)
- Tip: How to back up virtual machines in Virtual Server 2005 (Microsoft)
- Tip: When disaster strikes VMware (IBM)
- Tip: How to debug the Virtual Server service on a computer that is running Virtual Server 2005 or Virtual PC 2004 (Microsoft)
- Tip: Loading the VMkernel manually for debugging (Vmguru.com)
- White paper: Security (VMware)
- White paper: Backup, restoration and disaster recovery (VMware)
- White paper: Virtual Machine encryption basics (VMware)
- White paper: IBM Virtualization Engine Version 1 planning and installation guide (IBM)
| Configuration management and provisioning | Return to Table of Contents |
- In-depth analysis: VMK_ERROR_CODES (a.k.a. 0xBAD) (Vmguru.com)
- Tip: Performance matters (RobertMoir.co.uk)
- Tip: VMware ESX Server v2.0.x (Trivore)
- Tip: VMware ESX Server v2.1.x hints 'n' tips (Trivore)
- Tip: VMware ESX Server v2.5.x hints 'n' tips (Trivore)
- Tip: How much disk space do I really need for my VMware projects? (Vmguru.com)
- Script repository: Virtual Server (Microsoft)
- White paper: IBM Virtualization Engine Version 1 planning and installation guide (IBM)
- White paper: IBM Virtualization Engine Platform Version 2 technical presentation guide (IBM)
- White paper: Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 deployment (Microsoft)
- White paper: Configuring VMware ACE as the primary desktop environment (VMware)
- White Paper: Best practices for setting up VMware ACE (VMware)
- White paper: Timekeeping and VMware virtual machines (VMware)
| Integration & interoperability | Return to Table of Contents |
- Tip: Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software (Microsoft)
- Tip: What is Virtual PC 2004? What do I need in order to run it? (Robertmoir.co.uk)
- Tip: Program customized testing environments without trashing your machine (Microsoft)
- White paper: Integrating VMware ESX Server with EMC Symmetrix Remote (VMware)
This was first published in July 2006
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