VMware vSphere

Documentation Roadmap ESX 4.1 Edition

Introduction to
VMware vSphere

check hardware
compatibility
if evaluating only,
use default installation

Compatibility Guides

if using
SAN storage

Configuration
Maximums

Getting Started
with ESX

Fibre Channel SAN

Configuration Guide
iSCSI SAN
Configuration Guide

install or upgrade
product

Installation Guide
Upgrade Guide

work with datacenters

Datacenter
Administration Guide

ESX
Configuration Guide

Virtual Machine
Administration Guide

if using resource pools

or DRS

install guest OS
in virtual machines

install guest OS
in virtual machines

work with
virtual machines

configure server

Guest Operating
System
Installation Guide

if using
vSphere Web Access

vSphere Web Access

Administrators Guide

Resource
Management
Guide

if using HA or
VMware Fault
Tolerance

Availability
Guide

Administration
Alarms
Architecture & infrastructure
Boot from SAN
Cloning
Clusters (VMware), creating & managing
Compatibility
Consolidation, datacenters
Database, vCenter Server
Datacenter
Datastores
Events
Firewalls
Guest operating systems
Health monitoring
Host profiles
Hosts
Installation
Installation, scripted & remote
Inventory objects
iSCSI
Licensing
Linked Mode, vCenter Server
Maps
Migration
Migration, Storage vMotion
Migration, vMotion
Networking
Performance
Permissions & roles
Pluggable storage arrays
Power states
Raw device mapping
Remote access URLs, vSphere Web
Access
Resource management
Resource pools
Restore & recover
SAN & ESX hosts
Security
Service console
Snapshots
SNMP
Starting & stopping servers
Storage
System requirements
Tasks
Templates
Upgrades
Users & groups
Virtual machines, creating & configuring
vSphere Client
vSphere Web Access
VMware DPM
VMware DRS
VMware Fault Tolerance
VMware HA
VMware Tools

Online Help

Guest OS Installation
Guide

SAN Configuration
Guides

Availability Guide

Resource Management
Guide

Server Configuration
Guide

vSphere Web Access

Administrators Guide

Virtual Machine
Administration Guide

Datacenter Administration
Guide

Upgrade Guide

ESX and vCenter Server

Installation Guide

Getting Started with ESX

Compatibility Guides and

Configuration Maximums

Introduction to
VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere
ESX 4.1 Edition

VMware vSphere ESX 4.1 Edition

Introduction to
VMware vSphere

Architecture & infrastructure

Getting Started
with ESX

Installation
Hosts
Networking
Administrative passwords
Virtual machines, creating &
configuring

ESX and
vCenter Server
Installation Guide

Datacenter
Administration
Guide

Virtual Machine
Administration Guide

Guest Operating
System
Installation Guide

Compatibility Guides
Configuration
Maximums

Installation
Installation, scripted & remote
Licensing
Database, vCenter Server
Datastores
Firewalls
Hosts
Service console
System requirements
vSphere Web Access
vSphere Client
vCenter Server Linked Mode

Administration
Architecture & infrastructure
Permissions & roles, users & groups,
security
vSphere Client
Datacenter
Inventory objects
Migration, vMotion & Storage vMotion
Power states
Datastores
Hosts
Licensing
Maps, alarms, tasks & events
Performance
SNMP
Starting & stopping servers
vCenter Server Linked Mode

Virtual machines, creating &

configuring
Consolidation, datacenters
Power states
Templates

Guest operating systems

Fibre Channel SAN

Configuration Guide
iSCSI SAN
Configuration Guide

Upgrade Guide

ESX
Configuration Guide

Resource
Management
Guide

Availability Guide

vSphere Web Access

Administrators Guide

Compatibility
Database, vCenter Server
Networking
Storage
vSphere Client

System requirements
SAN & ESX hosts
Boot from SAN
iSCSI
Storage
Pluggable storage arrays

Database, vCenter Server

Datastores
Hosts
Migration, vMotion & Storage vMotion
Snapshots
Upgrades
vSphere Client
vSphere Web Access
VMware Tools

Networking
Storage
Datastores
iSCSI
Raw device mapping
Security
Firewalls
Pluggable storage arrays
Host profiles
Users & groups

Resource management
Resource pools
Clusters (VMware), creating &
managing
VMware DPM
VMware DRS

VMware HA
VMware Fault Tolerance

Administration
Virtual machines, configuring,
power states
VMware Tools
Scripted installs

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