Books
Announcing Mastering VMware vSphere 5 (Scott Lowe)
Hot of the press: vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive (Yellow Bricks)
New Book - VMware vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive (video) (NTPro.nl)
Hot of the press: vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive (Yellow Bricks)
New Book - VMware vSphere 5.0 Clustering Technical Deepdive (video) (NTPro.nl)
Certification & Training
vSphere 5 - New Training Courses: What’s New [V5.0] and VCP5 (NTPro.nl)
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0] Training Course by VMware Education (ESX Virtualization)
VCP5 vs VCP4: Comparing exam blueprints (vmDK)
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0] Training Course by VMware Education (ESX Virtualization)
VCP5 vs VCP4: Comparing exam blueprints (vmDK)
Command Line Interface (CLI)
ESXi 5.0 Command Line Part 1 - Introduction to the new ESXCLI (ESXi Chronicles)
Does the new 5.0 ESXCLI eliminate the need for vCLI? (ESXi Chronicles)
Major Enhancements in esxcli for vSphere 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
What’s New in VMware Vsish for ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
How to Format and Create VMFS5 Volume using the CLI in ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 1 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 2 (Virtually Ghetto)
How to Add a Splash of Remote Color to ESXi Shell (Virtually Ghetto)
vSphere 5.0: ESXCLI (Yellow Bricks)
Does the new 5.0 ESXCLI eliminate the need for vCLI? (ESXi Chronicles)
Major Enhancements in esxcli for vSphere 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
What’s New in VMware Vsish for ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
How to Format and Create VMFS5 Volume using the CLI in ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 1 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 2 (Virtually Ghetto)
How to Add a Splash of Remote Color to ESXi Shell (Virtually Ghetto)
vSphere 5.0: ESXCLI (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi
What’s New with ESXi in vSphere 5.0? (ESXi Chronicles)
Setting up the ESXi 5.0 Dump Collector (ESXi Dump Collector)
Setting up the ESXi Syslog Collector (ESXi Chronicles)
Introducing Virtual NUMA in vSphere 5 (Krystaltek)
ESXi 5.0 Enhanced Security Profile (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Image Builder and Auto Deploy (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Video - EFI the Extensible Firmware Interface (NTPro.nl)
Running VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 on the HP Proliant Microserver (TechHead)
Automating ESXi 5.x Kickstart Tips & Tricks (Virtually Ghetto)
SSH Keys & Lockdown Mode Caveat in ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
Free Linux & Windows Syslog Alternatives to depercated vi-logger in vMA 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
Punch Zeros! (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi 5.0 and Scripted Installs (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi 5: Suppressing the local/remote shell warning (Yellow Bricks)
Setting up the ESXi 5.0 Dump Collector (ESXi Dump Collector)
Setting up the ESXi Syslog Collector (ESXi Chronicles)
Introducing Virtual NUMA in vSphere 5 (Krystaltek)
ESXi 5.0 Enhanced Security Profile (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Image Builder and Auto Deploy (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Video - EFI the Extensible Firmware Interface (NTPro.nl)
Running VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 on the HP Proliant Microserver (TechHead)
Automating ESXi 5.x Kickstart Tips & Tricks (Virtually Ghetto)
SSH Keys & Lockdown Mode Caveat in ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
Free Linux & Windows Syslog Alternatives to depercated vi-logger in vMA 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
Punch Zeros! (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi 5.0 and Scripted Installs (Yellow Bricks)
ESXi 5: Suppressing the local/remote shell warning (Yellow Bricks)
Feature Demo Videos
General
VMware Unveils vSphere 5 and the Cloud Infrastructure Suite (The Console Blog)
Sessions for VMware vSphere 5 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite (VMTN Blog)
VMware vSphere 5 digs deep into infrastructure pie (SearchVMware)
Five big changes in VMware vSphere 5 to consider before updating (SearchVMware)
Virtualization Wars: Episode V - VMware Strikes Back (Boche.net)
vSphere 5 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite introduced (ESX Virtualization)
VMware vSphere 5 (Knudt Blog)
My first vSphere 5 “Monster VM” (My Virtual Cloud)
Unclear future for the free vSphere Hypervisor (Rickard Nobel)
VMware’s Launch Event (Scott Lowe)
VMware vSphere 5.0 - What’s New & Exciting (TechHead)
VMware vSphere 5: The BIG feature list (The VM Guy)
VMware vSphere can virtualize itself + 64-bit nested guests (vCritical)
The Arrival of VMware vSphere 5 (vDestination)
Raising the Bar V = vSphere 5! (Virtual Geek)
vSphere 5 (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - New vSphere Web Client (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - Virtualize Business Critical Applications with Confidence (Virtualization Practice)
How to Enable Support for Nested 64bit & Hyper-V VMs in vSphere 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
VMware vSphere 5.0 Overview (VMackem)
Liveblogging the VMware vSphere 5 Launch (vmDK)
VMware announces vSphere 5 (VMGuru.nl)
Live Blog: Raising The Bar, Part V (Yellow Bricks)
5 is the magic number (Yellow Bricks)
Sessions for VMware vSphere 5 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite (VMTN Blog)
VMware vSphere 5 digs deep into infrastructure pie (SearchVMware)
Five big changes in VMware vSphere 5 to consider before updating (SearchVMware)
Virtualization Wars: Episode V - VMware Strikes Back (Boche.net)
vSphere 5 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite introduced (ESX Virtualization)
VMware vSphere 5 (Knudt Blog)
My first vSphere 5 “Monster VM” (My Virtual Cloud)
Unclear future for the free vSphere Hypervisor (Rickard Nobel)
VMware’s Launch Event (Scott Lowe)
VMware vSphere 5.0 - What’s New & Exciting (TechHead)
VMware vSphere 5: The BIG feature list (The VM Guy)
VMware vSphere can virtualize itself + 64-bit nested guests (vCritical)
The Arrival of VMware vSphere 5 (vDestination)
Raising the Bar V = vSphere 5! (Virtual Geek)
vSphere 5 (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - New vSphere Web Client (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - Virtualize Business Critical Applications with Confidence (Virtualization Practice)
How to Enable Support for Nested 64bit & Hyper-V VMs in vSphere 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
VMware vSphere 5.0 Overview (VMackem)
Liveblogging the VMware vSphere 5 Launch (vmDK)
VMware announces vSphere 5 (VMGuru.nl)
Live Blog: Raising The Bar, Part V (Yellow Bricks)
5 is the magic number (Yellow Bricks)
High Availability (HA)
vSphere 5.0 is released with new HA features! (VMware Uptime Blog)
vSphere 5 - New High Availability Agent Introduced - FDM (ESX Virtualization)
vSphere 5 What’s New - High Availability (HA) (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Release-HA Improvements (Virtual Bill)
VM HA - Laying a foundation for today and tomorrow (Virtual Geek)
There’s a new mob in town, FDM MOB for ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 HA, DRS and SDRS Advanced/Hidden Options (Virtually Ghetto)
HA Architecture Series - FDM (1/5) (Yellow Bricks)
HA Architecture Series - Primary nodes? (2/5) (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5 - New High Availability Agent Introduced - FDM (ESX Virtualization)
vSphere 5 What’s New - High Availability (HA) (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Release-HA Improvements (Virtual Bill)
VM HA - Laying a foundation for today and tomorrow (Virtual Geek)
There’s a new mob in town, FDM MOB for ESXi 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New vSphere 5 HA, DRS and SDRS Advanced/Hidden Options (Virtually Ghetto)
HA Architecture Series - FDM (1/5) (Yellow Bricks)
HA Architecture Series - Primary nodes? (2/5) (Yellow Bricks)
Licensing
VMware vSphere 5.0 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging (VMware)
vSphere 5 Purchase Advisor (VMware)
vSphere 5 Entitlement Mapping (VMware)
Upgrading to VMware vSphere License Keys (VMware)
vSphere Desktop - vSphere Edition to host Desktop Virtualization FAQ (VMware)
Understanding the vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing Model (VMware - Rethink IT)
VMware vSphere 5 licensing sets virtual RAM limits (SearchVMware)
VSphere 5 licensing furor calms down, but problems remain (SearchVMware)
VMware vSphere 5 pits scale-up against scale-out (SearchVMware)
VMware shops search for savings on vSphere 5 licenses (SearchVMware)
VMware CTO explains vSphere 5 licensing changes (SearchCloudComputing)
Scale Up with VMware vSphere 5: “I’m Not Dead Yet!” (Aaron Delp)
Will VMware’s new licensing scheme open the door for Microsoft? (Ars Technica)
Dear VMware … (AuTechheads)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Not Quite So Bad? (Blue Shift)
Is VMware screwing the non-View VDI community with the vSphere 5 licensing changes? (Brian Madden)
Confirmed: VMware will introduce a new “vSphere Desktop” license for vSphere 5. But should you use it? (Brian Madden)
Opinion: What you need to know about vSphere 5’s new pricing model (Computer World)
VMware Customers Fuming Over vSphere 5 Licensing Changes (CRN)
How to Save With New vSphere 5 Licensing Model (DoubleCloud)
vSphere 5 licensing with vRAM isn’t that bad at all (Gabe’s Virtual World)
#vTax FUD real life example (Hans DeLeenheer)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Enterprise Viewpoint (It’s Just Another Layer)
VMware vSphere 5 licensing explained (Ivo Beerens)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Are We Overreacting? (Jason Nash)
Is VMware Killing Itself? (Motley Fool)
vSphere License Changes Bring Out Pitchforks (Network Computing)
The new vRAM license model in vSphere 5 (Rickard Nobel)
vSphere 5 Licensing is (some kind of) per-VM licensing (Technodrone)
Yes, VMware’s License Change Is That Bad: It’s A Trap! (The Data Center Overlords)
The Five Stages of VMware Licensing Grief (The Lone Sysadmin)
A Look at VMware Licensing & Environment Growth (The Lone Sysadmin)
VMware Scale Up vs. Scale Out: The Big Picture (The Lone Sysadmin)
VMware pricing changes add cost to cloud (The Troposphere)
VSphere 5 licensing: VMware also considered… (The Virtualization Room)
How to determine your vRAM footprint in vCenter (The VM Guy)
Licensing in VMware vSphere 5 (ThinkCloud)
VMware licensing : vRAM entitlement explained (ThinkCloud)
vSphere Licensing : Desktop edition (ThinkCloud)
vSphere 5 Licensing: A few things to consider ($blogname)
vSphere 5: What’s in Enterprise Plus? (Virtual Future)
vSphere 5 for Desktops license (Virtual Future)
The calm after the storm - My take on vRAM (Virtual Insanity)
Calculated Cost Implications of vSphere 5 Licensing (Virtual VCP)
A Deeper Look Into VMware vSphere 5 Licensing (Virtual VCP)
vSphere 5 License Entitlements (Virtu-al)
Understanding vSphere5 Licensing (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - Did VMware Misjudge its Licensing Changes? (Virtualization Practice)
Licensing: Pools and Architecture Changes? (Virtualization Practice)
Could the new vSphere vRAM Pricing Slow Down Virtualizing Business Critical Applications?(Virtualization Practice)
7 reasons why VMware vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing is not as bad as it Look at First Glance(Virtualization Team)
New VMware licensing explained (VMGuru.nl)
vRAM licensing with VMware View (VMGuru.nl)
vSphere 5 Licensing thread (VMTN forums)
VMware Enterprise or Enterprise Plus? (VMware Info)
vSphere 5 and new licensing - Good or bad? (vNinja)
vSphere Licensing - Doing Some Math (vTesseract)
Scale Up/Out and impact of vRAM?!? (part 2) (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5 Purchase Advisor (VMware)
vSphere 5 Entitlement Mapping (VMware)
Upgrading to VMware vSphere License Keys (VMware)
vSphere Desktop - vSphere Edition to host Desktop Virtualization FAQ (VMware)
Understanding the vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing Model (VMware - Rethink IT)
VMware vSphere 5 licensing sets virtual RAM limits (SearchVMware)
VSphere 5 licensing furor calms down, but problems remain (SearchVMware)
VMware vSphere 5 pits scale-up against scale-out (SearchVMware)
VMware shops search for savings on vSphere 5 licenses (SearchVMware)
VMware CTO explains vSphere 5 licensing changes (SearchCloudComputing)
Scale Up with VMware vSphere 5: “I’m Not Dead Yet!” (Aaron Delp)
Will VMware’s new licensing scheme open the door for Microsoft? (Ars Technica)
Dear VMware … (AuTechheads)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Not Quite So Bad? (Blue Shift)
Is VMware screwing the non-View VDI community with the vSphere 5 licensing changes? (Brian Madden)
Confirmed: VMware will introduce a new “vSphere Desktop” license for vSphere 5. But should you use it? (Brian Madden)
Opinion: What you need to know about vSphere 5’s new pricing model (Computer World)
VMware Customers Fuming Over vSphere 5 Licensing Changes (CRN)
How to Save With New vSphere 5 Licensing Model (DoubleCloud)
vSphere 5 licensing with vRAM isn’t that bad at all (Gabe’s Virtual World)
#vTax FUD real life example (Hans DeLeenheer)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Enterprise Viewpoint (It’s Just Another Layer)
VMware vSphere 5 licensing explained (Ivo Beerens)
vSphere 5 Licensing - Are We Overreacting? (Jason Nash)
Is VMware Killing Itself? (Motley Fool)
vSphere License Changes Bring Out Pitchforks (Network Computing)
The new vRAM license model in vSphere 5 (Rickard Nobel)
vSphere 5 Licensing is (some kind of) per-VM licensing (Technodrone)
Yes, VMware’s License Change Is That Bad: It’s A Trap! (The Data Center Overlords)
The Five Stages of VMware Licensing Grief (The Lone Sysadmin)
A Look at VMware Licensing & Environment Growth (The Lone Sysadmin)
VMware Scale Up vs. Scale Out: The Big Picture (The Lone Sysadmin)
VMware pricing changes add cost to cloud (The Troposphere)
VSphere 5 licensing: VMware also considered… (The Virtualization Room)
How to determine your vRAM footprint in vCenter (The VM Guy)
Licensing in VMware vSphere 5 (ThinkCloud)
VMware licensing : vRAM entitlement explained (ThinkCloud)
vSphere Licensing : Desktop edition (ThinkCloud)
vSphere 5 Licensing: A few things to consider ($blogname)
vSphere 5: What’s in Enterprise Plus? (Virtual Future)
vSphere 5 for Desktops license (Virtual Future)
The calm after the storm - My take on vRAM (Virtual Insanity)
Calculated Cost Implications of vSphere 5 Licensing (Virtual VCP)
A Deeper Look Into VMware vSphere 5 Licensing (Virtual VCP)
vSphere 5 License Entitlements (Virtu-al)
Understanding vSphere5 Licensing (Virtualised Reality)
vSphere 5 - Did VMware Misjudge its Licensing Changes? (Virtualization Practice)
Licensing: Pools and Architecture Changes? (Virtualization Practice)
Could the new vSphere vRAM Pricing Slow Down Virtualizing Business Critical Applications?(Virtualization Practice)
7 reasons why VMware vSphere 5 vRAM Licensing is not as bad as it Look at First Glance(Virtualization Team)
New VMware licensing explained (VMGuru.nl)
vRAM licensing with VMware View (VMGuru.nl)
vSphere 5 Licensing thread (VMTN forums)
VMware Enterprise or Enterprise Plus? (VMware Info)
vSphere 5 and new licensing - Good or bad? (vNinja)
vSphere Licensing - Doing Some Math (vTesseract)
Scale Up/Out and impact of vRAM?!? (part 2) (Yellow Bricks)
Licensing Calculators
Simple VMware vSphere 4 & 5 License Calculator (Virtual VCP)
VMware vSphere 4 versus vSphere 5 for VDI desktops licensing cost calculator (Brian Madden)
VMware vSphere 4 versus vSphere 5 for VDI desktops licensing cost calculator (Brian Madden)
Licensing Scripts
Download License Validator Script (Virtu-al)
Query vRAM (LucD)
Discover Memory Overallocations (LucD)
Calculate vSphere 5 Licenses with Powershell (PeetersOnline)
Query vRAM (LucD)
Discover Memory Overallocations (LucD)
Calculate vSphere 5 Licenses with Powershell (PeetersOnline)
Networking
Configuring the ESXi firewall in VMware vSphere 5 (SearchVMware)
vSphere 5 new Networking features (My Virtual Cloud)
LLDP support added in vSphere 5 (Rickard Nobel)
Multi-NIC vMotion Support In vSphere 5.0 (Frank Denneman)
Leveraging the vSphere 5.0 NetFlow support to monitor and report traffic data in a Service Provider vCloud environment (Hypervizor)
vSphere 5 Brings VMKernel Port Binding To The GUI (Kendrick Coleman)
Configure iSCSI port binding in VMware vSphere 5.0 (Krystaltek)
How to Create Custom Firewall Rules in ESXi 5.0 (Virtually Ghetto)
vSphere 5 new Networking features (My Virtual Cloud)
LLDP support added in vSphere 5 (Rickard Nobel)
Multi-NIC vMotion Support In vSphere 5.0 (Frank Denneman)
Leveraging the vSphere 5.0 NetFlow support to monitor and report traffic data in a Service Provider vCloud environment (Hypervizor)
vSphere 5 Brings VMKernel Port Binding To The GUI (Kendrick Coleman)
Configure iSCSI port binding in VMware vSphere 5.0 (Krystaltek)
How to Create Custom Firewall Rules in ESXi 5.0 (Virtually Ghetto)
SRM
Look what’s new with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager v5.0! (VMware Uptime Blog)
Failback? Where is the button!? (VMware Uptime Blog)
SRM 5 and Scripts (VMware Uptime Blog)
VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Overview (Around the Storage Block)
What’s New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 (NTPro.nl)
HBR (Host Based Replication) CLI for SRM 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New SRM 5 APIs (Virtually Ghetto)
Failback? Where is the button!? (VMware Uptime Blog)
SRM 5 and Scripts (VMware Uptime Blog)
VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Overview (Around the Storage Block)
What’s New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 (NTPro.nl)
HBR (Host Based Replication) CLI for SRM 5 (Virtually Ghetto)
New SRM 5 APIs (Virtually Ghetto)
Storage
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 1 - VMFS-5 (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 2 - Storage vMotion (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 3 - VAAI (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 4 - Storage DRS - Initial Placement (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 5 - Storage DRS - Balance On Space Usage (VMware vSphere Blog)
VMware vSphere Replication breaks disaster recovery storage barriers (SearchVMware)
VMware vSphere 5 storage management features pique interest (SearchVMware)
Overview vSphere Storage API for Storage Awareness (VASA) (Around the Storage Block)
The new vSphere 5.0 VAAI primitives (Around the Storage Block)
VMFS-5 VMFS-3, What’s the Deal? (Boche.net)
Enhanced Storage vMotion in vSphere 5 with Mirror Mode (Deinos Cloud)
VMFS-5 introduced in vSphere 5 (ESX Virtualization)
Upgrading VMFS datastores and SDRS (Frank Denneman)
Datastore unable to enter SDRS Maintenance mode (Krystaltek)
vSphere 5.0 Datastore Clusters & VDI (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5.0 New .vswp file & Storage Tax on VDI (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Profile Driven Storage (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Storage DRS (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Video - Storage DRS (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Storage Appliance (VSA) (NTPro.nl)
Storage Changes in VMware vSphere 5 (Stephen Foskett)
VMware Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) v1.0 - The Facts & The Features (The VM Guy)
vSphere 5 - APD gets a new friend… PDL (Virtual Geek)
VMFS-5-what you need to know in a nutshell… (Virtual Geek)
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) -vSphere 5 edition (Virtual Geek)
NetApp & Storage DRS (Virtualization Arcade)
How to Trick ESXi 5 in seeing an SSD Datastore (Virtually Ghetto)
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Technical Whitepaper (VMware)
Storage DRS Demo (VMware Videos)
Profile Driven Storage Demo (VMware Videos)
VMware vSphere 5: Feature Spotlight - Storage DRS (vSamurai)
vSphere 5.0: Storage DRS introduction (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: What has changed for VMFS? (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Profile-Driven Storage, what is it good for? (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Storage vMotion and the Mirror Driver (Yellow Bricks)
Storage DRS interoperability (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: UNMAP (vaai feature) (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Storage initiatives (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 2 - Storage vMotion (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 3 - VAAI (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 4 - Storage DRS - Initial Placement (VMware vSphere Blog)
vSphere 5.0 Storage Features Part 5 - Storage DRS - Balance On Space Usage (VMware vSphere Blog)
VMware vSphere Replication breaks disaster recovery storage barriers (SearchVMware)
VMware vSphere 5 storage management features pique interest (SearchVMware)
Overview vSphere Storage API for Storage Awareness (VASA) (Around the Storage Block)
The new vSphere 5.0 VAAI primitives (Around the Storage Block)
VMFS-5 VMFS-3, What’s the Deal? (Boche.net)
Enhanced Storage vMotion in vSphere 5 with Mirror Mode (Deinos Cloud)
VMFS-5 introduced in vSphere 5 (ESX Virtualization)
Upgrading VMFS datastores and SDRS (Frank Denneman)
Datastore unable to enter SDRS Maintenance mode (Krystaltek)
vSphere 5.0 Datastore Clusters & VDI (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5.0 New .vswp file & Storage Tax on VDI (My Virtual Cloud)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Profile Driven Storage (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Storage DRS (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 Video - Storage DRS (NTPro.nl)
vSphere 5 What’s New - Storage Appliance (VSA) (NTPro.nl)
Storage Changes in VMware vSphere 5 (Stephen Foskett)
VMware Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) v1.0 - The Facts & The Features (The VM Guy)
vSphere 5 - APD gets a new friend… PDL (Virtual Geek)
VMFS-5-what you need to know in a nutshell… (Virtual Geek)
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) -vSphere 5 edition (Virtual Geek)
NetApp & Storage DRS (Virtualization Arcade)
How to Trick ESXi 5 in seeing an SSD Datastore (Virtually Ghetto)
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance Technical Whitepaper (VMware)
Storage DRS Demo (VMware Videos)
Profile Driven Storage Demo (VMware Videos)
VMware vSphere 5: Feature Spotlight - Storage DRS (vSamurai)
vSphere 5.0: Storage DRS introduction (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: What has changed for VMFS? (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Profile-Driven Storage, what is it good for? (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Storage vMotion and the Mirror Driver (Yellow Bricks)
Storage DRS interoperability (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: UNMAP (vaai feature) (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: Storage initiatives (Yellow Bricks)
Upgrade
VMware vSphere Upgrade Center (VMware)
My Thoughts on Upgrading to vSphere 5 (The Lone Sysadmin)
vSphere 5 video - Migrating from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 (NTPro.nl)
My Thoughts on Upgrading to vSphere 5 (The Lone Sysadmin)
vSphere 5 video - Migrating from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 (NTPro.nl)
vCenter Server
vSphere 5 - vCenter as a linux VM (ESX Virtualization)
Configure a vCenter 5.0 integrated Syslog server (Boche.net)
vSphere vCenter 5 Design Considerations (Kendrick Coleman)
vCenter 5 - To Appliance or Not? (Kendrick Coleman)
Update Manager Changes on vSphere 5 (Malaysia VM)
vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Quick-Start Guide (VMwire)
VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (VCSA) features and benefits (VMwire)
vSphere 5:0 vMotion Enhancements (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: vMotion enhancement, tiny but very welcome! (Yellow Bricks)
Configure a vCenter 5.0 integrated Syslog server (Boche.net)
vSphere vCenter 5 Design Considerations (Kendrick Coleman)
vCenter 5 - To Appliance or Not? (Kendrick Coleman)
Update Manager Changes on vSphere 5 (Malaysia VM)
vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Quick-Start Guide (VMwire)
VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (VCSA) features and benefits (VMwire)
vSphere 5:0 vMotion Enhancements (Yellow Bricks)
vSphere 5.0: vMotion enhancement, tiny but very welcome! (Yellow Bricks)
vCloud Director
What’s New in VMware vCloud Director 1.5 (NTPro.nl)
Installing vCloud Director 1.5 With SQL Server 2008 (Kendrick Coleman)
Installing vCloud Director 1.5 With SQL Server 2008 (Kendrick Coleman)
Videos
VMware Unveils vSphere 5 and Cloud Infrastructure Suite (VMwareTV)
VMware vSphere 5 Licensing & Pricing (VMware)
vChat - Episode 19 - LIVE from the VMware vSphere 5 Launch in San Francisco (VMware Videos)
Interview of Ed Hsu, VMware VSA Product Manager by David Davis (VMware Videos)
Duncan Epping Interviewed by David Davis about vSphere 5 and his New Book! (VMware Videos)
Overview of VMware’s July 2011 Products (Wikibon)
Breaking Down the VMware Announcement (Wikibon)
David Floyer Breaks Down the VMware Announcement (Wikibon)
What’s Missing from the VMware Announcement? (Wikibon)
The Services Angle on VMware’s July 2011 Announcement (Wikibon)
The Storage Angle on VMware’s Announcement (Wikibon)
New VMware Licensing Confuses Users and the Ecosystem Alike (Wikibon)
VMware vSphere 5 Licensing & Pricing (VMware)
vChat - Episode 19 - LIVE from the VMware vSphere 5 Launch in San Francisco (VMware Videos)
Interview of Ed Hsu, VMware VSA Product Manager by David Davis (VMware Videos)
Duncan Epping Interviewed by David Davis about vSphere 5 and his New Book! (VMware Videos)
Overview of VMware’s July 2011 Products (Wikibon)
Breaking Down the VMware Announcement (Wikibon)
David Floyer Breaks Down the VMware Announcement (Wikibon)
What’s Missing from the VMware Announcement? (Wikibon)
The Services Angle on VMware’s July 2011 Announcement (Wikibon)
The Storage Angle on VMware’s Announcement (Wikibon)
New VMware Licensing Confuses Users and the Ecosystem Alike (Wikibon)
vShield
Updated VMware vShield App 5 includes sensitive data discovery (SearchVMware)
What’s New in VMware vShield 5 (NTPro.nl)
vShield App with Data Security … my favorite part of vSphere 5 (Common Denial)
vShield App 5 Data Security = awesomesauce and free to try… (Virtual Geek)
What’s New in VMware vShield 5 (NTPro.nl)
vShield App with Data Security … my favorite part of vSphere 5 (Common Denial)
vShield App 5 Data Security = awesomesauce and free to try… (Virtual Geek)
What’s New Whitepapers
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Platform (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Performance (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Networking (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Availability (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vCloud Director 1.5 (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 (VMware)
What’s New in VMware Data Recovery 2.0 (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Performance (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Networking (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Availability (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vCloud Director 1.5 (VMware)
What’s New in VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 (VMware)
What’s New in VMware Data Recovery 2.0 (VMware)
