Collection of documents and links useful for design a virtual infrastructure (work is still in progress!)
Infrastructure vDesign
- vProduct
- Upgrade vs Fresh Install
- Host vDesign
- Network vDesign
- Storage vDesign
vCenter Server vDesign
- VMware vCenter 5.5 design
- vCenter Server: physical or virtual?
- vCenter Server: local or external database?
- VMware vCenter Server – Installable vs. Appliance
- How to increase the availability of vCenter Server
- VMware vSphere 5.5 upgrade path – vCenter
VM
- Dynamic Disks
- Snapshots
- Virtual vCPU and Virtual Cores
vSphere Client
- vSphere Web Client
- CLI and remote CLI
vSecurity
vBackup
- VCB, VDR, Veeam or other solutions
- Tape vs. Disk
- VTL vs. NAS
