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Architecture
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Updated: 2009-03-04
Reviewed: 2009-03-04
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This paper presents
a reference configuration for implementing VMware View as a desktop replacement
strategy, utilizing an HP ProLiant BL495c server blade with Virtual Connect
Flex-10 flexible networking adapters, and a StorageWorks EVA4400 array.

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Updated: 2008-06-12
Reviewed: 2008-06-12
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This white paper
demonstrates the benefits of using HP Virtual Connect with VMware Infrastructure
in an HP BladeSystem environment. It describes scenarios to show the use of
Virtual Connect with VMware ESX 3.5.

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Updated: 2007-11-13
Reviewed: 2007-11-13
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This white paper
provides a complete overview of how VMware Infrastructure works, including
sections on Architecture, Resource Virtualization, Network Considerations and
Best Practices. VMware VirtualCenter is also reviewed.

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Updated: 2007-11-13
Reviewed: 2007-11-13
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This white paper provides a
complete overview of how VMware Infrastructure works, including sections on
Architecture, Resource Virtualization, Network Considerations and Best
Practices. VMware VirtualCenter is also reviewed.
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Updated: 2007-02-21
Reviewed: 2007-02-21
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This document shows
the reference configuration for HP c-Class BladeSystem running VMware Virtual
Infrastructure 3.0 in a redundant, rapidly recoverable and highly available
configuration.

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Performance and Scalability
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Updated: 2009-02-26
Reviewed: 2009-02-26
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This document
presents the test and validation results for aligned versus unaligned VMware
VMFS partitions on an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.

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Updated: 2009-02-26
Reviewed: 200902-26
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Performance
characterization of HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays and All-in-One storage
systems with VMware ESX 3.5 using single and multiple virtual machines, and
comparison between RAID 5 and RAID 1+0 for random and sequential data.

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Backup and Restore
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Updated: 2008-09-30
Reviewed: 2008-09-30
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This document
explores HP backup and recovery solutions in a VMware environment.

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Updated: 2007-07-19
Reviewed: 2007-07-19
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This white paper
provides technical information and best practices for planning or deploying
VMware Consolidated Backup with HP StorageWorks tape libraries

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Best practices
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Updated: 2009-04-30
Reviewed: 2009-04-30
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This paper describes
VMware Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) requirements, and lists HP ProLiant
servers that can participate in an EVC cluster.

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Updated: 2008-11-21
Reviewed: 2008-11-21
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This document
describes the processes involved in implementing a Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI) proof-of-concept (POC). Planning, design, architecture, and
troubleshooting are discussed. Additionally, environmental considerations are
examined.

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Updated: 2008-03-27
Reviewed: 2008-03-27
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HP offers a broad
range of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions designed to take the
guesswork out of configuring virtual desktops. This paper explores decision
making points, the overall solution and puts it in the proper context for IT
decision makers.

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Updated: 2007-11-13
Reviewed: 2007-11-13
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This white paper provides guidance
on planning a VMware Infrastructure environment based on HP server, storage, and
management products. This is the third in a series of documents on
planning, deploying, and operating an Adaptive Enterprise based on VMware
Infrastructure and HP technologies.
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Updated: 2007-11-13
Reviewed: 2007-11-13
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This white paper provides guidance
on planning a VMware Infrastructure environment based on HP server, storage, and
management products. This is the third in a series of documents on
planning, deploying, and operating an Adaptive Enterprise based on VMware
Infrastructure and HP technologies.
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Updated: 2007-11-07
Reviewed: 2007-11-07
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In this white paper,
a series of mailbox building blocks were tested using Microsoft Exchange Server
2007 Enterprise Edition. The building blocks were used to measure performance of
a virtualized mailbox server role using VMware Infrastructure 3, running on an
HP ProLiant DL580 G4 serve

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Updated: 2007-04-13
Reviewed: 2007-04-13
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Virtualization has
rapidly changed from an emerging technology to a datacenter stalwart capable of
hosting mission-critical applications and providing levels of redundancy and
recovery that were once impossible or cost prohibitive with industry standard
platforms. This document graphically represents an enterprise reference
configuration for HP c-Class BladeSystem running VMware Infrastructure 3 in the
most redundant; rapidly recoverable and highly available configuration.
Solutions utilizing HP c-Class BladeSystem can be sized to match any
environment.

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Updated: 2007-04-13
Reviewed: 2007-04-13
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Virtualization has
rapidly changed from an emerging technology to a datacenter stalwart capable of
hosting mission-critical applications and providing levels of redundancy and
recovery that were once impossible or cost prohibitive with industry standard
platforms. This document graphically represent an enterprise reference
configuration for HP c-Class BladeSystem running VMware Infrastructure 3 in the
most redundant; rapidly recoverable and highly available configuration.
Solutions utilizing HP c-Class BladeSystem can be sized to match any
environment.

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Disaster recovery
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Updated: 2008-04-11
Reviewed: 2008-04-11
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This paper
highlights two scenarios to protect a VMware server environment, using an HP
StorageWorks Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure replication technique
that creates a “real time” copy of your virtualized server data.

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Updated: 2008-04-16
Reviewed: 2008-04-16
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This document
describes how HP StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) Storage System and HP
StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (SWSM) replication technology can be utilized as
a disaster-tolerant solution for a VMware ESX Server.

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Updated: 2008-04-14
Reviewed: 2008-04-14
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This paper describes
two deployment types of a VMware tolerant solution, based on coupling key VMware
features with disaster tolerance functionality of HP StorageWorks Continuous
Access EVA. The first solution is most suitable for a campus-wide disaster
tolerant implementation and the other is suitable for
metropolitan/geographically separated areas.

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Installation
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Updated: 2004-05-12
Reviewed: 2004-05-17
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HP Insight
Management agents help IT administrators rapidly respond to potential and actual
system failures, increase system stability, reduce troubleshooting complexity,
and minimize downtime by providing predictive fault management.

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Updated: 2007-11-13 Reviewed:
2007-11-13
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This white paper provides guidance
on planning the deployment of a VMware Infrastructure environment based on
HP server, storage, and management products. This is the second in a
series of documents on the planning, deployment, and operation of an Adaptive
Infrastructure based on VMware Infrastructure and HP technologies.
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Updated: 2007-11-12
Reviewed: 2007-11-12
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This white paper provides guidance
on planning the deployment of a VMware Infrastructure environment based on
HP server, storage, and management products. This is the second in a
series of documents on the planning, deployment, and operation of an Adaptive
Infrastructure based on VMware Infrastructure and HP technologies.
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Management
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Updated: 2007-11-14
Reviewed: 2007-11-14
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This white paper contains
operations and management information to help customers effectively plan a
VMware Infrastructure running on HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks storage
solutions.
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Updated: 2007-11-14
Reviewed: 2007-11-14
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This white paper contains
operations and management information to help customers effectively plan a
VMware Infrastructure running on HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks storage
solutions.
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Sizing & Configuration
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Updated: 2008-08-04
Reviewed: 2008-08-04
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This document
presents a set of guidelines for sizing HP ProLiant x86-64 servers for use with
virtualization of SAP solutions using VMware Infrastructure 3.

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Updated: 2005-03-22
Reviewed: 2005-03-22
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This is an automated
tool that assists the user with the size and scope of a server environment
supporting VMware. The sizing information and algorithms have been developed
using testing and performance data on HP Servers running the VMware ESX Server.

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