As part of my new role within VMware Technical Marketing I am responsible for creating collateral. Most of you have seen the series of articles about the operational differences between ESX and ESXi. After finalizing the series I transformed them into a whitepaper. I guess one thing that stood out for me while going through that process is that writing a whitepaper is substantially different than writing a blog article and even a book. I am not sure how to explain it, but a whitepaper feels less personal and more official and requires a different writing style. On top of that there are of course multiple reviews, style edits and much more. But anyway, that is not the point of this article… I just wanted to let you know that it is out there, and I hope you will enjoy reading it.
VMware ESXi Operations Guide
Learn how to perform common datacenter tasks in your ESXi environment by seeing the operational differences from the legacy ESX architecture.
Another whitepaper I wanted to point out is the ESXi Migrations Guide. It has been written by my colleague Kyle Gleed and is an excellent start for those looking to migrate from ESX to ESXi in the near future. Not only is the whitepaper very useful, but I am also confident you will appreciate the checklists and the configuration sheet which will help with a smooth transition.
VMware ESXi Migration Guide
Learn how to plan and perform your migration to the ESXi architecture from the legacy ESX framework, with helpful checklists for organizing the steps involved.
We are also working on automating some parts of the upgrade, and I hope to be able to publish an update on that soon.
Superb work Duncan!
Technical Marketing. That explains how VMware has been cranking out so many useful documents like this — and yours are no exception. No shortage of useful information here, especially if you’ve got questions about scripted deployment, configuring syslog, or migration. Short and to the point, with plenty of pictures. 🙂 Good stuff.
Hi Duncan,
Woudld it be possible to have the “Host Configuration Worksheet” made available in its original editable format (Excel; Word; etc.)?
Thanks,
Y
I will ask them!
Thanks Duncan!
Question / Comment: Scripted installation for removable media isn’t supported. Why does it say “…This can be mitigated through the use of host profiles or by automating the configuration through PowerCLI.”?
What does that have to do with removable media?
The use of the ks.cfg scripted installation method for SD/USB is not supported.
The only thing I thought should have a blurb in there… is that the vCLI installation on Windows doesn’t have / support resxtop. So you either run esxtop via ssh / tech support mode or resxtop via the vMA. I ran into that, and it is kind of annoying, frankly.
very useful
He Duncan,
Great work.
Thanks
Tom Smit
Good stuff. I appreciate that a lot since I took the step and standardized on ESXi a while ago …