VMware virtualization products and components

HIGHLIGHTS

	Obtaining server health status in VMware ESX and VMware ESXi TIP - VMware ESXi can easily provide you with information about a server's CPU, memory, storage and more, but getting this info from ESX Server requires some additional steps.
	Monitor physical server performance with VMmark benchmarking app TIP - VMmark can help you create benchmarks to determine the quality of hardware peformance. An expert discusses how to download and successfully implement this new tool.
	How VMware ESX performance trumps Hyper-V's price ARTICLE - As pricing competition between VMware ESX and Microsoft's Hyper-V intensifies, many IT pros want to know which technology makes more sense for their data centers.

SUBTOPICS

	VMware desktop software and desktop virtualization VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion and VMware Player are desktop software products from VMware. Desktop software products such as these are also known as type-2 virtualization or hosted virtualization products. VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion allow you to create virtual machines; ... VMware Workstation, Fusion and Player, VMware Server, VMware View, vClient and other virtual desktop technologies
	VMware infrastructure management services VMware's infrastructure management services are what makes VMware ESX the enterprise virtualization hypervisor of choice. In this section, you'll find expert tips on popular VMware components such as VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), VMware High Availability (HA), VMotion, Storage VMotion, ... DRS and DPM, VMotion and Storage VMotion, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware High Availability and Fault Tolerance
	VMware initiatives and new releases VMware is continually innovating, and will release more products in 2009 than it has in any year since VMware was established 10 years ago. Here you'll find subtopics that house articles that cover VMware mobile virtualization; VMware's Virtual Datacenter OS or VDC-OS initiative, also ... VMware Virtual Datacenter OS and cloud computing, VMware new releases and updates

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to VMware virtualization products and components:  VMware ESX and ESXi administrative tips, VMware certifications and training, Data center architecture for VMware ESX and ESXi