General resources
- HP virtualization with VMware – This is the main page about VMware in the HP site. It has dozens of links to White Papers, webinars, podcasts and other HP sites about VMware.
- HP and VMware Virtualization Alliance – The HP-VMware Alliance page in the VMware site. It has several areas that outline the different HP-VMware joint solutions.
- VMware Enterprise Library at HP – Case studies, White Papers and Datasheets.
- HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
- HP Virtualization Smart Bundles with VMware
- HP VirtualSystem for VMware – Main portal of HP VirtualSystem solution
- HP VirtualSystem VS1 for VMware
- HP VirtualSystem VS2 for VMware
- HP VirtualSystem VS3 for VMware
- HP Software Releases & Media- Information about VMware products OEM licensing from HP
- VMware vSphere from HP QuickSpecs
- HP VMware Transition Matrix
VMware on ProLiant
- ProLiant server VMware support matrix – This page is the Rosetta Stone for every VMware installation on HP hardware. It has every HP Proliant Blade/Server cross-referenced in a table with every ESX/ESXi version from the 2.1 to the 4.1. The vSphere tab it also has a column about VMware FT support.
- VMware demos in HP hardware – This site has a few interesting videos demoing VMware products in HP hardware.
- HP ESX 4.x images for the G7 ProLiant Blades.
- HP ESXi 4.x customized images
- HP sizing tool for Vmware vSphere
- HP Management Agents for ESX 4.x
- HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and VMware vSphere 4.0
- Cisco Nexus 1000V on HP BladeSystem
- Virtual Connect FlexFabric Cookbook – One the famous Virtual Connect cookbooks, contains a lot of ‘recipes’ with examples using VMware vSphere.
- HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric and VMware vSphere 4
- HP Virtual Connect FelxFabric Solution Recipe – With links to the firmware and driver downloads for ESX(i) 4.1
- HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 NICs Solution Recipe
- Deploying a VMware vSphere HA Cluster with HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric
- Using HP Virtual Connect on HP BladeSystem c-Class with VMware Infrastructure 3.5
- Driver Versions in HP supplied VMware ESX/ESXi images
- HP BladeSystem Matrix How-To Guide: ESX Host Provisioning
- HP ESXi 5.0 customized images
- HP Vibsdepot – Software repository by HP with bundles compatible with VMware Image Builder,esxcli and VMware Update Manager
HP Storage
- VMware Storage Solutions from HP – Includes the ESX/ESXi 3.x and 4.x support matrices for HP Storage systems.
- Running VMware vSphere 4 on HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions – Excellent White Paper, a must for every VMware-Lefthand infrastructure.
- Configuration best practices for HP Enterprise Virtual Array family VMware vSphere 4 and 4.1
- Best practices for VMware ESX 3.5, using c-Class Blades, EVA and Virtual Connect
- Best Practices for VMware ESX 3.5 using c-Class Blades, MSA2000, and Virtual Connect
- HP XP24000 and vSphere 4 best practices
- VMware vCenter Plug-in for HP StorageWorks Arrays – Great video by Calvin Zito (@HPStorareGuy)
- HP P4000 VAAI demo – Video of the demo showed at VMworld 2010 San Francisco.
- HP Storage drivers – Including the virtualization adapters for VMware SRM for EVA, XP and P4000 systems
- HP P4000 VSA – Product page of my beloved VSA :-)
- HP P6000 EVA Arrays with HP BladeSystem and VMware vSphere
- HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array for VMware
- HP Storage P9000 Configuration Guide – P9500 Disk Array – Includes a section for VMware vSphere.
- VMware podcast recap – Recopilation of all the podcasts recorded about the new vSphere 5.0 and HP storage by my HP fellow vExpert Calvin Zito (@HPStorageGuy)
- P4000 SRA for VMware SRM User Guide
- HP P2000 Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI
- HP P2000 Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI vSphere 4.1 – Software Download
- HP P2000 Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI vSphere 5.0 – Software Download
- Configuration best practices for deploying VMware vSphere 4.1 on the HP P2000 G3 MSA Array combo controller
- Complete storage and data protection architecture for VMware vSphere
- Optimizing VMware protection with HP and Veeam
- Backup and recovery best practices for the HP EVA array in a VMware environment using HP Data Protector
- HP 3PAR Management Software Plug-In for VMware VAAI
- HP 3PAR Management Software Plug-In for VMware vCenter
- HP 3cV Virtual Utility Computing with HP 3PAR, HP BladeSystem and VMware vSphere
- HP 3PAR Storage Systems for VMware
- VMware vSphere with HP 3PAR Utility Storage
- HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere
- HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices – Updated for vSphere 5.0
- HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide
- HP 3PAR Replication Adapter 4.0.1 for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.1 Implementation Guide
- HP 3PAR Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Implementation Guide
- Best practices for the HP P6000 EVA Array using VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0
VDI
- HP Client Virtualization – HP main site about VDI, not exclusively about VMware but very intersting.
- HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View – HP VDI solution with VMware View main site.
- HP Reference Architecture for VMware View with HP StorageWorks P4800 BladeSystem SAN
- HP reference configuration for BladeSystem: BL495c with Flex-10 and VMware View
- HP 3PAR storage technologies for desktop virtualization
- HP Client Virtualization Reference Architecture for HP VirtualSystem
- HP Converged Infrastructure Reference Architecture for VMware View
- HP VirtualSystem CV2 for VMware View
- HP VirtualSystem CV2 for VMware View Datasheet
- HP VirtualSystem CV2 for VMware View Solution Brief
- HP VirtualSystem CV2 for VMware View product tour
vCloud Director
- HP Cloud Map with BladeSystem Matrix for VMware vCloud Director – A demo showing what can be done by combining the HP Matrix and the awesome vCloud Director.
- Implementing the HP Cloud Map for VMware vCloud Director
- HP Cloud Maps for VMware
Blog posts
This section includes posts from several bloggers about VMware and HP.- BIOS settings in a VMware ESX(i)/vSphere Environment – By Kenneth van Ditmarsch VCDX #040 (@VirtualKenneth)
- Understanding HP Flex-10 Mappings with VMware ESX/vSphere – By Kenneth van Ditmarsch VCDX #040 (@VirtualKenneth)
- Using Lefthand Snapshot techniques within a VMware Environment – By Kenneth van Ditmarsch VCDX #040 (@VirtualKenneth)
- Creating easy to identify Lefthand Volumes on ESX/vSphere – By Kenneth van Ditmarsch VCDX #040 (@VirtualKenneth)
- Testing Scenario’s VMware/HP c-Class Infrastructure - By Kenneth van Ditmarsch VCDX#040 (@VirtualKenneth)
- Lefthand SAN – Lessons Learned – By Frank Denneman VCDX #029 (@frankdenneman)
- Flex-10 Lessons Learned – By Frank Denneman VCDX #029 (@frankdenneman)
- Maching an HP FlexNIC in ESXi to Chassis Flex-10 Bay and Port Number at Install Time – By Simon Gallagher (@vinf_net)
- 8 Node ESXi Cluster running 60 virtual machines – All running from a 500GBP Physical Server – By Simon Gallagher (@vinf_net)
- HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and vSphere – By Barry Coombs (@VirtualisedReal)
- ESX 4.1 Breaks HP Flex10 Smart Link – Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- Flex-10 ESX Prerequisites – Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- How to Integrate VMware Vsphere 4 with Multiple HP C7000s using HP Flex-10 (Active/Active) with HP Virtual Connect – Part 1 – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- How to Integrate VMware Vsphere 4 with Multiple HP C7000s using HP Flex-10 (Active/Active) with HP Virtual Connect – Part 2 – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- How to Integrate VMware Vsphere 4 with Multiple HP C7000s using HP Flex-10 (Active/Active) with HP Virtual Connect – Part 3 – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- Three Requirements for HP Flex-10 and Virtual Connect with VMware Vsphere 4 – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- VMware Vsphere 4.1 and Flex 10 Advisory Smartlink Issues Again – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- Rethinking Network Design with FlexFabric and vSphere 4.1 – Jeffrey Wolfanger
- Running VMware vSphere on an HP MicroServer – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- Using Jumbo Frames on an HP ProLiant ML115 G5 – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- VMware ESXi Purple Screen of Death on HP ML110 or ML115 – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- Installing and Running VMware vSphere (ESX 4.0) on your lab HP ProLiant ML110 or ML115 – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- Can you run VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) on an HP ProLiant ML110 or ML115? – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- VMware ESX – Removal of HP Agents and Utilities After Migration – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- VMware P2V – Easy Method to Remove HP Agents and Utilities – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- VMware ESXi 4.o Update 1 (U1) Fixes SATA CD/DVD-ROM Issue with HP ProLiant ML115 G5 – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- HP ProLiant ML110 G6 Released – Still a worthy virtualization work or home lab server? – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- VMware ESX – “Upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 on HP Proliant systems can fail or time out and leave the host in an unusable state if the host has HP Insight Management Agents running” – Simon Seagrave (@kiwi_si)
- Recommended BIOS Settings on HP ProLiant DL580 G7 for VMware vSphere – Sammy Bogaert
- Check HP Management Agents with PowerCLI – Sammy Bogaert
- VMware ESXi 4 and HP Servers – Rick Scherer VCDX #020 (@rick_vmwaretips)
- Advisory – ESX 4.1 + HP Flex-10 + Broadcom bnx2x = Bad News – Rick Scherer VCDX #020 (@rick_vmwaretips)
- Running vSphere 4 on HP P2000 – Justin Paul (@recklessop)
- How vSphere 4.1 Network I/O Control changed the way we use HP Flex-10 – Stefan Jagger (@StefanJagger)
- Flex-10 ESX design with simplicity and scalability: Part 1 – Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- Flex-10 ESX design with simplicity and scalability: Part 2 – Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- HP MSA, Channel Enclosure Svc Dev, LUN0 and Mask Path – Didier Pironet (@dpironet)
- Flex-10 ESX pre-requisites – Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- HP joins the FlexPod and Vblock party with HP VirtualSystem - Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- HP Blade & Virtual Connect Firmware and Nic drivers for vSphere 5 - Julian Wood (@julian_wood)
- HP ESXi Hosts continually disconnect from vCenter - Justin Paul (@recklessop)
- HP P2000 G3 – Upgrading to get VAAI Support - Justin Paul (@recklessop)
- VMware NMP errors and LUN dropping with HP EVA SANs - Jeffrey Wolfanger
- HP’s answer to Vblock – Meet the HP VirtualSystem for VMware – Justin Vashisht (@3cVguy)
- vSphere VSA vs HP P4000 VSA - Justin Vashisht (@3cVguy)
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