Documents or Book to Learn ESX Setup

[cosy]

Hi All,

How do i setup test environment for test all the features and do the VCP exam.

Thanks

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You'll need 2 ESX hosts and some form of shared storage. See the second link for whiteboxes that will work with ESX3.5 / ESXi. You could also try older servers that have been on the HCL in the past - you can get them cheaply from eBay etc. The first link discusses some documentation sources. For shared storage, you could use a 3rd box and run an iSCSI target or NFS server. Both will provide you with shared storage to test DRS / HA / Vmotion/ etc. You can get free options for the NFS / iSCSI server and you can even run it as a VM (here's such an option - http://www.xtravirt.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=75&func=fileinfo&id=33).

http://communities.vmware.com/message/976684

http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm

[Texiwill]

Hello,

It is also possible to run ESX v3.0.x in Workstation 6 and v3.5.x in Workstation Beta 6.5. However to do so you must have an Intel-VT or AMD-Pacifica enabled CPU and PLENTY of memory. 8GBs of memory would be desired. If you do not have these requirements, then you should look at the HCL for guidance.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.

CIO Virtualization Blog: http://www.cio.com/blog/index/topic/168354

As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization