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VSAN Videos Noted Authors VMware Video Notes Microsoft Application Support	NSX-T Certification Noted Consultants Other Articles and Links Running VMware ESX From A USB Drive
Major Pages
VMware (Wiki) Communities Download Center Docs.VMware.com Developer Community	Blogs VM World Knowledge Base (KB Articles) VMware User Groups (VMUGs) VMware User Groups (VMware Infrastructure Ops)
Free Training
VMware Hands On Labs
Free Books
Mastering vSphere 6.7	Networking for VMware Administrators
Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 6: A Technology Deep Dive, 2nd Edition
Other Books
VMware vSAN 6.7 U1 Deep Dive Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 6: A Technology Deep Dive
Basics
Log in to vCenter Server using the vSphere Web Client
Converter
Best Practices for using VMware Converter Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows	Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2 - Video#19
How To Clone a Virtual Machine Using VMware vCenter Standalone Converter 5.5 Software
Downloads
VMware Workstation Player Download	vCenter Converter
Errors
Adding a VMware ESXi/ESX host to VMware vCenter Server fails (1005803) Diagnosing the vSphere Client when it fails to connect to an ESX/ESXi host or vCenter Server vcenter server error - you don't have a permission. when trying to connect vcenter server 5.5 - through v center client
General Documentation
VMware Compatibility Guide VMware vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center	Installing vCenter Server 6.0 best practices (2107948) Log in to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Web Client
Host Profiles
Using Host Profiles in VMware vSphere \| vmworld
Installation
VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Deployment Guide.pdf (White Paper) How to install VMWare vSphere 6.5 (web client) in ESXi Hypervisor and Workstation for Home Lab Use
Lab Related
Building a vSphere 5.5 home lab: Part 1 Building the Ultimate vSphere Lab – Part 1 How to setup VMware vSphere Lab in VMware Workstation	Creating a Home Lab with VMware (Part 1) The World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading
How to install VMWare vSphere 6.5 (web client) in ESXi Hypervisor and Workstation for Home Lab Use
Log Insight
LogInsight deep dive
PowerCLI Commands
VMware PowerCLI Blog Getting Started with PowerCLI VMware vSphere PowerCLI Overview Creating my first Report with PowerCLI Some PowerCLI 101 – Connecting to Multiple vCenters	VMware ESXi SSH CLI basic commands VMware vSphere PowerCLI User's Guide vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference Quick Tip – PowerCLI Invalid server certificate Add Multiple ESXi Hosts To vCenter Server Using PowerCLi
Getting Started with VMware PowerCLI and Automation \| vmworld Welcome PowerCLI to the PowerShell Gallery – Install Process Updates VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration Getting Started with PowerCLI 4.1 – Automating Your vSphere Environment
Snapshots
VMware vSphere Health Check Report v5.1.0 Safely check/remove orphaned VMDK files from ESXi Understanding VM snapshots in ESXi / ESX (1015180) How to consolidate snapshots in vSphere 5.x/6.x (2003638)	Snapshot removal task stops at 99% in ESXi/ESX (1007566) Snapshot Manager fails to detect snapshots of VMs (1026380) Determining if a virtual machine is using snapshots (1004343)
How to consolidate a snapshot in VMware ESX when there are virtual machine errors Committing snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the Snapshot Manager (1002310) Determining if there are leftover delta files or snapshots that VMware vSphere or Infrastructure Client cannot detect (1005049)
Storage vSphere 6.0: Understanding Virtual Storage - Part-1, 2, 3
vSphere Storage - 6.0	Configuring iSCSI Adapters and Storage
Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 6 and Dell PS Series Storage.pdf
Virtual Networking
vSphere Virtual Networking
vRealize Operations Manager Tom Greene
VThom Greene's ROPS Links VMware vRealize Operations Manager: From Zero to Useful by Thom Greene
Others
Creating views in vRealize Operations Manager Use Actions with vRealize Operations Manager Create Alert Definitions for vRealize Operations Manager Use Custom Dashboards with vRealize Operations Manager Create Operational Policies in vRealize Operations Manager Manage User Access Control with vRealize Operations Manager	Create Reports with vRealize Operations Manager Configure Widgets in vRealize Operations Manager Install a Solution for vRealize Operations Manager Customize Operational Policies in vRealize Operations Manager Configure an LDAP Import Source in vRealize Operations Manager Editing a Policy to Configure Metrics Collection in vRealize Operations Manager
vRealize Operations Manager 6 - How to Use the vRealize Operations Manager UI (vSOM) VMworld 2015: MGT4928 - How To Troubleshoot Using vRealize Operations Manager - Live Demo vRealize Operations Manager 6 - Concepts: Alerts, Symptoms, Recommendations and Actions (vSOM)
VCSA vCenter Server Appliance vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 – A Fresh Install
vSphere 6.5: VCSA Appliance Monitoring and Management vSphere 6 - How to install and configure VMware vCenter 6 Appliance	Log In to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface Log In to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web Console
How to build your awesome virtualization home lab with VMware vSphere 6.0 (ESXi & vCSA)
vCenter Server for Windows
VMware vSphere: Installation - vCenter Server	VMware vCenter Server™ 6.0 Deployment Guide
How to install vCenter Server 6.0 with an embedded Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine
IRC There is an irc channel #vmware at freenode. Legacy Links ESX Server 3 Configuration Guide	Links Pages A Links Page Major Video Pages KB TV
VCP Certification - VCP6.5-DCV Brown Bag Brown Bag VCP6-DCV
VBrownbag	vBrownBag AND VCP6-DCV -Foundation
#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCP6-DCV Exam Section 1 with James Brown (@jbcompvm) #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCP6 Foundation Exam Section 1 with Kyle Ruddy (@ruddyvcp) #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCP6-DCV Exam Section 2 with Ariel Sanchez (@arielsanchezmor) #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCP6-DCV Exam Section 4.1 with Manny Sidhu (@mannysidhu2) #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCP6-DCV Exam Section 7 with Jack Kramer (@sithanas) #vBrownBag VMware Certified Professional 6 Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) Track #vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in vSphere 6 VVols Part 1 w Rawlinson Rivera (@punchingclouds)
Miscellaneous EMC Storage Setup
vSphere Networking 6.0 Available ESXi packages vSphere Troubleshooting Building a vSphere 6x Home Lab How to Edit Files on an ESX Host V-Front Online Depot for VMware ESXi! VCAP6-DCV Deployment Exam Resources Manage VMware virtual volume datastores	DNS Requirements for vSphere Enabling ESXi Shell Access in ESXi 5.x Vmware vCenter 6.7 tutorial Distributed Switches VMware.PowerCLI module installation in Powershell Home Lab Fundamentals: DNS Reverse Lookup Zones Setup Domain Controller and Join Computers to Domain Use the vSphere Client to Enable Access to the ESXi Shell How to install the FREE VMware ESXi 6.5 on a Rack Server
VMware Workstation Tutorial - VMware Virtual Network Overview Enable vSphere Host Lockdown Mode for VMware vSphere (vSOM) Vmware Home Lab 6.5 \| How To Setup Vmware Vsphere Home lab In Vmware Workstation Adding Local Storage & Datastore to VMware ESXi 5.1 [HD][Tutorial][Step by Step Guide][How To]vm TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 78VMware vCenter Server 6.0 - Deployment Guide: Postdeployment Steps