operating systems guest OS, 21
guest OS installation, 21 guest OS performance, 22 Linux performance, 25 NT4 performance, 25 Windows 2000 performance, 24 Windows 2003 performance, 24 Windows performance, 24
P
partitions local disk, 14 utility, 14
performance
guest OS tuning tips, 22 Linux, 25
NT4 tuning tips, 25 Windows 2000 tuning tips, 24 Windows 2003 tuning tips, 24 Windows tuning tips, 24
planning
ESX Server software installation, 13
Q
qualification
hardware and software, 12
R
RAID, 16 configuration, 13
registering host servers, 17
remote access card, 20
remote management, 21
resources newsgroups, 26 technical support, 26 VMware configuration
documentation, 25
S
SAN, 5, 7, 16
Server Administrator installation, 21 starting a session, 21
server console configuration, 15
servers
manually registering, 17
software
ESX Server, 6,
storage area networks. See SAN
storage group, 16
systems management software, 18
Index
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