vsphere-ha-5-best-practices-guide

Introduction VMware vSphere 5.0 (“vSphere”) introduces many improvements and new features to extend the benefits and capabilities of vSphere 4.1. These advancements build on the core capacities in vSphere to provide improved scalability; better performance; and easier provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting. This paper focuses on the following new features and enhancements: Virtual machine enhancements Improved SSD handling and optimization Command-line enhancements VMware ESXi firewall vSphere Image Builder vSphere Auto De ploy server vSphere Host Profiles VMware vCenter Update Manager