HP resources for VMware

The reason for this post is trying to be a single point of reference for HP related VMware resources.

I created the list for my personal use while ago but in the hope that it can be useful for someone else I decided to review and share it. I will try to keep the list up to date and also add it as a permanent page in the menu above.

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

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 has also a column about VMware FT support.
• VMware demos in HP hardware – This site has a few interesting videos demoing VMware products in HP hardware.
• ESX4 images for the G7 ProLiant Blades.
• 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

HP StorageWorks

• VMware Storage Solutions from HP – Includes the ESX/ESXi 3.x and 4.x support matrices for HP Storageworks systems.
• Running VMware vSphere 4 on HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions – Excellent White Paper, a must for every VMware-Lefthand infrastructure.
• HP EVA and vSphere 4 best practices
• 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 StorageWorks drivers – Including the virtualization adapters for VMware SRM for EVA, XP and P4000 systems
• HP P4000 VSA – Product page of my beloved VSA :-)

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

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.