Product Support for VMware vSphere
Self-service resources help you install, configure, and troubleshoot vSphere (including ESX , ESXi, vCenter Server).
Getting Started
- Download vSphere (existing customers)
- Download vSphere Free Trial
- vSphere 5.1 Evaluation Videos
- What's New in vSphere 5.1
- Review Guest OS Support
- Hardware Compatibility
- Product Compatibility and Interoperability Matrixes
- vCenter Support Assistant – Free plugin for creating, managing support requests and uploading logs
- Best practices on virtualizing Exchange, Oracle, SAP
Free Training
Licensing
Top Support Articles
- Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.1 best practices
- Installing vCenter Server 5.1 best practices
- Installing or Upgrading to ESXi 5.1 best practices
- Methods of Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.1
- Methods of installing vCenter Server 5.1
- Methods of installing ESXi 5.1
- Methods of upgrading to ESXi 5.1
- vCenter Single Sign On FAQ
- Troubleshooting Single Sign on (SSO) issues in vCenter Server 5.1
Technical Documentation, Whitepapers and Guides
vSphere 5
- Product Documentation (vSphere, ESX, ESXi Installable, ESXI Embedded, Release Notes, Technical Guides for Version 4 and above)
- Pre-Installation Guides & Classes
- Installation & Configuration Guides & Whitepapers
- vSphere Web Client Video Series
- Troubleshooting & Support
- vSphere 5.1 Release Notes
- vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
- vSphere Upgrade Guide
- Administrator's Guide
- What's New in vSphere 5.1 Networking
- What's New in vSphere 5.1 Storage
- What's New in vSphere 5.1 Platform
- What's New in vSphere 5.1 Performance
vSphere 4
- Documentation (vSphere, ESX, ESXi Installable, ESXi Embedded, Release Notes, Technical Guides for Version 4 and above)
- How to Upgrade to VMware vSphere 4
- VMware ESX 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 Installation Guide
- VMware ESX 4.1 Getting Started Guide
- VMware ESXi Installable 4.1 Getting Started Guide
- VMware ESXi Embedded 4.1 Getting Started Guide
- API and SDK Documentation
- Community Groups
- Community Generated Help Documents
- Health Check Report
- VMware Data Recovery Troubleshooting Mind Map
- Installation Troubleshooting Mind Map
- vSphere 4 Competitive Reviewer's Guide
