VMware Infrastructure 3 Documentation
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later
vCenter Server 2.5 Update 2 and later

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VMware Infrastructure 3 version 3.5 offers three server versions — ESX, ESXi Embedded, and ESXi Installable. The documents listed on this page cover ESX and vCenter Server. There are separate Web pages for the ESXi Embedded / vCenter Server and ESXi Installable / vCenter Server combinations.

The documents in this documentation set use the term ESX Server when presenting concepts, behaviors, and tasks that apply to all ESX types. When a behavior, concept, or task applies only to ESX and not to ESXi, the documents use the term ESX Server 3.

Deutsch, 简体中文, and 日本語 sites offer localized documentation for Release Notes and the main documentation set as available.

Product Name Changes in Documentation

VMware recently changed some of its product names. However, the software, documentation titles, and documentation text continue to refer to the affected products by their old names. For your reference, here is a list of new and old product names.

Compatibility Guides

•   Learn about hardware compatibility:

         The Hardware Compatibility Lists are now available on the Web-based Compatibility Guide at
         http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. This new format is a single point of access for all VMware
         compatibility guides. The previous PDF versions will no longer be updated. The Web-based Compatibility
         Guide provides the option to search the guides, and save the search results in PDF format.

         Subscribe to be notified of Compatibility Guide updates via

•   Learn about VMware Infrastructure compatibility:

         VMware Infrastructure Compatibility Matrixes (PDF)

Release Notes

ESX Server 3.5 Update 5 (HTML)
ESX Server 3.5 Update 4 (HTML)
ESX Server 3.5 Update 3 (HTML)
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 (HTML)
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 5 (HTML)
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 (HTML)
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 (HTML)
ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 (HTML)
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 (HTML)
VMware Consolidate Backup 1.1 Update 1 (HTML)

VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 6 (HTML)
VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 4 (HTML)
VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 3 (HTML)
VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 2 (HTML)

VMware Converter Enterprise Update 4 for VirtualCenter 2.5 (HTML)
VMware Converter Enterprise Update 3 for VirtualCenter 2.5 (HTML)
VMware Converter Enterprise Update 2 for VirtualCenter 2.5 (HTML)

Patches & Updates

Visit the VI3 Patches & Updates page for current information and read the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide to learn about updating ESX Server.

Documentation

Read the documentation below to learn about installing, configuring, and using VMware Infrastructure 3 products, including the add-on modules available for vCenter Server. All the documents in this section apply to ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later when used with vCenter Server 2.5 Update 2 and later.