VMware Documentation

VMware provides a full range of technical documentation on our current products as well as older products. This documentation includes technical manuals, release notes, tools, and libraries.

The following links provide cross-product documentation and resources:

Expand the items below to find the documentation for your product.

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VMware Product Suites

vCloud Suite Documentation
- VMware vCloud Suite
vRealize Suite Documentation
- VMware vRealize Suite
Operations Management Suite Documentation
- VMware vRealize Operations Management Suite
VMware Validated Designs
- VMware Validated Designs

Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure

Data Center Product Documentation
- VMware vSphere (ESX , ESXi, vCenter Server)
  - VMware vSphere 6.x
  - VMware vSphere 5.x
VMware Administration Scripting Documentation for vSphere
- VMware vSphere Management Assistant
- VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface
- VMware vSphere PowerCLI Documentation
  - VMware vSphere PowerCLI
  - VMware vCenter Update Manager - PowerShell Library

Cloud Infrastructure Product Documentation

SDDC Platform

SDDC Platform Product Documentation
- VMware Cloud Foundation

Networking & Security

Networking & Security Product Documentation

Infrastructure as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service Product Documentation
- VMware vCloud Air
- VMware vRealize Air

Desktop & End User Computing

Desktop & End User Computing Product Documentation

Consumer Desktop

Consumer Desktop Product Documentation

Business Management

VMware vRealize Business Product Documentation
- VMware vRealize Business for Cloud

Application Platform

vFabric Product Documentation
- vFabric Suite
- vFabric Data Director

Infrastructure & Operations Management

VMware Infrastructure & Operations Management Product Documentation

Application Management

Application Management Product Documentation

VMware SDKs & APIs

VMware SDK & API Product Documentation

Archived and Deprecated Documentation

Archived Documentation
- VMware Infrastructure 3
  - ESXi 3.5 Embedded Edition and vCenter Server 2.5
    - Update 2 and later
    - Initial Release and Update 1
  - ESXi 3.5 Installable Edition and vCenter Server 2.5
    - Update 2 and later
    - Initial Release and Update 1
  - ESX 3.5 and vCenter Server 2.5
    - Update 2 and later
    - Initial Release and Update 1
  - ESX 3.0.1, 3.0.2, or 3.0.3 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or 2.0.2
  - ESX 3.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0
- vSphere 4.x
  - VMware vSphere 4.1
  - VMware vSphere 4.0
    - ESXi 4.0 Embedded and vCenter Server 4.0
      - Update 1 and later
      - Initial Release
    - ESXi 4.0 Installable and vCenter Server 4.0
      - Update 1 and later
      - Initial Release
    - ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0
      - Update 1 and later
      - Initial Release
- Archives for VMware vRealize Operations Manager
- Archives for VMware vRealize Business Standard
- Archives for VMware vRealize Infrastructure Navigator
- Archives for VMware VMware vCenter Hyperic
- Archives for VMware vCenter Operations Manager
- Archives for vRealize Operations Insight
- Archives for VMware Horizon Application Manager
- Archives for VMware Horizon Mobile
- Archives for ESX Server 2.x
- Archives for VirtualCenter 1.x
- Archives for VMware GSX server
- Archives for VMware Importer
- Archives for VMware P2V Assistant
- Archives for VMware Fusion
- Archives for VMware Workstation
- Archives for VMware Player
- Archives for VMware ACE
- Archives for VMware vCenter Stage Manager
- Archives for VMware Server
- Archives for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Archives for VMware vCenter AppSpeed
- Archives for VMware vCenter Chargeback
Deprecated Documentation
- Programming API
- Scripting API