Database Reference
In-Depth Information
At the bottom of this page, you will see a section titled Related Resources. You have
finally arrived at the mother lode of additional white papers. VMware has done an
excellent job on many of these white papers, and it is well worth your time to read them.
Here are a few of my favorites from the VMware site:
DBA Guide to Databases on VMware—White Paper
WP.pdf
SQL Server on VMware—Availability and Recovery Options
Availability_and_Recovery_Options.pdf
SQL Server on VMware—Best Practices Guide
Best_Practices_Guide.pdf
Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service
esxi-vcenter-server-551-setup-mscs.pdf
vSphere Storage
esxi-vcenter-server-551-storage-guide.pdf
vSphere Resource Management
esxi-vcenter-server-551-resource-management-guide.pdf
vSphere Monitoring & Performance
esxi-vcenter-server-551-monitoring-performance-guide.pdf
Now that SQL Server 2014 is out, we are sure some excellent additions will be made to
this list soon. Therefore, we recommend you take the time to check back to this web
page from time to time and look for an updated version of our topic.
User Groups
Industry user groups are one of the most important resources you have available to you
in support of technology. The best part is, no matter where you are in the world, odds
are there is a technology group near you. Here are a few technology user groups focused
on SQL Server and virtualization that you should take the time to learn about.
VMUG: The VMware Users Group
