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VMware Fault Tolerance, a new feature of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 4, provides the highest level on High Availability to Virtual Machines in the Virtual Infrastructure. Fault tolerance, in basic terms, creates a clone of a running virtual machine using VMotion technology. This then replicates, in real time, changes made on the primary virtual machine to the secondary virtual machine. Both virtual machines have the same IP address and the same MAC address.

In the event of a hardware failure of the ESX host where the primary virtual machine is running, the secondary virtual machine will take over at the exact point where the primary virtual machine dropped off. Therefore ensuring continues uptime and no impact to the end user. Previously, in Virtual Infrastructure 3, with only HA capabilities, the end user would have suffered 30 - 60 seconds downtime.

 VMware demonstrates "VMware FT" here!

With VMware Distributed Virtual Switch or DVS, one of the new features in the upcomming VMware VI4, allows you to create Virtual Switchs at a cluster level and assign ESX Servers to them. Up to now, in VI3, virtual switches can only be created at a host level, and if in a DRS/HA Cluster, these virtual switches are normally configured the same across all hosts. With DVS, you only have to create a virtual switch once and assign it to all hosts. It also allows you to migrate virtual machines on existing virtual networks to a new network all with a few clicks!

VMware demonstrates "VMware DVS" here!

Ok, so we've looked at installing VMware ESX 3.5 on the ML110 G5. Now it's time to look at installing ESXi 3.5 Installable on the HP Proliant ML110 G5.

This should all work well, providing that you have the correct storage controller settings specified in the BIOS setup of the server.

To install ESXi 3.5 on the ML110 G5, follow these easy steps:

VMware ESX 3.5 update 2 is the first hypervisor to be listed under the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program, providing VMware customers who run Windows Server and Microsoft applications with access to cooperative support from Microsoft and VMware.

The announcement came from VMware on 3 September 2008.

“Virtualization is now well within the IT mainstream and our relationship with Microsoft underscores how far virtualization has come by providing VMware ESX users with access to valuable support for their virtualized Microsoft applications,” said Bogomil Balkansky, senior director of product marketing, VMware. “VMware and Microsoft are working cooperatively to help ensure that our joint customers can employ the benefits of virtualization along with the peace of mind that professional product support can provide.”