Welcome to a Danish Virtualization blog! Thoughts, comments and tips and tricks on Virtualization topics are provided to you by Heino Skov and Nicolai Sandager.
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VMware updated the VI3 security hardening guide
VMware has updated the VI3 security hardening guide. The new version is available here
Another Security guide for VMware ESX Server
I often get the questions related to ESX server security and often its related to network and how ESX server does things around networking within the ESX system. DISA has released a whitepaper called ESX Server Security Technical Information Guide (STIG).
One of the core missions for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Field Security Operations (FSO) is to secure Department of Defense (DoD) Computing systems.
Read it here
I highly recommend to read this whitepaper.
DMZ virtualization with VMware Infrastructure
Many network engineers is worried about virtualizing DMZ servers on the same physical ESX servers as their production servers. VMware has released a whitepaper on best practices on DMZ virtualization with VMware Infrastructure:
Read it here
VMware Infrastructure 3 in a Cisco Network Environment
Cisco has written up a document regarding how to setup VMware VI3 environments connected with a physical Cisco switched network.
This document is intended for network architects, network engineers, and server administrators interested in understanding and deploying VMware ESX Server 3.x hosts in a Cisco data center environment.
Read it here
It’s pretty good. Enjoy it!
Feel free to leave a comment. Thanks in advance. Regards Heino.