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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

VMware GSX Server: Enterprise-Class

Virtual Infrastructure for Intel-Based

Servers

VMware® GSX Server™ is virtual infrastructure for enterprise IT administrators who

want to consolidate servers and streamline development and testing operations. GSX

Server is easily installed and managed, and provides rapid return on investment (ROI).

Unlike other virtualization products, GSX Server is enterprise-proven, preserves

freedom of choice and offers an upgrade path to datacenter-class virtualization.

With over three years of proven success, thousands of customers trust VMware GSX

Server as their virtualization solution. Easily installed on Windows or Linux platforms,

GSX Server provides advanced capabilities that make it the most flexible server

virtualization product on the market. GSX Server is part of the widely deployed

VMware virtual infrastructure solution with virtual machines compatible across all

VMware products, and with unified management and provisioning provided by

VMware VirtualCenter.

VMware GSX Server simplifies computing infrastructure by partitioning and isolating

servers in secure and transportable virtual machines, each of which can run standard

Windows, Linux or NetWare operating systems and applications. GSX Server allows

you to remotely manage, automatically provision and standardize virtual machines on

a secure, uniform platform.

Thousands of enterprise customers rely on VMware GSX Server to deliver server

scalability, reliability and high availability and to maximize return on IT investments.

Use GSX Server across the enterprise to:

• Streamline software development and testing operations with easily provisioned

and managed server-based virtual machines.

• Implement server consolidation for new and legacy departmental server

applications.

• Provision servers rapidly to local or remote locations.

• Streamline operating system and application patch management.