free VCP410 Study Guides and More...

If you’re like me you’re starting to think seriously about taking the VCP 4 certification test before the end of the year. After that, you will need to fork out $4000 for more training from a VMware approved trainner.

I found a great resource for study material on Scott Vessey’s blog. He’s a VMware Certified Trainer so hopefully it’s LEGIT! (Just kindin’ Scott!)

Good Luck!

VCP410 Study Guides -> http://vmwaretraining.blogspot.com/2009/09/studying-for-vcp-on-vsphere-4.html

Originally posted 2009-12-01 18:53:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

YouTube Video – VMware ESX 4.0 (vSphere) : Setup

YouTube Video showing basic  installation of VMware vSphere ESX 4.0

Originally posted 2009-08-09 16:00:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Not Ready for vSphere

I’m not sure if anyone else feels the way I do about jumping on the vSphere bandwagon, however, I’ve decided to wait until 4.0 Update 1 is released before I consider the move.

I’ve seen the sales pitches and demos but no evidence is enough to convince me to join the rush to upgrade, especially when I (and the guys I work with) have nearly 1000 VMs online running happy on ESX 3.5U4.

We’ve gone through major pains to establish a single standard for hardware, software and storage which is guaranteed to provide a high level of performance and stability that will meet our business needs and SLA. Actually, I recommend establishing your own standard before upgrading, too. What’s the hurry?

VMware for me is not a fad but a technology that needs to be taken serious, or as history has shown - outages will occur that will take down mission critical VM servers that are running business critical applications. No thanks, I’ll let the fadsters (production beta testers)  jump the gun and wait until VMware releases update 1 to fix the new release problems.

What has been your experience with vSphere, good or bad – please share it with us?

Originally posted 2009-08-09 12:47:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter