Hard way Study Tips:

1) Installed a lab environment at home. So that i could evaluate, test and get “hands-on” experience on vSphere. (2x ESX hosts + openfiler for shared storage) This is by far the absolute best way to learn about vSphere and get experience and knowledge about this great product.

2) Read and memorized the “vSphere documentation notes” (http://www.vreference.com/downloads/…4-notes1.0.pdf) and the “vSphere reference card” (http://www.vreference.com/downloads/…re4card1.0.pdf) from vreference.com. Many thanks to Forbes Guthrie for his excellent work on these pdfs.

3) Read the “VCP on vSphere4 Exam Blueprint” from VMware () to define what i had to learn to pass the exam. All questions, reflections and obscurity’s that i had on the content of the blueprint i looked up and read about in the main documentation set for vSphere. You can download this in pdf format or you can (as i did) search it in the online version found here WebWorks Help 5.0 . This is the definitive resource and answers all your questions.

good luck!!

Finally VMware version 7 is out now, tested this when was on RC and with its great new features I must say that this is a great tool for any IT pro. One of the great things I’ve seen is the ability to run ESX4.0 on this version and also the support for new Linux and Unix Oss, what a great tool.

You can still have a chance to play with the RC 7.0.0 build-203739 by clicking here, trial is for 30 days.

Also VMware Player 3.0 and VMware Fusion 3.0 are out so why don’t you give it a chance?

ESX4.0 on VMware 7

Enjoy!!

Good day people!!

You might ask yourself about this title why Syndrome after Virtualization? Well I’ve just been told by my wife that I’m infected with this new virus if VMware and sometimes I happens to speak when I’m a sleep about stuff surely related to ESX and vSphere. I don’t blame her, Yes in did I’ve found myself addicted to VMware during the last few days since spending 4 nights doing my VCP course online (God that wasn’t easy at all).

I wonder if anyone around the globe feeling the same love to a new technology that come off to the market but honestly I really LOVE VMware technology, the way they put all the necessary resolutions to the IT admins and the ease to manage a virtual network from within a consol is so fascinating with the product. I’ve started using VMware product for a while now and also preparing for my exam that I hope to pass in the next couple of weeks.

People, this is my first post and during the next couple of days, I will try and make my blog look more efficient with all the links that relates to VMware, news and also some crazy stuff I happen to live.

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