You bring good points and I should have mentioned that due to our Microsoft Licensing agreement the cost difference between Hyper-V and VMWare makes Hyper-V a 'no brainer'. To that end we already use SCCM and have a license for SCVMM but have not deployed it yet. (It was part of the System Center package we bought.)
SO: no training on Hyper-V? Of course we are looking into SCVMM training as well. Instead of instructor lead training like New Horizons I prefer CBT based training which is often more thorough and even "replayable". On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on which VM manager product you are going with will decide if you > really need training or not. The Microsoft Hyper-V product by itself needs > little training but the VMWare will cost you more in time and training. If > you are going with some of the Microsoft add on stuff like SCCM/SCVMM etc. > then you would be best to get training on their product as well. MyITForum > would be a good place to start for the System Center line of product and > asking about training. I would think that VMWare has forums that could > direct you to semi-local training on their product. > > Jon > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Wimberly <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> What training would you consider 'recommended' for a server admin >> going into virtual servers for the first time? We have used Microsoft >> Virtual Server 2005 before, but did not care for the setup. We are >> currently looking at a recommendation from Dell which covers two >> server host boxes, one storage box and one management switch. I >> currently manage about 20 physical servers, so what I would need would >> be specific to the differences to virtual servers rather than physical >> servers. All I need to do is add a line item for "training costs" and >> go for funding options! How much do you think training for virtual >> environments could be worth? >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
