+2 Storage is a major concern as is networking. If you have a good handle on this most of the rest is easy. I just did not have the money to spend trying to get tools for VMWare's products. Hyper-V was free it works and the way the server can be backed-up with the VM's running just made it impossible to go with VMWares products.
Jon On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Malcolm Reitz <[email protected]>wrote: > +1 on what ASB is saying. Our server admins expend much more effort in > dealing with the storage side of virtualization than anything else. If you > are planning on moving in to any type of shared storage, use some of your > training budget to really learn how to manage that. > > > > -Malcolm > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:09 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtual Server Training? > > > > Much of what you need to learn about virtualization is generic to the > technology in general and serve you well regardless of whether you go with > Citrix, VMWare or Microsoft for your virtualization needs. > > > > Server virtualization introduces a lot more storage and networking > configuration, and if you don't currently have that experience, it is good > to understand so that you can architecture things properly. > > > > Other than that, a virtual server behaves largely like a physical server in > 99% of the scenarios you will care about. > > > > Product specific virtualization information is good to get if you know > which one you're going to run with. > > > > The cost of the training will depend on how much of it you need. Usually > 2-3 days (8-12 hours or so) of real time will do you good for starters. > > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker> > > 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/> ~
