Posted by Brian on Mar 25, 2010 in Certification, Training, VMware | 1 comment
Looks like VMware is continuing its push to create more specialized training classes. There has been demand from the community for a long time for advanced troubleshooting classes. Now to go along with it’s VCDX certification VMware has created the vSphere Design Workshop, while this is not just geared towards someone seeking their VCDX it is sure to be a big help along the way.
The curriculum for this class was designed in part by the infamous Duncan Epping a VMware consultant. According to Duncan the class is a real workshop and it is all about discussing design considerations with your peers and crafting a design based on specific requirements and constraints.
The class schedule can be seen here and they are available starting in April around the world. The cost for the class is around $1800 and is a 3 day long session. There is a course outline listed below. The class is around 19 hours of instructor led training that breaks down to be 60% lecture and 40% lab time.
Course Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction
• Provide a general overview of the course
Module 2: Design Process Overview
• Discuss the design methodology, criteria, and approach
• Introduce an example five-step design process
Module 3: ESX/ESXi Host Design
• Identify useful information for making host design decisions
• Analyze best practices and host design alternatives
Module 4: vSphere Virtual Datacenter Design
• Identify useful information for making vCenter Server, database, cluster, and resource pool design decisions
• Analyze best practices and vCenter Server, database, cluster, and resource pool design alternatives
Module 5: vSphere Network Design
• Identify useful information for making network design decisions
• Analyze best practices and network design alternatives
Module 6: vSphere Storage Design
• Identify useful information for making storage design decisions
• Analyze best practices and storage design alternatives
Module 7: Virtual Machine Design
• Identify useful information for making virtual machine design decisions
• Analyze best practices and virtual machine design alternatives
Module 8: Management and Monitoring Design
• Identify useful information for making management and monitoring design decisions
• Analyze best practices and management and monitoring design alternatives
Design Workshop
• Small group case study workshop to practice using the methodology, criteria, and approach required to design a vSphere virtual datacenter
Brian is a Technical Architect for a VMware partner and owner of this website. He is active in the VMware community and is helps lead the Chicago VMUG group. This blog Virtualize Tips was started to document and remember things that I come across while working with tech.
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Posted by Brian on Mar 24, 2010 in VMware | 1 comment
So if your not one of those crazy people that remembers every build number or the number for the Bears linebacker from 1974 this should make your life a bit easier. This list will show you what level of update you are on by matching up the build number.
Product Update Build
| VC 2.5 |
GA |
64201 |
2007/12/10 |
| VC 2.5 |
U1 |
84767 |
2008/04/10 |
| VC 2.5 |
U2 |
104263 |
2008/07/25 |
| VC 2.5 |
U3 |
119598 |
2008/10/03 |
| VC 2.5 |
U4 |
147658 |
2009/02/23 |
| VC 2.5 |
U5 |
174768 |
2009/07/10 |
| ESX 3.5 |
GA |
64607 |
2008/02/20 |
| ESX 3.5 |
U1 |
82663 |
2008/04/10 |
| ESX 3.5 |
U2 |
110268 |
2008/08/13 |
| ESX 3.5 |
U3 |
123630 |
2008/11/06 |
| ESX 3.5 |
U4 |
153875 |
2009/03/30 |
| ESX 3.5 |
U5 |
207095 |
2009/12/03 |
| ESX 4.0 |
GA |
164009 |
2009/05/21 |
| ESX 4.0 |
U1 |
208167 |
2009/11/19 |
| VC 4.0 |
GA |
162902 |
2009/05/21 |
| VC 4.0 |
U1 |
208156 |
2009/11/19 |
Brian is a Technical Architect for a VMware partner and owner of this website. He is active in the VMware community and is helps lead the Chicago VMUG group. This blog Virtualize Tips was started to document and remember things that I come across while working with tech.
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Posted by mike on Mar 24, 2010 in VMware | 0 comments
So the first day of training went really well. There are 5 students in the class (including myself) and our trainer is Brian Watrous from VMware. He is a great trainer as he really engages the class, and has an excellent form of dialogue. Also has a great sense of humor. Food is good too, which I’d hope so based on the cost ha! The training materials that have been provided are very solid and thorough, and overall I am quite pleased thus far. Since they normally pair people up to do things like vmotion and the like, and since we only have 5 people in the class, the instructor asked me if I just wanted to do an additional student and then pair up with myself. I jumped at the chance as it’s more goodies I can play with ha! Not that it’s as different as my lab at home, but hey, it’s fun!
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Posted by Brian on Mar 23, 2010 in VMware | 0 comments
I saw the announcement today that Cisco has announced the Nexus 1010 network management appliance. The idea behind this is to let the network team manage the Nexus 1000 like a physical switch would be. The Nexus 1010 can host up to 4 Nexus 1000v Virtual Supervisor Modules (VSM). The appliance will also server as a launching pad for future options like NAM or Firewall services. The device is set for availability in April/May of 2010 and it’s retail price is $24,995.
Cisco lists the following ways it would benefit different teams. The server team could benefit by offloading VSM management to the network team. The network team would benefit by installing the VSM like a standard Cisco switch and preparing for VM growth with support for up to 256 hosts per appliance.
Nexus 1010 Hardware configuration
2* Intel X5650- 2.66GHz, 6 core
4* 4 GB RDIMMs RAM
2* 500GB SATA-II HDD
1* Broadcom Quadport GbE 5709 NIC Card
Below you can see a comparison of the different management options between the hardware option or a virtual machine.
Brian is a Technical Architect for a VMware partner and owner of this website. He is active in the VMware community and is helps lead the Chicago VMUG group. This blog Virtualize Tips was started to document and remember things that I come across while working with tech.
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Posted by mike on Mar 22, 2010 in Certification, VMware, vSphere | 0 comments
Well I woke up a bit late this morning and have been taking it very easy today. My lab is all built up, with one DL360 as an esxi 4 host and the other as a normal esx 4 host. I’m all packed and will be heading for the train station this afternoon. I think my preparations thus far have been really good. I’m finishing up Mastering VMware vSphere 4 by Scott Lowe, which has been an excellent book. I’ll be taking the VCP next week, probably Wednesday? Depends on how I feel over this coming weekend with practice tests and the like. I’ll post throughout the week as the training continues to give a sort of blow by blow.
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