NooB in the "Virtual" world........

iwannaknowIT

Good day to all here....Per advice of a friend,I would like to learn more about virtualization(especially since our technology dept has tech/admin who are being guided into this subject and I'm gonna have a heads up) I've seen a few tutorials on YouTube and have registered at Vmware for a free online lesson.And the my basic understanding puts me in the mindset of subinterfaces(1 physical interface configured with 100's of sub-interfaces aka routing-on-a-stick).
Could I get some reference material b/c Google turns up different vendors for VM,instead of the idea behind the concept,so what better place o come than the Virtualization section of TechExams?
Thanks...........

dave330i

Mastering vSphere 5

meadIT

dave330i wrote: »

Mastering vSphere 5

Agreed with Dave. http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VMware-vSphere-Scott-Lowe/dp/0470890800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345464608&sr=8-1&keywords=mastering+vsphere

odysseyelite

+1 for Scott's book.

The Trainsignal videos are good.

iwannaknowIT

dave330i wrote: »

Mastering vSphere 5

Thank you my friend......

iwannaknowIT

odysseyelite wrote: »

+1 for Scott's book.

The Trainsignal videos are good.

I'll check em' out.................

iwannaknowIT

meadIT wrote: »

Agreed with Dave. Amazon.com: Mastering VMware vSphere 5 (9780470890806): Scott Lowe: Books

Thanks....I'll look it up

SteveLord

Good luck. I too am a newb at VMware. I have that book also based on many recommendations here.

odysseyelite

I'll also add Duncan's technical deep dive book. Might be a bit much for a noob, but its really good info. Only bucks for kindle (theres a pc app).

VMware vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive: Frank Denneman,Duncan Epping: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

Akaricloud

Another +1 for Mastering VMware vSphere 5, I'm just finishing it up myself.

Out of the current companies working with virtualization, VMware seems to be on top. It's definitely a good area to get into if it interests you!

iwannaknowIT

Akaricloud wrote: »

Another +1 for Mastering VMware vSphere 5, I'm just finishing it up myself.

Out of the current companies working with virtualization, VMware seems to be on top. It's definitely a good area to get into if it interests you!

Yeah,that's where I picked up on a free online tutorial.....

iwannaknowIT

Just downloaded/installed Oracle VM for Linux.....installed Windows XP just for goofin' around purposes and this virtualization "thing" is pretty cool.But I don't want to get sidetracked from my ICND2 studies,so I'll tinker with it every so often until I pass my 2 and then I'll look into a class for virtualization or better yet keep my hard earned money and grab any/every thing I can find online......

Thanks to all............