Any VMWARE training in Dublin?

CorkFenian

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Check and see if these are full, I know someone who was quoted similiar prices but was able to get a big discount because the course wasnt full, i think he got it for half price! Worth a shot.

I have some brief vmware experience, but i am willing to pay for course from own funds, cos of the catch 22 situation, which course covers whats required..The way i see it if someone has vmware course and exam and is good etc, they will have no bother getting a good role, is that the case??I work currently between 2nd and 3rd level roles for past 5 years, so i have good experience...See vmware as really helping me TBH

Jumpy

CorkFenian wrote: »

I have some brief vmware experience, but i am willing to pay for course from own funds, cos of the catch 22 situation, which course covers whats required..The way i see it if someone has vmware course and exam and is good etc, they will have no bother getting a good role, is that the case??I work currently between 2nd and 3rd level roles for past 5 years, so i have good experience...See vmware as really helping me TBH

"No bother" is probably not the way to describe it, but yes it would help.
However it is a very expensive course. So its only really worth it if you want to get involved in virtualisation.
Be aware that not all companies will go VMWare. You have Citrix, Microsoft, Sun and many smaller competitives. So maybe focus on multiple vendors.

CorkFenian

Jumpy wrote: »

"No bother" is probably not the way to describe it, but yes it would help.
However it is a very expensive course. So its only really worth it if you want to get involved in virtualisation.
Be aware that not all companies will go VMWare. You have Citrix, Microsoft, Sun and many smaller competitives. So maybe focus on multiple vendors.

Well yes "no bother" is probably a bit flippant on my part, but so many 3rd level financial roles are requiring multi dimensional skills now, its something I have noticed, they want their staff to have loads of different experience, VMWARE is only going to get bigger and bigger from what I have seen of it....Any advice on which course to do from someone who has done VMWARE courses??Much appreciated thanks...

Jumpy

CorkFenian wrote: »

Well yes "no bother" is probably a bit flippant on my part, but so many 3rd level financial roles are requiring multi dimensional skills now, its something I have noticed, they want their staff to have loads of different experience, VMWARE is only going to get bigger and bigger from what I have seen of it....Any advice on which course to do from someone who has done VMWARE courses??Much appreciated thanks...

Sureskills for sure. I guess do the 4.1 latest course. Its a pre-req for the VCP.
Its not like Microsoft, you cant self study.

CorkFenian

Jumpy wrote: »

Sureskills for sure. I guess do the 4.1 latest course. Its a pre-req for the VCP.
Its not like Microsoft, you cant self study.

yeah its one of the reasons why I would do it tbh, MS exams are completely devalued, dont get me wrong will still do them, but quality of people who have them can vary to a large extent...I have the trainsignal vsphere, have you done vmware courses yourself??4.1 is a pre req...Is there any course that will cover it all??? (only asking as intend to pay for it myself) thanks very much for your reply..

Jumpy

CorkFenian wrote: »

yeah its one of the reasons why I would do it tbh, MS exams are completely devalued, dont get me wrong will still do them, but quality of people who have them can vary to a large extent...I have the trainsignal vsphere, have you done vmware courses yourself??4.1 is a pre req...Is there any course that will cover it all??? (only asking as intend to pay for it myself) thanks very much for your reply..

Unless they have changed it the "Install and Configure" course should provide your pre-req for the exam.
I did the Install and Config for V3 then the Whats New with SureSkills for v4 then went for the VCP.

Raekwon

This table below tells you what courses to do to get a VCP:



The Install, Configure & Manage course has been upgraded from v4 to v4.1 and it is now 5 days instead of 4 (and costs around €700/800 more too). The new topics include: Configure vCenter Server Linked Mode, Manage ESX/ESXi host configuration using Host Profiles & Manage host power consumption using Distributed Power Management.

The Fast Track course would be the one to do IMO. It covers more topics then the the Install, Configure & Manage course and it is the same price (€2,500).

JJJJNR

I done the 4.0 fast track, will I still be able to do the 4.1 exam using the books for 4.0..

zoom_cool

Yes you will be able to do it.

zweton

Hi, would i need to be working with vsphere before doing this course?

RustySpoon

zweton wrote: »

Hi, would i need to be working with vsphere before doing this course?

No, but it's a help. I did the course recently and have decent working knowledge with Hyper V and earlier versions of ESX so found the course interesting and well paced (especially the FT and HA bits). However there were some people on the course who struggled a little as they had no prior exposure to virtualisation.

As with any courses it really depends on the quality of the trainer and how quick you are at picking concepts up, sometimes lab exercises are badly written or the lab setup doesn't match what is in the book and if you can easily filter out the good from the bad and adjust lab exercises to fit the setup you will be fine.

qwertz

It is expected that one has hands-on experience with the product. Also, the exam isn't fully covered by the course.

Download an evaluation version off the VMware site and play with it in a home-lab setting. You can run it in VMware player. All you need is at least 4GB of RAM, preferably 6-8!

zweton

What books or videos would be helpful to familiarise myself with the material?

qwertz

VCP4 Exam Blueprint. http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=12457&ui=www
This details the requirements for the exam and lists the relevant and recommended study material.

If you have money to spare then have a look at the Trainsignal videos. I can't comment on their quality, though. There are other suppliers our there as well, again, no idea on the quality.

zweton

Hi guys for any of you that have the vcp...realistically,could someone with 2 years support work get a job once they have gotten their vcp qualification?
I am thinking of doing the course but if its mainly for senior folk then may not bother.Would it be a good cert to travel with,any opinions?

Thanks:)

Keedowah

It really is no harm, although it would be great if you were in a company that had at least virtualised some of the infrastructure. Maybe you could champion it in yours!?

As for having it for travelling - yes, it could be a good way to get your foot in the door to a junior position.

Good luck.

rolion

zweton wrote: »

Hi guys for any of you that have the vcp...realistically,could someone with 2 years support work get a job once they have gotten their vcp qualification?
I am thinking of doing the course but if its mainly for senior folk then may not bother.Would it be a good cert to travel with,any opinions?

Thanks:)

Hi,

Getting the cert means a big effort ,time and financial !
You can start by registering to their Training portal and have a look on their support /community board.There are serios posts,hard questions and hard answers ! If you consider that you can deal with,then go for it.

For training,i used CBT,TrainSignal,YouTube and lots of PDFs !
Also,lots of bloggers are sharing real life experience.

Get yourself a physical server,single CPU,capable of running x64 preferable,at least 8G of RAM and install the VMware and..play with it ! The cost,around 500-1000 !

Travelling (i guess Australia and North America) in countries where VMware has a bigger coverage than here,means that your VCP certificate 'opens' the door for the interview but it might not 'assure' a job ! Have a look at what kind of requirements are for VCP or Virtualisation Specialists ! Try getting a system admin / system engineer position in a company where VMware is already present,then you might get a junior position !

Not sure why,but most of the time is a 'strange' association between hardware,software and networking !
Hardware - DELL,HP,IBM,EMC and so on (for servers and for SAN)
Software -(VMware,Linux,various OSes)
Networking -(microsoft net,cisco)
(all listed in random order).


The biggest downside to investing in VCP AND not having the day-to-day exposure is that most than likely ... you'll forget the technology !

Regards.
Your call...

mickman

rolion wrote: »

Hi,

Getting the cert means a big effort ,time and financial !
You can start by registering to their Training portal and have a look on their support /community board.There are serios posts,hard questions and hard answers ! If you consider that you can deal with,then go for it.

For training,i used CBT,TrainSignal,YouTube and lots of PDFs !
Also,lots of bloggers are sharing real life experience.

Get yourself a physical server,single CPU,capable of running x64 preferable,at least 8G of RAM and install the VMware and..play with it ! The cost,around 500-1000 !

Travelling (i guess Australia and North America) in countries where VMware has a bigger coverage than here,means that your VCP certificate 'opens' the door for the interview but it might not 'assure' a job ! Have a look at what kind of requirements are for VCP or Virtualisation Specialists ! Try getting a system admin / system engineer position in a company where VMware is already present,then you might get a junior position !

Not sure why,but most of the time is a 'strange' association between hardware,software and networking !
Hardware - DELL,HP,IBM,EMC and so on (for servers and for SAN)
Software -(VMware,Linux,various OSes)
Networking -(microsoft net,cisco)
(all listed in random order).


The biggest downside to investing in VCP AND not having the day-to-day exposure is that most than likely ... you'll forget the technology !

Regards.
Your call...

another junk post - what is this supposed to mean?

"Not sure why,but most of the time is a 'strange' association between hardware,software and networking !
Hardware - DELL,HP,IBM,EMC and so on (for servers and for SAN)
Software -(VMware,Linux,various OSes)
Networking -(microsoft net,cisco)
(all listed in random order)."

rolion

Also,a quick update...VMware is launching VSphere v5.0 with few important changes from v4.x !
Possible current installation to stay with v4 but more than likely ,new sales will be targeted towards v5 !

SO...something new to learn, play and spend tim€...

Good luck to all of us...

LoGiE

Is there any companies that run courses in the city centre? All I can turn up is a place out in Blanchardstown.

Thanks,

LoGiE

Standard Toaster

LoGiE wrote: »

Is there any companies that run courses in the city centre? All I can turn up is a place out in Blanchardstown.

Thanks,

LoGiE

Not sure. Ensure it's vSphere 5 based.

CorkFenian

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Not sure. Ensure it's vSphere 5 based.

Hi so it would have to be vSphere 5, 3 or 4 not worth doing, working in IT 2nd-3rd level, depends on contract, i feel i missed out on a few roles due to not having vmware, have some exposure to it in previous contracts, just gonna bite the bullet and pay for course myself, any advice?

Standard Toaster

Well if you're going to play for it yourself ensure your getting the most up to date training on whatever platform your lookig at.

Commtech's training for vSphere is 5 based for example.

CorkFenian

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Well if you're going to play for it yourself ensure your getting the most up to date training on whatever platform your lookig at.

Commtech's training for vSphere is 5 based for example.

Thanks would many places using vmware use vsphere 5, i know the place i was in didn't but you're right it makes sense to get it as current as possible...

Standard Toaster

CorkFenian wrote: »

Thanks would many places using vmware use vsphere 5, i know the place i was in didn't but you're right it makes sense to get it as current as possible...

My own place here are in the middle of going from v4 to v5
Fairly painless so far.

Generally it recommended if your licensing supports it and your hardware is vSphere 5 compatible then to go for the upgrade.

A bit more info here regarding the vcp exam
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/faqs.cfm