Punching Clouds

VMware has one of the most sought after training curriculums in the industry. Their current educational portfolio for VI3 is filled with classes and materials that cover a variety of products ranging from the host based platform products such as VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, VMware Server, VMware ACE to their industry leading enterprise bare metal hypervizors and complementary products like VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5, VMware vCenter Server 2.5, VMware Lab Manager, VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware View.

With every product release comes a new training curriculum.  Because the vSphere 4 platform has grown so much, there is going to be a variety of new classes and a new roadmap for education that will be amazingly well suited for this new platform. In order to go beyond the old schema, which focused training on products and VMware’s certification programs, VMware’s new curriculum will be centered around certain areas of expertise that include the following:

• Virtualization Generalist
• Security Specialist
• Performance Specialists
• Virtual Desktop Administrator
• Availability Specialist

vSphere 4 is no run of the mill product; it’s a robust platform that really pushes the envelope, so it will take a good deal of training to unlock its full potential.  The new classes will do just that by providing you with the skills and tools associated with these job roles.

Here’s a list of the classes that will be available this year:

Virtualization Generalist

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
• VMware vSphere: Script & Automate V4
• VMware vSphere: Manage Availability V4
• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting V4
• VMware vSphere Design

Security Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
• VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security V4

Performance Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
• VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Perfrmance V4

Virtual Desktop Administrators

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
• VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage V3
• VMware View: Design

Availability Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
• VMware vSphere: Manage Availability V4
• VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Test V1
• Business Continuity Data Recovery: Design

The  VMware vSphere: Fast Track V4 class is a five day course designed for accelerated learners that want to learn about a variety of expert topics. The class is based on a well balanced mix of of content from the Install, Configure, Manage, Scripting & Automate, Manage Scalability, Manage Availability and Troubleshooting classes. Classes range from two to five day classes and they will be available in two formats – Instructor Lead Training and Live on Line.

So, get those gears churning because there’s going to be some wonderful new tools to add to your ever-expanding virtual toolbox!