When you have attended VMworld in the past you must have seen the hands on lab environment VMware has created there each year. The labs you can take there allow you to get introduced to VMware products that you haven't worked with yet and the labs allow you to learn more about products you already work with.
These labs are now available online for free
VMware has introduced a new certification: VMware Certified Associate.
In this article I would like to share a few ideas on how to setup a lab environment for vSphere. When I deliver VMware-training it is a frequently asked question by my students how they could run the software in their own lab-environment. For those who own multiple physical servers on which they can run ESXi it is not too difficult. But when your resources are limited you might need to look at other possibilities.
If you are using a Linux-based pc or Mac OS X and want to manage a vSphere-environment then you might ask yourself the question if there is a native OS-version of the vSphere Client available for your platform.
The short answer is: no.
VMware has released a free on-line eLearning module that explains the new features in version 5.5. This one hour module will walk you through new features. You will learn what the new hardware maximums are for your host and for virtual machines and what is new in VM hardware level 10. Other features that are covered in the training are:
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