Hi James, I already have experience with VMware but I had never heard of VCP until now... something to think about.
Thanks, Phil On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > I'd recommend getting some experience of VMware, both ESX and its rival > incarnations such as Virtual Server et al. Even in the SMB market > virtualisation is becoming more and more popular....maybe a VCP > qualification if you're keen to train? > > 2009/12/21 Philip Brothwell <[email protected]> > >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the off topic (if it is) post. I am getting back into IT full >> time after doing it as a secondary job for a decade or so and I have a >> number of questions. My goal is to get the skills necessary to become a >> modern Systems Admin and/or Network Admin in the SMB market. >> >> I currently have both the MCSA and MCSE for Windows 2000 and a Cisco >> CCENT. I plan on updating the Microsoft certifications to their modern >> counter parts and to take the Cisco certificate to at least to CCNA. Now >> the questions. >> >> >> - Any recommendations for a good online Cisco discussion group? >> - For my target job, how high should I go in the Microsoft and Cisco >> certification tracks? >> - Other certifications? >> - Recommendations for training sources? >> - Recommendations for lab equipment? I'm thinking a virtual server >> farm but real Cisco equipment. Question is, which Cisco equipment. I >> already have a 871W that I got for the CCENT but it hurt as much as it >> helped -- integrated routers have command sets that are similar, but >> different, from their non-integrated counterparts -- so I'm looking for >> other equipment to train with. Any suggestions? >> - Is TechNet still the best way to Microsoft lab software on the >> cheap? >> >> >> >> I think that covers it, at least for now. :-) >> >> Any help you be greatly appreciated! >> >> Phil Brothwell >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
