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Old 16-Apr-2008, 08:15 PM
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Hi all

My company are having some VMware ESX servers installed soon and I want to know get some good books to read up and learn about VMware.

I have touched on VMware server (the free version) but not a great deal. Ideally I want to learn about VMware from a beginner’s point of view and then hopefully go for the exam in the near future.
I found this book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/VMware-ESX-S...8376312&sr=1-2
Does anyone recommend it or can any recommend anything else, I realise some books are better for learning and some are better for exams, at the moment I just want to learn VMware and do the exam later on.
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Hi Matt,

I've not read any books other than the training material from the course and the resources on the VMSite itself, so can't really suggest a book. But if you are going to support ESX in a production environment I'd probably say it is a wise idea to go on an official training course.

If you want to take the exam and become a VCP, you will need to have attended the course anyhow.

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I have the how to cheat vmware esx server book and the vmware server esx in the enterprise book (both are on the page you pointed to). I haven't gotten around to reading them yet but in general the how to cheat books will give you a good overview.

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not a book, but a good pdf revision guide:

http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/data/vcpcram.pdf

 
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Nice find Simon.

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70-293 - Originally Mid Jan 2008 (Didn't take) Done Early April. PASSED
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