20 Questions VMware Newbies Want Answered (Free Career Guide)
You’re here because you want answers, right? This starter guide is for VMware newbies and beginners who want answers to common career questions. In this guide, I answer 20 …
How-To Guides for Virtualization, Cloud, Hardware, Software, and More
Master the basics of virtualization, cloud computing, hardware, and software with our step-by-step how-to guides.
How-To Guides
These vBeginners guides are packed with beginner-friendly tutorials that simplify complex processes—helping you set up virtual machines, configure cloud services, optimize hardware, and use essential software tools.
Whether you’re starting a home lab or managing small-scale projects, these practical guides will walk you through every step with clarity and confidence.
Learn by doing and build your virtualization skills one project at a time!
VMware Certification: Where to Begin Your Virtualization Career
Overloaded by Choices… Recently as I was browsing the My Learning Portal on VMware, I was amazed by all the certifications now available for different VMware products. Talk about …
How Bare Metal Virtualization Made Cloud Computing A Reality
An Overview of Bare Metal Virtualization Let’s start by explaining what the term bare metal refers to: It’s the physical state of server hardware (aka bare metal) filling server cabinets in …
3 vSphere Installation and Setup Tips to Avoid Common Mistakes
Here’s the truth – I’ve made a lot of VMware mistakes. There I said it, now here are 3 tips to help avoid costly downtime and outages caused by …
Quick Lesson: VM Performance Checklist for Troubleshooting
Let’s set the stage for this VMware troubleshooting lesson… It’s 2 o’clock in the morning and you just received a call from the NOC. Hundreds of users from around …
Advantages of Cloud Computing (Private versus Public)
Advantages of Cloud Computing Whether you’re an enterprise IT department planning to build your own private cloud using vSphere or OpenStack, or a business deciding whether to leverage the …
Read Excerpts from VCP for Hire eBook
BIG Thanks… Before I share the excerpt of VCP for Hire, first I want to thank everyone who has purchased a copy of my eBook. Thank You for downloading …
How to Track Your vSphere Project with Kanban
I use Kanban because it works! Kanban has been around since 1953 and is known for helping make Toyota so successful. And yes, even today, Kanban is used to …
Learn Cloud Computing Lingo…What is IaaS, PaaS & SaaS?
How IaaS, PaaS & SaaS all stack up! What is IaaS? Before I jump into answering this, let’s briefly introduce cloud computing and explain why each layer is referred …
How to Protect Against Data Loss When DB is Virtualized
How’s your data backup doing? Whether your business application stores financial data such as invoices, or PI (personal information) data such as personal or customer records – at the …