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Dec 05 2008
The next major training module was on business continuity and data protection. This module taught us how to properly configure High Availability clusters, snapshots and VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB). The VMware Consolidated Backup module was all command line based; usually the backup software vendor has already configured the scripts. The instructor actually suggested using a third-party Virtual Machine backup tool, not VCB.
Nov 20 2008
I just finished up the VMware authorized training course, VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, Analyze. I did it remotely; we used WebEx for the course slides and to communicate, and Citrix to log into our lab. The instructor was very good and had a lot of experience.
Aug 20 2008
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) is a great solution for backing up your virtual machines. If you own VMware Infrastructure Foundation (Standard or Enterprise editions), it is included in the licensing costs. VCB is not a standalone backup solution; it integrates with your existing data backup solution to schedule and run the backup tasks. If you are backing up Windows virtual machines you can even restore individual files from the backup file to the virtual machine. With this solution, you no longer have to install individual backup agents on each virtual machine, just on the VCB proxy server.