Having a home lab for learning virtualization is a necessity. You can install, break down, re-install, test, rebuild. You can do a lot of testing by having your own homelab. Unfortunately not every one can afford it, so the preferred way is still nested virtualization All in one box. VMware Workstation or ESXi 5.1 free version are two possible ways where you can build a virtual home lab, which will run some nested VMs running hypervisor software.
Veeam organizes monthly drawing. This month, where the winner will be announced – the 14th of January, the lucky winner can win a whole homelab.
Veeam gives a lot to the community. Their VeeamZIP – Free Version of their latest update of their flagship software Veeam Backup and Replication 6.5. The latest 6.5 release has brought support for Hyper-V v.3, where changed block tracking on CSV v2 and SMB v3 shared storage are supported. The new Hyper-V VHDX disk format is supported as well, where those disks can be very large – up to 64TB.
Look at this Home Lab, plus a Technet subscribtions, Latest Microsoft Surface ….
- TWO HP ProLiant ML 310e G8 Servers
- NETGEAR ReadyNAS storage system with 4 SSDs drives
- HP V1410-16G Ethernet switch
- TechNet Plus subscription for 1 year
- Online course, books and test from
VMware Education Services or Microsoft Learning - …and a MICROSOFT SURFACE!
In December you may become the winner of the ULTIMATE NEW YEAR’s RESOLUTION from Veeam which includes a VEEAM DREAM LAB and more!
Go and register at Veeam to take your chance. By registering, you'll be selected automatically for monthly drawings each month.
Check out also my Top 5 Free tools for VI from Veeam.
VeeamZIP 6.5 – free backup tool for VMware and Hyper-V . Does provide Veeam Explorer for Exchange which enables to browse, restore individual Inbox items from within the same console by browsing the Exchange backups.
Veeam Explorer for SAN snapshots, (recently announced for HP 3 Par ) and which can browse snapshots on HP 3Par SAN devices.
Follow this link to the registration page.
