VMTN

Heck yes.  I just did the survery on the VMUG page and then wrote an 800+ word blog post on why this is needed (Server 2012 in my TechNet?  You betcha!  Thinking of switching the home lab over so I can actually backup some of my home VMs, etc?  You betcha x2!).

Same as others, NFR is impossible to acquire and using multiple addresses to get at trials is ridiculous considering how we learn about this through our own resources and then sell massive amounts of it to our own companies/customers for VMware's profit.

Do the right thing and bring it back, VMware.

Six months ago?

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/11/08/investigating-the-options-to-bring-back-vmtn-subscriptions/

Please move!

Put me down for a +1.  I hae a home lab that would love this.  

Hi,

Now VMworld US has finished, I didn't hear anything further on this topic. I had hoped VMware would have had a solution equivalent to Technet ready for action if they were serious about offering this service to the administrators and consultants that support VMware's reputation with their expertise in the field. I'm still holding out that something will happen down the road. While the online hands on labs are a step in the right direction here's still no way to lab complex environments for extended periods of time in the comfort of your own home.

Did anyone hear any different?

Mike

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Hold on to your hats... ;-)

 

Holding hat.  Not seeing/hearing any change since this thread started.

Is there any non-quotable, non-binding rumor?

I read your comment in your "Hello world..." post.  I agree that it _is_ difficult to be an evangelist when you can't get your hands on the product.  To further that, it's difficult to pull the trigger on a one-shot demo that will expire, with no chance at renewals.

We can all play with Hyper-V with TechNet with few limitations...maybe Terminal Server licenses, that I can think of off the top of my head.

My environments have only VMware Server, ESXi4 (free), and ESXi4 standard.  My only options are ESXi 5 (free), 60-day demo.  The really expensive option was taking the 5-day VCP5 class where I could work on the labs with all features enabled.  I did that...and now I want more.

You'd think, that for the price of the VCP5 class, you'd get a courtesy license, or a non-expiring demo.  That's a lot of dough I coughed up.   Don't get me wrong...there's was a lot of learning.  But the take-aways were a shoulder bag and some wire-bound books that fell apart by day 4.

It might actually have been cheaper (dollar-wise) to pay for my own small business bundle and buy two small servers.

If there's an update, could you share?

Thanks,

AL

Ok, I think we can all see how vmWare / EMC management works by now.....

too bad they baught up the best virtualizaton product on the market, but I'm now

looking at Hyper-V 2012.

Let's face it, do I really care what the customer uses? Why swim up stream?

Glad this hasn't died. I could really use the subscription now more than ever. VMware's products keep getting more complicated and flexible with 5.1 and I'd like to try out all the options before it gets deployed to production.

Thank you Mike.

Just hope this moves abit faster now - with the release of Hype-V in Windows Server 2012 - Micosoft has a product that can give VMWare a run for its money.

Problem with VMWare vs Hyper-V - a lot of the IT Managenet /bean counters will only see the FREE part of hyper-V and as well as MS Technet been a cheap way to give they techy people access to all MS products - helps reduce training cost.

Please VMWare get the VMTN back soon!

Phil

I agree - but problem is that the people that normally hold the purse strings dont!

Buidling a home lab every 60days for VMWare products is a pain - especially as I want to learn the vCloud products.

Phil

@The_vMonkey

I try to help, by asking/quering it at IT events where VMWare have stands - more noise about it will help.

But finding the VMWare front line staff on the stands know nothing about VMTN!!!  As well a blank looks, you might get the helpful - 'theres a eval to download'!

I will be attending the VMUG UK Conference - is this topic going to be highlighted there? Or is this not the channel to do this?

Phil

@The_vMonkey