Is this for your job? If so find out what you are responsible for and learn that stuff first. If you are talking in general to educate yourself and prepare for the IT field I would go about it by...
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Is this for your job? If so find out what you are responsible for and learn that stuff first. If you are talking in general to educate yourself and prepare for the IT field I would go about it by first getting a firm understanding of TCP/IP networking. There are a million books and tons of sites online where you can learn for free. Learn about DNS, subnetting, IPv4 protocols, routing, gateways DHCP, VLANs, ect... That knowledge will be critical to ANY career in IT. For VMware again, you can get tons of free information online or even watch YouTube videos they have a ton of VMware How-To's. There are also books. I wouldn't recommend the VMware classes just yet. Get a solid understanding of networking and server operating systems. After that you can consider diving into one of the 5 day VMware classes that teach you the basics. This is costly training and most people get their jobs to pay for it. You must attend a VMware certified training class before you can get certified in VMware. That's a ways off for you right now. Best of luck! Keep at it. Tinker and tinker often, break stuff and figure out how to fix it. That's the best way I've learned!