Treefish Ltd

Treefish and Proformac are working with Highlands Intermediate to help improve their ICT environment. The school uses Apple Macintosh computers exclusively, including Apple servers.

School environments are every bit as challenging as corporate ones. There are often large numbers of client systems to maintain and keep smoothly running. Additionally, there are several different groups to work with - staff, teachers and students. Each have their peculiar needs and requirements, and identifying these is key to keeping people and computers happy. 

The Taranaki Wiki Project is an initiative from Puke Ariki to engage the people of Taranaki (and abroad) with the knowledge of all things Taranaki. The medium used is a Wiki website that encourages people to contribute their knowledge of Taranaki under the broad categories of People, Places and Events.

The Wiki is located at http://www.taranakiwiki.com

Gaining the VCP status requires attending a four day course and successfully passing the VCP exam. David attended the course in October 2006 and sat the exam a few weeks later when an exam slot opened up.

The course objectives (taken from the VMware Education Services website):

Objectives
• Install and configure ESX Server, VMware VirtualCenter, and multiple guest virtual machines
• Create VMware virtual machines, network them and set their priorities for accessing resources
• Move and clone virtual machines
• Ensure high availability for applications inside virtual machines
• Monitor the state of the system and virtual machines
• Troubleshoot ESX Server in a systematic manner
• Deploy ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter in alignment with VMware’s best-practice recommendations

The following is from the VMware Education Services FAQ on the VCP exam:

Q: What content areas are represented on the exam?
A: The following content areas are represented on the exam:
• Virtual Inf rastructure
• Deploy ESX Server
• Networking
• Storage
• Install VirtualCenter
• Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
• VM Access Control
• Resource Management
• Monitor Your Environment
• Data Protection
• Troubleshooting

Treefish Ltd has begun trading as of October 2006.

Treefish is looking to be the leading supplier of Linux-based solutions in the Taranaki region within two years. Additionally, VMware installations and ongoing support will be a major focus for the company.