Hi Steve,

I as a SQL DBA would like to shift my career to a Virtualization path but still having to work on Db VM servers.

Why if you may ask?

Well the obvius reason would be that we all know that currently we can run our SQL servers on VMWARE and HyperV for testing purposes and not in production. But my instict tel me this is just for now and as soon as the SQL server problem/challenge that hinders SQL(clustering as an example) from running on VMs in production are resolved, one will need a VMWare and HyperV skill to manage his SQL Servers especially those organizations that prefer private clouds.

So i have a passion for Virtualization but still i love my SQL Administration, This Virtualization era opens great opportunities for being a VM Infrastructure Architect - (SQL), and i feel it's really the way to go for me.

But nevertheless each and every DBA needs to have basic VM literacy according to my opinion.