Super novice here seeking guidance.

[EdRF]

Our company recently bought these:

          License key(s) for Academic VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus for 1 processor (with 96 GB vRAM entitlement per processor) : 6 CPU(s)

          License key(s) for Academic VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation for vSphere up to 3 hosts (Per Instance) : 1 INSTANCE(s)

I downloaded this:

          VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-455964.exe

          VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.0.0-456005.iso

I have 3 SUSE Enterprise licences we got to use with VMware, I checked the eligibility for our vSphere license and it said we had license for 1 SLES for VMware.

My questions are:

          Is VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation a separate download?(The splash screen on the VMSetup ISO has a VSphere header, yet on the install inks there is vCenter Server.

          Should I call support? I tried using the vSphere License to activate the SLES product and got an error.

Also, could someone experienced point me to a place were I can start injecting my brain with vmware knowledge :smileyhappy:.

Thank you very much for your time.

[mcowger]

My questions are:

          Is VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation a separate download?(The splash screen on the VMSetup ISO has a VSphere header, yet on the install inks there is vCenter Server.

This is the VIMsetup.exe file you downloaded.  You install it on a windows server (or VM).

          Should I call support? I tried using the vSphere License to activate the SLES product and got an error.

You'd need to use the SLES license for SLES, not vsphere.

Also, could someone experienced point me to a place were I can start injecting my brain with vmware knowledge :smileyhappy:.

Buy a couple good books.  Mastering vSphere 5 by Scott Lowe (my colleague) is excellent.