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Mastering Virtualization with VMWare vSphere 4



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Learning Method:

Instructor Led

Duration:

3 Days

Overview:

Virtualization technology provides organizations with the ability to run multiple virtual operating systems on a single hardware platform, with each operating system constrained to a logical partition of hardware resources referred to as a virtual machine. Corporations are recognizing the benefit of purchasing a single high powered server platform, then utilizing virtualization technology to populate that hardware platform with multiple guest operating system virtual machines, all of which share the same hardware devices and system resources.

Target Audience:

Mastering Virtualization with VMware vSphere 4 benefits system architects and network administrators tasked with building and maintaining virtual infrastructure based upon the VMware line of enterprise virtualization products.

Pre-requisites:

As the VMware vSphere 4 virtualization product is based upon Enterprise Linux, basic familiarity with the Linux and/or UNIX operating systems and associated command line environment is recommended (but not required) for taking this class. Knowledge of Windows-based system administrative tasks and functions is also needed, as well as a good understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.

Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Virtualization Technology

Terminology
What is Virtualization?
Who is VMware?
How does ENSTOR fit in?
What VMware is about
Why use Virtual Machines?
VMware vs. Other Virtualization Products
VMware Architecture

Module 2: Installation and Configuration

Resource Sizing
Identifying critical resources
ESX Server Requirements
Preparing for the Install Process
VMware Hardware Compatibility Guides
Installation Best Practices

Module 3: Managing vSphere 4

Components of ESX Server
Service Console
VMkernel
Web Access
VI Client
Overview of VI web access
Overview of VI Client
Using the Service Console
Logging into the Service Console via Secure Shell

Module 4: Managing ISO Images

Overview of Datastores
VMFS datastore
NFS datastore
/vmimages directory

Module 5: Users, Groups and Security

Understanding vSphere 4 authentication and security
Adding new users to ESX host
Assigning Permissions

Module 6: Storage Technologies

Storage Technology Overview
Fibre Channel SAN Storage
iSCSI SAN Storage
VMFS Datastore
Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
MultiPathing
NAS Storage and NFS Datastore
Storage Considerations

Module 7: Networking

Networking Overview
vNetwork Standard
Distributed Switch
vSwitches
DMZ in a box
Port groups
Network Connections
VLANs
Network Security
Network Traffic Shaping
Teaming and Load Balancing
TCP Segmentation Offload and Jumbo Frame
NetQueue and Networking Performance
Service Console Firewall
VMotion Networking

Module 8: Guest Operating Systems

Overview of Virtual Machine Hardware
Virtual Machine Design and Planning
The VMware Tools Collection

Module 9: VMware vCenter Server - Overview, Installation and Configuration

Overview of VMware vCenter Server
vCenter Architecture
Access Privileges
System Management
Understanding User Interface
Installation and Configuration Guide
Licensing
Maps

Module 10: VMware vCenter Server - Deploying Virtual Machines

Deploying Virtual Machines
Configuring Other Hardware
Editing A Virtual Machine’s Configuration
Virtual Machine Templates
Deploying Virtual Machines From Templates
Virtual Machine Customization
Virtual Machine Clones
Virtual Machine Snapshots
Snapshots Management
Starting A Virtual Machine
Installing VMware Tools

Module 11: VMware vCenter Server - Virtual Machine Migration

Virtual Machine Migration
Migration Options
Storage Requirements
Network Requirements
CPU Requirements
Storage VMotion
Storage VMotion Requirements
Command Line Syntax
Examples

Module 12: Memory & CPU

Page sharing
Memory ballooning
Paging
CPU load balancing
CPU Hyper-Threading

Module 13: Resource Management

Understanding Resource Reservations
Resource Pools
Processor Affinity

Module 14: Distributed Resource Scheduling

Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
Enabling DRS
DRS Automation level
DRS Migration Threshold
DRS Placement Constraints
DRS Best Practices

Module 15: High Availability

VMware High Availability (HA)
HA Requirements
Enabling HA
HA Architecture
HA Settings
Enabling both DRS and HA

Module 16: Clustering/Fault Tolerance

Clustering Concepts
One-to-one clustering
Many-to-one clustering
Many-to-many virtual clustering
Changes to the VMFS folder
Creating quorum disks
One-to-One Clustering
VMware Fault Tolerance

Module 17: Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Monitoring Objects
Events
Tasks
Alarms
Triggers/Actions
Notifications
SMTP
SNMP
Command-Line monitoring
esxtop
Virtual Machines Monitoring

Module 18: vSphere Backup and Recovery

Backup Strategies
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) Overview
VCB Requirements
What VCB Cannot Do …
VCB Architecture
VCB Restore Methods
VMware Data Recovery

Module 19: Update Manager

Overview of Update Manager
Understanding Baselines
Understanding Remediation
Scanning ESX Servers
Scanning Virtual Machines
Compliance Reporting

Module 20: Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Philosophy
Troubleshooting Methodology
Troubleshooting VMs
Troubleshooting ESX Servers
Scanning ESX Servers

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