Description

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESX™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. The course is based on ESXi 4.0, ESX 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.

Objectives

• Install and configure ESX
• Install and configure vCenter Server
• Configure and manage ESX networking and storage using vCenter Server
• Deploy and manage virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Increase scalability using vCenter Server
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server
• Apply patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager
• Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows® or Linux® operating systems.

Who Should Attend

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server.

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
  • Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components
  Module 3: Configuring ESXi/ESX
  • Configuration of ESXi and ESX
  Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server
  • Install and configure vCenter Server, and use the VMware vSphere Client to manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies
  Module 5: Networking
  • Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
  Module 6: Storage
  • Storage management technologies
  Module 7: Virtual Machines
  • Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, Guided Consolidation
  • Modifying, managing, and migrating virtual machines
  Module 8: Access Control
  • Controlling user access through roles and permissions
  Module 9: Resource Monitoring
  • Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server
  Module 10: Scalability
  • VMware VMotion™ migrations
  • Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
  Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection
  • Setup of a VMware High Availability cluster
  • Backup and recovery of virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery
  Module 12: Configuration Management
  • Patching using vCenter Update Manager
  Module 13: Installing ESX
  • Installation of ESX