4 Day Course
Introduction
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
& manage ESX networking & 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
Audience Profile
System
administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX,
and/or vCenter Server
Prerequisites
System
administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Course Outline
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
