VMware courses are available at various centres throughout the UK. These courses can be delivered onsite upon request.
The Course
This new 5-day version of the course is hands-on and explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.
Who Should Attend
System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server
Pre-requisites
Students will need to have system administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
- Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
- Explain the concepts of server network and storage virtualization
- Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
- Install and use vSphere user interfaces
Module 3: Virtual Machines
- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware and virtual machine files
- Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance
Module 4: VMware vCenter Server
- Identify vCentre Server and database requirements
- Describe a vCentre Server architecture
- Deploy a vCentre Server appliance
- View and create vCentre Server inventory objects
Module 5: Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
- Describe, create and manage a virtual switch
- Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
Module 6: Configure and Manage vSphere Storage
- Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage vSphere data stores
- Configure, deploy and manage the VMware Virtual Storage Appliance
Module 7: Virtual Machine Management
- Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Perform VMware vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations
Module 8: Access and Authentication Control
- Control user access through roles and permissions
- Configure and manage the ESXI firewall
- Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
- Introduce vShield Zones
Module 9: Resource Management and Monitoring
- Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
- Introduce VMkernel methods of optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Monitor resource usage using vCentre Server performance graphs and alarms
Module 10: Data Protection
- Discuss strategies for backing up ESXi hosts
- Introduce the backup/recovery APIs
- Discuss strategies for backing up virtual machines
Module 11: High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Configure and Manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
- Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
Module 12: Scalability
- Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
- Configuring Enhanced vMotion compatibility
- Using VMware HA and DRS together
Module 13: Patch Management
- Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCentre Update Manager
Module 14: Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components
- Introduce ESXi Installable installation
- Introduce vCentre Server installation
- Additional vCentre Server module installation