VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage v4

Summary
- Format: Classroom
- Length: 4 Days

Overview
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.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See http://www.vmware.com/education for options.

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

Who Should Attend?
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

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


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