VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure v3.5 4-day, hands-on training course, $2,995 Related Courses: 1. VMware Deploy, Secure, and Analyze v3.5 2. VMware Fast Track v3.5 Course

Overview

This VMware Infrastructure training course has been updated to reflect ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. During this hands-on training participants will learn how to install, configure, and manage VMware Infrastructure 3 which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter. Troubleshooting guidance, best practices, and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the duration of the course. After the course, an examination for professional certification in VMware is available. Successful participants will earn the 'VMware Certified Professional' credentials.

Attendees will learn:

• About the functionality of VMware Infrastructure 3
• How to install ESX Server
• How to configure ESX Server networking and storage
• How to install and configure VirtualCenter
• How to control user access to the VMware infrastructure
• How to deploy and manage virtual machines using VirtualCenter
• How to allocate and monitor virtual machines' resources
• How to ensure high availability of applications

This course is ideal for system administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter.

Prerequisites
Experience administering Microsoft Windows® or Linux® operating systems. If you are a current VCP, there are no course prerequisites.

Certification

Upon completion of the course, an examination for professional certification in VMware is available. Attendees may take part in this exam if they so desire. Successful participants will earn the 'VMware Certified Professional' credentials.

The "VMware Certified Professional" program offers technology professionals the knowledge, skills, and credentials to deploy and maintain VMware virtualization technology. This VMware certification program is designed for any technical individual-partners, end users, resellers, and consultants.

Becoming a VMware Certified Professional is a straightforward, three-step process:

• Participate in an instructor-led VMware authorized course to learn best practices and gain hands-on experience. If you are a current VCP, there are no course prerequisites.
• Gain hands-on experience with VMware. Individuals who do not have the hands-on experience find it very difficult to pass the exam.
• Enroll and pass the certification exam.

Agenda

1. Introduction

• Virtual Infrastructure
• VMware Infrastructure

2. Virtual Infrastructure Overview

• Virtualization
• A Virtual Machine
• How Virtualization Works
• Virtualization using a Bare-Metal Hypervisor
• ESX Server Architecture
• Using VMware Infrastructure in a Data Center

3. ESX Server Installation

• ESX Server Physical Setup
• Hardware Prerequisites
• Partitioning an x86 Disk
• After Installation Is Complete
• ESX Server Physical Console After Install
• VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client
• Single-Host Licensing

4. Networking

• Virtual Switches
• Network Connections
• Virtual Switch Property: Ports
• Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters
• Port Group Property: VLANs
• Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies
• Security Policy
• Traffic-Shaping Policy
• NIC Teaming Policy
• Load-Balancing
• Detecting and Handling Network Failure

5. Storage

• How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Server
• Addressing SAN LUNs in the VMkernel
• Making SAN Storage Available to ESX Server
• How iSCSI is used with ESX Server
• How iSCSI Storage Authenticates the ESX Server
• iSCSI Software and Hardware Initiators
• VMFS
• Multipathing with Fibre Channel
• Multipathing with iSCSI
• Manage Multiple Paths
• How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Server
• Addressing and Access Control with NFS

6. VirtualCenter Installation

• VirtualCenter Components
• VirtualCenter Architecture
• Hardware and Software Prerequisites
• VirtualCenter Database
• VMware License Server (Centralized Licensing)
• VirtualCenter Server Services
• VI Client Overview
• ESX Server and VirtualCenter Communication
• Managing Across Geographies
• Backup Strategy for VirtualCenter Server
• VirtualCenter Inventory: Multiple Data Centers
• VirtualCenter Inventory: Clusters

7. Virtual Machine Creation and Management

• Files that Make Up a Virtual Machine
• Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the VI Client
• Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware
• Virtual Machine Console
• Install Guest Operating System into a Virtual Machine
• Deploy a Virtual Machine from Template
• Clone a Virtual Machine
• Guest Operating System Customization
• Deploying Across Datacenters
• Virtual Appliances
• VMware Converter Enterprise
• Hot Cloning
• Cold Cloning
• Importing a Server
• Move VM Between ESX Servers: Cold Migration
• Modify Virtual Machine Settings
• Guided Consolidation

8. Virtual Infrastructure Access Control

• Security Model Overview
• Defining Users and Groups
• Privileges and Roles
• Permissions
• VirtualCenter Security Model
• ESX Server Security Model
• Web Access

9. Resource Management

• How Virtual Machines Compete for Resources
• Resource Pool
• Configuring a Pool's Resources
• Move VM Between ESX Servers: VMotion Migration
• How VMotion Works
• Virtual Machine Requirements for VMotion
• Host Requirements for VMotion
• What a DRS Cluster Is
• Create a DRS Cluster
• Best Practices for DRS
• Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster
• Delegated Administration
• Monitor Cluster Usage
• Planned Downtime: Maintenance Mode

10. Resource Monitoring

• Systems for Optimizing VM Resource Use
• Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
• Performance-Tuning Methodology
• Monitoring VM Resource Use with Performance Graphs
• Tools for Improving VM CPU and Memory Performance
• Monitoring Using Performance-Based Alarms

11. Data and Availability Protection

• Backup Strategies
• What To Back Up
• General Guidelines for Virtual Machine Backups
• Virtual Machine High Availability
• Clustering Inside VMs for High Availability

12. Planning VI Deployment

• ESX Server 3 Hardware Support
• ESX Server Sizing
• Booting ESX from a Fibre Channel or iSCSI SAN LUN
• VirtualCenter Deployment
• Storage Considerations
• Storage Comparison: Fibre Channel, NAS, iSCSI

LABS
Lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

Registration Fees and Class Information
The per attendee registration fee is $2,995

Class begins at 8:30 AM each day and concludes at 4:30 PM unless otherwise directed. Please arrive early on the first day to sign-in and meet fellow attendees. If you register less than a week in advance of a class, please bring your confirmation letter. Business casual attire is appropriate.

To register, follow the "Book Now" link below or call (708) 246-0320

Seminar Schedule

Mar 29-Apr 1, '10

Toronto, ON

Toronto Training Ctr. ()

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