VMware Infrastructure 3: Fast Track v3.5 Training 5-day training course, $5,495 Related Courses: VMware: Install and Configure v3.5 VMware: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze v3.5

Overview

This course is a combination of two 3.5 versions of the VMware Infrastructure 3 training courses:

1. Install and Configure

2. Deploy, Secure, and Analyze

The course is designed for professionals entrusted with deployment, administration, and integration of their organization's VMware technology, and is the fastest way to acquire comprehensive VMware implementation skills and knowledge.

By attending this intensive course, participants will learn about the installation, management, and use of:

• VMware ESX Server
• VMware VirtualCenter
• VMware DRS
• VMware HA
• VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
• VMware Converter,
• Storage VMotion
• VMware Update Manager.

After the course, participants will be prepared to take the VMware Certified Professional exam. Attendees are provided an exam voucher to take the certification exam.  Successful participants will earn the VMware Certified Professional credentials.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Perform manual and scripted ESX Server installations
• Understand and configure security on the Service Console
• Install, configure, migrate, manage, and monitor virtual machines using ESX Server and VirtualCenter
• Utilize VMware Converter and VMware Update Manager
• Learn specific commands used to administer an ESX Server
• Configure and implement VMware HA, DRS, and VCB
• Perform fault analysis in Virtual Infrastructure

This course is ideal for experienced systems administrators and systems integrators responsible for scaling deployment of their organization's VMware technology.

Prerequisites

• Experience administering Microsoft Windows® or Linux® operating systems
• Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces
• Comfort with fundamental Linux commands (such as ls and cp) and a Linux text editor

Certification

After the course, an examination for professional certification in VMware is available. Attendees may use the included voucher to take part in the certification exam. 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.

Earning a VMware professional certification 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
• Using VDI with VMware Infrastructure
• Using Lab Manager with VMware Infrastructure

3. ESX Server

• ESX Server Installation
  • ESX Server Physical Setup
  • Hardware Prerequisites
  • Partitioning an x86 Disk
  • Partitions Created During Installation
  • Launch ESX Server Installation
  • Build Disk Partitions for the Service Console
  • Recommended Partitions
  • Configure Service Console Networking
  • ESX Server Physical Console After Install
  • VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client
  • Single-Host Licensing
  • Configure ESX Server as NTP Client
  • Configure an ESX Server User Account
• ESX Server Troubleshooting Guidelines
  • ESX Server Troubleshooting Philosophy
  • What Happens If ESX Server Crashes?
  • Collecting Diagnostics Data

4. Networking

• Create Virtual Switches Using the VI Client
  • Virtual Switches
  • Network Connections
  • Connection Type: Service Console Port
  • Connection Type: VMkernel Port
  • Connection Type: Virtual Machine Port Group
  • Defining Connections
  • Naming Virtual Switches and Connections
  • Mapping vmnics to Physical NICs
• Create Virtual Switches Using the Command Line
  • Physical & Virtual Switch Comparison
  • Virtual Switches & Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Virtual Switch VLANs
  • Cisco Discovery Protocol
  • Modify Physical NIC Attributes
• Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Create VMkernel Ports Using the Command Line
  • Configure VMkernel Ports
  • Handling VMkernel Traffic
  • VMkernel Networking
  • VMkernel Routing
• Service Console Networking
  • Configure Service Console Port Group
  • Advanced Service Console NIC Configurations
• Modify Virtual Switch Configurations
  • Virtual Switch Properties: Ports
  • Virtual Switch Properties: Network Adapters
  • Network Policy: Traffic
  • Load Balancing
• Managing Failover and Failure Detection
  • Add an Uplink to a Port Group
  • Define Failover
  • Viewing Active/Standby NICs
  • Display vSwitch Configuration
  • Fault Tolerance Options
  • Troubleshooting NIC Teaming
• Virtual Network Security
  • Using Network Segmentation
  • Security Considerations for VLANs
  • Virtual Switch Protection and VLANs
  • Securing Virtual Switch Ports
  • Notifying Switches
• Service Console Firewall Management
  • Service Console Firewall Management
  • Client Utilities

5. Storage

• Fibre Channel SAN Storage
  • How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Server
  • Addressing SAN LUNs in the VMkernel
  • Making SAN Storage Available to ESX Server
• Fibre Channel HBA Configuration
  • Controlling VM Disk Requests
  • View HBA Driver Configuration
  • Modifying Adapter Properties
• iSCSI SAN Storage
  • How iSCSI is used with ESX Server
  • Components of an iSCSI SAN
  • How iSCSI Storage Authenticates the ESX Server
  • iSCSI Software and Hardware Initiators
  • iSCSI Software Initiator Network Configuration
  • Enable iSCSI Traffic through the Service Console Firewall
  • Discover iSCSI LUNs
• iSCSI Storage Command Line Utilities
  • iSCSI Design Considerations
  • Set Up Networking for iSCSI Software Initiator
  • Configure the Firewall for Software iSCSI
  • Configure iSCSI Targets
  • iSCSI Software Initiator Troubleshooting
• VMFS Datastores
  • What a VMFS Is
  • VMFS Properties
  • Multipathing with Fibre Channel
  • Multipathing with iSCSI
  • Manage Multiple Paths
• Managing VMFS Volumes
  • LUN Identification
  • Partitioning Disks
  • VMFS Partition Alignment
  • VMFS Volume Operations
  • Display Volume Consumption
• NAS Storage and NFS Datastores
  • How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Server
  • Addressing and Access Control with NFS
  • Configure an NFS Datastore
• Storage Considerations
  • Storage Comparison-Fibre Channel, NAS, iSCSI
  • ESX Server Feature Comparison by Storage Type

6. VirtualCenter Installation

• VirtualCenter Software Installation
  • VirtualCenter Components
  • VirtualCenter Architecture
  • VirtualCenter Database
  • VMware License Server (Centralized Licensing)
  • VirtualCenter Server Services
  • VMware Infrastructure Client Overview
  • ESX Server and VirtualCenter Communication
  • Backup Strategy for VirtualCenter Server
• VirtualCenter Inventory Hierarchy
  • VirtualCenter Inventory: Multiple Data Centers
  • VirtualCenter Inventory: Folders and Subfolders
  • VirtualCenter Inventory: Clusters
• Using VirtualCenter to Manage Hosts and VMs
  • Scheduled Tasks
  • Administration

7. Virtual Machine Creation and Management

• Create a Virtual Machine (VM)
  • What VM Is
  • VM Virtual Hardware
  • VM Console
  • Install Guest OS into VM
  • VMware Tools
• Create Multiple VMs
  • Templates
  • Deploy VM from Template
  • Clone a VM
  • Deploying Across Data Centers
  • Virtual Appliances
  • Export VM with OVF Format
  • Import Virtual Appliance
• Manage VMs
  • Move VM Between ESX Servers: Cold Migration
  • Snapshot a VM
  • Modify VM Settings
  • Virtual Machine Properties Options
  • Advanced - Boot Options
• VMware Converter Enterprise
  • VMware Converter Enterprise Capabilities
  • VMware Converter Components
  • VMware Converter Concepts
  • Hot Cloning
  • Cold Cloning
  • Importing a Server
• Guided Consolidation
  • Guided Consolidation
  • Guided Consolidation Architecture
  • Physical System Discovery
  • Plan Consolidation

8. Access Control

• VMware Infrastructure User Access
  • Security Model Overview
  • Defining Users and Groups
  • Permissions
  • VirtualCenter Security Model
  • ESX Server Security Model
  • Default Permissions for ESX Server
• Accessing VMs Using Web Access
  • Web Access
  • Web Access Tasks

9. Resource Management

• Using Resource Pools
  • VM CPU Resource Settings
  • VM Memory Resource Settings
  • How VMs Compete for Resources
  • Configuring a Pool's Resources
  • Viewing Resource Pool Information
  • Expandable Reservation
  • Admission Control for CPU and Memory Reservations
• Migrate VMs with VMotion
  • Move VM Between ESX Servers: VMotion Migration
  • How VMotion Works
  • Requirements for VMotion
  • CPU Constraints on VMotion
  • Checking VMotion Errors
• Storage VMotion
  • Introduction to Storage VMotion
  • How Storage VMotion Works
  • Storage VMotion - Best Practices
  • Requirements and Limitations
• VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • DRS Clusters
  • DRS Cluster Settings
  • Add Hosts to Cluster
  • Best Practices for DRS
• Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster
  • Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster
  • Delegated Administration
  • Monitor Cluster Usage
  • Adding Host to DRS Cluster
• Building and Monitoring DRS Clusters
  • Guidelines for Initial VM CPU Resources
  • Guidelines for Initial VM Memory Resources
  • Guidelines for Resource Allocation
  • Monitoring the DRS Cluster
  • DRS Cluster Memory Resources
  • Guidelines for DRS Clusters

10. Resource Monitoring

• Tools for Resource Optimization
  • Virtual CPUs
  • Hyper-Threading
  • VMkernel CPU Load Balancing
  • Transparent Memory Page Sharing
  • vmmemctl: The Balloon-Driver Mechanism
  • VMkernel Swap
• Monitor VM Performance
  • Performance Tuning Methodology
  • Monitoring VM Resource Use with Performance Graphs
  • Tools for Improving VM CPU and Memory Performance
• Monitoring Using Performance-Based Alarms
  • Creating a VM-Based Alarm
  • Creating a Host-Based Alarm
  • Actions to Take When an Alarm is Triggered
  • Using Alarms to Monitor CPU and Memory Usage
  • Configure VirtualCenter Notifications

11. Business Continuity and Data Protection

• Virtual Machine High Availability
• Clustering Options
• Shared Storage Summary
• HBA Configuration for MSCS Clusters
• Configuring VMware HA
  • What is VMware HA
  • VMware HA in Action
  • Guidelines for Restart Priority Setting
  • Guidelines for Isolation Response Setting
  • Customize VMware HA Cluster Behavior
  • Customize VM Behavior in an HA Cluster
  • Impact of DRS Affinity Rules on HA Clusters
  • VMware HA Best Practices
  • Troubleshooting VMware HA
• Backup Strategies
  • General Guideline for VM Backups
  • Strategies for VM Backups
  • Strategies for Service Console Backups
• How VCB works
  • VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
  • Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Files that Make Up the Snapshot
  • VCB File-Level Backup
  • VCB Full Virtual Machine Backup
  • Full Virtual Machine Backup: How it Works
  • Multipath Software on the VCB Proxy Server
  • VCB Log Files
• Using VCB Command Line Utilities
  • Using VCB Command-Line Utilities
  • Identify a Virtual Machine(s) Backup or Snapshot
  • Perform a Full Virtual Machine Backup
  • Back Up Individual Virtual Disks
  • Restore from VCB Backups
  • Image Level Restoration
  • File Level Restoration
  • Restoration Using VMware Converter

12. Operational Maintenance

• VMware Update Manager
  • VMware Update Manager Overview
  • Installing VMware Update Manager
  • Installing Client Plug-In
  • Configuring VMware Update Manager Settings
  • Scheduling Downloads
  • Installing the Guest Agent
  • Baseline Creation
  • Updates Needed
  • Report on a Non-Compliant VM
  • Remediate: Baseline and Updates
  • Responding to Guest Remediation Failure
  • Scanning ESX Hosts
  • DRS-enabled Remediation
  • Troubleshooting - Update Manager

13. Modify Logging Behavior

• Configure Logging for vpxd and vpxa
  • Windows Environment Variables
  • VirtualCenter Installation Logs
  • The VirtualCenter Server Configuration File
  • VirtualCenter Server - vpxd Logs
  • Adjusting Log Detail With VI Client
  • Log Options for vpxd & vpxa
  • VI Client Log File Locations - VI Client Logs
  • Miscellaneous VirtualCenter Log File Locations
  • Virtual Machine Logging
• Consolidating Service Console Log Files
  • Configure Logging on the Service Console
  • How to Configure /etc/syslog.conf
  • ESX Specific syslog.conf Entries
• Using the logger Command
• Rotating Service Console Log Files
  • Rotating Service Console Log Files
  • Third-Party Logs

14. Service Console Security

• Configure SSH
  • Direct ESX Server Login Authentication Process
  • Controlling Remote Service Console Access
  • Enable an Illegal Access Warning
  • Tracking User Access
• Configure sudo
  • Using the Switch User Command
  • Limiting Access to the su Command
  • Configuring sudo
  • Preventing Shell Escapes
  • ESX Command Summary
  • Service Console OS Command Summary
• Configure TCP Wrappers
  • Controlling Host Access
  • Advantages of TCP Wrappers
  • TCP Wrapper Flow

15. Rapid Provisioning of ESX Servers

• Scripted ESX Server Installations/Overview of Scripted
  • Create an Installation Script
  • Installation Script Content
  • Common Deployment Scenarios

LABS
Lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

Registration Fees
The per attendee registration fee is $5,495

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

Apr 13-17, '09	Dallas, TX	Irving Training Ctr ()
Apr 13-17, '09	Orlando, FL	Microtek ()
Apr 20-24, '09	Boston, MA	Microtek ()
May 4-8, '09	Washington, DC	Arlington Training Ctr ()
June 1-5, '09	Chicago, IL	Schaumburg Offices ()
June 8-12, '09	Columbus, OH	Dublin Training Ctr ()
June 22-26, '09	Washington, DC	Arlington Training Ctr ()
June 22-26, '09	Morristown, NJ	Morristown Offices ()
Jun 29-Jul 3, '09	Dallas, TX	Irving Training Ctr ()
July 6-10, '09	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Training Ctr ()
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July 13-17, '09	Dulles, VA	Microtek ()
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