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VMWARE5 - VMware vSphere Configuration and Management 5.0

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This 4-day intense vSphere Configuration and Management class will provide administrators who are new to virtualization, and those who have experience with virtualization, with a solid understanding of VMware virtualization. The student will have plenty of opportunity to install and configure the various features of vSphere. The class is approximately 50% lecture and 50% demo and lab. The class will show some of the new features of vSphere 5.0 while still teaching the critical pieces of VMware virtualization that are not new to vSphere 5.0.

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Upcoming classes

Number	Class Date	Location	Length	Cost	Sign up
VMWARE5	Jul 16, 2012 - Jul 19, 2012	Springfield	4 days	$2295.00	Register
VMWARE5	Sep 10, 2012 - Sep 13, 2012	Bloomington	4 days	$2295.00	Register

Prerequisites

There is no expected history of virtualization experience or training for the students. Experience with networks and various operating systems will be very beneficial.

Detailed Class Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction

Introduction

Module 2: What is virtualization?

VMware products

i. ESXi
ii. vCenter
iii. VMware Server
iv. VMware Player
v. VMware Workstation

Other virtualization products

Virtualization on top of general purpose O/S

Virtualization as the operating system

Module 3: Installation and Configuration of ESXi

VMware’s Enterprise Product Line

i. ESXi
ii. vCenter
iii. vSphere Client

ESXi

i. Hardware supported
ii. Min/Max
iii. Install ESXi
iv. Console interface
v. Management
1. Local user accounts and Shell Access
2. vSphere Client
a. Supported operating systems
b. Installation
3. System logs

Virtualization Layer

i. VMkernel
ii. 4 Core resources
1. CPU
2. RAM
3. Disk
4. NIC

Physical Hardware

What is a Virtual Machine?

i. Other virtual hardware

ESXi Virtual machines

i. Files

Best Practices

Module 4: vCenter

Management Suite

Added functionality

i. Templates
ii. DRS
iii. DPM
iv. HA
v. Management of Multiple ESXi hosts
vi. Distributed vSwitch

Installation

i. SQL – local or remote?
ii. SQL Express?
iii. As a VM?

Join ESXi hosts

Module 5: Networking

Standard vSwitch

i. Port Groups
1. VMkernel
2. Service Console
3. Virtual Machine Network
4. VLAN
5. Security
6. Bandwidth shaping
ii. Physical NIC
1. Uplink
2. NIC teaming
iii. Virtual NIC
iv. Network I/O Control

Distributed vSwitch

i. Advantages
ii. Owned and Managed by vCenter
iii. Nexus 1000v overview

Best Practices

Module 6: Shared and Local Storage
i. RAID

Shared

i. NFS
ii. iSCSI
1. Hardware vs Software Initiator
iii. Fibre Channel
iv. Multipathing

vSphere File System

Storage I/O Control

vSphere Storage DRS

Module 7: Virtual Machines and Rapid VM Creation and Deployment

Templates

Deploy VM from Template

Snapshots and snapshot management

Virtual Appliances

Best Practices

Module 8: Physical to Virtual (P2V)

Guided Consolidation

P2V

V2V

Best Practices

Module 9: Access Control

AD Domain Admin and local admin have full control by default

RBAC

Default Roles

Custom Roles

Create Microsoft user and Group accounts and attach to VMware Role

Best Practices

Module 10: Resource Allocation and Performance

Core Resources

Limits

Reservations

Resource Management

Resource Pools

Best Practices

Module 11: Performance and Resource Monitoring

VMkernel memory and CPU scheduling

HT vs multiple cores

Resource tabs using VIC

CLI via SSH (using putty)

Module 12: Data Protection

Manual Backup of VMs

VMware Data Recovery

Module 13: Scalability

vMotion

DRS

vCenter Linked Mode

Host Profiles

Module 14: High Availability and Power Management

VMware Fault Tolerance

DPM

Module 15: Update Management

Traditional – WSUS

Virtual Infrastructure – VUM

Module 16: Deploy, Upgrade and Patch Management

vSphere Auto-Deploy

Upgrade 4.1 to 5.0

ESX to ESXi

Module 17:Licensing

Licensing

Module 18: Overview of New Features of vSphere 5.0

Overview of New Features of vSphere 5.0