Overview:

This intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, managing,

and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™. It combines the content of the VMware vSphere 4:

Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly

available and scalable virtual infrastructure.

Objectives :

• Install and configure VMware ESX™/ESXi, vCenter™ Server, and the vSphere

Management Assistant

• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot ESX/ESXi networking and storage

• Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual

appliances

• Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure

• Implement business continuity solutions

• Manage changes to the vSphere environment

Who Should Attend:

Experienced system administrators and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office

Outline:

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Discuss virtualization and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi

• Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs

Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant

• Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies

Module 5: Networking

• Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components

Module 6: Storage

• Review storage management technologies

• Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues

Module 7: Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided

Consolidation

• Modify and manage virtual machines

Module 8: Access Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

• Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI

Module 10: Scalability

• Scale resource management

• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories

• Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations

• Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed

Power Management

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

• Review business continuity products and features

• Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault

Tolerance

• Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat

• Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines

Module 12: Configuration Management

• Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter

Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

• Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations