This 3-day hands-on training explores the management of performance in a VMware® vSphere™ environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0. This course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on lab.
At the end of the course, you should be able to: Explain the performance impact of using different monitor modes • Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of ESX/ESXi hosts • Diagnose performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host • Discuss how to achieve an optimal virtual machine configuration • Discuss guidelines for monitoring application performance
Module 1: Course Introduction Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment • Discuss the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology • Discuss software and hardware virtualization techniques and their impact on performance • Monitor performance using vCenter Server performance charts and the ESX/ESXi resxtop command Module 3: CPU Performance • Discuss the CPU scheduler and other features that have an impact on CPU performance • Monitor key CPU performance metrics • Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems Module 4: Memory Performance • Discuss memory reclamation techniques and memory overcommitment • Monitor key memory performance metrics • Troubleshoot common memory performance problems Module 5: Guidelines for DRS and Resource Controls • Discuss performance guidelines for DRS clusters, resource pools, and resource allocation settings Module 6: Network Performance • Discuss the performance features of modern network adapters • Monitor key network performance metrics • Troubleshoot common network performance problems Module 7: Storage Performance • Discuss how storage protocols, VMware vStorage VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance • Monitor key storage performance metrics • Troubleshoot common storage performance problems Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance • Discuss guidelines for configuring a virtual machine for optimal performance Module 9: Application Performance • Discuss tools and guidelines for application performance
System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for managing the performance of a vSphere installation
This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of one of the following: Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (HH627S)
• Completion of VMware vSphere: Fast Track (HH629S) • Completion of VMware vSphere: What’s New (HG805S) • Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server • Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended
