This intensive 5 day, 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. Upon completing this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
• 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
Introduction to VMware Virtualization • Discuss virtualization and vSphere components Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi • Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server • Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant • Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies Networking • Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components Storage • Review storage management technologies • Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues Virtual Machines • Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided Consolidation • Modify and manage virtual machines Access Control • Control user access through roles and permissions Resource Monitoring • Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI 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 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
Experienced system administrators and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office
• Willingness to participate in a demanding, high-intensity training experience • Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces
