VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5] in collaboration with ALSO

Reference	VMICM-50
Category	Storage
Date	From  Monday, April 22, 2013 to Friday, April 26, 2013
Schedule	9h00-12h00 et 14h00-17h30
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Language	Lesson : French   Literature : English
City	LANexpert Lausanne Av. de Provence 4 - 1007 Lausanne Phone: +41 21 623 92 40 Fax: +41 21 623 92 45
Price (CHF)	5,100.00
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Description

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere®, which consists of VMwareESXi™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based onESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware® Certified Professional 5 exam.

Audience

System administrators. Systems engineers. Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server

Requirements

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Objectives

1. Install and configure ESXi
2. Install and configure vCenter Server components
3. Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage usingvCenter Server
4. Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
5. Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
6. Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
7. Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
8. Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
9. Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and dataprotection

Program

Course Introduction

- Introductions and course logistics

- Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Virtualization

- Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSpherecomponents

- Explain the concepts of server, network, and storagevirtualization

- Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture

- Install and use vSphere user interfaces

Virtual Machines

- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, andvirtual machine files

- Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance

VMware vCenter Server

- Identify vCenter Server and database requirements

- Describe vCenter Server architecture

- Deploy a vCenter Server appliance

- View and create vCenter Server inventory objects

Configure and Manage Virtual Networks

- Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch

- Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties

Configure and Manage vSphere Storage

- Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage

- Create and manage vSphere datastores

- Configure, deploy, and manage the VMware Virtual StorageAppliance

Virtual Machine Management

- Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMwarevCenter Converter

- Modify and manage virtual machines

- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots

- Perform VMware vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations

Access and Authentication Control

- Control user access through roles and permissions

- Configure and manage the ESXi firewall

- Integrate ESXi with Active Directory

- Introduce vShield Zones

Resource Management and Monitoring

- Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/Oresources

- Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPUand memory usage

Data Protection

- Discuss strategies for backing up ESXi hosts

- Introduce the backup/recovery APIs

- Discuss strategies for backing up virtual machines

High Availability and Fault Tolerance

- Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster

- Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware FaultTolerance

Scalability

- Configure and manage a VMware Distributed ResourceScheduler (DRS) cluster

- Configuring Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

- Using VMware HA and DRS together

Patch Management

- Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCenterUpdate Manager

Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components

- Introduce ESXi Installable installation

- Introduce vCenter Server installation

- Additional vCenter Server module installation