VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V41

Duration:Five days

Overview

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere™, which consists of ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 4 exam.

Course Objectives

  • Install and configure ESX or ESXi
  • Install and configure vCenter Server components
  • Configure and manage ESX/ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
  • Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
  • Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
  • Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
  • Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
  • Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESX/ESXi patches
  • Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection

Target Audience

  • System administrators
  • Systems engineers
  • Operators responsible for VMware® ESX™, ESXi, and VMware vCenter™ Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems


Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

  • Introduce virtualization, the cloud, and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring ESX/ESXi

  • Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
  • Manually configure ESX/ESXi

Module 4: VMware vCenter Server

  • Install and configure vCenter Server components
  • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects

Module 5: vNetwork Standard Switches

  • Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups

Module 6: Storage

  • Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
  • Create and manage vSphere datastores

Module 7: Virtual Machines

  • Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
  • Modify and manage virtual machines
  • Perform Storage vMotion migrations

Module 8: Access Control

  • Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

  • Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
  • Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
  • Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Module 10: Data Protection

  • Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery