VMW-IC3.5 - VMware Infrastructure 3.5: Install and Configure

Description

Duration: 4 Days

This deep hands-on training course explores VMware Infrastructure 3.5, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter. “VMware Infrastructure 3.5: Install and Configure” is a prerequisite to taking the certification exam and becoming a VMware Certified Professional.

Course Objectives

• At the end of the course, you will understand the functionality in VMware Infrastructure 3.5 and be able to:
• Install and configure virtual machines
• Deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources
• Migrate and manage virtual machines
• Ensure high availability of applications
• Troubleshoot typical ESX Server issues

Enrollment & Scheduling

Because of high demand, we will need to manage the VMware class schedule in a slightly different manner than we have in the past. This change in our requirements only pertains to VMware training.

Target Audience

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Course Outline

• Module 1: Virtual Infrastructure Overview
  • VMware products: functions and applications
• Module 2: ESX Server Installation
  • Set-up of ESX Server
• Module 3: Networking
  • Configuration of virtual switches, network connections and port groups
• Module 4: Storage
  • Storage management technologies
• Module 5: VirtualCenter Installation
  • Set-up of VirtualCenter
• Module 6: Creation and Management of VMs
  • Use of templates
  • Manage using VMware VirtualCenter and Web Access
• Module 7: Resource Management
  • VMotion migrations
  • Setting VM priorities on CPU, memory, and other resources
• Module 8: Virtual Machine Access Control
  • Controlling administrator rights
• Module 9: Monitoring Your Environment
  • Workload assessment
  • Service Console monitoring
• Module 10: Data and Availability Protection
  • Clustering, backups, failover
• Module 11: Troubleshooting
  • Systematic isolation of problems
  • Common symptoms, faults, fixes