VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Enterprise

New Horizons Learning Centres of Australia
Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney, Australia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Virtualization technology from VMware provides organizations with the ability to run multiple guest operating systems on one or more host x86 32/64 bit architecture servers. Best in class IT business units are rapidly embracing the cost and flexibility benefits that server consolidation can provide. Soon understanding a virtualization hypervisor its management overlay will be as important as client/server computing itself. This course covers not only the core components of a virtualising product in VMWare ESX but also the key peripheral areas of concern; virtual networking and security, storage and resource scheduling.

Target Audience
�IT Managers and Operations Managers accountable for server consolidation

�System Administrators who manage server consolidation systems

�System Architects assessing enterprise server consolidation for their organization


Pre-requisites:


Basic understanding of client/server computing architecture.
Basic knowledge of Windows operating system.
Basic knowledge of networking principle.
Basic knowledge of Linux is advantageous but not necessary.
Basic system administration skills (principles of system planning, security, maintenance and upgrading).
At Course Completion

�Maintain a VMware environment to achieve effective, reliable server consolidation on an ongoing basis

�Evaluate enterprise server consolidation software confidently against your organisations needs

�Use server consolidation as an effective component of a broader IT disaster recovery strategy

�Assess server consolidation performance against industry best practices

�Ensure your organisations consolidated application and data are being managed effectively and protected against common causes of data loss

Outline:

Module 1 - Introduction to Virtualization Technology

· What is Virtualization?

· Terms of Reference

· The VMware Approach

· VMware Products Overview

· VMware VI3.5 Overview

· VMware Architecture

· VMware Vs Other Virtualisation Products

Module 2 Installation and Configuration

· VI3.5 Installation and Configuration

· Preparing for the Install Process

· VMware Hardware Compatibility Guides

· VI3 Core Resources

· Resource Sizing

· Installation Best Practices

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 3 Managing ISO Images

· The /vmimages Repository

Module 4 - VI3.5 Users and Groups and Security

· Understanding VI 3.5 Authentication

· Overview of VI 3.5 Users

· Overview of VI 3.5 Groups

· Creating a User Account

Module 5 - Managing VI3.5

· Overview of Virtual Infrastructure Web Access

· Overview of the Virtual Infrastructure Client

· Using the Service Console

· Logging into to the Service Console with Secure Shell

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 6 - VI3.5 Storage Technologies

· VMFS Overview

· Local Storage

· Fibre Channel SAN Storage

· iSCSI SAN Storage

· NFS NAS Storage

· Multipathing

· Storage Considerations

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 7 - VI3 Networking

· Understanding Physical NICs

· Understanding Virtual NICs

· Understanding Virtual Switches

· Understanding Portgroups

· Understanding VLANs

· Understanding NIC Teaming and Load Balancing

· Understanding Service Console Firewall

· Understanding VMotion Networking

· Example Architectures

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 8 - Guest Operating Systems

· Overview of Virtual Machine Hardware

· Virtual Machine Design and Planning

· The VMware Tools Collection

Module 9 - VirtualCenter 2.5 Install and Configure

· Introduction to the VirtualCenter 2.5 Architecture

· Preparing for the Install Process

· Users and Groups

· Managing VirtualCenter 2.5

· VirtualCenter Management Server

· VirtualCenter Database

· Virtual Infrastructure Client

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 10 - VirtualCenter 2.5 Deploying Virtual Machines

· Creating a Virtual Machine

· Creating a Virtual Machine Template

· Cloning a Virtual Machine

· Snapshotting a Virtual Machine

· Guest O/S Customisation

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 11 - VirtualCenter 2.5 Virtual Machine Migration

· Cold and Hot Migration

· Processor Compatibility Issues

· cpuid.iso

· VMotion

· Storage Migration

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 12 Memory & CPU

· Page Sharing Vs Memory Ballooning Vs Paging

· CPU Load Balancing

· CPU Hyper-Threading

Module 13 - Managing VI 3.5 Resources

· Understanding Resource Reservations

· Resource Pools

· Processor Affinity

Module 14 - VirtualCenter 2.5 Distributed Resource Scheduling

· DRS

· Resource Pools

· CPU & Memory in Resource Pools

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 15 - VirtualCenter 2.5 High Availability

· Maintenance Mode with HA

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 16 - Clustering

· Clustering Concepts

· One-to-One Clustering

· Many-to-One Clustering

· Many-to-Many Clustering

Module 17 - Performance Monitoring and Reporting

· Understanding Performance Tracking

· Understanding esxtop

· Tracking ESX Server 3.5 Performance

· Tracking Virtual Machine Performance

· Student Lab Exercise

Module 18 - ESX Server 3.5 Backup and Recovery

· ESX Server 3 Backup Strategies

· Introduction to VMware Consolidated Backup

Module 19 - Update Manager

· Overview of Update Manager

· Understanding Baselines

· Understanding Remediation

· Scanning ESX Servers

· Scanning Virtual Machines

· Compliance Reporting

Module 20 - Troubleshooting

· Common Operational Issues

· Troubleshooting Techniques

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Phone:1300 794 006

School Address:

Level 6, St. Martins Tower
31 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Level 4, 200 Creek Street,
Brisbane, QLD 4000

Level 2, 31 Queen Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3000

9 Denison Street,
Newcastle West NSW 2302


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