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VMware Training Overview
This powerful 5-day class is an intense introduction to virtualization using VMware’s vSphere™
5.1 including VMware ESX™ 5.1 and vCenter™. This class starts with the basics and rapidly
progresses to more advanced topics. More than 40% of class time is devoted to labs so concepts,
skills and best practices are developed and reinforced. Initial labs focus on installation and
configuration of stand-alone ESXi servers. As the class progresses, shared storage, networking
and centralized management are introduced. The class continues on to more advanced topics
including resource balancing, high availability, back-up and recovery, troubleshooting and more.
Disaster recovery, rapid deployment, hot migration and workload consolidation are also covered.
This class is unique in its approach; which is to identify common IT pain points and then clearly
explain and demonstrate how virtualization delivers clear, tangible benefits (e.g.: reduced costs,
greater consistency, responsiveness, reduced administration, server consolidation, etc.). Each
topic is presented from the perspective of delivering key business value; not just the technical or
mechanical aspects of the software.
VMware Training Audience
System Architects, security specialists, analysts, back-up and storage administrators.
VMware Training Prerequisites
Attendees should have user, operator or administrator experience on common
operating systems such as Microsoft Windows®, Linux™, UNIX™, etc. Experience installing,
configuring and managing operating systems, storage systems and or networks is useful but not
required. All attendees should have a basic familiarity with PC server hardware, disk
partitioning, IP addressing, O/S installation, networking, etc.
Course duration
5 Days
VMware Training Course outline
1. Introduction to vSphere 5.1
- VMware vSphere
- Problems and Opportunities
- Server Resource Utilization
- Server Consolidation
- Datacenter Issues
- OS, Application Imaging
- Back Up & Recovery
- Server Refresh
- Hardware Maintenance
- Windows Server VM Licensing
- MS Virtualization Calculator
- Windows Server 2012
- Disaster Recovery
- Test, Development & QA
- IT Technical Career Benefits
- Virtualization Over Time
- VMware vSphere 5.1 Editions
- Small Business Bundles
- vSphere Acceleration Kits
- VMware Service & Support
- (SnS)
- VMware ESXi
- Single Host Deployment
- Multiple ESXi w. Shared Storage
- vSphere Private Cloud
- Private Cloud Computing
- Storage, Server, Network Cloud
- What's New in vSphere 5
- What’s New in vSphere 5.1
2. VMware ESXi
- Stand Alone ESXi
- Scalable ESXi Deployment
- Installing ESXi
- ESXi 5.1
- ESXi Configuration
- Default Management IP Settings
- Configure Management Network
- IP, DNS Configuration
- Network Changes
- ESXi Ready for Service
- Alt-F12 VMkernel Log Entries
- Security Warning
- vSphere Client > ESXi Host
- ESXi Host Roles
- Enable/Verify Hyperthreading
- Licensed Features in ESXi 5.1
- System Health Status
- ESXi System Logs
3. Virtual Networking
- Virtual to Physical Networking
- vNetwork Switches
- Standard vSwitches
- Distributed vSwitches
- Physical and Virtual Networking
- ESXi Networking
- Multi-homed Networking
- Port Groups
- Add Network Wizards
- vSwitch Properties
- ESXi Physical NICs
- vSwitch Rules
4. NAS/NFS
- Network Attached Storage
- Network File System
- NAS Components
- Define NFS Shares
- NFS Share in Storage Roster
- NAS/NFS Trade-offs
- Troubleshooting NFS
5. Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machines
- Virtual Hardware
- New Virtual Machine Wizard
- Multicore vCPUs
- Snapshots Manager
- Complete the Virtual Machine
- Remote Console
- VMware Tools
- USB Virtual Device Support
- Windows Performance Tips
- Supported Guest OS
6. vCenter Server
- Central Management w. vCenter
- vCenter for Windows
- VMware Single Sign On
- Inventory Service
- vCenter Simple Deployment
- vCenter for Windows Databases
- MS SQL Express
- vCenter is a Management Proxy
- Install/Select Database
- vCenter uses a Java VM
- vCenter Windows Services
- Organizing Inventory
- Folders Organize Datacenters
- VMs run on Clusters
- Resource Maps
- View Past Events and System
- Logs
- Licensing
- vCenter Server Licensing
- vSphere C#, Web Clients
- vSphere Next Generation Client
- Migrating a VM
- Web Access Remote Console
- Functions Only in Web Client
7. Templates, Clones
- Template Theory
- Template Benefits
- Disk Formats
- Creating a New Template
- VM Cloning
- Clone a Template
- Windows VM Customization
- Non-Windows OS Customization
- Virtual Machines / Pros and
- Cons
- Import/ Export Virtual
- Appliances
- Adding Virtual Hardware
- All VMs Support Simple
- Changes
- Hot Add Virtual Hardware
- Hot Grow Disks
8. Permissions
- Permission- Privileges and Roles
- Determining Permissions
- Privilege Hierarchy
- Role Assignments
- vCenter Users, Groups
- View vCenter Base Permissions
- ESXi Users, Groups
- View ESXi Permissions
9. Shared Storage
- Fibre Storage Area Networks
- Hardware Paths
- iSCSI, Capabilities, Motivation
- iSCSI Hardware & Software Initiators
- Challenge Authentication Protocol
- CHAP Authentication Process
- New iSCSI LUNs
- iSCSI Trade-offs
- Storage Properties, Views, Reports
- vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)
10. VMware File System
- VMFS Overview
- VMFS 5 Features
- Properties and Formatting
- New VMFS
- Grow VMFS into Free Space
- Multipathing
- iSCSI SAN Multipathing
- Pluggable Storage Architecture
11. Alarms
- Performance Alarms
- vCenter Alarms
- Alarm Settings
- ESXi Host Alarms
- Virtual Machine Alarms
- Alarm Reporting
- Custom Alarms
- Alarm Best Practices
12. Host Profiles
- Managing ESXi Host Configuration
- Host Profiles
- Host Benefits, Tasks, Contents
- Attach, Edit, Review a Profile
- Apply a Profile
13. Resouce Pools
- Resource Administration
- CPU Resource Tunables
- Dynamic Memory Balancing
- Shares
- Resource Pools
- Resource Allocations
14. Converter
- VMware vCenter Converter
- Clone & Update Disks
- Install and Enable Converter
- Launch Converter Enterprise
- Specify New VM Location
- Copying Disk Volumes
- Create the New Virtual Machine
- VM Reconfiguration
- Converter Housekeeping
- Converter Caveats
15. VMware Data Recovery
- Backup and Recovery
- VM Backup Challenge
- Reduce Backup Stress
- ESXi Configuration Back Up
- Data Recovery
- Connect VMDR to vCenter
- Getting Started Wizard
- Creating a Backup Job
- Backup Reports
- Restoring a Virtual Machine
16. VM Migration
- Virtual Machine Migration
- Cold Migration
- VMotion Migration, Benefits,
- Requirements
- VM is Descheduled
- Switch Over
- VM Scheduled to Run
- Housekeeping
- Validation
- Host and CPU Compatibility
- Storage VMotion
17. DRS
- Distributed Resource Scheduler
- DRS Clusters / Functions
- DRS Automation Level
- Migration Threshold
- Power Management
- EVC and AMD CPUs
- Affinity, Anti-Affinity Rules
- DRS Groups Manager
- Adopting DRS
18. VMware HA
- High Availability Clusters
- VMware HA Host Failures
- Admission Control
- HA Reserved Resources
- HA Cluster Heartbeat
- VM Monitoring
- Maintenance Mode
- Resolving HA Problems
- HA and DRS
19. Update Manager
- VMware Update Manager
- Patch Management
- VUM Components
- VUM Size Estimator
- Patch Download Settings
- Stock Patch Baselines
- Selected Patches
- Compliance
- VUM and DRS Clusters
- VUM and HA Clusters
20. Performance
- Performance Analysis & Tuning
- ESXi CPU Usage Strategy
- Active VM CPU Scheduling
- Physical to Virtual CPU
- Sequential vs Concurrent Tasks
- Physical & VM Memory
- Transparent Page Sharing
- Ballooning vs. VMkernel Swap
- ESXi and SSDs
- Performance Charts
- CPU Ready Time
- Monitoring Memory Stress
21. Final Thoughts
- What to Virtualize
- CPU, Storage, Network Considerations
- Server Capacity Management
- Delivering High Availability
- Virtualization Security Issues
- Appendix – Definitions & Acronyms
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