Virtualization Administrator Training for Freshers and experienced candidates. Will concentrate more on real time scenarios with live setup.

This Course will cover all the aspects required to Design, Install, Configure and Manage a Virtual Data Center Environment using VMware vSphere Virtualization Technology. This will be providing hands-on experience on Virtual Data Center Infrastructure Administration.

Chapter 1: Introduction of Virtualization

• What is Virtualization and Types of Virtualization
• Concept of Server Virtualization and need for it
• Benefits of Virtualization
• Hypervisor and Types
• Overview of VMware vSphere Software Products

Chapter 2: Introduction, Install, Configuration and Management of ESXI Server

• Understanding Concept of ESXi Server
• Hardware/Software Requirements and Installation Types of ESXi Server
• Install and Configure ESXi Server
• Access ESXi through VSphere Client and First Look View

Chapter 3: Create, Configure and Manage Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machines Files
• Creating Virtual Machines on ESXi Server
• Configure Resources(CPU, Memory, Network and Storage) on Virtual Machines
• Manage Virtual Machines (Monitoring, Performance Reports, VMware Tools etc.)

Chapter 4: Configure and Manage Virtual Networking

• Basics of Virtual Networking and its components (NIC cards, Switches etc.)
• Understanding concept of Standard Switch and Distributed Switch
• Comparison between Standard and Distributed Switches
• Creation of Virtual Switches and Port Group concepts

Chapter 5: Configure and Manage Virtual Storage

• Basics of Virtual Storage
• Types of Storages and supported Protocols
• Configure Storage in Virtual Environment

Chapter 6: Introduction, Install, Configuration and Management of vCenter Server and Its Components

• Understanding vCenter Server/Appliance
• Components of VCenter Server
• Hardware/Software Requirements
• Install and Configuration of VCenter Server
• Accessing vCenter Server by using VSphere Client and Web client.
• Connecting to Active Directory and other identity sources
• Features and Organizing Inventory Views
• Importing ESXi Servers into vCenter Management
• Manage ESXi and Virtual Machines from vCenter Console

Chapter 7: Concept of Snapshot, Clone and Template

• Creation, Deletion and Reverting Snapshot
• Clone Types (Cold and Hot) and Creation of clone
• Understanding Templates
• Create, Import, and export templates
• Difference between Snapshot, Clone and Template

Chapter 8: VSphere VMware Features

• Understanding Fault Tolerance and Features
• Understanding Cluster Configuration and HA/DRS Features
• Difference between HA and Fault Tolerance
• Concept of vMotion and Storage vMotion
• Migrate Virtual Machines from One ESXi to another ESXi

Chapter 9: ESXi and VCenter Permission Levels:

• Control User access management
• Configure and Manage ESXI Firewall Ports and Services
• Lock Down mode concept
• Integrate ESXI with Active Directory

Chapter 10: Monitoring, Event and Tasks, Alarms and Performance Reports

• Monitoring infra from ESXi and vCenter
• Understanding Event and Tasks
• Alarm categories and definitions
• Creating custom alarms and actions
• Reviewing alarms and acknowledging them
• Prepare performance reports for Infra.

Chapter 11: Patch Management - VMware Update Manager

• Understanding concept of Update Manager
• Install and Configure Update Manager
• Perform Patches on ESXi Server using Update Manager (Download Patches, Create Baseline and apply patches to Servers)

Chapter 12: VMware Converter - VSphere Standalone Converter (P2V/V2V)

• Understanding concept of VMware Converter
• Install and Configure Converter
• Convert Physical Machine to Virtual By Using converter
• Other useful concepts

Chapter 13: Command Line Management

• Basic commands for ESXI Server Management
• Commands for Virtual Machine Management
• Connect ESXi server via Putty

Chapter 14: Trouble Shooting

• Various Real time troubleshooting scenarios
• Virtual Machine common issues
• Troubleshooting ESXi (Blue Dump, Server Not Responding etc.)
• vCenter (Data Base, Services and Health Status)
• Migrating Virtual Machines from One Server/Storage to Other Server/Storage

Chapter 15: Project

• Virtual Environment Live Setup and Overview
• Preparation of Resumes
• Interview Question and Answers
• Technology Related Blogs, links and videos.