Simplify your IT infrastructure as you create a more dynamic and flexible datacenter with proven server and datacenter virtualization solutions built on VMware vSphere, the industry’s leading virtualization platform. Ensure continued IT innovation while meeting enterprise application SLAs, and increase time-to-market for application provisioning and upgrades. VMware virtualization helps you reduce capital expenses through server consolidation and improve operating expenses through automation, while minimizing lost revenue by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime.

Topics Covered

Outline: 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 Introduction to VMware Virtualization • Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components • Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization • Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture • Install and use vSphere user interfaces 3 Create Virtual Machines • Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files • Deploy a single virtual machine 4 VMware vCenter Server • Introduce vCenter Server architecture • Introduce vCenter Server appliance • Configure and manage vCenter Server appliance • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses 5 Configure and Manage Virtual Networks • Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch • Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties • Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms 6 Configure and Manage Virtual Storage • Introduce storage protocols and device names • Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage • Create and manage vSphere datastores • Deploy and manage the VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance 7 Virtual Machine Management • Deploy virtual machines using templates and cloning • Modify and manage virtual machines • Create and manage virtual machine snapshots • Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations • Create a vSphere vApp 8 Data Protection • Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server • Introduce the VMware Data Recovery appliance • Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently 9 Access and Authentication Control • Control user access through roles and permissions • Configure and manage the ESXi firewall • Configure ESXi lockdown mode • Integrate ESXi with Active Directory • Introduce VMware vShield Zones 10 Resource Management and Monitoring • Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts • Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage • Configure and manage resource pools • Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms 11 High Availability and Fault Tolerance • Introduce new vSphere High Availability (HA) architecture • Configure and manage a vSphere High Availability cluster • Introduce VMware Fault Tolerance 12 Scalability • Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster • Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility • Use vSphere HA and DRS together 13 Patch Management • Manage ESXi patching using vCenter Update Manager • Install Update Manager and Update Manager plug-in • Create patch baselines • Scan and remediate hosts

Who should attend

System administrators • Systems engineers • Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server

Pre-requisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

What you need to bring

Writing material

Key Takeaways

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in vSphere 5 and be able to do the following: • Install and configure ESXi • Install and configure vCenter Server components • Configure and manage 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 ESXi patches • Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection