This intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™. It combines the content of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Upon completing this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.
What You'll Learn
• Install and configure VMware ESX™/ESXi, vCenter™ Server, and the vSphere Management Assistant
• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot ESX/ESXi networking and storage
• Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances
• Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure
• Implement business continuity solutions
• Manage changes to the vSphere environment
This Course Includes:
- Five days of intensive training led by a VMware-certified instructor
- 35+ hands-on labs
- Free VMware Certified Professional exam voucher
- vSphere 4 Fundamentals (Self-Paced e-Learning)
Course Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
• Discuss virtualization and vSphere components
Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi
• Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs
Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server
• Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant
• Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies
Module 5: Networking
• Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components
Module 6: Storage
• Review storage management technologies
• Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues
Module 7: Virtual Machines
• Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided Consolidation
• Modify and manage virtual machines
Module 8: Access Control
• Control user access through roles and permissions
Module 9: Resource Monitoring
• Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI
Module 10: Scalability
• Scale resource management
• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
• Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations
• Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed Power Management
Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection
• Review business continuity products and features
• Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault Tolerance
• Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
• Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines
Module 12: Configuration Management
• Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter Update Manager
Module 13: Installing ESX
• Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations
