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VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance [V4.x]

Class Overview & Benefits

Overview

Insyte's authorized VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance v4 training and certification power class is offered in most cities nationwide including  Washington, DC, Columbus, Huntsville and Newark. This hands-on training course explores the management of performance in a VMware vSphere™ environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on VMware® ESX™ 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter™ Server 4.0.

Course Objectives

• Explain the performance impact of using different monitor modes
• Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of ESX/ESXi hosts
• Diagnose performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host
• Discuss how to achieve an optimal virtual machine configuration
• Discuss guidelines for monitoring application performance

Who Should Attend

System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for managing the performance of a vSphere installation

Prerequisites

This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:

• VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Fast Track
• VMware vSphere 4: What’s New
• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server
• Experience with working at the command prompt is highly recommended.

Course Length

3 Days

Course Outline           

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment
  • Discuss the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
  • Discuss software and hardware virtualization techniques and their impact on performance
  • Monitor performance using vCenter Server performance charts and the ESX/ESXi resxtop command
• Module 3: CPU Performance
  • Discuss the CPU scheduler and other features that have an impact on CPU performance
  • Monitor key CPU performance metrics
  • Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
• Module 4: Memory Performance
  • Discuss memory reclamation techniques and memory overcommitment
  • Monitor key memory performance metrics
  • Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
• Module 5: Guidelines for DRS and Resource Controls
  • Discuss performance guidelines for DRS clusters, resource pools, and resource allocation settings
• Module 6: Network Performance
  • Discuss the performance features of modern network adapters
  • Monitor key network performance metrics
  • Troubleshoot common network performance problems
• Module 7: Storage Performance
  • Discuss how storage protocols, VMware vStorage VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
  • Monitor key storage performance metrics
  • Troubleshoot common storage performance problems
• Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance
  • Discuss guidelines for configuring a virtual machine for optimal performance
• Module 9: Application Performance
  • Discuss tools and guidelines for application performance

About Insyte  

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