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VMware vSphere: Install Configure Manage [V4.1]

Class Overview & Benefits

Overview

Insyte's authorized VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5 training and certification power class is offered in most cities nationwide including Washington, DC, New York City, San Francisco and San Diego. This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere™, which consists of ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi V5 and vCenter Server 5. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. 

Course Objectives

• Install and configure ESX or ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Configure and manage ESX/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 ESX/ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection

Who Should Attend

• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for VMware® ESX™, ESXi, and VMware vCenter™ Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Course Length

5 Days

Course Outline           

• Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Introduction to VMware Virtualization
• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• VMware ESX and ESXi
• Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
• Manually configure ESX/ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects
• Networking
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups
• Storage
• Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Virtual Machines
• Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Perform Storage vMotion migrations
• Access Control
• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Resource Monitoring
• Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
• Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU
• and memory usage
• Monitor resource usage using  vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
• Data Protection
• Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery
• Scalability
• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter Linked Mode
• Manage ESX/ESXi configuration compliance using Host Profiles
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
• Perform VMware vMotion™ migrations
• Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
• Configure and manage VMware Distributed Power Management
• High Availability
• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
• Patch Management
• Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager
• Installing VMware ESX and ESXi
• Introduce ESX and ESXi Installable installation

About Insyte  

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• Metro Accessibility - Short walk from Metro Blue/Yellow Line (leave the car behind)
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