Course Summary

• Format: Lecture 50%, Lab 50%

• Duration: 4 days

Overview

This deep hands-on training course explores VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter.

“VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure” is a prerequisite to taking the certification exam and becoming a VMware Certified Professional.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, you will understand the functionality in VMware Infrastructure 3 and be able to:

• Install and configure virtual machines

• Deploy virtual machines from templates

• allocate resources

• Migrate and manage virtual machines

• Ensure high availability of applications

• Troubleshoot typical ESX Server issues

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for system administrators and systems engineers who are responsible for the integration, administration and management of ESX Server. The course is suitable for both users of VMware VirtualCentre and ESX Server administrators.

Prerequisite

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows (2003, XP, 2000 or NT 4.0) or Linux.

Pricing

UK £2,145 per delegate including all course materials,  excluding VAT (discounts are available for 3 or more delegates).

Key Topics

• Installation, configuration and administration
• Virtual networking
• Storage area networks
• VMotion
• Resource Management
• Security
• Backup and recovery
• Clustering

Course Outline

Module 1: Virtual Infrastructure Overview

• VMware products: functions and applications

Module 2: ESX Installation

• Set-up of ESX Server

Module 3: Networking

• Configuration of virtual switches, network connections and port groups

Module 4: Storage

• Storage Management technologies

Module 5: VirtualCentre installation

• Set-up VirtualCentre

Module 6: Creation and Management of Virtual Machines

• Use of templates

• Cold and VMotion migrations

• Manage using VMware VirtualCenter and Web Access

Module 7: Resource Management

• Setting VM priorities on CPU, memory and other resources.

Module 8: Virtual Machine Access Control

• Controlling administrator rights

Module 9: Monitoring Your Environment

• Workload assessment

• Service Console monitoring

Module 10: Data and Availability Protection

• Clustering, backups, failover

Module 11: Troubleshooting

• System architecture

• Systematic isolation of problems

• Common symptoms, faults and fixes