VMware vSphere 4.1 Advanced Bootcamp
Course Description
The vSphere 4.0 suite of products consisting of: ESX Server 4.0, VirtualCenter 4.0 and VMware Consolidated Backup, is both exceptionally powerful and comprehensive. GlobalNet Training’s advanced VMware course is intended for students with significant production experience in the Infrastructure 3 product suite. It is our intention to take your existing knowledge base and expand upon that.
Course Length:
4 Days, 8:30AM-4:30PM
GlobalNet Trainings’s VMware vSphere 4.0 Advanced Bootcamp is designed to give you all the advanced skills and knowledge you need to implement and maintain VMWare, however our course is not an official VMware certification course. The MIA (Master Infrastructure Architect) certification is a 3rd party certification from the Virtualization Council, a vender neutral testing solution focusing on virtualization. The cost of the test is not included in the course fee.
Intended Audience
IT Pros with a minimum of 1-2 years of server experience. Anyone who would like to attend our advanced VMware course: VM-200 – VMware vSphere 4.0 Advanced Bootcamp.
Certification
Master Infrastructure Architect Exam
Prerequisites
Students can meet the prerequisites for our advanced course by attending our VM-100 – VMware vSphere 4.0 Bootcamp.
Alternatively, students must have:
- Significant ESX Server experience
- Significant VirtualCenter or vSphere administration experience
- Excellent familiarity with Windows
- Some familiarity with Linux
Outline
Introduction and Course Design
- Pre-requisites
- Classroom Conventions
- Classroom Setup
Disaster Recovery
- Virtual Infrastructure Architecture
- Components
- Redundancy and rebuilding
SAN and ISCSI Configuration
- SAN Design and deployment
- SAN Component overview
- iSCSI Configuration
DRS, HA Advanced Configuration, VMotion, Storage VMotion, DPM
- Cluster Strategy
- HA Advanced Options
- DRS Advanced Options
- VMotion
- Distributed Power Manager
Virtual Appliances
- Exporting VM's
- Importing VM's
- OVF Tool
ESX Security Architecture
- Security Features
- The Virtualization Layer
- Service Console Security
- Virtual Networking
- Switch Security
- VLAN's
- Virtual Switch Isolation
Hardening your ESX Server
- The ESX Firewall
- XML Configuration for convenient port access
- Command-line configurations
Advanced 3rd Party Tools
- VirtualCenter snap-ins
- Storage VMotion
- ESX Server Console Access
- Enterprise VSwitch configuration
- VM Disk partitioning utilities for the Virtual Infrastructure
- Diagnostic Tools and Performance Monitoring
- Dongle support
- PDA/Smart Phone tools
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VMware View)
- Principles of VDI (VMware View)
- Install & Configure VMware VDI (VMware View)
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
- Architecture
- Installation
- Administration
Log File analysis and Session management
- ESX Server log files
- VirtualCenter logs
- VM log files
VMware command line tools
- esxcfg commands
- vmkfstools
- vmware-cmd
- top
- esxtop
- creating iso and flp images
- Remote CLI
- Storage VMotion
NTP – Network Time Protocol
- Setup and config
Capacity Planning and Sizing
- VMware Capacity Planner
- Power Recon
- HP tools
- VM Bench Mark
ESX Run Levels and Services
- Run level description and overview
- ESX Services
- List of services
- Troubleshooting
VM files and critical ESX files
- VM Resilient files purpose and roles
- VM non-resilient files purpose and roles
- Critical ESX server files
Upgrading and Patching ESX
- command line
- Patch Manager
Appendix A – ESX Licensing
Appendix B - VMware Lab Manager
Appendix C - Microsoft Clustering
Appendix D – Understanding and configuring ESX 3.5i
Appendix E – Helpful websites
Guarantee
The Lammle Training Guarantee is subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) You must notify GlobalNet Training in writing and provide proof of having not passed an applicable professional certification examination within 10 days (two business weeks) following the last day of the Bootcamp you attended; (ii) Your participation in a subsequent Bootcamp under this Guarantee is based on seat availability in a regularly scheduled, open enrollment Bootcamp; (iii) Except for your Bootcamp tuition and enrollment fees you are solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in attending a Bootcamp under this Guarantee, including all travel, lodging, meals and other out-of-pocket expenses, such as exams, associated with your participation in such Bootcamp; and (iv) Only individual (single) registrations are eligible to participate under this Guarantee. This Guarantee does not apply to custom or corporate block purchases.
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