Vmware vSphere 4.1s Bootcamp
Course Description
Course Length: 4 Days
The GlobalNet Training VMware vSphere 4.0 Bootcamp is a complete course for all beginning and intermediate students with over 70% of all materials devoted to “Live Labs”. Students will complete the course with a comprehensive knowledge of ESX Server, vCenter and Virtual Machine Architecture, as well as advanced management techniques.
Students will:
- Build their own ESX Server
- Build VM’s
- Create Virtual Machine Clones
- Migrate a physical computer to a Virtual Machine
- Use a wide variety of third-party tools
- Install vCenter
- Configure a cluster
- Initiate VMotion
- See High Availability in action
- Secure their ESX Server
- Much, much more…
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
Virtual Infrastructure Professional Exam: Learn IT!’s VMware vSphere 4.0 Bootcamp is designed to give you all the skills and knowledge you need to implement and maintain VMWare, however our course is not an official VMware certification course. The VIP (Virtual Infrastructure Professional) 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.
Outline
Module 1: Introduction - why do we Virtualize?
- What is Virtualization
- A brief history of Virtualization
Virtualization
X86 Virtualization
Server Virtualization with VMware - Why do we Virtualize
Save Money
Improve Agility
Implement Initiatives - What’s New in vSphere
Module 2: Terms and Concepts
- Host
- Virtual Machine
- Encapsulation & Portability
- P2V – Physical to Virtual
- Isolation
- Idealized Hardware
- Virtualization Layer
- Hypervisor (Virtual Machine Monitor)
- vmnic
- VMnet / vSwitch
- VMkernel
- VMXNET
- Hardware-assisted Memory Virtualization
- VMware Paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI)
- VMFS – Virtual Machine File System
- Swap Space
- Root /
- Jumbo Frames
- Virtual Infrastructure Client
- Service Console
- Compliance
- Remediation
Module 3: Installing ESX Server 4
- ESX Server 4 hardware requirements
- VMFS File system Limits
- ESX Server Maximums
- ESX Server Disk Partitioning
- Keeping a Server Build Document
- ESX install methods
- The ESX 4 Installation Process
- Post-installation tasks
- Troubleshooting
Module 4: Building and configuring virtual machines
- Virtual Machine Basics
- Virtual Machine Resources
- Installing the Virtual Infrastructure Client
- Creating a Virtual Machine
- Select a Datastore
- Choose a Guest Operating System
- Virtual Machine Remote Console
- Virtual Machine Files
- Independent Disk Mode
- Virtual Machine Resource utilization
Shares and Reservations
Processor Affinity
Module 5: Virtual networking
- Virtual Switches
- Viewing Virtual Switches
- Virtual Switch Properties
- Physical Adapters
- Physical Adapter Properties
- Port Groups
- Port Group Properties
- Security and Traffic Shaping
- MAC Addresses
- Service Console Tools
Module 6: Physical to virtual migrations (P2V)
- P2V Terminology
- Four Common P2V Methods
- Linux command line P2V
- Ghost with Bart’s Preinstalled Environment
- VMware Converter
- Platespin Migrate
Module 7: Tools for a virtual infrastructure
- Veeam Tools
Veeam Configurator
Veeam Backup and Fast SCP - Putty
- WinSCP
- Disk Images
Win ISO
Win Image
Adding Disk Images files to Virtual Machines - NewSID
- Gparted
- Wireshark
- SysPrep
- Platespin
- Vizioncore
- VMware Lab Manager
Module 9: Installing and supporting vCenter
- vCenter enables Services
- vCenter Components
Virtual Infrastructure Client
vCenter Agent
vCenter Server
Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
vCenter Database
License Server - vCenter Supported Databases
- vCenter Minimum Requirements
- vCenter Installation
- Logging in to vCenter
- Adding Datacenters and Hosts
- vCenter Permissions and Roles
- vCenter Default Roles
- vCenter Custom Permissions
- vCenter Customization Specification (Sysprep)
- Customization Specification Wizard
- vCenter Cloning
- vCenter Clone Wizard
- vCenter Templates
- vCenter Performance Charts
- vCenter Tasks & Events
- vCenter Alarms
- vCenter Topology Maps
- vCenter Guided Consolidation
- vCenter Update Manager
- vCenter VMotion
VMotion Requirements
VCenter VMotion in Action
Storage VMotion - vCenter Clustering
vCenter Cluster Requirements
vCenter Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) Cluster settings
vCenter High Availability (DAS) Cluster Settings
vCenter Distributed Power Management (DPM) Cluster Settings
vCenter Cluster Options - vCenter Resource Pools
Modules 10: Best Practices
- ESX Server Hardware Best Practices
- ESX Server Software Best Practices
- Common Problems and “Gotcha’s”
Module 11: Backup techniques for a virtual infrastructure
- Backup Terms
- Backup Approaches
Backing up ESX Server
Backing up Virtual Machines - VMware Consolidated Backup (Backup environment)
VCB Usage Models
VCB Requirements
VCB Workflow - Install and use Veeam Backup
Module 12: Inside ESX, Critical Files and Folders
- Viewing the File system
- ESX Server Configuration Files
- ESX Server Boot Process
- Run levels
- ESX Server Services
Module 13: Using the CLI
- CLI Shortcuts
- Copy and Moving Files
- Finding Files and Searching
- Using VI
- Managing Users on ESX
- Directory and file Ownership
- Archiving files with tar
- Mounting and Unmounting
- Managing Processes
- Starting and Stopping Services
- VMware Commands
Working with VMFS
Managing Virtual Machines
Appendix A: VMware Licensing for ESX 3.5 and vCenter 2.5
- vCenter and ESX Server Licensing Model
- License Key Functionality
- Per-Feature Licensing
- Server-Based Licensing
- License Server Availability
- ESX Server License Types
- The License File
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