Course outline

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

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 and allocate resources
• Migrate and manage virtual machines
• Ensure high availability of applications
• Troubleshoot typical ESX Server issues

Target Audience

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter

- 50% lecture, 50% hands-on lab

For those not looking to gain a certification but are looking to gain a more rounded experience of VMWare features.

Course Content

Module 1:

Virtual Infrastructure Overview - VMware products: functions and applications

Module 2:

ESX Server 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:

VirtualCenter Installation - Set-up of VirtualCenter

Module 6:

Creation and Management of VMs - Use of templates - Manage using VMware VirtualCenter and Web Access

Module 7:

Resource Management - VMotion migrations - 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 - Systematic isolation of problems � Common symptoms, faults, fixes