Title  VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4]
 
Summary  - Format: Classroom
- Length: 4 Days
 
Overview  This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESX™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. The course is based on ESXi 4.0, ESX 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for options.
 
 
Objectives  •  Install and configure ESX
•  Install and configure vCenter Server
•  Configure and manage ESX networking and storage using vCenter Server
•  Deploy and manage virtual machines
•  Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
•  Increase scalability using vCenter Server
•  Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server
•  Apply patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager
•  Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server
 
Who Should Attend?  System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server
 
Prerequisites  System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
 
Outline  Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

•  Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring ESXi/ESX

•  Configuration of ESXi and ESX

Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

•  Install and configure vCenter Server, and use the VMware vSphere Client to manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies

Module 5: Networking
•  Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

Module 6: Storage

•  Storage management technologies

Module 7: Virtual Machines

•  Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, Guided Consolidation
•  Modifying, managing, and migrating virtual machines

Module 8: Access Control

•  Controlling user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

•  Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server

Module 10: Scalability

•  VMware VMotion™ migrations
•  Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

•  Setup of a VMware High Availability  cluster
•  Backup and recovery of virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

Module 12: Configuration Management

•  Patching using vCenter Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

•  Installation of ESX

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