| Title | | VMware vSphere:
What's New [V4] |
| |
| Summary | | - Format: Classroom
- Length: 2 Days |
| |
| Overview | | This hands-on training
course explores new features in VMware® vCenter™ Server 4 and ESX™/ESXi 4, as well as how to upgrade to VMware
vSphere™ 4.
|
| |
| |
| Objectives | | • Upgrading
VMware deployments from VMware Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4
• Deploying distributed virtual switches
to simplify datacenter-wide network management
• Using VMDirectPath to assign a PCI adapter directly
to a virtual machine
• Migrating virtual machines’ storage while they are live with VMware Storage
VMotion
• Growing virtual disks and VMware vStorage VMFS volumes while they are live
• Employing
VMware’s new Pluggable Storage Architecture
• Ensuring application availability with VMware Fault
Tolerance
• Manage more than one vCenter Server instance from the same client
• Use
the new Host Profiles feature to keep hosts uniformly configured
• Save energy with VMware Distributed
Power Management
• Save disk space with thin provisioning
• Administer virtual appliances
consisting of more than one virtual machine |
| |
| Who Should Attend? | | System architects, system administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible
for implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures. |
| |
| Prerequisites | | Completion of VMware
Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure, or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server. |
| |
| Outline | | Module 1: Introducing
vSphere 4
• Highlights vSphere 4 enhancements by component and reviews upgrade tools and
strategies.
Module 2: Infrastructure Administration
• Presents new
features that support better infrastructure monitoring and reduce the time it takes to provision ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual
machines.
Module 3: Networking
• Discusses networking enhancements
that simplify configuration, extend support, and improve performance.
Module
4: Storage
• Introduces new storage features that reduce storage costs, streamline management,
and optimize performance.
Module 5: Resource Management
• Reviews VMware VMotion™ compatibility enhancements, new VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler monitoring
and management tools, and extended VMware DPM support.
Module 6: Business Continuity
• Presents VMware High Availability enhancements and introduces VMware Fault Tolerance and vStorage APIs
for data recovery. |