5 Day ICM Course

Install, Configure, Manage

Overview

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on
ESX/ESXi 4 and vCenter Server 4. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for advanced course options.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the
functionality in VMware vSphere 4 and be able to:

• Install and configure ESX or ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Configure and manage ESX/ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server
• Increase scalability using vCenter Server
• Apply ESX/ESXi patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager
• Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server

Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

Scope

• Five days of instructor-led classroom training
• 50% lecture and 50% hands-on lab
• Individual enrollment available at convenient locations worldwide at
http://www.vmware.com/education
• Contact your VMware representative for pricing information.
• Onsite training available for companies that want the benefits of instructor-led classes without travel.
• Contact VMware Education to discuss facility requirements for onsite training at education@vmware.com.

Target Audience

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, the cloud, and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring ESX/ESXi

• Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
• Manually configure ESX/ESXi

Module 4: VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects

Module 5: vNetwork Standard Switches

• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups

Module 6: Storage

• Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores

Module 7: Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Perform Storage vMotion migrations

Module 8: Access Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

• Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Module 10: Data Protection

• Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

Module 11: Scalability

• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter Linked Mode
• Manage ESX/ESXi configuration compliance using Host Profiles
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
• Perform VMware vMotion™ migrations
• Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
• Configure and manage VMware Distributed Power Management

Module 12: Patch Management

• Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager

Module 13: High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

Module 14: Installing VMware ESX and ESXi

• Introduce ESX and ESXi Installable installation