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VMware vSphere:Transition to ESXi Overview This hands-on training course covers the requirements and effects of transitioning your VMware vSphere™ environment to VMware® ESXi. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions and successfully add ESXi to a deployed vSphere environment. The course is based on ESXi 4.1. Course Objectives At the end of the course, you should be able to: • Analyze ESXi and its benefits for your environment • Identify ESXi installation and configuration
procedures • Use scripted installations for large-scale ESXi
deployments • Employ scripting interfaces to manage ESXi • Identify risks when migrating to ESXi Target Audience System administrators, systems engineers, technical support engineers, and consultants responsible for managing and supporting a vSphere installation Prerequisites Completion of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware vSphere 4: What’s New course or have experience using VMware ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ products Scope • Two (2) days of instructor-led, classroom training • 60% lecture, 40% hands-on lab • Individual enrollment available at convenient locations worldwide 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. Course Outline Module 1: Course Introduction Module 2: Working with VMware ESXi • Identify differences between ESX and ESXi • Recognize tasks and procedures when moving to ESXi Module 3: Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi • Analyze ESXi Installable and ESXi Embedded • Install and configure ESXi Installable and ESXi Embedded • Recognize the steps for upgrading to ESXi Module 4: Performing Management Tasks • Identify hardware monitoring techniques • Discuss system management and backup methodology • Distinguish the log files • Recognize security methodologies • Employ file management practices • Perform basic troubleshooting with the direct console user interface Module 5: Large-Scale Deployment of VMware ESXi • Identify scripted installation programs for ESXi (SDK and Weasel) • Analyze the commands to perform scripted installation • Discuss best practices for large-scale deployment Module 6: Using Scripting Interfaces • Identify the scripting interfaces for ESXi • Discuss primary scripting interfaces • Install VMware vSphere Management Assistant • Identify differences between commands used with ESX and those used with ESXi • Recognize custom commands and how to substitute VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface commands or vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets for them Enter content here |
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