What’s New in Vmware vSphere 4 (Partner Only)

Special notes

This course is for HP Partners and HP Internal Employees only.

Course overview

This 2 day hands-on training course explores new features in future versions of VMware® vCenter Server and ESX™/ESXi, as well as how to upgrade. 50% lecture and 50% hands-on labs and simulations.

Prerequisites

• Recommended: Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure (HB513S), or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server

Audience

• System architects, system administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures

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Course objectives

At the end of the course, you should possess knowledge and skills for the following:

• Upgrading VMware deployments
• 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 Storage vMotion
• Growing virtual disks and 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 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

Course outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Introducing the Next Generation of VI

• Highlights Next Generation 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 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