VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Course overview

This 4-day hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESXT, 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. Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course. This course is 50% lecture and 50% hands-on lab.

Prerequisites

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

Audience

• System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server.

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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
• 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 vCenter Update Manager
• Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server

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• Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://itresourcecenter.hp.com
• State-of-the-art classroom facilities
• Experienced and best-in-the-field HP instructors
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• More than 80 training locations worldwide
• Customized on-site delivery
• Comprehensive student materials
• Focus on job-specific skills
• Hands-on practice

Detailed Course Outline

Course Introduction

Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components

Configuring ESXi/ESX

• Configuration of ESXi and ESX

Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

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

Networking

• Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

Storage

• Storage management technologies

Virtual Machines

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

Access Control

• Controlling user access through roles and permissions

Resource Monitoring

• Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server

Scalability

• VMware vMotionT migrations
• Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster

High Availability and Data Protection

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

Configuration Management

• Patching using vCenter Update Manager

Installing ESX

• Installation of ESX