Virtual infrastructure with ESX server and VirtualCenter

Special note

This course is the 2.5 version. If you would like to take the 4 day 3.0 version you will need to take course HB513S VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure V3.5 info.

The HB513S and HB512S which are the version 3 of the VMware program are coming soon. 

Course overview

This 4 day, hands-on training course explores VMware ESX server virtual infrastructure software for consolidating and partitioning servers in high-performance environments. This course covers the use of the product both itself and also in conjunction with VMware VirtualCenter, virtual infrastructure management software. The course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent labs.

Prerequisites

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows (2003, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0) or Linux

Audience

• This course is designed for system administrators and systems engineers who are responsible for the integration, administration and management of ESX server. The course is suitable for both users of VMware VirtualCenter and ESX server administrators

Ways to save

Course Objectives

• Install and configure ESX Server, VMware VirtualCenter, and multiple guest virtual machines
• Create VMware virtual machines, network them and set their priorities for accessing resources
• Move and clone virtual machines
• Ensure high availability for applications inside virtual machines
• Monitor the state of the system and virtual machines
• Troubleshoot ESX Server in a systematic manner
• Deploy ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter in alignment with VMware's best-practice recommendations

Course outline

Virtual infrastructure overview

• VMware products: functions and applications

Installation and configuration

• Set-up of ESX server and VMware VirtualCenter

Creation and management of virtual machines

• Using ESX server and VMware VirtualCenter

VMFS and storage area networks

• Storage management technologies

Networking

• Virtual switch configuration, NIC teaming, fallove.

Resource management

• Setting VM priorities on CPU, memory, etc

Virtual machine access control

• Controlling administrator rights

Deployment and migration

• Cloning, use of templates, hot and cold migrations

Monitoring your environment

• Workload assessment
• Service console monitoring

Disaster preparedness

• Clustering, backups, fallover

Structure of ESX server

• System architecture

Troubleshooting

• Systematic isolation of problems
• Common symptoms, faults, fixes

Virtual infrastructure deployment

• Sizing and deployment guidelines
• Best practices