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Course Description


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Title    VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4]
 
Summary    - Format: Classroom
- Length: 4 Days
 
Overview    This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESX™ 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.
Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for options.
 
 
Objectives    •  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 VMware vCenter Update Manager
•  Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server
Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.
 
Who Should Attend?    System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server
 
Prerequisites    System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
 
Outline    Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
•  Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components
Module 3: Configuring ESXi/ESX
•  Configuration of ESXi and ESX
Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server
•  Install and configure vCenter Server, and use the VMware vSphere Client to manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies
Module 5: Networking
•  Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
Module 6: Storage
•  Storage management technologies
Module 7: Virtual Machines
•  Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, Guided Consolidation
•  Modifying, managing, and migrating virtual machines
Module 8: Access Control
•  Controlling user access through roles and permissions
Module 9: Resource Monitoring
•  Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server
Module 10: Scalability
•  VMware VMotion™ migrations
•  Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection
•  Setup of a VMware High Availability  cluster
•  Backup and recovery of virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery
Module 12: Configuration Management
•  Patching using vCenter Update Manager
Module 13: Installing ESX
•  Installation of ESX