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| Title | VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4] | |
| Summary |
- Format: Classroom - Length: 5 Days |
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| Overview | This intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™. It combines the content of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Upon completing this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.
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| Objectives | • Install and configure VMware ESX™/ESXi, vCenter™ Server, and the vSphere Management Assistant • Configure, manage, and troubleshoot ESX/ESXi networking and storage • Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances • Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure • Implement business continuity solutions • Manage changes to the vSphere environment |
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| Who Should Attend? | Experienced system administrators and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office | |
| Prerequisites | • Willingness to participate in a demanding, high-intensity training experience • Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces |
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| Outline | Module 1: Course Introduction Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization • Discuss virtualization and vSphere components Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi • Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server • Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant • Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies Module 5: Networking • Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components Module 6: Storage • Review storage management technologies • Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues Module 7: Virtual Machines • Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided Consolidation • Modify and manage virtual machines Module 8: Access Control • Control user access through roles and permissions Module 9: Resource Monitoring • Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI Module 10: Scalability • Scale resource management • Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories • Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations • Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed Power Management Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection • Review business continuity products and features • Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault Tolerance • Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat • Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines Module 12: Configuration Management • Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter Update Manager Module 13: Installing ESX • Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations |
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