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