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VMware vSphere: Fast Track

Written by Dan St. Hilaire | August 31, 2010

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce VMware vSphere: Fast Track: the intensive, extended-hours training course focusing 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. See below for a complete course outline and call us today to reserve your spot - hurry, seating is limited! 800.831.8449.

Date(s): September 20-24, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training
Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

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

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