VMware Training Courses

Course Objective

• List the components of business continuity
• Describe Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008 cluster configurations
• Configure a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster using nondefault options
• Deploy fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
• Deploy VMware vCenter™ Server Heartbeat

Course Outline

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Business Continuity
  • Overview of vSphere features for high availability, fault tolerance, data protection, and disaster recovery
• Module 3: Virtual Machine Clustering
  • vSphere general requirements for Microsoft failover clusters
  • Overview of the supported Microsoft failover cluster configurations
• Module 4: VMware High Availability Clusters
  • VMware HA advanced parameters affecting slot size
  • Deploying different admission control policies
  • Configuring redundant heartbeat networks and isolation test addresses
• Module 5: VMware Fault Tolerance
  • Overview of FT prerequisites and FT operation
  • FT best practices
  • Configuring, monitoring, and testing a fault-tolerant virtual machine
• Module 6: VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
  • Overview of vCenter Server Heartbeat operation
  • Installing and configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
  • Failover and switchover with vCenter Server Heartbeat
  • Monitoring vCenter Server Heartbeat

Course Objective

• Saving disk space by thin-provisioning virtual machines
• Using Host Profiles to keep ESX/ESXi hosts uniformly configured and manage configuration compliance
• Configuring VMware DRS clusters with non-default options
• Configuring VMware Distributed Power Management
• Managing more than one vCenter Server from the same vSphere Client with VMware vCenter Linked Mode

Course Outline

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Thin Provisioning
  • Overview of vSphere features for adding ability to scale VMFS storage by more efficiently allocating space to virtual disk files
  • Monitor and manage thin-provisioned VMFS datastores and virtual disk storage allocation and usage
• Module 3: Host Profiles
  • Create, manage and apply vSphere Host Profiles to ESX/ESXi hosts
  • Use Host Profiles to maintain ESX/ESXi host compliance
• Module 4: VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler Clusters
  • Use VMware DRS and VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM) non-default configuration options
  • Configure DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules for cluster scalability
  • Configure VMware DPM to provide efficient power management for DRS-enabled clusters
• Module 5: VMware vCenter Linked Mode
  • Use VMware vCenter Linked Mode to manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
  • VMware vCenter Linked Mode architecture and requirements
  • Configure vCenter Linked Mode groups
• Module 6: VMware ESX Scripted Installation
  • Use ESX scripted installation to automate deployment of ESX/ESXi hosts
  • Create and manage ESX installation scripts
  • ESX/ESXi host script commands

Course Outline

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: ESXi Command-Line Troubleshooting Methods
  • Install and use vMA
  • Learn common VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface commands and syntax
  • Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access
• Module 3: ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server Log Files
  • View ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server log files
  • Configure a centralized ESX/ESXi log host
• Module 4: Network Troubleshooting
  • Identify and configure vNetwork components
  • Configure and use a network traffic sniffer
• Module 5: Management Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot vSphere management components
• Module 6: Storage Troubleshooting
  • View, configure, and diagnose storage access problems
  • Configure iSCSI authentication and digests
• Module 7: VMotion Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot VMotion and Storage VMotion errors
• Module 8: VMware HA Cluster Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot errors with slot calculations, admission control, and host monitoring
• Module 9: DRS Cluster Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot errors with shares, pools, and limits
• Module 10: Virtual Machine Troubleshooting
  • Review power-on requirements
  • Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on failures
• Module 11: Graduation Lab
  • Complete a final multihour, multiproblem troubleshooting exercise

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.

Who Should Attend

System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server.

Course Objective

• 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

Course 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

Prerequisite

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

Overview

This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware View suite of products: VMware View Manager, VMware View Composer, and VMware ThinApp™.

Who Should Attend

System administrators and system integrators experienced with VMware Infrastructure 3 who are responsible for their organization’s deployment of VMware technology for virtual desktop infrastructure.

Course Objective

• At the end of the course, you should understand the features and operation of VMware View and be able to:
• Install and configure the VMware View components
• Create persistent and nonpersistent desktop pools
• Configure virtual desktops for printing, USB redirection, and multimedia redirection
• Configure authentication using devices such as smart cards or cryptographic authentication fobs
• Use VMware View Composer to deploy and manage linked clone virtual desktops
• Package applications using VMware ThinApp for a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure

Course Outline

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Introduction to VMware View
  • VMware View features and components
• Module 3: VMware View Connection Server
  • Installation and configuration
  • View Administrator
• Module 4: VMware View Virtual Desktops
  • VMware View Agent
  • USB redirection and multimedia redirection
• Module 5: VMware View Client Options
  • VMware View Client
  • VMware View Portal
  • Thin clients and Offline Desktop
• Module 6: View Administrator
  • Configuring automated desktop pools
  • Persistent and nonpersistent pools
• Module 7: Configuring and Managing Linked Clones
  • VMware View Composer configuration
  • Deploying and modifying linked clone desktops
• Module 8: Unified Access
  • Accessing physical systems, blade PCs, Terminal Services
• Module 9: Virtual Printing
  • Seamless printing from desktop to client printers
• Module 10: Managing View Security
  • Network configuration and authentication options
• Module 11: View Manager Performance and Scalability
  • Performance enhancements and load balancing
• Module 12: VMware ThinApp
  • Deploying applications using VMware ThinApp

Prerequisite

• Required
  • Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) administration
    • Experience with VMware Infrastructure 3
      
• Recommended
  •  Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure.
    
• Basic Skills Self-Assessment
• You must already have these skills:
  • Create a template in VMware vCenter Server and deploy a virtual machine from it.
  • Modify a template customization file.
  • Open a virtual machine console on vCenter Server and access the guest operating system.
  • Modify a virtual machine’s hardware (add disk, add NIC).
  • Configure Windows AD roaming profiles.