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vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [v5.0]

Course Description
In this hands-on, VMware-authorized course based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0, you will learn to install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server. You will spend approximately 40% of instruction time completing 20 hands-on labs.
Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam (voucher not included). It also prepares you to enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere 5.0 courses.
What You'll Learn
Install and configure ESXi
Install and configure vCenter Server components
Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection
Who Should Attend
System administrators
Systems engineers
Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server
Prerequisites:
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Course Outline:

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lessons
Lesson 1: VMware Virtualization
Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
Server, network, and storage virtualization concepts
Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphere user interfaces

Lesson 2: Virtual Machines
Virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance

Lesson 3: VMware vCenter Server
vCenter Server and database requirements
vCenter Server architecture
Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
View and create vCenter Server inventory objects

Lesson 4: Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
Create and manage a standard virtual switch
Modify standard virtual switch properties

Lesson 5: Configure and Manage vSphere Storage
Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
Create and manage vSphere datastores
Configure, deploy, and manage the VMware Virtual Storage Appliance

Lesson 6: Virtual Machine Management
Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
Modify and manage virtual machines
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Perform VMware vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations

Lesson 7: Access and Authentication Control
Control user access through roles and permissions
Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
vShield Zones

Lesson 8: Resource Management and Monitoring
Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Lesson 9: Data Protection
Strategies for backing up ESXi hosts
Backup/recovery APIs
Strategies for backing up virtual machines
Lesson 10: High Availability and Fault Tolerance
Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

Lesson 11: Scalability
Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
Using VMware HA and DRS together

Lesson 12: Patch Management
Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager

Lesson 13: Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components
ESXi Installable installation
vCenter Server installation
Additional vCenter Server module installation

Labs
Lab 1: Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces
Access your student desktop system
Install the vSphere Client
Install the Web Client (Server)

Lab 2: Configuring VMware ESXi
Connect to an ESXi host with the VMware vSphere Client
View host hardware configuration
Configure DNS and routing information for an ESXi host
Configure the ESXi host as an NTP client

Lab 3: Working with Virtual Machines
Create a virtual machine
Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
Identify a virtual machine's disk format and usage statistics
Install VMware Tools into a virtual machine installed with a Windows operating system
Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and an ESXi host
Copy programs from CD to your virtual machine

Lab 4: Configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Configure the vCenter Server appliance with a web browser
Configure vCenter Server appliance to use directory services
Register VMware vSphere Web Client with vCenter Server appliance
Connect to the vCenter Server appliance with the vSphere Client

Lab 5: Using VMware vCenter Server
Create a vCenter Server inventory datacenter object
Create vCenter Server inventory folder objects
Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory
Manage vSphere license keys

Lab 6: Standard Virtual Switches
View the current standard virtual switch configuration
Create a standard virtual switch with a virtual machine port group
Attach your virtual machine to the ProdVMs port group

Lab 7: Accessing IP Storage
Add a VMkernel port group to a standard virtual switch
Configure the iSCSI software adapter
Configure access to NFS datastores
View iSCSI and NFS storage information

Lab 8: Managing VMware vSphere VMFSL
Review your shared storage configuration
Change the name of a VMFS datastore
Create a VMFS datastores
Expand a VMFS datastore to consume unused space on a LUN
Remove a VMFS datastore
Extend a VMFS datastore

Lab 9: Using Templates and Clones
Create a template
Copy Sysprep files to the vCenter Server appliance
Create customization specifications
Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Clone a virtual machine that is powered on

Lab 10: Modifying a Virtual Machine
Increase the size of a VMDK file
Adjust memory allocation on a virtual machine
Rename a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Add a raw LUN to a virtual machine and verify that the guest operating system can see it
Expand a thin-provisioned virtual disk

Lab 11: Migrating Virtual Machines
Create a virtual switch and VMkernel port group for vMotion migration
Verify that your ESXi host meets vMotion requirements
Verify that your virtual machines meet vMotion requirements
Perform a vMotion migration of a virtual machine
Migrate virtual machine files with Storage vMotion

Lab 12: Managing Virtual Machines
Unregister a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Register a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
Unregister and delete virtual machines from disk
Take snapshots of a virtual machine
Revert to a snapshot
Delete an individual snapshot
Using the Delete All function in Snapshot Manager

Lab 13: Access Control
Configure an ESXi host to use directory services
Use Active Directory accounts to verify proper access to your ESXi host
Create a custom role in vCenter Server appliance
Assign permissions on vCenter Server inventory objects
Verify permission usability

Lab 14: Resource Pools
Create CPU contention
Create a resource pool named Fin-Test
Create a resource pool named Fin-Prod
Verify resource pool functionality

Lab 15: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
Undo changes made to your virtual machines

Lab 16: Using Alarms
Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for a condition
Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for an event
Trigger virtual machine alarms and acknowledge them
Disable virtual machine alarms

Lab 17: Using vSphere High Availability
Create a cluster enabled for vSphere HA
Add your ESXi host to a cluster
Test vSphere HA functionality
Prepare for the next lab

Lab 18: vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
Create a DRS cluster
Verify proper DRS cluster functionality
Create, test, and disable affinity rules
Create, test, and disable anti-affinity rules
Create, test, and disable virtual machine to host affinity rules

Lab 19: VMware vCenter Update Manager
Install Update Manager
Install the Update Manager plug-in in the vSphere Client
Modify cluster settings
Configure Update Manager
Create a patch baseline
Attach a baseline and scan for updates
Stage patches onto ESXi hosts
Remediate ESXi hosts

Lab 20: Installing VMware vCenter Server
Access your vCenter Server system
Configure a SQL Server ODBC connection to a remote database
Install vCenter Server

Monday, November 05, 2012
Price:$3,495.00
Duration: 5 days
Time: 10am - 6pm

Contact: Cari Jones, Corporate Account Manager
Email: CariJ@fmctraining.com
Phone: 407-354-4866

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