Duration: 2 Days
This course enables operators and administrators to gain the skills required to work effectively with VMware® virtual machines. This course is based on VMware ESXi 5.1 and VMware vCenter Server 5.1.
What You Will Learn
- Virtualization, virtual
machines, and vSphere components
- Concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
- Deploy, configure, and manage virtual machines
- vCenter Server to monitor virtual machine resource usage
- VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere
- Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines
Audience
Operators responsible for vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server Management
Prerequistes
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating Systems
Course Outline
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course goals and objectives
- Introduce virtualization
2. Virtual Machine Resource
Monitoring
- Introduce
virtual CPU and memory concepts
- Describe methods for optimizing CPU, memory, and disk usage
- Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor virtual machine
resource usage
- Describe and
monitor tasks
- Describe,
monitor, and manage events
- Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms
3.
Introduction to VMware Virtualization
- Describe VMware virtualization
- Describe components and features of vSphere 5.1
- Describe a VMware virtual machine
- Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine
4.
Managing Multitiered Applications Using VMware vSphere vApp(s)
- Describe VMware vSphere vApp(s)
- Create, edit, and manage vApp
- Clone a vApp
- Manage power
status of vApp
5. Using VMware vSphere Client and
VMware vSphere Web Client
- Describe VMware vSphere Client
- Describe VMware vSphere Web Client
- Navigate through vCenter Server using vSphere Web Client
6.
Migrating Virtual Machines
- Describe and use cold migration to migrate a virtual machine
- Verify host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
- Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion
- Migrate virtual machine storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
- Describe CPU compatibility with EVC
- Describe VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
- List DRS affinity rules
7. Virtual Machines: Creation
and Management
- Describe
virtual machine components
- Create a virtual machine
- Install guest operating system and VMware tools
- Describe cloning and templates
- Clone a virtual machine and a template
- Describe an OVF template
- Deploy an OVF template
- Customize the guest operating system
- Configure virtual machine hardware
- Configure virtual machine options
- Register and unregister a virtual machine in vCenter Server
- Describe a snapshot
- Take,
restore, consolidate, and delete a snapshot
8. Using
Update Manager
- Describe
VMware vSphere Update Manager
9. Scan and update
virtual machines and templates
Course Labs
Lab actives comprise 50% of the class.
