VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage v4.1

Course details

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware® vSphere™, which consists of VMware
ESX™/ESXi and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi 4 and vCenter Server 4. Upon completion of this course, you
can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional.

Target Audience

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

Objectives

• At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in VMware vSphere 4 and be able to:
• 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 vCenter Update Manager
• Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server
• Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, the cloud, and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring ESX/ESXi

• Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
• Manually configure ESX/ESXi

Module 4: VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects

Module 5: vNetwork Standard Switches

• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork
• standard switches, network connections,and port groups

Module 6: Storage

• Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores

Module 7: Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using the Create
• New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Perform Storage vMotion migrations

Module 8: Access Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

• Control virtual machine access to CPU,
• memory, and I/O resources ,Monitor resource usage using vCenter
• Server performance graphs and alarms

Module 10: Scalability

• VMware vMotion™ migrations
• Setup of resource pools and VMware
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

• Setup of a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
• Backup and recovery of virtual machines using vCenter Data Recovery

Module 12: Configuration Management

• Patching using vCenter Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

• Installation of ESX

Module 14: Data Protection

• Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

Module 15: Scalability

• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter
• Linked Mode Manage ESX/ESXi
• configuration compliance using Host Profiles
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed swit

Module 16: Patch Management

• Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager

Module 17: High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

Module 18: Installing VMware ESX and ESXi

• Introduce ESX and ESXi Installable installation