Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Infrastructure

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Class Description

Class Overview

This VMware training class will focus on troubleshooting processes and developing troubleshooting skills. The resources used in class will provide students with a toolbox that can be used in their production environment. The student should have a working knowledge of VMware (vSphere or VI3). The class will be approximately 25% lecture and 75% demo and labs.

Class Outline

Virtualization Overview
1. ESX
2. ESXi
3. vSphere Client
4. vCenter
CLI
1. ESXi
  1. vMA
2. ESX
Configure Logging and Log Files
1. ESXi
2. ESX
3. vCenter
4. Centralized Logging Host
5. Troubleshooting with Log Files
Configure and Troubleshoot vCenter Services
1. VMware Mount Service for VirtualCenter
  1. Guest OS customization
2. VMware Tools Service
  1. Not installed as part of vCenter - but rather installed into a guest O/S
3. VMware vCenter Orchestrator Configuration
  1. Service for Orchestrator , a workflow engine that can help administrators automate existing manual tasks
4. VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices
  1. Allows configuration of vCenter management services
5. VMware VirtualCenter Server
  1. Core of vCenter Server
6. VMware VCMSDS
  1. vCenter Server LDAP directory services
Networking Configuration and Troubleshooting
1. Standard vSwitch
2. Distributed vSwitch
3. Port Group configuration
  1. Security
  2. Bandwidth Shaping
  3. VLANs
4. Connection Types
  1. VMkernal
  2. Service Console
  3. Virtual Machine
5. Traffic Monitoring
  1. Network Sniffer
  2. Network Utilization
Troubleshooting vSphere Management Utilities
1. SSH
2. vSphere Client
3. Web Services
Storage Configuration and Troubleshooting
1. Configure Shared Storage
  1. NFS
    1. Linux
    2. Microsoft
  2. iSCSI
    1. Authentication
    2. Digests
2. Troubleshoot iSCSI
  1. CLI tools
  2. vSphere Client
vMotion Configuration and Troubleshooting
1. vMotion
2. Storage vMotion
Clusters and Data Protection Configuration and Troubleshooting
1. DRS
  1. Requirements
  2. Configuration
  3. VM Management and Troubleshooting
2. HA
  1. Requirements
  2. Configuration
  3. VM Monitoring
Troubleshooting Lab
1. ½ day of troubleshooting a broken environment
Security Configuration and Troubleshooting
1. Secure access to console and vSphere Client
2. Configure ESX firewall
3. Create a firewall VM and produce a private secure network
4. Networking
  1. VLANS
  2. Port Group Security Settings
5. Hacking a Virtual Infrastructure (and protection mechanisms)
6. Security Best Practices

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Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

Working knowledge of VMware (vSphere or VI3)

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