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VMware Training - Advanced Configuration and Management

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Class Description

Class Overview

This VMware training class covers topics beyond Installation and Configuration. This class will provide students with CLI experience and tools that will help them get under the hood of ESX and troubleshoot more effectively. The class uses both CLI and GUI tools to troubleshoot and learn about the ESX environment. This class is approximately 50% lab and 50% lecture. The final day of class is completely hands on.

Class Outline

  1. ESX Server Provisioning
    1. Attended installations
    2. Scripted/Unattended installation
    3. CLI commands useful in scripted installs and post installation configuration
  2. Security
    1. VMware Virtualized Environment
    2. Physical Infrastructure
    3. How Virtual Infrastructure mitigates common security vulnerabilities
    4. Secure access to storage networks
    5. Security for network infrastructure
    6. Secure access to service console
  3. Resource Allocation
    1. Core Resources
    2. Limits
    3. Shares
    4. Reservations
    5. Resource Management
    6. Resource Pools
  4. Clusters and Data Protection
    1. Clusters Overview
    2. VMware DRS
    3. VMware HA
    4. VMware VCB
  5. Performance Monitoring and Tuning
    1. CLI
    2. GUI/VIC
    3. Interpreting Performance Graphs
    4. Microsoft PerfMon
  6. Fault Analysis
    1. Tools
    2. Methodology
    3. Analyze and solve problems in VI3
  7. Full-day Lab
    1. Install ESX unattended
      1. vSwitch for Production VM
      2. VMKernal for NFS and iSCSI
      3. 2nd Service Console for management
      4. NFS storage
      5. iSCSI storage
      6. Add user and grant shell access
      7. Allow root to use SSH
    2. Using VIC
      1. Configure vMotion on SC port
      2. Verify correct appliction of script
    3. Virtual Center installation and configuration
      1. Create VM
      2. Install Virtual Center on the VM
      3. Create VM
      4. Clone VM to template
      5. Deploy VM from template
      6. Configure HA and DRS
      7. Test Vmotion
      8. Test DRS
      9. Test HA
    4. Written test
    5. Final lab for exam

Class Materials

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)

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

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