VMware vSphere 5.0 with ESXi and vCenter

Course: VMVS5

Duration: 5 Days

Level: I

Course Summary

This 5-day class is an intense introduction to virtualization using VMware???s vSphere??? 5.0 including VMware ESX 5.0 and vCenter. Initial labs focus on installation and configuration of stand-alone ESXi servers, and as the class progresses, shared storage, networking and centralized management are introduced. The class continues on to more advanced topics including resource balancing, high availability, back-up and recovery, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, rapid deployment, hot migration and workload consolidation. This class is unique in its approach: to identify common IT pain points and then clearly explain and demonstrate how virtualization delivers clear, tangible benefits (e.g.: reduced costs, greater consistency, responsiveness, reduced administration, server consolidation, etc.). Each topic is presented from the perspective of delivering key business value; not just the technical or mechanical aspects of the software.

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Topics Covered In This Course

Introduction to vSphere 5.0

VMware vSphere
Problems and Opportunities
Server Resource Utilization
Server Consolidation
Datacenter Issues
OS, Application Imaging
Back Up & Recovery
Server Refresh
Hardware Maintenance
High Windows OS Costs
MS Virtualization Calculator
Disaster Recovery
Test, Development & QA
IT Technical Career Benefits
Virtualization Over Time
VMware ESXi
vSphere Hardware Limits
Small Business Bundles
vRAM
VMware vCenter
Single Host Deployment
Multiple ESXi w. Shared Storage
Full vSphere
Storage, Server, Network Cloud
New Features in vSphere 5
VMSF and SSD

VMware ESXi 5.0

Scalable ESXi Deployment
Installing ESXi
ESXi 5.0
ESXi Configuration
Configure Management Network
IP, DNS Configuration
World Wide Names
Hardware Paths
iSCSI
LUN Discovery Options
CHAP Authentication Process
Troubleshooting iSCSI
Storage Views

VMware File System

VMFS Overview
Unique features and benefits
New VMFS
Create/Grow a LUN Span
Multipathing
iSCSI SAN Multipathing
Pluggable Storage Architecture

Resource Pools

Resource Administration
CPU Resource Tunables
Memory Balancing
Resource Pool Settings
Resource Allocations

Alarms

Performance Alarms
Alarm Settins
ESXi Host Alarms
Alarm Reporting
Custom Alarms
Alarm Best Practices

Host Profiles

Managing ESXi Host Configuration
Host Profiles
Edit, Review, Attach a Profile
Apply a Profile

Converter

VMware vCenter Converter
Install and Enable Converter
Clone Physical Disk(s)
Copying Disk Volumes
VM Reconfiguration
Converter Caveats

VMware Data Recovery

Backup and Recovery
VMware Data Recovery for VM backup
ESXi configuration back up, data recovery
Connect VMDR to vCenter
Creating a Backup Job

VM Migration

Virtual Machine Migration
Cold Migration
Hot Migration
VMotion Migration
Validation
Host Compatibility
Storage VMotion

DRS

Distributed Resource Scheduler
DRS Clusters
DRS Automation Level
Migration Threshold
EVC and AMD
Affinity, Anti-Affinity Rules
DRS Groups Manager
Adopting DRS

VMware HA

High Availability Clusters
VMware HA Host Failures
Host Failures Allowed
VM Monitoring
HA and DRS

Update Manager

VMware Update Manager capabilities
Patch and update ESXi hosts
VUM Components
VUM and DRS Clusters
Patches

Performance

Performance Analysis & Tuning
Active VM CPU Scheduling
Memory Ballooning
Ballooning vs. VMkernel Swap
Performance Chart Options
Performance Problems

Final Thoughts

What to Virtualize
|CPU, Storage, Network Considerations
Delivering High Availability
Virtualization Security Issues

Who Should Take This Course

System Architects, security specialists, analysts, back-up and storage administrators.

Recommended Prerequisites

Attendees should have user, operator or administrator experience on common operating systems such as Microsoft Windows??, Linux???, UNIX???, etc. Experience installing, configuring and managing operating systems, storage systems and or networks is useful but not required. All attendees should have a basic familiarity with PC server hardware, disk partitioning, IP addressing, O/S installation, networking, etc.

Training Style

Instructor-led, combining lectures with hands-on workshops.

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