VMS2VS4 - VI3 to vSphere 4 Upgrade and New Technologies

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Course Length

2 Days

Course Summary:

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

In this 2 day upgrade course we cover everything the student needs to know to upgrade from VMware 3.x to VMware’s® new vSphere 4.0 product. Students will perform the actual upgrade using hands-on-labs in our state of the art data center, then once
that objective is achieved they will be exposed to all the new features of the product, including third party solutions and lessons learned in the field.

Perform a REAL Upgrade the First Day!

The key difference between this class and VMware’s® “What’s New” class is that in this class the student will actually perform a real upgrade at the beginning of the class. The servers are preloaded with VMware ESX 3.5® and vCenter 2.5®. The students will look at the different options to perform the upgrade to vSphere 4® and then actually upgrade both vCenter® and ESX®. They will then cover all of the new features included with vSphere 4®. This class is 60% labs and 40% lecture. No stone will be left unturned and students already familiar with VMware’s 3.x product will gain valuable insight into the new 4.0 product.

Prerequisites:

Students should have 1-3 years experience as a VMware® administrator using VMware VI3®, be familiar with virtual technologies and have sat a VMware® Authorized training program, or VI3.5 Ultimate Bootcamp®, or equivalent within the last year. Students MUST know the VI3 product line to attend this class.

Areas Covered:

• Upgrading to vSphere 4 using the Host Update Utility and VMware Update Manager
• Deploying Distributed vNetwork virtual switches to simplify virtual network management
• Features and usage of VMDirectPath as a PCI adapter in a VM
• Using new features of VMware Storage VMotion
• Dynamically growing VMFS LUNs while being populated with live VMs
• Deployment Guidelines for VMware’s new Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
• Virtual Machine sustained availability using VMware Fault Tolerance
• Manage multiple vCenter Servers using vCenter Server Linked Mode
• Simplify ESX host configuration with Host Profiles
• Go Green and save energy using VMware Distributed Power Management
• Save money and disk space by implementing vSpheres thin provisioned disks
• Manage multiple virtual appliances simultaneously from one console
• Design your Virtual Environment for security using vShield zones and VMsafe
• Back up your Virtual Environment using VMware’s Data Recovery
• Work with diverse Server platforms using VMware’s Enhanced VMotion Compatibility
• Get Hot by growing VMs on the fly – Hot add CPUs, Hot add memory, Hot grow VMDKs

Course Outline:

Chapter 1

Overview of vSphere 4

• Covers vSphere 4 new features and enhanced functionality

Chapter 2

Upgrade or migrate to vSphere 4

• Covers all of the ways to migrate, or upgrade your complete Virtual Environment to vSphere 4
  • HOL – Upgrade vCenter from 2.5 to 4
    
  • HOL – Upgrade vCenter Converter
    
  • HOL – Upgrade VMware Update Manager
    
  • HOL – Upgrade ESX 3.5 to ESX 4
    
  • HOL – Upgrade Virtual Machines

Chapter 3

Covers new Administration features (Host Profiles, vCenter Linked Mode) for better monitoring and management of ESX/ESXi hosts and VMs

• HOL – Mange your Host using Host Profiles

Chapter 4

Networking

• Covers new networking features of vSphere 4 to include the vNetwork Distributed Switch, vmxnet3 vNICs, IPv6
  • HOL – vNetwork Distributed Switch

Chapter 5

Storage

• Covers new storage features for better performance, reduced storage costs, and lower management overhead
  • HOL – Implementing Thin Provisioned Disks
  • HOL – Using the Paravitualized Storage Adapter, Thin Provisioned Disks

Chapter 6

Resource Management

• Covers Enhanced VMotion Compatibility features, VMware DRS monitoring enhancements, Management tools, enhanced DPM features

Chapter 7

Disaster Recovery

• Covers VMware High Availability enhancements, VMware’s Data Recovery, VMware’s Fault Tolerance
  • HOL – Backup your VMs using VMware’s Data Recovery

Chapter 8

Security Enhancements

• Covers the new Security Enhancements of vSphere 4 to include vShield zones, VMsafe API, VMKernel Protection
  • HOL – Implementing vShield Zones

(HOL) hands on lab

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