VMS40UB - vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp

Download .pdf / Outline and Overview

Course Length

Five (5) 10 hour days of intense instruction with no outside distractions.

Overview

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

The VMware vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp is taught by top virtualization experts and offers hands-on labs designed to expose the student to advanced virtualization concepts and the VMware vSphere 4.0 product suite. This comprehensive class prepares the student to become a certified professional virtualization expert with the Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0 (CVE 4.0) certification to attest to their knowledge of the material and technology.

Ultimate Bootcamps are designed to give the student in-depth skills training through hands-on experience with state-of-the art equipment.

The focus of the VMware vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp training course is to instill the knowledge required for the student to do their job efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this, we provide a comprehensive Beginner to Advanced training experience, starting from the installation of the licensed product to real world troubleshooting scenarios. The course focus is not limited only to learning and harnessing the power of VMware but the entire concept of virtualization and other 3rd party tools and technologies that will enhance VMware capabilities and increase the students virtualization expertise.

Course Summary

• Five (5) 10 hour days of intense instruction with no outside distractions.
• Personal access to the top virtualization experts in the industry.
• Each student is provided their own dedicated server for practice and application.
• 50 + labs to hone the student's skills and gain a 360 perspective on how to build and maintain virtual environments.
• Install, configure, deploy, secure, analyze, consolidate and design virtual networks from beginner to advanced levels.
• Lunch and snacks provided on each day of class.
• Application of third party solutions to simplify processes and make the job easier.
• Post-mentoring from the best virtualization instructors in the industry.
• A higher market value for students becoming a Certified Virtualization Expert.

Course Objectives

To train the Ultimate virtualization expert through intense immersion in a five day accelerated VMware ESX training Ultimate Bootcamp.

This course includes all the content you would find in 5 of VMwares most popular courses:

• VMware I3 - What's New
• VMware I3 - Install and Configure
• VMware I3 - Deploy, Secure, and Analyze
• VMware I3 - P2V Assistant (converter)
• VMware I3 Fast Track

Upon the completion of the Ultimate Bootcamp, students will learn:

• About all of the new and exciting features of VMware vSphere 4.0
• Foundational terms and concepts concerning virtualization
• How to install, configure, and support ESX Server 4 and vCenter 4
• How to configure Virtual Machines, templates, and clones
• How to configure Virtual Networking including vNetwork Distributed Switches & vShield Zones & how to support VMotion & iSCSI Multipathing.
• P2V, V2V, V2P, and P2P methods and techniques
• Server Consolidation procedures and reasoning
• Tools to support a virtual infrastructure - VMware, PlateSpin, Vizioncore, Veeam, and more
• VMotion, Storage VMotion, Distributed Power Mgt (DPM), Update Manager, Power Mgmt, Guided Consolidation, Fault Tolerance, Clustering DRS/HA, etc.
• Best Practices within a Virtual Enterprise
• How to perform backups in the ESX environment Service Console and Virtual Machines VCB and Data Recovery
• How to use the Command Line Interface for supporting ESX & ESXi Servers - ESX commands
• Configure and optimize storage - FC, iSCSI, NFS, Multipathing, and Thin Provisioning

Who Should Attend:

System Administrators, Engineers, and Operators responsible for setup, support, and troubleshooting of ESX 4 Server and/or VirtualCenter. The Ultimate Bootcamp is intended for IT Professionals with 1 or more years of server and infrastructure experience.

Prerequisites:

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows and/or Linux.

Essential Third Party Tools

Any job is easy when you have the right tools. In the vSphere Ultimate Bootcamp, the student will be introduced to and learn how to apply third party tools that, when utilized in conjunction with VMware, will not only enhance the students' skills but simplify processes, optimize efficiency, and make the administrators job that much easier.

Quality "Resourceware" and Follow-up Continuing Education

With more than a 750 page course manual and a 250 page lab book, Ultimate Bootcamp courseware is intuitively designed to help the student easily move through the chapters regardless of their level of experience and will serve as a reference source even after the class. This unique feature of all Ultimate Bootcamps is what attracts so many students looking for a great training experience.

Securing the Virtual Environment

Despite many advances in system security, most major operating systems remain plagued by security vulnerabilities. Special attention is given on how to secure the virtual environment by using advanced Virtual Server Architecture strategies, allowing innovation through design and exploiting a safe execution environment.

Official Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0 Exam

When students purchase the Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0 Exam they will finish the week by taking the exam. Delivered in a professional testing environment, the 2 hour exam is designed to validate the information covered in the Ultimate Bootcamp, and certify the student as a subject matter expert in the application of Virtualization technologies. To receive the certification the student must successfully complete the Ultimate Bootcamp and pass the examination with a 75% score or higher.

vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp Course Structure:

**HOL A Hands-on Lab is provided for students on this chapter.

Chapter 1
Course Introduction and Methodology (HOL)

Chapter 2
Virtualization Overview

Chapter 3
Planning and Installing ESX 4 (HOL)

• Planning ESX 4 Server Deployment
• Deployment Guidelines
• ESX 4 Installation (HOL)
• ESX 4 Management
• Configuring Hostname Resolution and NTP (HOL)
• Troubleshooting ESX 4 Server

Chapter 4
Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment

• Overview of 3rd Party Tools (HOL)
• Windows Commands vs. Linux Commands
• ESX 4 Configuration Commands
• Summary of Remote CLI Commands

Chapter 5
Configuring Networking

1. Create & Modify Virtual Networks (HOL)
2. Create & Modify Virtual Networks using CLI (HOL)

Chapter 6
Configuring Storage

1. Storage Concepts
2. iSCSI Storage (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
3. Fibre Channel Storage (GUI & Cmd Line)
4. VMFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
5. NAS Storage and NFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
6. Raw Device Mapping (RDM) (HOL)

Chapter 7
VirtualCenter and License Server

1. Licensing
2. vCenter Server 4 Installation (HOL)
3. vCenter Server 4 Inventory (HOL)
4. Managing vCenter Server 4 5. Planning vCenter Server 4 Deployment
5. Troubleshooting vCenter Server 4 Deployment
6. Troubleshooting the vSphere Client (HOL)

Chapter 8
VM Creation and Configuration & Snapshots

1. Create a VM (HOL)
2. Create Multiple VMs, Templates & Clones (HOL)
3. Virtual Appliances (HOL)
4. VMware vCenter Converter 4 (P2V, V2V) (HOL)
5. Manage VMs *HOL 6. Virtual Machine Startup / Shutdown
6. Virtual Machine Snapshots (HOL)
7. Web Access (HOL)
8. Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

Chapter 9
Security and Permissions

1. Security Overview (HOL)
2. User Access (HOL)
3. ESX AD Integration (HOL)
4. Managing Firewalls (HOL)
5. Advanced Security: SSH & SUDO (HOL)

Chapter 10
Advanced ESX and VirtualCenter Management

1. Configuring Resource Pools (HOL)
2. Configuring VMotion (HOL)
3. Storage VMotion (HOL)
4. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) (HOL)
5. Resource Pools in DRS Clusters (HOL)
6. Host Profiles (HOL)
7. vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch (HOL)
8. Cisco Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch

Chapter 11
Patching and Upgrading ESX

1. Patching ESX Server 4 (HOL)
2. Upgrades and Migrations (HOL)
3. Update Manager (HOL)
4. Upgrading from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x (HOL)

Chapter 12
Disaster Recovery and Backup

1. Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
2. High Availability (HA) (HOL)
3. VMware Fault Tolerance
4. Microsoft Clustering
5. Backup Strategies
6. Using VCB Command Line Utilities (HOL)
7. VMware Data Recovery (HOL)
8. Third Party Backups (HOL)

Chapter 13
Server and VM Monitoring

1. Tools for Optimization
2. Monitor VM Performance (HOL)
3. Configuring Alarms (HOL)
4. Collecting Log Files (HOL)

Chapter 14
Installing and Configuring ESXi (HOL)

• ESXi 4 Server Install (HOL)
• Managing ESXi 4 with VIC
• Managing ESXI 4 through VirtualCenter

top of page