VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM)

• System administrators and Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for VMware® ESX™, ESXi, and VMware vCenter™ Server

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in VMware vSphere 4 and be able to:

• Install and configure ESX or ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Configure and manage ESX/ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESX/ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere™, which consists of ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESX/ESXi 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 4 exam.

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components

VMware ESX and ESXi

• Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
• Manually configure ESX/ESXi

VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects

Networking

• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups

Storage

• Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores

Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Perform Storage vMotion migrations

Access Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

Resource Monitoring

• Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
• Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Data Protection

• Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

Scalability

• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter Linked Mode
• Manage ESX/ESXi configuration compliance using Host Profiles
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
• Perform VMware vMotion™ migrations
• Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
• Configure and manage VMware Distributed Power Management

High Availability

• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

Patch Management

• Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager

Installing VMware ESX and ESXi

• Introduce ESX and ESXi Installable installation