VMware Infrastructure 3.5: Install and Configure

Course Code: VMWAREIC
Duration: 4 Days

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Overview

This hands-on training course explores VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter. Completion of this course entitles the participant to attempt the examination for VMware Certified Professional status. This course is continued in a follow-on course entitled VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze

Target Audience

  • System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter

Please note that In accordance with VMware recommendations all Servers used in the classroom are shared between the delegates.

Prerequisites

  • System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Delegates will learn how to

  • Install and configure virtual machines
  • Deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources
  • Migrate and manage virtual machines
  • Ensure high availability of applications
  • Troubleshoot typical ESX Server issues

Course Outline

  • Module 1: Virtual Infrastructure Overview: VMware products: functions and applications
  • Module 2: ESX Server Installation: Set-up of ESX Server
  • Module 3: Networking: Configuration of virtual switches, network connections and port groups
  • Module 4: Storage: Storage management technologies
  • Module 5: VirtualCenter Installation: Set-up of VirtualCenter
  • Module 6: Creation and Management of VMs: Use of templates, Manage using VMware VirtualCenter and Web Access
  • Module 7: Resource Management: VMotion migrations, Setting VM priorities on CPU, memory, and other resources
  • Module 8: Virtual Machine Access Control: Controlling administrator rights
  • Module 9: Monitoring Your Environment: Workload assessment, Service Console monitoring
  • Module 10: Data and Availability Protection: Clustering, backups, failover
  • Module 11: Troubleshooting: Systematic isolation of problems, Common symptoms, faults, fixes

Leads to Certification

  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP) on V13

Leads to Examination

  • VCP on V13 Exam

Related Certifications

This course forms part of the following certification track(s):

  • VMware Certified Professional