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There are no scheduled classes at this time. To place your name on a waiting list or to request a private class for your organization contact training@cait.wustl.edu or (314) 935-4444.

Description: This course explores key virtualization concepts and best practices required to successfully implement and support a virtual infrastructure. The core curriculum covers VMware technologies, but goes beyond the typical "install and configure" class to offer considerable real world best practices. Expanded concepts include best practices for architecture around storage, network, security and management. Implementing industry best of breed vendors such as Vizioncore and Platespin are also covered to provide a well-rounded knowledge base for migrations and business continuity.

Audience: This course is for system administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter.

Prerequisites: System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux Operating systems

Objectives:

• Introduction
• ESX Server Installation:
• architecture
• base installation
• network configuration
• storage configuration
• VM Operations
• VM Creation
• Console Interaction
• VMware Tools
• Files encapsulating the VM
• vCenter Installation
• vCenter database installation
• VMware License Server Installation
• VMware Converter installation
• Managing ESX Servers
• Rapid VM Deployment and Migration
• Templates
• Cloning
• Cold Migrations
• VMotion
• Resource Management and Monitoring
• Performance Charts
• Configurations per VM
• VMware DRS
• Business Continuity
• VMware HA
• P2V Process
• Process description
• Using VMware Converter
• Virtual Networking
• Virtual switches
• VLANs
• Nic Teaming options
• MAC address assignments
• Related commands
• Virtual Storage
• Fiber channel storage
• ISCSI storage
• VMFS3 datastores
• NFS datastores
• Resource Management and Monitoring
• Default dynamic resource sharing
• Resource pools
• Esxtop
• Recommendations
• Business Continuity
• VMware Consolidated Backup
• VMware Update Manager
• Backups with Vizioncore vRanger
• Security
• Virtual Machine Security
• ESX Server Security
• Business Continuity
• Backups with Vizioncore vRanger
• P2V Process
• Using PlateSpin PowerConverter