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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (HH627S)

This 4-day hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi/ESX, and VMware vCenter Server. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. The course is based on ESXi 4.0, ESX 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0. Best practices and lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course. This course is 50% lecture and 50% hands-on lab.
Audience
System administrators, systems engineers, and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, and/or vCenter Server

Course Objective
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 Install and configure vCenter Server Configure and manage ESX networking and storage using vCenter Server Deploy and manage virtual machines Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure Increase scalability using vCenter Server Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server Apply patches using vCenter Update Manager Manage higher availability and data protection using vCenter Server

Prerequisites
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

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Course Title: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage HP Product Number: HH627S Category/Subcategory: VMware Course Length: 4 days Level: Intermediate Delivery Language: English To Order: You can order this course online at http://www.hp.com/learn. At the site, select a country, then choose "registration" or "Book a course" and fill out the online registration form.

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Detailed Course Outline

Course Introduction Introduction to VMware Virtualization

Scalability

VMware vMotion migrations Setup of resource pools and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster

Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components

High Availability and Data Protection

Configuring ESXi/ESX

Setup of a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster Backup and recovery of virtual machines using vCenter Data Recovery

Configuration of ESXi and ESX

Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

Install and configure vCenter Server, and use the vSphere Client to manage vCenter inventory hierarchies

Configuration Management

Patching using vCenter Update Manager

Installing ESX

Networking

Installation of ESX

Configuration of vNetwork standard and distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

Storage

Storage management technologies

Virtual Machines

Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, Guided Consolidation Modifying, managing, and migrating virtual machines

Access Control

Controlling user access through roles and permissions

Resource Monitoring

Workload assessment, monitoring using vCenter Server

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