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VMware Infrastructure 3: Tour of VI3
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Course Code: VMWARETOUR
Duration (Days): 1
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Overview
This VMware Infrastructure 3: Tour of VI3 hands-on training course introduces the most compelling features of VMware Infrastructure 3. This course demonstrates VMware Infrastructure 3 features capable of reducing your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability.
Target Audience
The course is designed for technical persons responsible for evaluating VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter; including IT managers, system architects, and system administrators.
Prerequisites
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Delegates will learn how to:
By the end of the course, you should be able to have an understanding of VMware Infrastructure 3 core features through introductory lectures and hands-on demonstration labs, including:
- Deploying virtual machines using VMware VirtualCenter
- Performing live migrations of virtual machines
- Configuring VMware ESX Server clusters to automatically balance virtual machine workloads
- Hierarchically allocating CPU and memory resources to specific business functions
- Using VMware VirtualCenter alarms to proactively monitor the virtual datacenter
- Ensuring high availability of applications
Outline
Module 1: Virtual Infrastructure Overview
- Define virtualization and the VMware Infrastructure
- Discuss server consolidation and virtual machines
- Learn to use the VMware VirtualCenter management interface
- View virtual network and storage components
Module 2: Create a Virtual Machine
- Create and use templates to deploy virtual machines
- Automate guest operating system customization
Module 3: CPU and Memory Resource Pools
- Hierarchically allocate CPU and memory resources
- Set VM priorities on CPU and memory resources
Module 4: Migrate Virtual Machines Using VMotion
- Migrate live virtual machines
Module 5: VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Clusters
- Configure a VMware DRS cluster and resource pools
- Configure VMware DRS cluster automation levels
Module 6: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
- Use VMware VirtualCenter graphs to monitor virtual machine performance
- Understand VMware ESX Server memory management mechanisms
Module 7: Performance Alarms
- Use VMware VirtualCenter alarms to monitor and proactively respond to VMware ESX Server and virtual machine state changes
Module 8: VMware High Availability (HA) Clusters
- Configure a VMware HA cluster
- Configure VMware HA cluster options
Module 9: VMware Infrastructure 3 Product and Feature Overview
- Discuss how different VMware products and features working together should be able to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability of your datacenter
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