VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators (VSO)

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Who should attend

System administrators and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, or vCenter Server

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

Course Objectives

This hands-on training course explores configuration and management of VMware vSphere™ virtual machines. Upon completion of this course, you should have the skills necessary to work effectively with VMware® virtual machines. The course is based on VMware ESX™ 4.0 and VMware vCenter™ Server 4.0. At the end of the course, you should have an understanding of vSphere 4 capabilities and be able to:

  • Create, deploy, and manage virtual machines
  • Use vCenter Server to monitor virtual machine resource usage
  • Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply patches to virtual machines
  • Use VMware vMotion™ and Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines
  • Troubleshoot problems with virtual machine configuration

Lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

Course Content

  • Module 1: Course Introduction
  • Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
    • Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components
  • Module 3: Virtual Machine Creation and Management
    • Create a virtual machine
    • Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
    • Install VMware Tools into a Windows guest operating system
    • Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and the host
    • Create a template
    • Create a template and deploy a virtual machine from it
    • Clone a virtual machine that is powered on
    • Take snapshots of a virtual machine and revert to a snapshot
    • Modify a virtual machine’s disk, memory, and name
    • Manipulate virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory
    • Delete a virtual machine from disk
    • Add a raw LUN to an existing virtual machine
  • Module 4: Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring
    • Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
  • Module 5: Using Update Manager to Update Virtual Machines
    • List all patches installed on both your virtual machine and template
    • Create a patch baseline
    • Scan for updates
    • Remediate the virtual machine and template
  • Module 6: Migrating Virtual Machines
    • Verify that your virtual machines’ settings meet vMotion requirements
    • Verify that your ESX host meets vMotion requirements
    • Perform a vMotion migration a virtual machine
    • Perform a Storage vMotion migration a virtual machine
  • Module 7: Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
    • Identify and correct common configuration issues with virtual machines
Classroom Training
Modality: C

Duration 2 days

Price
  • Australia: 2,266.- AUD
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Germany
21/01/2019 - 22/01/2019 Frankfurt Enroll
18/02/2019 - 19/02/2019 Düsseldorf Enroll
05/03/2019 - 06/03/2019 Berlin Enroll
08/04/2019 - 09/04/2019 Berlin Enroll
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26/03/2019 - 27/03/2019 Brussels Course language: English Enroll
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14/02/2019 - 15/02/2019 Milan Enroll
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31/01/2019 - 01/02/2019 Utrecht Course language: English Enroll
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Romania
 15/04/2019 - 16/04/2019 Bucharest This is an English language FLEX course.   Time zone: Europe/Bucharest 845.- € Course language: English Enroll
28/10/2019 - 29/10/2019 Bucharest This is an English language FLEX course.   Time zone: Europe/Bucharest 845.- € Course language: English Enroll
Slovakia
 11/03/2019 - 12/03/2019 Bratislava This is an English language FLEX course.   Time zone: Europe/Bratislava 715.- € Enroll
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Slovenia
 11/02/2019 - 12/02/2019 Ljubljana This is an English language FLEX course.   Time zone: Europe/Ljubljana 650.- € Course language: English Enroll
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Switzerland
11/03/2019 - 12/03/2019 Zurich Enroll
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17/12/2018 - 18/12/2018 Bracknell Enroll
10/01/2019 - 11/01/2019 London (Int Hse) Enroll
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