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