VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administration Training

VMware vSphere-4.1 Administration Training This Hands-on-Experience training course, you will explore installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere-4.1, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware vCenter Server. Troubleshooting guidance, best practices and lab exercises are throughout the course, and upon completion of the course, you can become a VMware Administrator. What You'll Learn  Functionality of VMware vSphere-4.1  Install ESX Server 4.1  Configure ESX Server 4.1 vNetworking and Storage  Install and configure vCenter Server 4.1  Control user access to the VMware infrastructure  Deploy and manage VM’s using vCenter Server  Allocate and monitor virtual machines' resources  Ensure high availability of applications  Host Profiles  vCenter Server Linked Mode  Lockdown Mode Enhancements  ESX/ESXi Active Directory Integration  vApps  vSphere Command-Line Interface  Guided Consolidation Enhancements  Fault Tolerance  Storage I/O Control  VMware vShield Zones  VMware VMsafe  VMkernel Protection  VMDirectPath  DvSwitches Configurations  Network I/O Control VTguru 2010 VMware GURU VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY GURU Document Revision-6.5 http://www.VTguru.com training@VTguru.com enquiry@VTguru.com +91-40-66770800 /32567300 /23736304 /9393126182 VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administrator training course content Module 1: Introduction  What is Virtualization?  A Virtual Machine  How Virtualization Works  VMware History  Virtualization using a Bare-Metal Hypervisor  ESX Server Architecture Module 3-0: ESX-4.1 Host Installation & Configuration Administration  Hardware Prerequisites  ESX Host Maximums  Configure Boot BIOS  Setup ESXi Installable  Partitioning an x86 Disk  Understanding ESX & ESXi 4.1 Virtual & Physical Partitions Creation  LAB 0: Install ESX-4.1 Server on Local Volume  Installing ESX & ESXi -4.1 through GUI  Installing ESX-4.1 through CUI  Installing ESX & ESXi -4.0 through GUI  Installing ESX-4.0 through CUI  Login ESX Server Physical Console After Install  Accessing ESX through the vSphere Client and Web Access login  Upgrading ESX-4.0 to ESX-4.1  Set-up ESX Server Configurations  Enable the SSH login for root user  Enabling VMware-webAccess service  Configure VMware-webAccess as a start up service  Enabling ESXi Console for troubleshooting  ESX host Open in New window for managing individual  Configuring Authentication Services  Join ESX host to Domain  Select trusted domain if required  Configuring licensing features  Date & Time configuration  DNS & Routing Configuration  Configuring ESX Power Management Module 4-1: Linked Mode Administration  Linked Mode Prerequisites  Linked Mode Considerations  Joining vCenter Server to member of DC  Join a Linked Mode Group  Isolating vCenter Server from a Linked Mode Group  Linked Mode Troubleshooting Module 2-0: Virtual Infrastructure Overview  Discussion of virtualization and virtual infrastructure components  Understand the concept of virtualization  Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine  Describe vSphere components  Describe scenarios for using virtualization Module 4-0: vCenter-4.1 Installation & Configuration Administration  vCenter Server Overview  Preparing VC Databases  Maintaining VC Database  vCenter-4.1 Components  vCenter-4.1 Architecture  Hardware and Software Prerequisites  vCenter-4.1 Database  VMware License Server (Centralized Licensing)  vCenter-4.1 Server Services  VI Client Overview  ESX Server and vCenter-4.0 Communication  Managing Across Geographies  Backup Strategy for vCenter-4.0 Server  vCenter-4.1 Inventory: Multiple DataCenters  vCenter-4.1 Inventory: Clusters  8.0: Install SQL-Native client drivers  8.1: Configuring ODBC database for VCenter-4.0  8.2: Install vCenter Server 4.0  9.0: Add Host to VCenter-4.0 Inventory  9.1: Troubleshooting vCenter Service problems  vCenter 4.0 Log collection Module 4-2: vCenter Server Administration  vCenter Server Settings Overview  vCenter Licensing  vCenter Statistics  vCenter Runtime settings  vCenter Mail alert configuration  Configure vCenter SNMP traps  vCenter SSL Settings  Configure vCenter Advanced Settings Module 5-1: vSwitch Network Administration  Virtual Switch “vSwitch Maximums”  Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC  Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through SC  Network Connections http://www.VTguru.com training@VTguru.com enquiry@VTguru.com +91-40-66770800 /32567300 /23736304 /9393126182 VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administrator training course content Module 5-0: Network Administration  Comparison of Physical & Virtual Networking  Virtual Networking Components  Understanding Standard & Distributed Virtual Switches Module 5-2: DvSwitch Network Administration  DvSwitch Overview  DvSwitch Maximums  Creating DvSwitch and DvPortGroups  Configuring a vNetwork Distributed Switch  Configuring dvPort Groups  Adding ESX hosts to DvSwitch  Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch Network Adapters  Manage virtual adapters  Manage Physical Adapters  Configure VLANs  Migrating vSwitch Configurations “Service Console and VMkernels to DvSwitch  Migrating Virtual Machines from vSwitch portgroup to DvPortGroup  Migrating DvSwitch Configurations “Service Console and VMkernels to Standard vSwitch  Migrating Virtual Machines from DvSwitch PortGroups to Standard vSwitch Module 6-0: Storage Administration  Storage Overview  VMFS Overview  Storage Maximums  How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Server  Addressing SAN LUNs in the VMkernel  Making SAN Storage Available to ESX Server  How iSCSI is used with ESX Server  How iSCSI Storage Authenticates the ESX Server  iSCSI Software and Hardware Initiators  VMFS  Multipathing with Fiber Channel  Multipathing with iSCSI  Manage Multiple Paths  Volume Grow /Hot VMDK Extend  Service Console Storage  How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Server  Addressing and Access Control with NFS  4.0: iSCSI Storage  4.1: Multipathing with iSCSI  5.0: VMFS Data store  6.0: Extend a VMFS  6.1: Manage Multiple Paths  Virtual Switch Property: Ports  Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters  Port Group Property: VLANs  Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies  Security Policy  Traffic-Shaping Policy  NIC Teaming Policy  Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch  Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for Service Consoles  Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for VM Networks  Load-Balancing  Detecting and Handling Network Failure  2.0: Create Virtual Switches  2.1: Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch  2.2: Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for Service Consoles  2.3: Load-Balancing  2.4 Configuring vSwitch, Service Console and VMkernel using these commands  esxcfg-vswitch, esxcfg-vswif and esxcfg-vmknic  3.0: Design Networking  3.1: Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC  3.2: Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through SC  3.3: Detecting and Handling Network Failure Module 7-0: Virtual Machine Administration  Virtual Machine Overview  Virtual Machine Maximums  Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the vSphere Client  Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the webAccess  Virtual Machine File types  Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware  Creating Virtual Machine using typical mode  Creating Virtual Machine using typical custom mode  Virtual Machine Console  Install Guest Operating System into a Virtual Machine  Deploying Across DataCenters  Virtual Appliances  Move VM Between ESX Servers: Cold Migration  Modify Virtual Machine Settings  10.0: Create a Virtual Machine  14.0: Allow Virtual Machine Access to a Raw LUN  15.0: Accessing Virtual Machines in VCenter-4.0  15.1: VMware power operation using vmware-cmd “soft, trysoft and hard” commands Module 7-2: Guided Consolidation Administration  Guided Consolidation Overview  Guided Consolidation Maximums  Guided Consolidation Prerequisites http://www.VTguru.com training@VTguru.com enquiry@VTguru.com +91-40-66770800 /32567300 /23736304 /9393126182 VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administrator training course content  6.2: Addressing and Access Control with NFS Module 7-1: Cloning & Templates Administration  Clone VM to VM  Clone the VM to Template  Convert the VM to Template  Deploy a Virtual Machine from Template  Hot Cloning  Cold Cloning  Guest Operating System Customization Module 7-3: VMware Converter Enterprise Administration  Overview of VMware Converter Enterprise (P2V)  Installing VMware Converter Enterprise  Installing VMware Converter Enterprise Plug-in  Importing a Physical Machine to Virtual Machine Module 8-1: Host Profiles Administration  Host Profile Overview  Host Profile Maximums  Creating a Host Profile  Editing a Host Profile  Attaching the Profile to ESX hosts  Associating & Applying a Host Profile  Checking for Host Profile compliance  Applying a Host Profiles  Exporting/Importing Host Profiles Module 8-3: DRS Cluster Administration (Distributed Resource Scheduler)  How Virtual Machines Compete for Resources  Creating a Resource Pools  Configuring a Pool's Resources  Move VM Between ESX Servers: VMotion Migration  How VMotion Works  Virtual Machine Requirements for VMotion  Host Requirements for VMotion  What a DRS Cluster Is  Create a DRS Cluster  Enable or Disable VMware DRS  Configure Advanced Options  Configure the DRS Automation Level  Using Affinity Rules  Managing DRS Groups  Customize DRS for Virtual Machines  Guided Consolidation Settings  Adding to Analyze Physical Machines  Viewing analysis Results  Converting Physical Hosts to Virtual Machines Module 8-0: Cluster Administration  Overview of VMware Clustering  VMware Cluster Components  VMware Cluster Prerequisites  Prepare the ESX hosts for clustering  Understanding VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)  Configure a Virtual Machine Swapfile Location for a Cluster Module 8-2: Resource Pool Administration  Resource Pool Overview  Creating Standalone Resource Pool  Managing resource allocations  Manage CPU Reservation & Limitation allocations  Manage RAM Reservation & Limitation allocations  Manage Storage Reservation & Limitation allocations Module 8-4: vApp Configuration & Deployment Administration  vApp Overview  Create a vApp  Edit vApp Settings  Configuring IP Pools for vApp  Power On /Off a vApp  Export vApp into OVF & OVA formats  Export and deploy vApp Module 8-5: HA Cluster Administration (High Availability Protection)  HA Cluster Overview  HA Cluster Maximums  Creating vSwitch and PortGroups Network for HA  Creating a vCenter High Availability (HA) Cluster  Adding Hosts to High Availability (HA) Cluster  Add the LUN 2 and 4 to your first ESX Server. This is shared LUNs for your VMs. The second ESX Server should see this LUN after performing a rescan  Viewing High Availability (HA) Cluster Settings  Modifying High Availability (HA) Cluster Settings  Enable or Disable VMware HA  Configure VMware HA Options  Customize HA for Virtual Machines  Virtual Machine Monitoring  Configure VM Monitoring Settings http://www.VTguru.com training@VTguru.com enquiry@VTguru.com +91-40-66770800 /32567300 /23736304 /9393126182 VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administrator training course content  Set Cluster Power Management Options  Configure Host Options for the Power Management Setting  Best Practices for DRS  Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster  Delegated Administration  Monitor Cluster Usage  Planned Downtime: Maintenance Mode  16.0: Resource Pools on a Standalone Host  17.0: Migrate Virtual Machines Using vMotion  18.0: Create a DRS Cluster  19.0: Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster  19.1: Checking Resource balancing  VMware vCenter DPM/IPMI  Enabling IPMI  Enabling Power Management in a Cluster Module 8-6: Fault Tolerance Administration  Fault Tolerance Overview  How Fault Tolerance Works  Fault Tolerance Configuration Requirements  Preparing Your Cluster and Hosts for Fault Tolerance  Preparing Virtual Machine  Turning On Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines  Failing Primary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine  Failing Secondary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine  Fault Tolerance Best Practices  Checking Secondary Fault Tolerance VM to become Primary Fault Tolerance VM  Troubleshooting Fault Tolerance Module 10-0: Data Recovery Administration  Backup Strategies  What To Back Up  General Guidelines for Virtual Machine Backups  Installing Data Recovery Plug-in  Installing Data Recovery Appliance  Configuring DR IP Address Settings  Login to DR through vCenter Server  Creating Storage Destination to store the backups  Creating Schedules for taking VM backups  Restoring Data Backup Images to VMs Module 12: vCenter Schedules Administration  Schedules Overview  Virtual Machine Schedules Administration  Host Schedules Administration  Resource Pool Schedules Administration  Monitoring Current Schedules  Virtual Machine High Availability  Clustering Inside VMs for High Availability  22.0: Using VMware HA  22.1: Checking HA network failovers  22.1: Checking HA VM failovers Module 9-0: Performance Monitoring Administration  Systems for Optimizing VM Resource Use  Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance  Performance-Tuning Methodology  Monitoring VM Resource Use with Performance Graphs  Tools for Improving VM CPU and Memory Performance  Monitoring Using Performance-Based Alarms  Monitor Virtual Machine Performance  Host-Based and VM-Based Performance Alarms  Checking ESX performance through Service Console  Checking VM performance Statistics through Service Console Module 9-1: Hardware Status Monitoring  Architectural Overview  Hardware Status Information  Available diagnostic data  Enabling/Disabling CIM providers Module 11-0: Security Administration  vSphere Security Overview  vSphere Security Components Module 11-1: Security Profile Administration  Security Profile Overview  Enable & Disable the ESX Services  Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic Module 11-2: Firewall Security Administration  Firewall Overview  Port Enabling & Disabling for ESX Services  Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic Module 11-3: vShield Zones (Virtual Firewall) Administration  vShield Zones Overview  vShield Zones Components  Deploying vShield Manager appliance  Configure vShield Manager appliance  Deploying vShield appliance  Converting vShield to Template  Setting up the vShield Manager network and time  vShield Manager User Interface Basics  Installing vShield using vShield Manager http://www.VTguru.com training@VTguru.com enquiry@VTguru.com +91-40-66770800 /32567300 /23736304 /9393126182 VTGURU VMware vSphere-4.1 Administrator training course content Module 13: Alarms Administration  vSphere Alarms Overview  Configuring Alarms in vCenter level  Configuring Alarms in Datacenter, Networking level  Configuring Alarms in Host & Cluster level  Configuring Alarms in Data store & VM level  Configuring Alarms actions Module 14: Access Control Administration  Controlling administrator rights  Security Model Overview  Creating and Defining Users and Groups in ESX server and vCenter Server.  Creating Roles in Host Connection  Creating Roles in VC Connection  Creating Roles and checking dependencies  Creating Roles using Privileges  Assigning Roles to Users and Groups in ESX session and vCenter Server session.  User sessions Administration  Configuring session authentication time out  Configure Active Directory list View  VCenter-4.0 Security Model  ESX Server Security Model  Backing Up vShield Manager Data  User Management  Configuring Application name space  Configuring Layer 4, Layer 3 and 2 firewall rules  Configure Allow and Deny inbound and out bound network traffic  Check the traffic details through the VMflow and VMwall  vShield Management  Firewall Management  Uninstall vShield through the vShield Manager Module 15: Events & Logs Administration  Generating ESX Log bundles for VMware Support  Generating vSphere vCenter Server Log Bundle  Generating vSphere Client Server Log Bundle  Changing vCenter Server log generation Options  Clearing Events & Logs from Database Module 16: Update Manager Administration  Overview  Configure Database for update-manager  Create a 32-Bit DSN on a 64-Bit OS  Installing Update Manager  Configuring update manager patch downloads  Configuring update manager Settings  Importing Host Upgrade Release Files  Creating Baselines and Baseline Groups  Attaching Baselines and Baseline Groups  Scanning Selected vSphere Objects  Remediating Selected hosts