Nth University Training Course

This 2-day hands-on training course explores new features in VMware® vCenter™ Server 4 and ESX™/ESXi 4, as well as how to upgrade to VMware vSphere™ 4.

Course Objectives

• Upgrading VMware deployments from VMware Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4
• Deploying distributed virtual switches to simplify datacenter-wide network management
• Using VMDirectPath to assign a PCI adapter directly to a virtual machine
• Migrating virtual machines� storage while they are live with Storage vMotion
• Growing virtual disks and VMFS volumes while they are live
• Employing VMware�s new Pluggable Storage Architecture
• Ensuring application availability with VMware Fault Tolerance
• Manage more than one vCenter Server from the same client
• Use the new host profiles feature to keep hosts uniformly configured
• Save energy with VMware Distributed Power Management
• Save disk space with thin provisioning
• Administer virtual appliances consisting of more than one virtual machine

Prerequisites (Recommended):

Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure, or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Introducing vSphere 4
  • Highlights vSphere 4 enhancements by component and reviews upgrade tools and strategies.
• Module 2: Infrastructure Administration
  • Presents new features that support better infrastructure monitoring and reduce the time it takes to provision ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
• Module 3: Networking
  • Discusses networking enhancements that simplify configuration, extend support, and improve performance.
• Module 4: Storage
  • Introduces new storage features that reduce storage costs, streamline management, and optimize performance.
• Module 5: Resource Management
  • Reviews vMotion� compatibility enhancements, new VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler monitoring and management tools, and extended VMware DPM support.
• Module 6: Business Continuity
  • Presents VMware High Availability enhancements and introduces VMware Fault Tolerance and vStorage APIs for data recovery.