VMWare View 4.6 vSphere Basics for View Administrators
An Intensive 2-Day Course Covering the
Essentials of Setting Up and Managing a
VMware vSphere™ 4.1 Environment
Having a good fundamental knowledge of VMware vSphere™ 4.1 is necessary in order to manage, deploy, and secure a virtual desktop infrastructure. In this preparatory 2-day course, you will learn the basic virtualization concepts and skills necessary to implement and manage a virtual desktop infrastructure using VMware’s VDI products. You will learn how VMware View™ works in conjunction with VMware’s vSphere™ 4.1 server infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to perform hands-on labs that instill knowledge and reinforce your ability to execute and implement VMware View™ 4.6 in the production environment. Upon completion of this course, you should have the general knowledge of virtualization that is required in order to function as a virtual desktop infrastructure professional. Target Audience
This course is designed for System Administrators, Engineers, and Operators responsible for setup, support, and troubleshooting of VMware View desktops who only need a basic understanding of how to create Virtual Machines on ESX 4 and vCenter for use under VMware View. IT professionals who will be responsible for the setup, support, and troubleshooting of ESX4 and vCenter should take the VMware 4.x Ultimate Bootcamp instead of this class. Key Learning Points - Planning and Installing VMware®
- Configuring Networking and Storage
- Installing and managing vCenter Server
- Creating and managing Virtual machines, Templates and Snapshots
- Configuring and managing VMotion, DRS and HA
Program Content
Module One: Course Introduction and Methodology Module Two: Planning and Installing ESX Planning the ESX/ESXi deployment
vSphere 4 Deployment Guidelines
vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) installation
Configuring Hostname Resolution and NTP
LAB 1 - Configure NTP Module Three:
Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment ESX/ESXi Management
LAB 2 - VMWare Datastore Browser Module Four: Configuring Networking Creating and modifying Virtual Networks Module Five: Configuring Storage
Storage Concepts
iSCSI Storage
LAB 4 - Configure iSCS
Fibre Channel Storage
VMFS Datastores
LAB 5 - Create VMFS Datastore
LAB 6 - Extend a VMFS Datastore
NAS Storage and NFS Datastores
LAB 7 - Create an NFS Datastore
Module Six: vCenter Server and License Server Licensing
vCenter Server Installation
vCenter Server Inventory
LAB 8 - Add ESX Host to vCenter Server Inventory
Managing vcenter Server
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