Overview
The course will provide hands-on experience on Virtual Data Center Infrastructure Administration and building a cloud. The training will be given by Senior System / Network Engineers with several years of field experience in Virtualization.
Curriculum
- Understanding virtualization
- Diff types of virtualization
- Virtualization products
- Understanding components of VMware vSphere
- Introduction to VMware ESX / ESXi Server
- Understanding Datacenter Environment
- Virtualization in present & future Datacenters
- Understanding the Role of VMware Administrator
- Planning ESX/ESXi Server
- Understanding requirements
- Understanding vSphere Client
- Configuring ESXi
- Understanding virtual machines
- Understanding Diff VM files
- Virtual Machine Hardware
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Deploying guest operating system into VM
- Understanding VMware tools
- Deploying VMware tools
- Cloning of VMs
- Creating Templates
- Deploying VM'S from templates
- Modifying Virtual Machine Settings
- Creating an RDM
- Virtual Machine Snapshots
- Creating a vApp
- Removing a Virtual Machine
- Deploying Virtual Appliance
- Deploying OVF Templates
- Configuring VM'S to auto start & auto shutdown
- Storage Concepts
- Storage Overview
- DAS, FC SAN, iSCSI, FCoE, NAS
- Types of Datastore, VMFS, NFS
- Configuring iSCSI Storage
- Configuring NAS/NFS Storage
- FC SAN Storage, FCoE
- Multipathing With iSCSI, NAS, FC SAN
- Creating a VMFS datastore
- Increase the Size of VMFS datastore
- Deleting/Unmounting a VMFS datastore
- VMware vSphere VSAN
- VSAN Benefits, Features
- vNetwork Standard Switches
- Understanding vSwitch & port group
- Configuring virtual Switch & port groups
- Understanding VM kernel Adaptor
- Understanding Security policies
- Configuring Traffic shaping policies
- NIC Teaming Policy
- Understanding Architecture of vCenter Server
- ESXi and vCenter Communication
- vCenter Server Components
- vCenter Single Sign On
- Installing vCenter Server
- Configure and manage vCenter Server
- Understanding types of migration
- Importance of VMware vSphere vMotion
- vMotion Requirements
- Perform vMotion migration
- Perform Storage vMotion migration
- Perform Enhanced vMotion migration
- vSphere High Availability
- Configuring vSphere HA
- vSphere HA architecture
- Adding ESXi Host to a Cluster
- Test vSphere HA Functionality
- Understanding Fault Tolerance
- Configuring Fault Tolerance
- Testing Fault Tolerance
- Understanding VMware VSphere DRS Cluster
- Benefits of Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)
- DRS Cluster Settings
- Adding a Host to DRS Cluster
- Test DRS Cluster functionality
- Describe VMware VSphere Update Manager
- Installing update manager
- Configuring update manager
- Remediate ESXi Hosts
- Traditional Backup and Virtual Infrastructure Backup
- vSphere Data Protection Components, Architecture
- Deploying and Configuring VDP
- Virtual Machine Backup and Restore
- Install configure Veeam
- Backup / Restore VM's
- Configuring ESXi Host Access and Authentication
- ESXi Firewall, Enabling & Disabling Lockdown Mode
- Integrating ESXi with AD
- Configuring Roles and Permissions
- Create a custom role in vCenter server
- Assign permissions on vCenter
- Verify permission
- Virtual CPU and Memory Concepts
- VM Memory Over commitment
- Virtual SMP, CPU Load balancing
- CPU, Memory and Disk resources
- Establish Shares, Limits and Reservations
- Understanding Resource Pools
- Configuring Resource Pools
- VM Resource Usage
- Resource Monitoring Tools
- vCenter Performance Charts
- Interpreting Data from the Tools
- Understand Task, Events & Alarms
- Configuring SMTP
- Configuring Alarms
- Understanding Web Client
- Administering vSphere using web client
- Understanding vShield Endpoint
- Deploying security virtual appliance
- Securing VM'S using vShield from Virus & Malwares
- Understanding Distributed Switch Architecture
- Configuring Distributed Switch
- Understanding VLAN Trunks
- Configure private VLAN Trunks & Private VLAN'S
- Converting physical to virtual machine (p2v)
- Converting virtual to virtual (v2v)
- Requirements for migration
- Upgradation to ESXi 5.x from ESXi 4.x
- Tools VCLI, VMA, SSH Client
- Managing ESXi
- Managing VM's
- Understanding ESXi operating system
- Understanding Virtualization kernel
- Various Real Time Troubleshooting Scenarios
- Troubleshooting VMs
- Troubleshooting ESXi Hosts, Networking, Storage
Course Schedule
Course Schedule
Vmware vSphere
10:00 PM to 12:00 AM
(IST - GMT +05:30)
1
Month
2 Hrs/Day
Sunday off