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Implementing VMware Infrastructure 3
"Virtualization Management Boot camp"

VMware's ESX server v 3.5 is a custom Linux O/S that runs on high-end x86 hardware, hosting guest O/S's that it treats as single files on shared storage, and the hardware resources are managed efficiently while virtualizing those resources to the guest O/S, making the "virtual machines" easy to move around, protect, and replace.

Boot camp highlights

Unitek's "Virtualization Management Boot camp" covers all the components of VMware's new Virtual Infrastructure 3.5:
  • ESX 3.5 server installation and configuration
    • explore the esx 3.5 Service Console, a RedHat Linux CLI with "esxcfg" custom commands integrated into the shell;
    • perform advanced hardware management and security lockdown, and dive into the esx kernel's capabilities;

  • VM deployment and management
    • deploy a virtual datacenter, configure virtual internetworking, and perform optimization testing;

  • VMotion, Load Management & Resource Pools
    • migrate virtual machines manually & proactively, across different esx servers, without affecting service;

  • DRS / HA
    • configure multiple esx servers in "resource pools" and implement DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) to balance virtual machine load across esx hosts in a cluster;
    • configure HA (High Availability), simulate the crash of an esx host, and recover from failure;

  • VC Backup
    • implement VMware's new VC Backup (Virtual Consolidated Backup) strategy, the latest solution to backing up large numbers of production virtual machines efficiently

Boot camp Schedule and Hours

DATES:
Implementing VMware Infrastructure 3 Virtualization Management Boot camp

Duration: 5 days

 

Starting Dates Ending Dates Location Enroll
  May 19, 08   May 23, 08 Dallas, TX   
  Jun 02, 08   Jun 06, 08 Boston, MA   
  Jun 16, 08   Jun 20, 08 Chicago, IL   
  Jun 23, 08   Jun 27, 08 . Fremont, CA   
  Jun 30, 08   Jul 04, 08 Dallas, TX   
  Jul 07, 08   Jul 11, 08 Atlanta, GA   
  Jul 21, 08   Jul 25, 08 Seattle, WA   
  Aug 04, 08   Aug 08, 08 Washington, DC   
  Aug 11, 08   Aug 15, 08 . Fremont, CA   
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PRICE: View Pricing Information

Each day the boot camp starts at 9:00 am sharp and continues until 5:00 pm.

This bootcamp includes daily lunches.

Limited Time Special : Get this boot camp at your location for slightly over the list price of three students. Call 510-743-2757 for more details.

Pre-requisites

Hands-on intensive labs expose the student to the advanced capabilities of esx server, using both the "VIC (Virtual Infrastructure Client)" - a windows-based GUI installed on a workstation, and the "Service Console" - a Red-Hat Linux CLI. Prior exposure to Linux is a plus, but the skills necessary for the labs will be taught during the boot camp. The course is written to modern-day IT professionals, with a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, Windows 2003 server management, and x86 hardware fundamentals, but assumes no previous experience in the field of virtualization.

Efficiency

Unitek is combining two different week-long vmware courses into a single 5-day bootcamp, taking students from an introduction to virtualization, to comprehensive hand-on experience configuring and managing vmware's latest advanced networking features; we start with the GUI client interface and move down into the Linux CLI as well, for advanced troubleshooting techniques. And we've gathered up the latest 'Best Practices' for an implementation boot camp designed to catapult your expertise in the exploding field of virtualization.

Classroom setup:

Each student in the class will install and configure "vmware esx 3.5" on an individual Dell PowerEdge 1850 server, with dual Xeon 3.2 GHz processors, and 70GB of internal SCSI storage. Esx hosts will then be clustered, and configured to use an iSCSI shared storage array, for the VMFS datastore to support VMotion, HA, and DRS.

Day-to-Day Schedule

Day 1

Module 1 – esx server installation and configuration

 

 

 

disk partition management

 

service console networking configuration

 

post install configuration – the “VIC”

 

host based licensing & license servers

 

esx server management using the service console

 

updating and patching esx

 

ntp time configuration

 

creating virtual switches and building the virtual network

 

advanced CLI virtual network configuration

 

 

Day 2

Module 2 – storage management

 

 

 

fibre channel SAN

 

iSCSI

 

VMFS

 

NAS & NFS

 

RDM (Raw Device Maping)

 

 

 

Module 3 – Virtual Center installation and configuration

 

 

 

virtual enterprise architecture

 

managing the virtual center with the VIC

 

database management and backup

 

 

Day 3

Module 4 – virtual machine deployment

 

 

 

virtual machine components

 

virtual hardware

 

vm builds and customization

 

deploying multiple vm's using a template

 

vmware converter

 

cold migration - vm's powered off

 

extending vmdk's

 

vm snapshots

 

 

Day 4

Module 5 – Security

 

 

 

access to storage

 

virtual switch security

 

service console security

 

roles & privileges in the VIC

 

esx host authentication management

 

esx host firewall management

 

CLI security management tools

 

sudo and the wheel group

 

tcp wrappers

 

 

Day 5

Module 6 – advanced resource management

 

 

 

resource pool configuration

 

vmotion (hot migration - vm's powered on)

 

distributed resource scheduler

 

vmware high availability failover of esx hosts

 

 

 

Module 7 – backup strategies

 

 

 

vc backup (vmware consolidated backup)

 

restoring vm's

 

 

 

Module 8 – monitoring and optimization

 

 

 

virtual cpu management

 

vmkernel hardware management

 

alarm configuration in virtual center


Unitek's independent (non-authorized) VMware offering allows our virtualization guru to pack in a wide range of extra topics and value-added technologies. The result? The knowledge transfer you need to successfully plan, deploy, and take control of your VMware environment!

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