What You'll Learn

• Create, deploy, and manage virtual machines
• Use vCenter Server to monitor virtual machine resource usage
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply patches to virtual machines
• Use VMware vMotion™ and Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines
• Troubleshoot problems with virtual machine configuration

Course Outline

1. Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Virtualization and vSphere components

2. Virtual Machine Creation and Management

• Create a virtual machine
• Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
• Install VMware Tools into a Windows guest operating system
• Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and the host
• Create a template
• Create a template and deploy a virtual machine from it
• Clone a virtual machine that is powered on
• Take snapshots of a virtual machine and revert to a snapshot
• Modify a virtual machine's disk, memory, and name
• Manipulate virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory
• Delete a virtual machine from disk
• Add a raw LUN to an existing virtual machine

3. Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring

• Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization

4. Using Update Manager to Update Virtual Machines

• Patches installed on both your virtual machine and template
• Create a patch baseline
• Scan for updates
• Remediate the virtual machine and template

5. Migrating Virtual Machines

• Verify that your virtual machines' settings meet vMotion requirements
• Verify that your ESX host meets vMotion requirements
• Perform a vMotion migration
• Perform a Storage vMotion migration

6. Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

• Identify and correct common virtual machine configuration issues

Labs

You will spend approximately 50% of class time completing hands-on labs.

Virtual Classroom e-Learning Classroom Dates

Date	Times
Sep 9 - 10, 2010	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET
Oct 28 - 29, 2010	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET	Register
Nov 22 - 23, 2010	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET	Register

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