VMware vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp
**HOL – A Hands-on Lab is provided for students on this chapter.
Chapter 1
Course Introduction and Methodology (HOL)
Chapter 2
Virtualization Overview
Chapter 3
Planning and Installing ESX 4
(HOL)Planning ESX 4 Server Deployment
Deployment Guidelines
ESX 4 Installation (HOL)
ESX 4 Management
Configuring Hostname Resolution and NTP (HOL)
Troubleshooting ESX 4 Server
Chapter 4
Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment
Overview of 3rd Party Tools (HOL)
Windows Commands vs. Linux Commands
ESX 4 Configuration Commands
Summary of Remote CLI Commands
Chapter 5
Configuring Networking
Create & Modify Virtual Networks (HOL)
Create & Modify Virtual Networks using CLI (HOL)
Chapter 6
Configuring Storage
Storage Concepts
iSCSI Storage (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
Fibre Channel Storage (GUI & Cmd Line)
VMFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
NAS Storage and NFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line) (HOL)
Raw Device Mapping (RDM) (HOL)
Chapter 7
VirtualCenter and License Server
Licensing
vCenter Server 4 Installation (HOL)
vCenter Server 4 Inventory (HOL)
Managing vCenter Server 4 5. Planning vCenter Server 4 Deployment
Troubleshooting vCenter Server 4 Deployment
Troubleshooting the vSphere Client (HOL)
Chapter 8
VM Creation and Configuration & Snapshots
Create a VM (HOL)
Create Multiple VMs, Templates & Clones (HOL)
Virtual Appliances (HOL)
VMware vCenter Converter 4 (P2V, V2V) (HOL)
Manage VMs *HOL 6. Virtual Machine Startup / Shutdown
Virtual Machine Snapshots (HOL)
Web Access (HOL)
Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
Chapter 9
Security and Permissions
Security Overview (HOL)
User Access (HOL)
ESX AD Integration (HOL)
Managing Firewalls (HOL)
Advanced Security: SSH & SUDO (HOL)
Chapter 10
Advanced ESX and VirtualCenter Management
Configuring Resource Pools (HOL)
Configuring VMotion (HOL)
Storage VMotion (HOL)
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) (HOL)
Resource Pools in DRS Clusters (HOL)
Host Profiles (HOL)
vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch (HOL)
Cisco Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch
Chapter 11
Patching and Upgrading ESX
Patching ESX Server 4 (HOL)
Upgrades and Migrations (HOL)
Update Manager (HOL)
Upgrading from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x (HOL)
Chapter 12
Disaster Recovery and Backup
Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
High Availability (HA) (HOL)
VMware Fault Tolerance
Microsoft Clustering
Backup Strategies
Using VCB Command Line Utilities (HOL)
VMware Data Recovery (HOL)
Third Party Backups (HOL)
Chapter 13
Server and VM Monitoring
Tools for Optimization
Monitor VM Performance (HOL)
Configuring Alarms (HOL)
Collecting Log Files (HOL)
Chapter 14
Installing and Configuring ESXi (HOL)
ESXi 4 Server Install (HOL)
Managing ESXi 4 with VIC
Managing ESXI 4 through VirtualCenter
*Please note that this content is meant to be a guideline.
Class material is subject to change and may be presented in a slightly different format than listed.