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.