VMware vSphere 5.1: Skills for Operators

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VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators is a two-day technical classroom training course designed to help the operators and administrators to create and manage virtual machines.

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Introduction to VMware Virtualization

  • Describe VMware virtualization
  • Describe components and features of vSphere 5.1
  • Describe a VMware virtual machine
  • Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine

Using VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client

  • Describe VMware vSphere Client
  • Describe VMware vSphere Web Client
  • Navigate through vCenter Server using vSphere Web Client

Virtual Machines: Creation and Management

  • Describe virtual machine components
  • Create a virtual machine
  • Install guest operating system and VMware tools
  • Describe cloning and Templates
  • Clone a virtual machine and a template
  • Describe an OVF template
  • Deploy an OVF template
  • Customize the guest operating system
  • Configure virtual machine hardware
  • Configure virtual machine options
  • Register and unregister a virtual machine in vCenter Server
  • Describe a snapshot
  • Take, restore, consolidate, and delete a snapshot

Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring

  • Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
  • Describe methods for optimizing CPU, memory, and disk usage
  • Describe VMware vCenter Operations Manager
  • Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor virtual machine resource usage
  • Describe and monitor tasks
  • Describe, monitor, and manage events
  • Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms

Managing Multitiered Applications Using VMware vSphere vApp(s)

  • Describe vSphere vApp(s)
  • Create, edit, and manage vApp
  • Clone a vApp
  • Manage power status of vApp

Migrating Virtual Machines

  • Describe and use cold migration to migrate a virtual machine
  • Verify host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
  • Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion
  • Migrate virtual machine storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
  • Describe CPU compatibility with EVC
  • Describe VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • List DRS affinity rules

Securing Virtual Machines

  • Describe virtual machine protection
  • Configure logging levels for the Guest Operating System
  • Manage copy and paste options
  • Manage guest operating system writes to Host memory

Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

  • Discuss a general troubleshooting philosophy and methodology
  • Troubleshoot virtual machine problems
  • Troubleshoot vSphere Client problems
  • Introduce a general guideline for virtual machine backups
  • Introduce VMware vSphere High Availability

Appendix A: Using Update Manager

  • Describe VMware vSphere Update Manager
  • Scan and update virtual

VMware vSphere 5.1: Skills for Operators

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