This course is designed for system administrators and operators who are responsible for the day-to-day administration and management of a VMware virtual infrastructure.

• Install and configure a virtual infrastructure node
• Configure and create VMware virtual machines
• Deploy virtual machines from standardized templates
• Perform cold and hot migration of VMware virtual machines

• Monitor system resources and optimize virtual machine performance
• Create tasks and alarms in VMware VirtualCenter

Course Introduction

Module 1: Virtual Infrastructure Overview

• VMware products: functions and applications

Module 2: Installation and Configuration

• Set-up of ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter

Module 3: Introduction to VMware Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machine architecture and components

Module 4: Deployment and Migration

• Cloning, use of templates, hot and cold migrations

Module 5: Resource Management

• Optimizing performance across multiple virtual machines

Module 6: Virtual Machine Administration

• Monitoring, creating tasks and setting alarms

Key Topics

• Administration and operations
• Virtual machine deployment
• Installation and configuration
• Virtual Infrastructure architecture
• VMotionTM
• Resource Management