Overview This hands-on training course explores the management of performance in a VMware® vSphere™ environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.
Pre-Requisites
This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Fast Track
- Completion of VMware vSphere: What’s New
- Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server
Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended
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System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for managing the performance of a vSphere installation
- Explain the performance impact of using different monitor modes
- Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of ESX/ESXi hosts
- Troubleshoot performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host
- Discuss how to achieve an optimal virtual machine configuration
- Discuss guidelines for monitoring application performance
Module 1: Course Introduction Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment Discuss the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology Monitor performance using vCenter Server performance graphs and the ESX/ESXi resxtop command Module 3: Virtual Machine Monitor Discuss software and hardware virtualization techniques and their impact on performance Module 4: CPU Performance Discuss the CPU scheduler, NUMA, and CPU cache contention Monitor key CPU performance metrics Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems Module 5: Memory Performance Discuss memory reclamation techniques and memory overcommitment Monitor key memory performance metrics Troubleshoot common memory performance problems Module 6: Network Performance Discuss the performance features of modern network adapters Monitor key network performance metrics Troubleshoot common network performance problems Module 7: Storage Performance Discuss how storage protocols, VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance Monitor key storage performance metrics Troubleshoot common storage performance problems Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance Discuss guidelines for configuring a virtual machine for optimal performance Module 9: Application Performance Discuss what applications can be virtualized Discuss how VMware vCenter AppCenter manages application performance