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
Next Course Dates
Dates available on request. Please contact us
| June | Language | | |
| 04 Jun - 06 Jun, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | English | | Request Space |
  | 13 Jun - 15 Jun, 2012 | RUEIL ATHENEE (France) | | | Request Space |
| July | Language | | |
| 02 Jul - 04 Jul, 2012 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| August | Language | | |
| 01 Aug - 03 Aug, 2012 | Hvidovre, Global Knowledge (Denmark) | | | Request Space |
| 13 Aug - 15 Aug, 2012 | Hamburg (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| September | Language | | |
| 03 Sep - 05 Sep, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| 10 Sep - 12 Sep, 2012 | RUEIL ATHENEE (France) | | | Request Space |
| 12 Sep - 14 Sep, 2012 | München (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| 17 Sep - 19 Sep, 2012 | Mechelen (Zandvoortstraat 1) (Belgium) | | | Request Space |
| October | Language | | |
| 03 Oct - 05 Oct, 2012 | Drachten (Amperelaan 1c) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| 10 Oct - 12 Oct, 2012 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| November | Language | | |
| 05 Nov - 07 Nov, 2012 | Hvidovre, Global Knowledge (Denmark) | | | Request Space |
| 07 Nov - 09 Nov, 2012 | Hamburg (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| 21 Nov - 23 Nov, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| December | Language | | |
| 05 Dec - 07 Dec, 2012 | München (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| January | Language | | |
| 16 Jan - 18 Jan, 2013 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| February | Language | | |
| 20 Feb - 22 Feb, 2013 | Hamburg (Germany) | | | Request Space |
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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