Description

This training will teach you how to implement a highly available VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure at the ESX server, administration, virtual machine and application levels. You'll also see resource optimization, centralized management, and VM availability with VMware Fault Tolerance.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Systems engineer/administrator.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Implement a highly available VMware vSphere 5

5 infrastructure Ensure complete VM availability with VMware Fault Tolerance Automatically distribute virtual machine files and avoid disk contention Advanced setup and configuration of a VMware DRS cluster Deploy ESXi servers in PXE with VMware Auto Deploy

Training program

• Continuity of service
  • Network redundancy, storage.
  • High availability: maintenance of ESXi and storage, virtual machines and vCenter.
  • Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Setting up Clusters
  • Supported VM Cluster architectures.
  • VMware Configuration of a VM Cluster.
  • Practical work Configuration of VM Clusters.
• Clusters VMware High Availability
  • Architecture and operation of vSphere HA.
  • VMware HA cluster: configuration, monitoring.
  • Management and calculation of slot sizes.
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring.
  • Practical work Using the HA function in a VM Cluster.
  • Configuration of VMware HA Admission Control Policies.
  • Monitoring VMware HA.
• VMware Fault Tolerance
  • Presentation, implementation and configuration.
  • Best practices.
  • Practical work Implementation of Fault Tolerance technology for the protection of VMs .
• Storage resource management
  • Virtual hard disk formats.
  • Dynamic management of VMFS volumes.
  • VStorage API for Array Integration primitives.
  • Update setting up storage profiles for VMs.
  • Presentation and creation of Datastore Clusters.
  • Setting up and configuring VMware Storage DRS.
  • Work practices Implementing Storage DRS.
• Clusters VMware DRS
  • Detailed operation of VMware DRS.
  • Setting up and configuring a DRS Cluster.
  • Configuring VM affinity rules, DRS groups and DPM.
  • Practical work Optimization of load and energy consumption via vSphere DRS.
• VMware vCenter Linked Mode
  • Centralized management of multiple vCenters.
  • VMware vCenter Linked Mode prerequisites.
  • Configuring VMware vCenter Linked Mode.
  • Practical work Configuration, centralized management of vCenters.
• Deploying ESXi servers
  • VMware Host Profile: maintaining ESXi compliance.
  • Image Builder.
  • Customized ESXi packaging.
  • VMware Auto Deploy: automated deployment of ESXi.
  • Practical work Deployment of ESXi servers with Host profiles and Auto Deploy.