VMware VI3.5 Bootcamp Training

This course is taught by top virtualization experts, with hands-on labs designed to expose the student to advanced virtualization concepts and the VMware® vSphere 4.0 product. This comprehensive class prepares the student to become a professional virtualization expert with the certification Certified Virtualization Expert® (CVE® 4.0) to attest to their knowledge of the material and technology.

The course is designed to give the student in-depth skills training through hands-on experience with state-of-the art equipment.

The focus of the course is to instill the knowledge required for the student to do their job efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this, we provide a comprehensive Beginner to Advanced training experience, starting from the installation of the licensed product to real world troubleshooting scenarios. The course focus is not limited only to learning and harnessing the power of VMware® but the entire concept of virtualization and other 3rd party tools and technologies that will enhance VMware® capabilities and increase the student's virtualization expertise.

Labs are taught and performed on VMware® HCL approved Dell Poweredge servers. Each student has their own remotely accessed server available to them 24/7 during the training week.

To train the Ultimate virtualization expert through intense immersion in a five day accelerated VMware ESX training bootcamp.

Upon the completion, students will learn:

• About all of the new and exciting features of VMware vSphere 4.0
• Foundational terms and concepts concerning virtualization
• How to install, configure and support ESX server 4 and VirtualCenter 4
• How to configure Virtual Machines, templates, and clones
• How to configure Virtual Networking including vNetwork Distributed Switches & vShield Zones and how to support VMotion & iSCSI multipathing.
• P2V , V2V, V2P, and P2P Methods and Techniques
• Server Consolidation Procedures and reasoning
• Tools to support a virtual infrastructure - VMware, Platespin, Vizioncore, Veeam, and more
• Vmotion, Storage VMotion, Distributed Power Mgt (DPM), Update Manager, Guided Consolidation, Clustering - DRS/HA,etc.
• Best Practices within a Virtual Enterprise
• How to perform backups in the ESX Environment - Service Console and Virtual Machines - VCB & Data Recover
• How to use the Command Line Interface for supporting ESX Servers - ESX commands
• How to install, configure, and optimize storage - FC, iSCSI, NFS, Multipathing, and Thin Provisioning