VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators (VSO) – Perfil

Esquema Detallado del Curso

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course goals and objectives
  • Introduce virtualization

2 Introduction to VMware Virtualization

  • Describe VMware virtualization
  • Describe components and features of vSphere 5.1
  • Describe a VMware virtual machine
  • Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine

3 Using VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client

  • Describe VMware vSphere® Client™
  • Describe VMware vSphere® Web Client
  • Navigate through vCenter Server using vSphere Web Client

4 Virtual Machines: Creation and Management

  • Describe virtual machine components
  • Create a virtual machine
  • Install guest operating system and VMware tools
  • Describe cloning and templates
  • Clone a virtual machine and a template
  • Describe an OVF template
  • Deploy an OVF template
  • Customize the guest operating system
  • Configure virtual machine hardware
  • Configure virtual machine options
  • Register and unregister a virtual machine in vCenter Server
  • Describe a snapshot
  • Take, restore, consolidate, and delete a snapshot

5 Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring

  • Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
  • Describe methods for optimizing CPU, memory, and disk usage
  • Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor virtual machine resource usage
  • Describe and monitor tasks
  • Describe, monitor, and manage events
  • Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms

6 Managing Multitiered Applications Using VMware vSphere vApp(s)

  • Describe VMware vSphere® vApp(s)™
  • Create, edit, and manage vApp
  • Clone a vApp
  • Manage power status of vApp

7 Migrating Virtual Machines

  • Describe and use cold migration to migrate a virtual machine
  • Verify host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
  • Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion
  • Migrate virtual machine storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
  • Describe CPU compatibility with EVC
  • Describe VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (DRS)
  • List DRS affinity rules

A Appendix A: Using Update Manager

  • Describe VMware vSphere® Update Manager™
  • Scan and update virtual machines and templates