VMware vSphere 4.1: Automation Fast Track Training  

Install, Configure, Manage Modules

• Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
• Introduction to VMware Virtualization
  • Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• VMware ESX and ESXi
  • Introduce the architecture of ESX and ESXi
  • Manually configure ESX/ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server
  • Install and configure vCenter Server components
  • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects
• Networking
  • Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups
• Storage
  • Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
  • Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Virtual Machines
  • Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
  • Modify and manage virtual machines
  • Perform Storage vMotion migrations
• Access Control
  • Control user access through roles and permissions
• Resource Monitoring
  • Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
  • Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
  • Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
• Data Protection
  • Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery
• Scalability
  • Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter Linked Mode
  • Manage ESX/ESXi configuration compliance using Host Profiles
  • Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
  • Perform VMware vMotion migrations
  • Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
  • Configure and manage VMware Distributed Power Management
• High Availability
  • Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
  • Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
• Patch Management
  • Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager
• Installing VMware ESX and ESXi
  • Introduce ESX and ESXi Installable installation

Automation with vSphere PowerCLI Modules

• Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
• Introduction to vSphere PowerCLI
  • Define the main vSphere PowerCLI object
  • Define the main commandlets in vSphere PowerCLI
  • Connect to a vSphere infrastructure
  • Get help for commandlets
• Automating ESX Host Configuration
  • Automate configuration of virtual switches on ESXi hosts
  • Automate configuration of datastores on ESXi hosts
• Virtual Machine Provisioning, Configuration, and Protection
  • Automate creation of virtual machines
  • Change virtual machine settings programmatically
  • Run vSphere PowerCLI scripts in virtual machines
  • Automate virtual machine protection
• Automating Cluster Operations
  • Automate virtual machine storage migration
  • Automate VMware vMotion
  • Create a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler/VMware High Availability cluster
  • Automate cluster configuration
  • Automate resource pool creation and configuration
• Automating Reporting
  • Automate reporting about virtual machines
  • Automate reporting about ESXi hosts
  • Automate reporting about clusters