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MODULE 1:

Course Introduction ,Objectives ,What is VMware vSphere, VCP on vSphere 4 Certification

MODULE 2:

Introduction to VMware Virtualization ,What is virtualization ,How does virtualization works

Host Operating system based virtualization ,Virtualization using a Bare-Metal Hypervisor

What is a Virtual Machine ,Why use Virtual Machines ,vSphere Components

Using vSphere in a Datacenter 

MODULE 3:

Overview of ESX/ESX! ,ESX/ESX! Virtualization platform

ESX/ESX! Features ,ESX/ESX! Installable and ESX! Embadded ,ESX/ESX! Architecture

Installing ESX/ESX! ,Configuring ESX! Root Access, Configuring ESX! Management Network

Configuring ESX! Other settings ,Using the vSphere Client ,Logging to ESX/ESX!

vSphere Client Configuration tab ,Viewing Processor and Memory Configuration

ESX/ESX! Licensing , Network settings DNS and Routing ,ESX service console firewall

ESX/ESX! user account best practice , Viewing ESX/ESX! System Logs

MODULE 4: VMware vCenter Server

Lession 1: Installing vCenter Server : vCenter Server Architecture ,vCenter Server Components

vCenter Server Physical or Virtual Machine ,vCenter Server Hardware/Software Requirements

vCenter Server Database Requirements ,Steps before Installing vCenter Server,vCenter Server Installation Procedure ,Standalone Instance or Linked Mode Group,Ports used by vCenter Server ,Configuring ports used by vCenter Server,vCenter Server services ,vSphere Client Installation Procedure

Logging into vSphere Client ,Lession 2: Using vSphere Client ,vSphere Client Home Page ,

Navigating the vSphere Client ,vCenter Inventory  Objects , Organizing Inventory Objects into folders

Managing Multiple Datacenters ,vCenter views: Hosts, Clusters, VMs and Templates

vCenter views: Datastores and Networks ,Adding Host to vCenter Server Inventory

ESX/ESX! And vCenter Communication ,vCenter Server License overview

Adding License Keys ,vCenter Server System Logs

MODULE 5: Networking

Lession 1: vNetwork Standard Switches ,vNetwork Standard Switch ,vNetwork Standard Switch Components

vSwitch ports ,Adding a Network: Connection Type,Adding a Network: Network Adapters

Adding a Network: Connection Settings,vSwitch Configuration

Lession 2: vNetwork Distributed Switch ,Benefits of Distributed Switches,Creating a Distributed Switch

Viewing Distributed Switches,Connecting a Virtual Machine to a port group,Adding a Host to a Distributed Switch,VMkernal and Service Console Connections,Managing Physical Adapters (Uplinks)

Lesson 3: Modifying Virtual Switches ,Editing General Switch Properties,Editing Advanced Switch Properties

Editing Distributing Port Group Settings,Editing Port group Policies

MODULE 6: Storage

Lesson 1: Storage Concepts ,Storage Overview,Datastores ,VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)

NFS (Network File System),Raw Device Mapping (RDM),Local vs Shared storage,Storage Device Naming Convention

Lesson 2: Fibre Channel SAN Storage ,Using Fibre Channel with ESX/ESX! ,Fibre Channel SAN Components

Fibre Channel Addressing and Access Control ,Accessing Fibre Channel Storage

Viewing Fibre Channel storage information

Lession 3: iSCSI Storage ,Using iSCSI with ESX/ESX! ,iSCSI Components ,iSCSI Addressing

iSCSI Initiators ,Steps to configure software iSCSI ,Configuring Network for software iSCSI

Enabling the iSCSI software Adapter ,iSCSI Target-Discovery Methods,Configuring iSCSI target address

Steps to Configure Hardware iSCSI ,Viewing iSCSI information

Lession 4: VMFS  ,Using VMFS with ESX/ESX!,Creating a VMFS,Viewing VMFS Datastores

Browsing Datastore Contents,Growing a VMFS,Volume Grow vs Extent Grow,Before Growing a VMFS

Using Volume Grow: Increase Capacity,Using Volume Grow: View Disk Layout,Using Volume Grow: Specify Capacity,Using Extent Grow: Select LUN,Deleting a VMFS

MODULE 7: Virtual Machines

Lession 1: Virtual Machine Concepts ,What is a Virtual Machine ,What files make up a Virtual Machine Displaying a Virtual Machine’s Files ,Virtual Machine Hardware ,CPU and Memory

Virtual Disk ,Virtual NIC ,Other Devices ,Virtual Machine Console ,VMware Tools

Lession 2: Creating a Virtual Machine ,Virtual Machine Launch wizard ,Choosing the Typical Configuration

Choosing the Custom Configuration ,Installing the Guest Operating System ,Installing VMware Tools

Lession 3: Creating Templates and Clones ,What is a Template ,Creating Template,Viewing Templates

Deploying a Virtual Machine from Template,Cloning a Virtual Machine,

Customizing the Guest Operating System

Lession 4: VMware vCenter Converter ,vCenter Converter Capabilities,vCenter Converter Requirements

Importing a physical Machine,Changes to Virtual Hardware

Lession 5: Modifying Virtual Machines,Modifying Virtual Machine Settings,Hot pluggable devices

Increasing Virtual Disk Size: Hot Extend Feature,Creating Raw Device Mapping,Virtual Machine Options

Lession 6: Managing Virtual Machines,Virtual Machine Snapshots,Taking a Snapshot,Managing Snapshots

Virtual Machine Snapshot files,Removing a Virtual Machine,Migrating a Virtual Machine,Migration Types

Storage vMotion,Migrating a Virtual Machine using Storage vMotion,VMware EVC (Enhanced vMotion Compatibility),Swap file location settings ,Adding Host to Cluster,Monitoring Cluster Status

Maintenance Mode and Standby Mode,Removing a Host from a DRS Cluster

MODULE 8: Access Control :Users and Groups ,Roles and Privileges ,Assigning Permissions,Applying Permissions,Creating a Role

MODULE 9:  Resource Monitoring

Lession 1: Virtual CPU and Memory,Virtual CPUs,VMkernal CPU Load balancing

Lession 2: Monitoring Resource Usage,Guest OS Monitoring Tools,vCenter Server Performance Charts

Monitoring Active memory of a Virtual Machine

Lession 3: Using Alarms,What is an Alarm,Creating an Alarm,Alarm Triggers,Configure Triggers

Configuring Actions,Viewing Trigger Alarms

MODULE 10: Scalability

Lession 1: Scaling Memory and CPU Management,Resource Management,Virtual Machine CPU resource settings,Virtual Machine Memory resource settings,What is a Resource Pool,Why use Resource Pools

Resource Pool Attributes,Expandable Reservation,Creating a Resource Pool,Admission Control for CPU and Memory Reservations

Lession 2: VMware vMotion Migration,How vMotion works,Virtual Machine Requirements for vMOrion,Host requirements for vMotion,Performing a vMotion Migration,Checking vMotion errors

Lession 3: VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

What is DRS Cluster,DRS Cluster prerequisites,Creating a DRS Cluster

DRS Automation Levels,DRS Power Management

MODULE 11:  High Availability

Lession 1: High Availability,VMware High Availability,Fault Tolerance (FT),Using VMware HA and DRS together,Detecting a Host Failure,VMware HA prerequisites ,Enabling VMware HA,Configure VMware HA settings,Host Failure Tolerance,Configuring Virtual Machine Options

MODULE 12: Configuration Management

Host Profiles,Update Manager,Installing Update Manager,Installing Update Manager Client Plug-in

Creating Baselines,Baseline Management,Scanning Virtual Machines for Updates,Remediate Baselines