Lessons

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Virtualization
• Lesson 2: Business Justification for Virtualization
• Lesson 3: Overview of VMware Virtualization Products

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the technical justifications for virtualization technologies
• Describe the business justifications for virtualization technologies
• Describe the common virtualization scenarios (including server consolidation, ease of management, etc.)
• Describe the virtualization products offered by VMware (including VMware Infrastructure 3.5, VMware ESX Server, VMware Virtual SMP, VMware High Availability, VMware Distributed Resource Schedules, VMware VMotion, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware VirtualCenter, VMware Lab Manager, VMware Server, VMware Converter, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, VMware Virtual Desktop infrastructure, VMware Fusion, and VMware Player).
• Identify the appropriate VMware virtualization product for a given scenario

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Introduction to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Datacenter
• Lesson 2: Describing Virtual Datacenter Architecture Components
• Lesson 3: Describing Network Architecture Components
• Lesson 4: Describing Storage Architecture Components
• Lesson 5: Describing VirtualCenter Management Components

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the differences between datacenters based on physical computers and datacenters based on VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Describe the purpose of each component in a virtual datacenter based in VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Describe the purpose of each virtualized network component in VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Describe the purpose of each virtualized storage component in VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Describe the purpose of each management component in VirtualCenter included in VMware Infrastructure 3.5

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware ESX Server Deployment
• Lesson 2: Performing Pre-installation Tasks
• Lesson 3: Installing VMware ESX Server
• Lesson 4: Performing Post-installation Tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the hardware requirements for VMware ESX Server (including processors, memory, storage, and logical drive configuration).
• Identify the software requirements VMware ESX Server.
• Identify the tasks that must be performed before installing VMware ESX Server.
• Identify the tasks that must be performed after installing VMware ESX Server.
• Identify common installation problems.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Run the VMware ESX Server graphical installation wizard.
• Configure automatic setup of virtual switch by using the installation wizard.
• Configure automatic partitions by using the installation wizard.
• Configure service console network adapter.
• Verify the system configuration.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Licensing Server
• Lesson 2: Performing Pre-installation Tasks
• Lesson 3: Installing VMware Licensing Server
• Lesson 4: Performing Post-installation Tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the hardware requirements for VMware Licensing Server.
• Identify the software requirements VMware Licensing Server.
• Identify the tasks that must be performed before installing VMware Licensing Server.
• Identify the tasks that must be performed after installing VMware Licensing Server.
• Identify common installation problems.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Run the VMware Licensing Server installation wizard.
• Add a license to the VMware Licensing Server
• Verify the system configuration.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Virtual Center
• Lesson 2: Performing Pre-installation Tasks
• Lesson 3: Installing VMware Virtual Center
• Lesson 4: Performing Post-installation Tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the hardware requirements for VMware VirtualCenter (including processors, memory, storage, and logical drive configuration).
• Identify the software requirements VMware VirtualCenter.
• Select an appropriate database server for use with VMware VirtualCenter.
• Determine the appropriate database sizing information for the database used by VMwrae VirtualCenter.
• Identify the tasks that must be performed before installing VMware VirtualCenter.
• Describe the purpose of VMware VirtualCenter virtual datacenters.
• Describe the process for managing VMware VirtualCenter virtual datacenters.
• Describe the purpose of VMware VirtualCenter roles.
• Describe the process for managing VMware VirtualCenter roles.
• Describe the process for managing VMware server products within a VMware VirtualCenter datacenter (including VMware ESX Server 3 and VMware ESX Server 2.5).
• Identify the tasks that must be performed after installing VMware VirtualCenter.
• Identify common installation problems.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Run the VMware VirtualCenter installation wizard.
• Install VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client on a computer.
• Manage VMware VirtualCenter datacenters by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Manage VMware VirtualCenter roles by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Assign users to VMware VirtualCenter roles by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Add an ESX Server to a VMware VirtualCenter virtual datacenter.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of Virtual Machines
• Lesson 2: Creating Virtual Machines
• Lesson 3: Installing Guest Operating Systems in Virtual Machines
• Lesson 4: Creating Virtual Machines from Virtual Machine Templates
• Lesson 5: Configuring Virtual Machine System Resources
• Lesson 6: Creating and Accessing Virtualized Media

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the role of virtual machines in VMware virtual datacenters.
• Describe the process for creating a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for installing a guest operating system in a virtual machine.
• Describe the process installing VMware tools in a guest operating system.
• Describe the process for managing virtual machine templates by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for creating new virtual machines from virtual machine templates by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for ensuring unique security identifiers (SIDs) in Windows operating systems by using NewSid.
• Describe the process for ensuring unique SIDs in Windows operating systems by using Sysprep.
• Describe the process for configuring virtual machine system resources (including processors, memory, disks, network adapters, USB devices, and SCSI devices).
• Describe the process for changing the size of disk partitions (including extending partitions, shrinking partitions, or removing partitions).
• Describe the types of virtualized media that can be used by virtual machines (including .iso file images, floppy disk images, or directly access physical floppy and DVD-ROM drives).
• Describe the generic process for creating an .iso image from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
• Describe the generic process for creating a virtual floppy image from a floppy disk.
• Describe the appropriate location for storing virtualized media.
• Describe the process for connecting a virtual machine to virtualized media or a physical floppy disk, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM drive.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Create a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Copy an .iso file image of an operating system (Windows Server 2003) to /vmimages.
• Connect a virtual machine to an .iso file image stored /vmimages location.
• Install a guest operating system (Windows Server 2003) in a virtual machine by using an .iso file image of the operating system.
• Install VMware tools in a guest operating system.
• Create a virtual machine template by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Create a new virtual machine from a virtual machine template by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Access physical CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in computer running Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Run NewSid to ensure the new virtual machine has a unique SID.
• Increase the memory size of a virtual machine.
• Add a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Management
• Lesson 2: Configuring Network Resources
• Lesson 3: Configuring Disk Resources
• Lesson 4: Preparing for Virtual Machine Upgrades
• Lesson 5: Managing Virtual Machine Resource Limits, Reservations, and Shares
• Lesson 6: Managing VMware ESX Server by using the VMware ESX Service Console

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the tasks to be performed in managing VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Identify the tasks to be performed in managing network resources in a virtualized datacenter.
• Describe the role of virtual switches in a virtualized datacenter.
• Describe the role of virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers in a virtualized datacenter.
• Identify the common tasks performed in managing virtual switches.
• Describe the relationship between virtual and physical network adapters.
• Identify the tasks to be performed in managing disk resources in a dynamic datacenter.
• Describe the tasks for managing data stores on various host bus adapter (HBA) and storage types (including iSCSI, SCSI, Fiber Channel and Network File System (NFS)).
• Identify the role of virtual machine snapshots in upgrading virtual machines and guest operating systems.
• Describe the process for creating a virtual machine snapshot by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for managing virtual machines snapshots by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for restoring virtual machine configuration by restoring a virtual machine snapshot by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the purpose of resources limits, reservations, and shares in virtual machines.
• Describe the process for managing resource limits for a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for managing resource reservations for a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the process for managing resource shares for a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Describe the purpose of the VMware ESX Server Service Console.
• Describe the process for enabling the VMware ESX Server Service Console.
• Identify the administrative and management tasks that can be performed by using the VMware ESX Server Service Console.
• Describe the process for performing common administrative and management tasks that can be performed by using the VMware ESX Server Service Console (including copying files, changing DNS suffix search, viewing configuration files, viewing processes running on the ESX server, changing service startup options, and changing root password).

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Create a virtual switch.
• Create a port group.
• Assign a virtual switch to a VLAN.
• Create a port group for VMKernal.
• Create a NIC Team.
• Configure load balancing policies.
• Configure failover order for teamed network adapters.
• Connect to a Storage Area Network (SAN) device by using iSCSI.
• Create the appropriate partition on a SAN device.
• Create a virtual machine snapshot by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Manage virtual machines snapshots by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Restore virtual machine configuration by restoring a virtual machine snapshot by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Manage resource limits on a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Manage resource reservations on a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Manage resource shares on a virtual machine by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Connect to the ESX Server Service Console to perform common administrative tasks
• Perform common administrative and management tasks that can be performed by using the VMware ESX Server Service Console (including copying files, changing DNS suffix search, viewing configuration files, viewing processes running on the ESX server, changing service startup options, and changing root password).
• Install a patch on a ESX Server using the esxupdate command.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Monitoring
• Lesson 2: Managing Virtual Machine Resource Alarms
• Lesson 3: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance Metrics
• Lesson 4: Monitoring VMware ESX Logs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the steps for managing virtual machine system resource alarms for (including processor and memory usage).
• Identify key virtual machine system resource performance metrics.
• Describe how to identify insufficient system resources by using virtual machine system resource performance metrics.
• Describe the steps for viewing key virtual machine system resources performance metrics by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.
• Identify the information recorded in the log files created by VMware ESX Server.
• Describe the process for viewing information recorded in the log files created by VMware ESX Server by using Putty.
• Describe the process for viewing information recorded in the log files created by VMware ESX Server by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Manage alarms for virtual machine system resources (including processor and memory usage).
• View key virtual machine system resources performance metrics by using Virtual Infrastructure Client
• View log files on a computer running VMware ESX Server by using Putty.
• View log files on a computer running VMware ESX Server by using Virtual Infrastructure Client.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
• Lesson 2: Improving Fault Tolerance
• Lesson 3: Preparing for Disaster Recovery

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the difference between fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
• Identify the common failure scenarios
• Identify the common disaster scenarios
• Identify the VMware products and technologies that help mitigate the common failure scenarios.
• Identify the VMware products and technologies that help mitigate the common disaster scenarios.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• For a given failure scenario, identify the appropriate VMware products and technologies to help mitigate the scenario.
• For a given disaster scenario, identify the appropriate VMware products and technologies to help mitigate the scenario.

Lessons

• Lesson 1: Overview of Migration
• Lesson 2: Migrating Physical Servers to VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Lesson 3: Migrating Virtual Machines to VMware Infrastructure 3.5
• Lesson 4: Exporting Virtual Machines to Other VMware Products

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the common migration scenarios when migrating to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 (including migrating from physical server, virtual machines created by VMware Server or VMware Workstation, and virtual machines created by Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, Virtual PC 2007, or Virtual Server 2005).
• Identify the migration features in VMware Converter.
• Describe how VMware Converter can assist in the migration to VMware Infrastructure 3.5.
• Describe the high-level process for migrating to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Describe the process for migrating physical servers to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Describe the process for migrating virtual machines created in VMware Server or VMware Workstation to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Describe the process for migrating virtual machines created in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, Virtual PC 2005, or Virtual Server 2005 to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Identify the reason for exporting virtual machines created in VMware Infrastructure 3.5 to other VMware products, such as VMware Server or VMware Workstation (including creating test environments or portable demonstrations).
• Describe the process of exporting a virtual machine created in VMware Infrastructure 3.5 to VMware Server by using vmbk.pl.

After completing this module and lab, students will be able to perform these skills:

• Migrate a physical server to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Migrate a virtual machine created in VMware Server to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Migrate a virtual machine created in Virtual PC 2007 to VMware Infrastructure 3.5 by using VMware Converter.
• Export a virtual machine created in VMware Infrastructure 3.5 to VMware Server by using vmbk.pl.