Overview

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere®, which consists of VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware® Certified Professional 5 exam.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more advanced vSphere courses.

Objectives

•  Install and configure ESXi

•  Install and configure vCenter Server components

•  Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server

•  Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines

•  Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure

•  Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage

•  Use vCenter Server to increase scalability

•  Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches

•  Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection.

Who should attend?

•  System administrators

•  Systems engineers

•  Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server.

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.