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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0
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| Course title | VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 |
|---|---|
| Delivery method |  Classroom |
| RRP | £2680 exc. VAT |
| Days/Duration | 5 |
| Code | VMWAREICM5 |
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London
King William Street, EC4 |28 |11 |23 |13 
Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates King William Street, EC4 |3 |1, 29 |- |- King William Street, EC4location information and directions
28 May fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 11 Jun limited availability £2,680 exc VAT 
23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 13 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 01 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in King William Street, EC4
Middlesex Street, E1 |- |- |9 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Middlesex Street, E1 |10 |8 |5, 26 |17 Middlesex Street, E1location information and directions
09 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 10 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 08 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 17 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Middlesex Street, E1
Rosebery Avenue, EC1 |28 |18, 25 |9 |6 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Rosebery Avenue, EC1 |- |15 |12 |3 Rosebery Avenue, EC1location information and directions
28 May fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 18 Jun limited availability £2,680 exc VAT 25 Jun limited availability £2,680 exc VAT 09 Jul limited availability £2,680 exc VAT 06 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 15 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 12 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Rosebery Avenue, EC1
Tabernacle Street, EC2 |- |18 |16 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Tabernacle Street, EC2 |24, 24 |22 |19 |10 Tabernacle Street, EC2 location information and directions
18 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 16 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 22 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 19 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 10 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Tabernacle Street, EC2
Midlands
Birmingham |- |18 |30 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Birmingham |24 |29 |26 |- Birminghamlocation information and directions
18 Jun fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 30 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Birmingham
Hinckley |- |11 |23 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Hinckley |- |1 |- |3 Hinckleylocation information and directions
11 Jun fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 01 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Hinckley
North
Manchester |- |25 |2 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Manchester |24 |29 |12 |3 Manchesterlocation information and directions
25 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 02 Jul fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 12 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Manchester
Newcastle |28 |25 |30 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Newcastle |17 |22 |26 |10 Newcastlelocation information and directions
28 May fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 25 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 30 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 17 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 22 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 10 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Newcastle
Leeds, City Centre |- |25 |9 |6 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Leeds, City Centre |17 |8 |5 |10 Leeds, City Centrelocation information and directions
25 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 09 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 06 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 17 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 08 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 10 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Leeds, City Centre
Scotland
Aberdeen |- |25 |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Aberdeen |24 |- |12 |- Aberdeenlocation information and directions
25 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 12 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Aberdeen
Edinburgh |28 |- |2 |13 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Edinburgh |3 |29 |- |17 Edinburghlocation information and directions
28 May fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 02 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 13 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 17 Dec 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Edinburgh
Glasgow |- |- |23 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Glasgow |17 |22 |19 |- Glasgowlocation information and directions
23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 17 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 22 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 19 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Glasgow
South
Bristol |- |- |16 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Bristol |3 |- |26 |- Bristollocation information and directions
16 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 03 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Bristol
Swindon |- |- |23 |13 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Swindon |- |- |- |- Swindonlocation information and directions
23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 13 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Swindon
Exeter |- |18 |- |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Exeter |- |1 |5 |- Exeterlocation information and directions
18 Jun 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 01 Oct 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Exeter
Milton Keynes |- |- |9 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Milton Keynes |10 |- |26 |- Milton Keyneslocation information and directions
09 Jul limited availability £2,680 exc VAT 10 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Milton Keynes
Reading |- |- |9 |20 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Reading |24 |- |- |- Readinglocation information and directions
09 Jul fewer than 5 places available £2,680 exc VAT 20 Aug 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT 24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,680 exc VAT VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 training in Reading
Special notices
Please note, based on instructor feedback QA will be delivering this course from 9.30 to 4.30 Monday to Friday. Delegates will be notified by the delivering instructor if they are required to attend until 5.00pm on any given day of the course.
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. This course will give you most of the information that you need for the VCP exam. However it will not give you everything. To best prepare for this exam, use the VCP exam blueprint as a study guide. The blueprint includes the list of topics in the exam and references for these topics. Hands-on experience is also a key component to passing the exam.
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
Delegates will learn how to
- 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
Course outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Introduction to VMware Virtualization
- Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
- Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
- Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
- Install and use vSphere user interface
Virtual Machines
- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
- Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance
VMware vCenter Server
- Identify vCenter Server and database requirements
- Describe vCenter Server architecture
- Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
- View and create vCenter Server inventory objects
Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
- Describe, create and manage a standard virtual switch
- Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
Configure and Manage vSphere Storage
- Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage vSphere datastores
- Configure, deploy, and manage the VMware Virtual Storage Appliance
Virtual Machine Management
- Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter™
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Perform VMware vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations
Access and Authentication Control
- Control user access through roles and permissions
- Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
- Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
- Introduce vShield Zones
Resource Management and Monitoring
- Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory and I/O resources
- Introduce VMkernel methods for optimising CPU and memory usage
- Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
Data Protection
- Discuss strategies for backing up ESXi hosts
- Introduce the backup/recovery APIs
- Discuss strategies for backing up virtual machines
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
- Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
Scalability
- Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
- Configuring Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- Using VMware HA and DRS together
Patch Management
- Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager
Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components
- Introduce ESXi Installable installation
- Introduce vCenter Server installation
- Additional vCenter Server module installation
Related certification and/or skills paths
This course forms part of the following certification track(s) or skills path(s):
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