Avnet VATC - VMware vSphere: What's New - San Antonio
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:00 AM -
Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:00 PM (Central Time)
Avnet Training Facility
6550 N Loop 1604 E
San Antonio, TX 78247
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Summary
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- Format: Classroom
- Length: 2 Days
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Overview
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This hands-on training course explores new features in VMware® vCenter™
Server 4 and ESX™/ESXi 4, as well as how to upgrade to VMware vSphere™
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Objectives
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• Upgrading VMware deployments from VMware Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4
• Deploying distributed virtual switches to simplify datacenter-wide network management
• Using VMDirectPath to assign a PCI adapter directly to a virtual machine
• Migrating virtual machines’ storage while they are live with VMware Storage VMotion
• Growing virtual disks and VMware vStorage VMFS volumes while they are live
• Employing VMware’s new Pluggable Storage Architecture
• Ensuring application availability with VMware Fault Tolerance
• Manage more than one vCenter Server instance from the same client
• Use the new Host Profiles feature to keep hosts uniformly configured
• Save energy with VMware Distributed Power Management
• Save disk space with thin provisioning
• Administer virtual appliances consisting of more than one virtual machine
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Who Should Attend?
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System architects, system
administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible for
implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure, or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server. |
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Outline
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Module 1: Introducing vSphere 4
• Highlights vSphere 4 enhancements by component and reviews upgrade tools and strategies.
Module 2: Infrastructure Administration
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new features that support better infrastructure monitoring and reduce
the time it takes to provision ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
Module 3: Networking
• Discusses networking enhancements that simplify configuration, extend support, and improve performance.
Module 4: Storage
• Introduces new storage features that reduce storage costs, streamline management, and optimize performance.
Module 5: Resource Management
• Reviews
VMware VMotion™ compatibility enhancements, new VMware Distributed
Resource Scheduler monitoring and management tools, and extended VMware
DPM support.
Module 6: Business Continuity
• Presents VMware High Availability enhancements and introduces VMware Fault Tolerance and vStorage APIs for data recovery.
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