Scheduled Dates (sort by: location | date) |
Request availability or book by selecting a date:
Prices exclude VAT.
Have questions or need a better city/date? Ask now.
On-site/international quote? Ask now.
|
Course Overview Faced with the high costs and challenges of implementing and supporting increasingly diverse computing environments, organisations today are moving towards VM technology. This technology reduces testing, development and deployment costs, and enhances operational flexibility. In this course, you gain the skills needed to install, configure and manage virtual servers and workstations. Hands-on exercises provide practical experience with virtual computing, virtual networks and optimising virtual machines. Audience This course is valuable for those in desktop and server support or management roles. Experience with system administration of Windows or Linux and networking knowledge is assumed. Skills Gained - Implement VMware and Microsoft virtual machine (VM) technologies
- Combine Windows and Linux workstations and servers on a single platform
- Leverage VMs to build testing, support and training environments
- Partition physical servers to decrease operating costs
- Migrate from physical to virtual machines
- Manage VMs throughout the enterprise
Course Outline Virtualisation Concepts Overview of virtual machines - Defining virtual machines (servers and workstations)
- Advantages of deploying VMs
Virtual machine products - VMware Workstation
- Server
- ESX
- Microsoft Virtual PC
- Virtual Server
- Other alternatives
Creating Virtual Machines Comparing workstation products - Functionality
- Performance
- Contrasting Windows and Linux hosts
Abstracting hardware - Partitioning shared resources
- Accessing raw and virtual disks
- Virtualising CPU and memory resources
Deploying virtual workstation software - Planning for automatic installations
- Designing virtual networks
- Bridged, NAT and host-only networking
- Controlling guest OS access
Building guest operating systems - Allocating host resources
- Configuring virtual hard drives
- Enhancing VMs using virtualisation tools
- Managing peripheral devices
- Mapping to floppy and CD images
Exploiting Virtual Workstation Functionality Creating support platforms - Readying multiple operating systems
- Managing display modes
- Suspending and resuming virtual workstations
Expanding application support - Extending legacy application life
- Widening platform options
- Resolving version conflicts
Constructing a test environment - Accessing host files
- Taking and restoring snapshots
Developing training environments - Protecting guest operating systems
- Exploiting non-persistent disks
Partitioning Servers Establishing requirements - Justifying server virtualisation
- Partitioning via hardware and software
- Recognising server functionality needs
Choosing virtual server hosts - Evaluating performance and features
- Considering security implications
Executing Server VMs - Working in interactive mode
- Implementing headless operation
Managing Virtual Servers remotely - Exploiting remote management consoles
- Connecting to the Web interfaces
- Securing remote management
Deploying Virtual Servers - Automating tasks via scripting
- Migrating physical to virtual servers
- Optimising performance
Virtual Servers in the Enterprise Clustering virtual machines - Distributing workloads via network load balancing (NLB)
- Establishing fault tolerance by utilising clustering services
Achieving greater scalability in the data center - Implementing VMware ESX Server
- Planning and installation
- Achieving greater scalability
- Service console
- VMkernel
- Exploiting Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Managing the Virtual Environment Centralising management - Configuring access controls
- VMware VirtualCenter and VMotion
Planning disaster recovery - Backing up virtual machines
- Relocating VMs for service continuity
How to make a booking for the 170 course
|
