Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0: Administration

Course Overview

This two-day course covers information administrators and other IT professionals need to successfully deploy and manage XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0 and the XenServer Management Client. The course includes hands on labs where delegates install and configure a virtualization server and then connect to the server with the XenCenter client. Delegates will then create a mix of Windows and Linux virtual machines. Next, delegates will create a XenServer resource pool and connect to remote storage. This allows delegates to explore advanced XenServer capabilities such as XenMotion and Automatic VM placement.

A separate examination, not part of the course, is available for those delegates wishing to become a Citrix Certified Administrator for XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0.

Audience

This course is designed for IT professionals, Architects, and Systems Engineers.

Skills Gained

Delegates attending this course will learn to:

• Understand how the Xen hypervisor differs from other virtualization methods, and how the Xen open source project and XenServer products differ.
• Install XenServer Enterprise Edition version 4 and configure CPU, network and storage resources.
• Install XenCenter Client.
• Create virtual machines and templates.
• Manage virtual machines resources and life cycle operations.
• Configure basic and enhanced storage repositories.
• Configure resource pools and move virtual machines from one server to another.
• Identify the purpose and functionality of the xe CLI
• Identify sizing guidelines and best practices.
• Identify tips for upgrading and roubleshooting XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.

Prerequisites

It is recommended that delegates have the following:

• Basic knowledge of purpose and goals of virtualization technology
• Understanding of computing architecture, including network and storage devices, device drivers and operating systems.
• Basic experience installing and administering Windows Server 2003.
• Basic experience installing and administering Linux variants.
• Intermediate knowledge of network devices and site architecture, including configuring vLANs.
• Basic knowledge of storage terminology and technologies, including partitions, SANs, LUNs, iSCSI, and NFS and CIFS file share.

Course Outline

• Virtualisation Overview
• Product Overview
• Product Installation
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Working with Virtual Machines
• Resource Management
• Networking
• Storage
• Resource Pools
• Moving Virtual Machines
• Command Line Interface
• Troubleshooting
• Sizing and Best Practices

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