VMware vSphere 4.0 and CVE 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp® vSphere 4.0 and CVE 4.0
Overview
The VMware® vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp® is taught by top virtualization experts and offers hands-on labs designed to expose the student to advanced virtualization concepts and the VMware® vSphere 4.0 product suite. This comprehensive class prepares the student to become a certified professional virtualization expert with the Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0® (CVE 4.0®) certification to attest to their knowledge of the material and technology.
Ultimate Bootcamps are designed to give the student in-depth skills training through hands-on experience with state-of-the art equipment.Â
The focus of the VMware vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp training course is to instill the knowledge required for the student to do their job efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this, we provide a comprehensive Beginner to Advanced training experience, starting from the installation of the licensed product to real world troubleshooting scenarios. The course focus is not limited only to learning and harnessing the power of VMware® but the entire concept of virtualization and other 3rd party tools and technologies that will enhance VMware® capabilities and increase the student’s virtualization expertise.
Course Summary
Five (5) 10 hour days of intense instruction with no outside distractions.
Personal access to the top virtualization experts in the industry.
Each student is provided their own dedicated server for practice and application.
50 + labs to hone the student's skills and gain a 360° perspective on how to build and maintain virtual environments.
Install, configure, deploy, secure, analyze, consolidate and design virtual networks from beginner to advanced levels.
Lunch and snacks provided on each day of class.
Application of third party solutions to simplify processes and make the job easier.
Post-mentoring from the best virtualization instructors in the industry.
A higher market value for students becoming a Certified Virtualization Expertâ„¢.
Course Objectives
To train the Ultimate virtualization expert through intense immersion in a five day accelerated VMware ESX training Ultimate Bootcamp.
This course includes all the content you would find in 5 of VMware’s most popular courses:
VMware I3 - What's New
VMware I3 - Install and Configure
VMware I3 - Deploy, Secure, and Analyze
VMware I3 - P2V Assistant (converter)
VMware I3 – Fast Track
Upon the completion of the Ultimate Bootcamp, students will learn:
About all of the new and exciting features of VMware® vSphere 4.0
Foundational terms and concepts concerning virtualization
How to install, configure, and support ESX Server 4 and vCenter 4
How to configure Virtual Machines, templates, and clones
How to configure Virtual Networking including vNetwork Distributed Switches & vShield Zones & how to support VMotion & iSCSI Multipathing.
P2V, V2V, V2P, and P2P methods and techniques
Server Consolidation procedures and reasoning
Tools to support a virtual infrastructure - VMware®, PlateSpin®, Vizioncore™, Veeam, and more
VMotion™, Storage VMotion, Distributed Power Mgt (DPM), Update Manager, Power Mgmt, Guided Consolidation, Fault Tolerance, Clustering – DRS/HA, etc.
Best Practices within a Virtual Enterprise
How to perform backups in the ESX environment – Service Console and Virtual Machines – VCB and Data Recovery
How to use the Command Line Interface for supporting ESX & ESXi Servers - ESX commands
Configure and optimize storage - FC, iSCSI, NFS, Multipathing, and Thin Provisioning
Who Should Attend
System Administrators, Engineers, and Operators responsible for setup, support, and troubleshooting of ESX 4 Server and/or VirtualCenter. The Ultimate Bootcamp is intended for IT Professionals with 1 or more years of server and infrastructure experience.
Prerequisites
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows and/or Linux.
Course Length
5 Days
Essential Third Party Tools
Any job is easy when you have the right tools. In the VI4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp®, the student will be introduced to and learn how to apply third party tools that, when utilized in conjunction with VMware, will not only enhance the students' skills but simplify processes, optimize efficiency, and make the administrators job that much easier.
Quality "Resourceware" and Follow-up Continuing Education
With more than a 750 page course manual and a 250 page lab book, Ultimate Bootcamp® courseware is intuitively designed to help the student easily move through the chapters regardless of their level of experience and will serve as a reference source even after the class. This unique feature of all Ultimate Bootcamps is what attracts so many students looking for a great training experience.
Securing the Virtual Environment
Despite many advances in system security, most major operating systems remain plagued by security vulnerabilities. Special attention is given on how to secure the virtual environment by using advanced Virtual Server Architecture strategies, allowing innovation through design and exploiting a safe execution environment.
Official Certified Virtualization Expert® Prometric™ Exam
Students will finish the week by taking the Certified Virtualization Expert® 4.0 Exam. Delivered in a professional testing environment, the 2 hour exam is designed to validate the information covered in the Ultimate Bootcamp®, and certify the student as a subject matter expert in the application of Virtualization technologies. To receive the certification the student must successfully complete the Ultimate Bootcamp® and pass the examination with a 75% score or higher.
Benefits of the vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp
The Value of FIVE VMware Classes in ONE Class
Ultimate Bootcamps save time and thousands of dollars over training from VMware® directly or other outside courses that over promise and under deliver. This course includes all the content you would find in 4 of VMware’s most popular courses:
VMware I3 - What's New
VMware I3 - Install and Configure
VMware I3 - Deploy, Secure, and Analyze
VMware I3 - P2V Assistant (converter)
VMware I3 – Fast Track
Students Will Receive Complete Training at HALF THE COST
Ultimate Bootcamps save time and thousands of dollars over training from VMware® directly or other outside courses that over promise and under deliver. This course includes all the content you would find in 4 of VMware’s most popular courses:
VMware I3 - What's New
VMware I3 - Install and Configure
VMware I3 - Deploy, Secure, and Analyze
VMware I3 - P2V Assistant (converter)
VMware I3 – Fast Track
Quality Content
The Ultimate Bootcamp® has over 50 labs, the most of any training program available, leading to 65% of the class time spent learning by hands-on labs. The time spent performing hands-on labs allows the student to develop the skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to implement vSphere 4 in your production environment.
Qualified Instructors Make A Difference
Certified and experienced instructors: The Ultimate Bootcamp instructors are not just instructors. They are also consultants who have performed small, medium and large consolidation projects, who have real world experience using the virtualization technology and techniques that they teach. Bringing this experience into the classroom gives the student a real training experience not found in other 9-5 training programs. Students are able to work on their own and bring questions they have into the classroom and ask the "What Ifs" that they are working on in their own environment.
Industry Recognized Education and Certification
Knowing "how" to do something means more to an employer than a piece of paper that says you have "passed a test." However, certification is important in quickly communicating qualifications and potentially opens doors to better opportunities. With the Ultimate Bootcamp you get both. VMTraining delivers more than what you would get with a limited value manufacturers certification, which only teaches manufacturer specific book knowledge, where complete knowledge transfer is not always achieved or verified, and yet students still are able to achieve a manufacturer specific certification.
Access to Instructors and Servers After the Bootcamp
Ultimate Bootcamp graduates are given access to the CVE® forums and community after completing the Bootcamp. Benefits include:
Access to Ultimate Bootcamp® servers to work on and perform testing outside of the production environment.
Technical support and advice for design and trouble-shooting virtualization environments.
Students Work on VMware HCL Hardware with a State-of-the-Art Datacenter
With over 100 quality Dell Servers, Gigabit Switches, 100 Megabit Internet connectivity, Dual SANs, you can be assured your student will receive the ultimate experience of working on the best equipment available today.
Each student is assigned their own dedicated Dell Poweredge server with 24 hour access to a real data center with over 100 physical servers during the bootcamp week. Students do NOT have to share servers. Shared servers ARE utilized in VMware® Authorized Training classes.
Students will perform all labs on hardware you find in a real data centers and not PC’s like you find in other VMware® Training courses. Having 24/7 unlimited access to the datacenter means the student can leverage the learning experience by revisiting labs where other courses have limited hours and access to servers. This flexibility allows students to learn at their own pace without time constraints or distractions.
Perform Real World Labs (and more labs...)
The VMware VI4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp is not a VMware® Authorized Course. Therefore, students will be exposed to independent, third party solutions, which are not covered in VMware® classes but are actually utilized in the real world environment.
The course has over 50 labs, the most of any training program available, leading to 65% of the class time spent learning by hands-on labs. The time spent performing hands-on labs allows the student to develop the skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to implement VI3.5 in a production environment.
vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp Course Structure
**HOL – A Hands-on Lab is provided for students on this chapter.
Chapter 1
Course Introduction and Methodology (HOL)
Chapter 2
Virtualization Overview
Chapter 3
Planning and Installing ESX 4Â (HOL)
Planning ESX 4 Server Deployment
Deployment Guidelines
ESX 4 Installation (HOL)
ESX 4 Management
Configuring Hostname Resolution and NTPÂ (HOL)
Troubleshooting ESX 4 Server
Chapter 4
Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment
Overview of 3rd Party Tools (HOL)
Windows Commands vs. Linux Commands
ESX 4 Configuration Commands
Summary of Remote CLI Commands
Chapter 5
Configuring Networking
Create & Modify Virtual Networks (HOL)
Create & Modify Virtual Networks using CLI(HOL)
Chapter 6
Configuring Storage
Storage Concepts
iSCSI Storage (GUI & Cmd Line)Â (HOL)
Fibre Channel Storage (GUI & Cmd Line)
VMFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line)Â (HOL)
NAS Storage and NFS Datastores (GUI & Cmd Line)Â (HOL)
Raw Device Mapping (RDM)Â (HOL)
Chapter 7
VirtualCenter and License Server
Licensing
vCenter Server 4 Installation (HOL)
vCenter Server 4 Inventory (HOL)
Managing vCenter Server 4 5. Planning vCenter Server 4 Deployment
Troubleshooting vCenter Server 4 Deployment
Troubleshooting the vSphere Client (HOL)
Chapter 8
VM Creation and Configuration & Snapshots
Chapter 10
Advanced ESX and VirtualCenter Management
Configuring Resource Pools (HOL)
Configuring VMotion (HOL)
Storage VMotion (HOL)
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)Â (HOL)
Resource Pools in DRS Clusters (HOL)
Host Profiles (HOL)
vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch (HOL)
Cisco Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch
Chapter 11
Patching and Upgrading ESX
Patching ESX Server 4Â (HOL)
Upgrades and Migrations (HOL)
Update Manager (HOL)
Upgrading from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x (HOL)
Chapter 12
Disaster Recovery and Backup
Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
High Availability (HA)Â (HOL)
VMware Fault Tolerance
Microsoft Clustering
Backup Strategies
Using VCB Command Line Utilities (HOL)
VMware Data Recovery (HOL)
Third Party Backups (HOL)
Chapter 13
Server and VM Monitoring
Tools for Optimization
Monitor VM Performance (HOL)
Configuring Alarms (HOL)
Collecting Log Files (HOL)
Chapter 14
Installing and Configuring ESXi (HOL)
ESXi 4 Server Install (HOL)
Managing ESXi 4 with VIC
Managing ESXI 4 through VirtualCenter
*Please note that this content is meant to be a guideline.Â
Class material is subject to change and may be presented in a slightly different format than listed.
CVE® Certification
Why Should Individuals Get Certified?
Certification can lead to better visibility, opportunities, and jobs. In today's increasingly complex and highly-specialized economy, credentials are everything. Sure, the student knows that he/she has the skills to do the job, but how do they convince potential customers and employers? For many career-minded professionals, certification is often the answer.
For IT professionals, it is recognized as a valuable way to prove professional credentials to employers and the general public. For others, the topic can generate a puzzled response. Why become certified? Isn't a college degree and/or years of practical hands-on experience enough to establish one's credentials? Either response of yes or no is correct, depending on your clientele and colleagues.
How to get a CVE® Certification
Attend an Official Ultimate Bootcamp® prior to taking the test.
Pass the Prometric CVE® exam (VT0-VUB) with a score of 75% or better.
The CVE® exam is 2 hours in length, consists of 80 questions covering critical virtualization technologies in use today.
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With over 100 quality Dell Servers, Gigabit Switches, 100 Megabit Internet connectivity, Dual SANs, you can be assured your student will receive the ultimate experience of working on the best equipment available today.
