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Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ Virtualisation: Hands-On

 
Course: 968   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Implement Hyper-V to consolidate servers for optimised resource utilisation and availability
  • Effectively plan and deploy virtual machines and virtual networks
  • Roll out highly available services and applications through clustering and quick migrations
  • Centralise management of virtual machines with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
  • Optimise, monitor and troubleshoot virtual machines with built-in tools and add-on solutions
  • Secure Hyper-V servers through firewalls and reduced attack surfaces

Course Benefits

Virtualisation is a powerful enterprise technology that provides simplified administration, reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and environmental benefits to the organisation. When properly implemented, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V can be used to consolidate servers and ensure high availability. In this course, you gain the practical skills to deploy, manage and secure virtual machines built on Hyper-V technology.

Who Should Attend

Server and network administrators, infrastructure architects and anyone responsible for implementing or managing virtualisation solutions based on Hyper-V. Experience with Windows Server administration is required.

Hands-On Training

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on exercises provide practical experience deploying and managing virtual machines with Hyper-V. Exercises include:
  • Planning and installing Hyper-V
  • Building efficient virtual machines
  • Constructing the virtual network topology
  • Performing quick migrations with clustered hosts
  • Leveraging SCVMM for P2V and V2V conversions
  • Remotely interfacing with the Self-Service Web Portal
  • Applying PRO Tips for increased performance
  • Configuring Hyper-V on Server Core

Related Courses

  • 170 Virtualisation Technologies Comprehensive Introduction
  • 367 TCP/IP Comprehensive Introduction
  • 289 Disaster Recovery Planning
  • 961 Windows Server 2008 Administration
  • 468 System and Network Security Introduction
  • 296 Project Management: Skills for Success
  • 315 Developing User Requirements
  • 1110 Preparing for MCTS Exam 70-640

 
Windows Server is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Hyper-V is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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UK Dates

13-16 MarLondon
28-31 AugLondon

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Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ Virtualisation: Hands-On

 
Course: 968   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course Content
 

Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V

Overview of virtualisation

  • Analysing the layered architecture
  • Realising the financial and environmental benefits
  • Contrasting Microsoft, VMware and Xen products

Planning the virtual infrastructure

  • Meeting the hardware and software prerequisites
  • Identifying potential applications for virtualisation
  • Estimating capacity requirements

Installing and managing the hypervisor

  • Adding the Windows Server role
  • Hyper-V Manager
  • WMI
  • PowerShell

Creating Virtual Machines

Implementing optimal hardware

  • Accessing various storage technologies
  • Local
  • NAS
  • iSCSI
  • Fibre Channel
  • Optimising CPU and memory for performance

Installing guest operating systems

  • Contrasting physical virtualisation and paravirtualisation
  • Identifying supported guest operating systems
  • Migrating physical machines to VMs manually

Configuring extended settings

  • Enhancing functionality with Integration Services
  • Reverting to previous configurations with snapshots
  • Expanding hard drives for increased storage

Backup and recovery

  • Comparing host-based and VM-based strategies
  • Restoring guest documents and folders
  • Performing disaster recovery from system failures

Implementing Virtual Networks

Connecting host networks

  • Setting up the host for remote management
  • Accessing shared storage

Enabling VM communications

  • Constructing private, internal and bridged networks
  • Interconnecting multiple network types

Optimising networking features

  • Isolating network traffic with VLANs
  • Increasing availability through NIC teaming

Clustering for High Availability

Building fault-tolerant hosts

  • Assigning VMs to cluster resource groups
  • Moving VMs with quick and live migrations

Creating resilient virtual machines

  • Connecting to iSCSI targets for data storage
  • Ensuring reliable heartbeats

Centralising Administration with SCVMM

Enhancing management capabilities

  • Assembling the required components
  • Navigating SCVMM with the Administrator Console

Organising resources with libraries

  • Standardising configuration with guest OS and hardware profiles
  • Rapidly deploying VMs from templates

Seamlessly migrating to Hyper-V

  • Capturing live servers into virtual machines (P2V)
  • Converting from VMware VMs to Hyper-V (V2V)

Streamlining remote access with the Self-Service Web Portal

  • Simplifying user interaction with remote VMs
  • Restricting interaction with self-service roles and policies

Troubleshooting and Optimising VMs

Monitoring system health

  • Leveraging event logs to locate potential problems
  • Identifying bottlenecks with the Performance Monitor
  • Generating alerts with System Center Operations Manager

Alleviating performance issues

  • Equalising processor usage with reservations and CPU shares
  • Triggering remediation actions with Performance and Resource Optimisation (PRO)

Securing the Virtual Environment

Delegating administration

  • Applying user-level permissions with SCVMM and Hyper-V
  • Assigning roles and tasks with the Authorisation Manager

Hardening the parent partition

  • Controlling network access with the Windows Firewall
  • Minimising the footprint for increased stability
  • Reducing the attack surface with Server Core
 
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Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ Virtualisation: Hands-On

 
Course: 968   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
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