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Deploying Virtual Server and Workstation Technology: Hands-On

Course: 170   Type: Hands-On   Duration: 4 Days
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You Will Learn How To

  • 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 Benefits
Virtual machines allow a computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously, letting you partition servers to isolate applications, improve portability and migration, or create entire testing labs within a single PC. 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.

Who Should Attend
Those in desktop and server support or management roles. Experience with system administration of Windows or Linux and networking knowledge is assumed.

Hands-on Training
Hands-on exercises provide experience deploying and administering virtual machines, including:
  • Exploring the virtual machine interface
  • Customising bridged, NAT & host-only virtual networks
  • Invoking vendor-specific tools to enhance functionality
  • Creating environments for support, testing & training
  • Administering virtual servers remotely
  • Scripting administrative tasks
  • Performing physical to virtual machine migration
  • Clustering virtual machines
  • Examining effects of CPU resource allocation
  • Installing and managing ESX Server

Course Content
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
  • Accessing Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Clustering virtual machines
  • Distributing workloads via network load balancing (NLB)
  • Establishing fault tolerance by utilising clustering services
Virtual Servers in the Enterprise
Deploying VMware ESX
  • Examining ESX Server architecture
  • Planning & installation
Leveraging ESX features
  • Achieving greater scalability
  • Service console
  • VMkernel
  • Exploiting 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
  

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Virtual Server and Workstation Technology
Course Schedule
29 Jul - 1 Aug, 2008
London
21 - 24 Oct, 2008
London
27 - 30 Jan, 2009
London

Participants managing a virtual server.

£ 1,695 - Standard Tuition
Savings Plans
£ 1,080 - 10-Day Training Pass
£ 995 - Flex-Training Passport
£ 1,215 - 10-Training Vouchers
£ 1,300 - 5-Training Vouchers
£ 1,525 - Alumni Gold Tuition

 
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