We are please to announce the availability of a three day VMware ESX Server course to be held between the 26th - 28th January 2009. This course will once again be delivered to USA based members of the TTP remotely over Elluminate to any appropriately configured desktop PC (see below), saving you travel time and expense. We have run this course many times in the UK and it has been well received by academic as well as corporate customers. Please note that although this course contains all of the required information it is not an ‘official VMware course’ and therefore cannot be used if you are pursuing the VMware certification. Our purpose here is to provide the TTP with the information and our experiences at an economic price.

The Course will be delivered from the UK in four 1.5 hour sessions per day with the following timetable:

The course will follow the lecture/demo model and will cost $495 for the complete three day course. Additional reading material will be provided for reference electronically prior to the course. The course outline is detailed below. Places on this course will be limited so if you are interested please book early at the following link: Booking Form

Workstation requirements

To take part in the course you will require a workstation (PC or Mac), attached to the internet with a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768. The machine will also require a headset with microphone in case you need to ask questions. Please do not use internal microphones or speakers as these can lead to feedback. Prior to the course you will be sent a link to enable you to configure and test the Elluminate software and install Java if required.

VMware 3.5.x ESX Server Three-Day Course Overview

Virtual Infrastructure Overview

• Discussion and comparison of virtualization, virtual infrastructure components and virtualization products. We cover not just VMware's product range, but also third parties.

ESX Server Installation

• Installation of ESX 3.5 Server.
• Installation of patches on an ESX server.

Networking

• Explanation and configuration of virtual switches, network connections and port groups.

Storage

• Storage management technologies, including SAN, iSCSI, SATA and NFS.

VirtualCenter Installation

• Installation of VirtualCenter components.

VM Creation and Management

• Creation and Management of virtual machines.
• Use of third party products to overcome some of the limitations of virtual machines.
• Creation and use of templates.
• Use of VMware Converter Enterprise.
• Use of Guided Consolidation.
• Use of third party products for Physical to Virtual conversion of none Microsoft Operating Systems.
• Management using VMware VirtualCenter and Web Access.

Virtual Infrastructure Access Control

• Assigning, delegating and controlling administrative rights.

Resource Management

• Explanation and practical VMotion migration.
• Configuraion of resource pools and a VMware Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS) cluster.
• Explanation and configuration of VM priorities on CPU, memory, and other resources, including shares reservations and limits.

Resource Monitoring

• Workload assessment.
• Monitoring using VMware VirtualCenter and SNMP.

Data and Availability Protection

Backup strategies

Explanation and configuration VMware High Availability (HA) cluster

Planning VI Deployment

• Guidelines and best practices for a basic deployment.
  

To book a place on this course please complete the booking form.

If you have email questions please email peter@mindworksuk.com