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Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

 
Course: 170   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Employ 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 on VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V

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 optimizing 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
  • Customizing bridged, NAT and host-only virtual networks
  • Invoking vendor-specific tools to enhance functionality
  • Creating environments for support, testing and training
  • Administering virtual servers remotely
  • Scripting administrative tasks
  • Performing physical to virtual machine migration
  • Examining effects of CPU resource allocation
  • Installing and managing ESX Server
  • Importing and managing Hyper-V-based VMs

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Training Dates

Mar 13 - 16Toronto 
Apr 24 - 27Ottawa 
Sep 18 - 21Toronto 
Oct 16 - 19Ottawa 

US Dates

Mar 6 - 9Rockville, MD
Apr 2 - 5New York 
Apr 10 - 13Reston, VA
May 15 - 18Rockville, MD
May 29 - Jun 1Alexandria, VA
Jun 26 - 29Reston, VA
Jul 31 - Aug 3New York 
Sep 11 - 14Rockville, MD
Sep 18 - 21Reston, VA
Oct 2 - 5Alexandria, VA

For complete schedule, please visit www.learningtree.ca
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Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

 
Course: 170   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course 170 Content
 

Virtualization 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
  • Hyper-V
  • 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
  • Virtualizing 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 virtualization 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 nonpersistent disks

Partitioning Servers

Establishing requirements

  • Justifying server virtualization
  • Partitioning via hardware and software
  • Recognizing 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
  • Optimizing performance
  • Accessing Storage Area Networks (SANs)

Clustering virtual machines

  • Distributing workloads via network load balancing (NLB)
  • Establishing fault tolerance by utilizing clustering services

Data Centre Virtualization with ESX

Building the architecture

  • Examining ESX architecture
  • Planning and configuration

Leveraging ESX features

  • Networking with vSwitches and port groups
  • Optimizing resource utilization

Managing Microsoft Hyper-V

Maintaining virtual machines

  • Contrasting Hyper-V and ESX architecture
  • Implementing remote management tools

Securing virtual machine deployments

  • Implementing permissions
  • Reducing attack surface with Server Core
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Course: 170   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
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