VMware vSphere: What's New

Special notes

This 2 day VMware vSphere: What's new [v4] course covers the "delta" information between VMware VI3 ESX3.x and VMware vSphere [v4]. Existing VMware VI3 ESX3.x administrations can attend this course to learn the differences to prepare for the new VCP on vSphere [v4] Certification Exam. Click here for vSphere VCP Certification Exam route.

Course overview

This 2-day, Instructor-led, hands-on training course explores new features in VMware® vCenter Server 4 and ESX™/ESXi 4, as well as how to upgrade to VMware vSphere 4. The course is 50% lecture and 50% hands-on labs and simulations.

Prerequisites

• Recommended: Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure (HG513) or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server

Audience

• System architects, system administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures
• Existing administrators who attended VMware ESX 3.x training previously and/or have a VCP on VI3( ESX3.x) status - and now want to take the new vSphere VCP Exam. Click here for vSphere VCP Certification Exam route

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Course objectives

At the end of the course, you should possess knowledge and skills for the following:

• Upgrading VMware deployments from VMware Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4
• Deploying distributed virtual switches to simplify datacenter-wide network management
• Using VMDirectPath to assign a PCI adapter directly to a virtual machine
• Migrating virtual machines’ storage while they are live with Storage vMotion
• Growing virtual disks and VMFS volumes while they are live
• Employing VMware’s new Pluggable Storage Architecture
• Ensuring application availability with VMware Fault Tolerance
• Manage more than one vCenter Server from the same client
• Use the new host profiles feature to keep hosts uniformly configured
• Save energy with VMware Distributed Power Management
• Save disk space with thin provisioning Administer virtual appliances consisting of more than one virtual machine

Detailed Course Outline

Introducing vSphere 4

• Highlights vSphere 4 enhancements by component and reviews upgrade tools and strategies

Infrastructure Administration

• Presents new features that support better infrastructure monitoring and reduce the time it takes to provision ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines

Networking

• Discusses networking enhancements that simplify configuration, extend support, and improve performance

Storage

• Introduces new storage features that reduce storage costs, streamline management, and optimize performance

Resource Management

• Reviews vMotion™ compatibility enhancements, new VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler monitoring and management tools, and extended VMware DPM support

Business Continuity

• Presents VMware High Availability enhancements and introduces VMware Fault Tolerance and vStorage APIs for data recovery