Course Name: Certified vSphere Engineer

Certification Map:
Certified Vsphere Engineer & Vmware (R) Exam certificaiton

Products covered:  ESX 4.x, ESXi 4.0, VMware Hypervisor 4.1, vMware Hypervisor 5.0, vCenter 4.x, vCenter 5.0

Duration: 5

Format:
• Instructor-led classroom
• Computer Based Training
• Live Virtual Training

Prerequisites:
• Experience in at least 1 year in virtualization is beneficial but not required

Student Materials:
• Student Workbook Student Lab guide

• Student CD
• Key Security Concepts & Definitions Book
• Quick Tips section, Summary section
• Questions and answers for each module

Mile2's Certified vSphere Engineer is the complete vSphere Administration with a Mile2 Security twist!

Certification Background:

Mile2's Certified vSphere Engineer is the complete vSphere Administration with a Mile2 Security twist!Certified vSphere Engineer Module Topics:

Module 1 - Course Introduction
Module 2 - Virtualization Overview
Module 3 - Host Planning and Installing
Module 4 - vCenter Planning and Installing
Module 5 - Useful tools for managing the vSphere Infrastructure
Module 6 - Networking
Module 7 - Storage
Module 8 - Virtual Machines
Module 9 - Access Controls and Security Needs
Module 10 - Performance Issues and Monitoring
Module 11 - Scalability and vCenter Management
Module 12 - Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions
Module 13 - Patching and Updates
Module 14 - vCloud Director and vSpheres

Chapter 1 – Course Introduction

Chapter 2 – Virtualization Overview

1. What is Virtualization?
2. What is the Cloud?
3. How vendors compare
4. vSphere Components
5. VMware Products

1. Design Thoughts
2. Guidelines
3. Server Sizing
4. Host Installation
5. Post Install Configuration Considerations
6. Troubleshooting

1. Installation and Planning
2. Inventory Views
3. Configurations and Managing
4. Troubleshooting
5. Chapter 5 – Useful tools for managing the vSphere Infrastructure
   1. vSphere Client
   2. TSM
   3. vCLI
   4. PowerCLI, Powershell
   5. vMA
      1. i.      Setup and Install
   6. Web Client
   7. Free Tools for Managing the vSphere Infrastructure
   8. 3^rd party tools for Managing the vSphere Infrastructure

1. vNetwork Componenets
2. Planning and Designing the Network
3. vSwitch Creation and Managing
4. vDS Creation and Managing
5. Cisco Nexus 1000V
6. Troubleshooting the vSwitch

1. vStorage Overview
2. iSCSI storage devices and considerations
3. Fibre Channel devices and considerations
4. VMFS Datastores
5. NAS storage devices and considerations
6. Raw Device Mapping
7. Troubleshooting Storage Devices

1. Creation
   1.   vCenter
   2.   Host
   3.   Templates and Cloning
   4.   Other Tools
2. VA’s – Virtual Appliances
3. VMware Converter
4. VM Management
5. Snapshots
6. Troubleshooting

1. User Access and Permissions
   1.     vCenter
   2.    Host Level
2. Active Directory Integration
3. Host Firewall
4. TSM
5. Lockdown Mode
6. Change Management
7. Isolation Considerations
8. Certificate Issues
9. vSphere Logs

1. Optimizing your Resources
2. Resource Pools
3. Monitoring VM’s and the Host
   1. i.      GUI
   2. ii.      CLI – esxtop
   3. iii.      3^rd Party Tools
4. Using Alarms

1. Managing Multiple vCenters
2. Managing vMotion
3. Managing Storage vMotion
4. Configuring Clusters
5. Distributed Resource Scheduler
6. Distributed Power Management
7. Host Profiles

1. High Availability
2. Host Monitoring
3. Application Monitoring
4. Fault Tolerance
5. Backup Solutions
   1. i.      VMware Data Recovery
   2. ii.      3^rd Party Solutions
6. Database Recovery
7. VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
8. Site Recovery Manager

1. Patching the Host
2. Upgrading the Host
3. Patching the VM’s
4. Staying abreast of the latest updates

1. How vCloud leverages the vSphere components
2. vClould Design
3. vClould Implementations
4. When to make the move to vCloud Director