Vmware ESX Server 3.5 - Deploy, Secure & Analyze Training Course

Package Includes:

• 3 DVDs featuring live instructor-led classroom sessions with full audio, video and demonstration components by Shon Harris
• Printable Courseware
• Focused on practical solutions to real-world development problems
• Proven technique - Actual Exam Secrets Review
• Free 1 Year Upgrade Policy

Course Introduction:

Schedule our instructor led classroom training at your convenience and never miss another lecture or fall behind. You are in complete control. We invited the best trainers in the industry to help us develop the ultimate training and certification program which includes everything you will need to succeed.

Virtualization technology continues to grow and VMware training has become a hot topic. This course, featuring expert instructor Rafiq Wayani, combines video instruction and demonstration with assessment test questions and printable courseware to help the student understand the subject matter.

Our VMware ESX Server 3.5 - Deploy, Secure & Analyze course developed for the experienced VMware Infrastructure administrators, is a continuation of the VMware ESX Server 3.5 - Install & Configure course. This course addresses such topics as: Server Provisioning, Security in a VMware Virtualized Environment, Data Protection and High Availability, and Fault Analysis and Methodology.

VMware ESX Server 3.5 - Deploy, Secure & Analyze Course Outline:

Server Provisioning

• Server Provisioning
• Course Objectives
• D.S.A.
• Scripted Installations: Overview
• Scripted Installations: Third-Party Tools
• Scripted Installation: Process
• Scripted Installation: HTTP, FTP and NFS Considerations
• Installations Script: Section Order
• Directive Options and Commands
• Licensing Considerations
• Pre-Execution Scripts
• Identifying the Correct NIC Adapter
• Locating the Installation Script or Course Media
• Individual Physical NIC Configuration
• Creating Virtual Switches and Portgroups
• ESX Storage Management Commands
• Working With VMFS Volumes
• VMFS Metadata
• Growing Space on a VMFS Volume
• Determining Filesystem Usage
• The /etc Directory
• Log Files
• Setting Up the Service Console to an NTP Client
• Module 1 Review

Security in a VMware Virtualized Environment

• Security in a VMware Virtualized Environment
• Zoning
• CHAP
• Access Control
• Securing Your Network
• ESX Server Configuration Via the Service Console
• Securing Your Network VMs
• Setting Your Security Profile
• Securing the Service Console
• VirtualCenter Firewall Placement
• Port Considerations
• Packet Forwarding/Receiving Parameters
• Service Console Firewall Considerations
• Working with Chains
• Important Firewall Configuration Commands
• Opening/Closing Individual Service Console Ports
• User Maintenance
• Username/Password Maintenance and Hacker Prevention
• SSH Considerations
• Root Account Access Considerations
• SSH Login Management
• Displaying Warning Messages and Monitoring User Access and Activity
• Working with the su and sudo Commands
• ESX Server Commands
• Limiting Root Account Access
• Controlling Access to Network Services
• Demo - Command Line Part 1
• Demo - Command Line Part 2
• Demo - PW Free Login
• Demo - Scripted Install
• Module 02 - Review

CPU and Memory Resource Allocation

• CPU and Memory Resource Allocation
• Virtual Machine (VM) Resource Controls
• Reservation
• Limit
• Shares
• Resource Management
• Resource Pools
• Resource Pool Restrictions and Considerations
• Demo - SSH Security
• Module 03 - Review

Data Protection and High Availability

• Data Protection and High Availability
• VCB and the Backup Proxy Server
• VCB Backup Components
• Snapshots
• hostd Process
• File-Level Backups on MS Windows VMs
• Full VM Backups
• Command Line Utilities: Proxy Server vs. Service Console
• VCB Commands
• Full VM Backup Files
• More Useful Commands
• Restoration
• VM Backup Considerations
• Clustering and Restoration
• Demo - DRS
• Demo - High Availability
• Module 04 - Review

Fault Analysis and Methodology

• Fault Analysis and Methodology
• ESX Server Boot Process
• The ESXCFG-BOOT Command
• Fallback Boot Mode and Kudzu
• Troubleshooting
• hostd
• Fully-Qualified Domain Names
• Proper DNS Setup
• Installation Precautions
• Diagnostics
• Increasing the Verbosity of the iSCSI Daemon
• The vmkping Command
• The vswif and esxcfg-vswif Commands
• Export Diagnostics Data
• The vc-support.wsf
• Manually SCP'ing Bundles From the ESX Server
• Properly Exporting Diagnostics Data
• The esxtop Command
• The vm-support Command
• Memory and CPU Resources
• RCA
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Booting Your System Into Service Console Mode
• VMotion Migrations
• HA Cluster Hosts
• Increasing the Logging Level of vpxd.log
• Static IP Address Configuration
• DNS Configuration
• Troubleshooting Questions
• VirtualCenter Environment Variables
• Log File Diagnostics
• VirtualCenter Server Service Error Messages and Diagnostics
• Service Console Open Ports (and Associated Applications)
• Licensing
• VirtualCenter Database Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
• Module 05 - Review
• Course Closure