Class overview :
This hands-on training course equips system administrators with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in building and running a highly available VMware® vSphere™ 4 virtual infrastructure.
Class goals :
At the end of the course, you should be able to understand the functionality in vSphere and be able to:
- List the components of business continuity
- Describe Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008 cluster configurations
- Configure a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster using nondefault options
- Deploy fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
- Deploy VMware vCenter™ Server Heartbeat
Content of VMware vSphere 4: Manage Availability
Course Introduction
Business Continuity
- Overview of vSphere features for high availability, fault tolerance, data protection, and disaster recovery
Virtual Machine Clustering
- vSphere general requirements for Microsoft failover clusters
- Overview of the supported Microsoft failover cluster configurations
VMware High Availability Clusters
- VMware HA advanced parameters affecting slot size
- Deploying different admission control policies
- Configuring redundant heartbeat networks and isolation test addresses
VMware Fault Tolerance
- Overview of FT prerequisites and FT operation
- FT best practices
- Configuring, monitoring, and testing a fault-tolerant virtual machine
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Overview of vCenter Server Heartbeat operation
- Installing and configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Failover and switchover with vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Monitoring vCenter Server Heartbeat
Onze voordelen :
- Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
- 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
- Offer request : Response within 24 hours
- 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
- Free parking, lunch & drinks
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