This 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.

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 VMware Storage VMotion
• Growing virtual disks and VMware vStorage 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 instance 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

Target Audience

System architects, system administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures.

Prerequisites

Recommended: Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure, or equivalent experience with VMware ESX and vCenter Server.