VMware vSphere Skills for Operators (VSO)

System administrators and operators responsible for ESXi, ESX, or vCenter Server

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

This hands-on training course explores configuration and management of VMware vSphere™ virtual machines. Upon completion of this course, you should have the skills necessary to work effectively with VMware® virtual machines. The course is based on VMware ESX™ 4.0 and VMware vCenter™ Server 4.0. At the end of the course, you should have an understanding of vSphere 4 capabilities and be able to:

• Create, deploy, and manage virtual machines
• Use vCenter Server to monitor virtual machine resource usage
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply patches to virtual machines
• Use VMware vMotion™ and Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines
• Troubleshoot problems with virtual machine configuration

Lab exercises are interspersed throughout the course.

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization
  • Discussion of virtualization and vSphere components
• Module 3: Virtual Machine Creation and Management
  • Create a virtual machine
  • Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
  • Install VMware Tools into a Windows guest operating system
  • Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and the host
  • Create a template
  • Create a template and deploy a virtual machine from it
  • Clone a virtual machine that is powered on
  • Take snapshots of a virtual machine and revert to a snapshot
  • Modify a virtual machine’s disk, memory, and name
  • Manipulate virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory
  • Delete a virtual machine from disk
  • Add a raw LUN to an existing virtual machine
• Module 4: Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring
  • Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
• Module 5: Using Update Manager to Update Virtual Machines
  • List all patches installed on both your virtual machine and template
  • Create a patch baseline
  • Scan for updates
  • Remediate the virtual machine and template
• Module 6: Migrating Virtual Machines
  • Verify that your virtual machines’ settings meet vMotion requirements
  • Verify that your ESX host meets vMotion requirements
  • Perform a vMotion migration a virtual machine
  • Perform a Storage vMotion migration a virtual machine
• Module 7: Troubleshooting Virtual Machines
  • Identify and correct common configuration issues with virtual machines