VMware Virtual Server & Workstation Training
- on CDs - Single User 13+ hours of Instructor Led Multimedia Training. Includes VMware Player, VMware Server and VMware Workstation
About VMware Virtual Server & Workstation Training:
In this course, you will discover what virtualization is, the many ways to utilize it, and exactly what it can do for your career and/or your business. You will find out about the
different types of virtualization. What products are available and how they differ? You will see a step-by-step installation process of VMware Workstation and Server - from start to finish on Windows and Linux!
13+ hours of video training
250+ pages of Instructor’s Notes
Introduction to Virtualization & VMware
What is Virtualization?
Uses for Virtualization
Virtualization Products available
Comparing VMware Server vs.
VMware Workstation
Comparing MS Virtual Server vs.
VMware Server 1.x
What is fugure of Virtualization?
How is VMware Server supported &
licenced?
Windows OS Licencing of Virtual
Servers
Virtual Machine Specifications
What is VMTN?
Planning for Deployment
Selecting the right hardware
RAM
CPU
Networking
Disk
Steps to select the right hardware for Virtualization
What should or shouldn’t be virtualized?
How do I consolidate Servers?
Overview of VMware Workstation
Introduction to Workstation
Product Description
Use Cases
Features
Virtual Machine Specifications
Differences between VMware
workstation & MS Virtual PC 2007
What’s new in Workstation v. 6
Installation of VMware Workstation for Windows
Installation Prerequisites – hardware & host OS
Installing VMware Workstation
Installing VMware Workstation in Linux vs. Windows Installation
VMware Workstation Features
Workstation Management interface
Appliance View for Virtual Appliances
Adding new hardware to a VM
Change Version Wizard
Importing Virtual Machines
Configuring and using Teams
Running Virtual Machines in the Background
VMware Player
Capturing & Replaying Virtual Machine Activities
Cloning a Virtual Machine
Using VNC for VM Management
Mapping a Virtual Disk to a Drive Letter
VMware Server Overview
Introduction to VMware Server
Product Description
Use Cases
Features
System Requirements
What’s changed since GSX Server?
Which platform do I chose – Windows or Linux?
Installation of VMware Server in Windows
Prerequisites for Installation in Windows
How to Install VMware Server in Windows
Installation of VMware Server in Linux
Prerequisites for Installation in Linux
How to Install VMware Server in Linux
Configuring and Managing VMware Server
VMware Management Options
Using the VMware Server Console
Tabbed Main Window
Toolbar Menu
Inventory Panel Status Bar
Behavior of Remote Control Console
Hot Keys
Configuring Server Settings
Security
Download Console
Utilization and Resource Availability
Using the VMware Management User Interface (MUI)
Creating Virtual Machines
How to Create a New Virtual Machine
Changing BIOS Settings
Installing with Either Physical Media or ISO Images
Installing a Guest Operatin System
Adding or Removing Virtual Hardware
What is an “Appliance”?
Creating VMX files with EasyVMX
Creating a VM and running it in VMware Player
Downloading Virtual Machines
VMTN Virtual Appliance Marketplace
Browser Appliance
Firewall Appliance
Spam & Mail Filter Appliance
Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
About VMware Tools
Installing VMware Tools in Windows
Installing VMware Tools in Linux
Configuring VMware Tools
Virtual Hard Disks
What are they?
Advantages of Virtual Hard Disk
Disk Adapter Types
IDE
Bus Logic SCSI
LSILogic SCSI
VMware Disk Types
Virtual Pre-allocated or fixed disk
Virtual Growable or Dynamic disk
Physical RAW disk
Virtual Disk Access Mode
Independent Mode
Persistent Mode
Nonpersistent Mode
Using VMware’s Virtual Disk Manager Utility
Virtual Machine Snapshots
What are they?
How are snapshots used?
Example of a simple snapshot in VMware Server
Example of complex snapshots in VMware Workstation
Networking Virtual Machines
Virtual networking overview
Host-only networking
Bridged networking
Network address translation (NAT)
Internal DHCP server
Adapter teaming, fault tolerance, and load balancing
MAC addresses – dynamic vs. static
Cloning and Migrating of VirtualMachines
What is VM cloning? Why would you clone a VM?
Migrating from one Virtualization platform to another (V2V)
Migrating from a physical machine to a virtual machine (P2V)
Cloning with VMware Workstation
Cloning with VMware Server
Migrating VMs to VMware ESX Server
VMware Converter
Other P2V Tools
Troubleshooting with VMware
Common VMware Issues
Vmware Support script
Vnetsniffer
Vnetstats
Performance Optimization withVirtual Machines
Select right Hardware & Guest OS
Optimize the hard disk
Use the most appropriate virtual disk type
Keep disks defragmented
Select best location for disk files
Adjust swap space on host
Memory adjustments - Host & Virtual machine
CPU adjustments - Host & Virtual machine
Virtual machine configuration changes
Remove unneeded hardware
Remove unnecessary services
Performance Monitoring Tools
Backing up Virtual Machines
Backup & Disaster Recovery for Virtual Machines
Simply file copy of a VM
Backing up the VM within the Guest OS (file level)
Backing up the VM within the Host OS (image level)
Scripting with VMware
Command-line Interface
Programming & Scripting interfaces
Uses for Scripting with VMware
Script Examples
Clustering Windows Server withVMware
What is Clustering?
Why would you use Clustering?
How can VMware help you perform Clustering with Windows Server?
How to configure a VMware Server "Cluster in a Box" with Windows Server
Overview: VMware Infrastructure &VMware ESX Server
What makes up VMware Infrastructure?
What is VMware ESX Server & how is it different from VMware Server?
What is Virtual Center Management Server?
Demonstration of VMware ESX Server and Virtual Center
How to Install, Configure, andDeploy Virtual Machines using ACE
