Ultimate VMware Bootcamp Lab Outline

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 – What’s New?

Chapter 3 – VMware Overview

Chapter 4 – Installing ESX

Lesson 1: ESX Server Install (HOL)
Lesson 2: ESX Server (HOL)
Lesson 3: Planning ESX Server Deployment
Lesson 4: Patching and upgrading ESX Server
Lesson 5: Configuring ESX (HOL)

Chapter 5 – Networking

Lesson 1: Creating Virtual Switches (HOL)
Lesson 2: Modify Virtual Switches (HOL)
Lesson 3: Managing Firewalls (HOL)

Chapter 6 – Storage

Lesson 1: Fiber Channel SAN Storage
Lesson 2: iSCSI Storage (HOL)
Lesson 3: VMFS Datastore (HOL)
Lesson 4: NAS Storage and NFS Datastore (HOL)
Lesson 5: Raw Device Mapping (RDM) (HOL)
Lesson 6: Storage Comparisons

Chapter 7 – VirtualCenter & License Server

Lesson 1: Licensing
Lesson 2: VirtualCenter Architecture (HOL)
Lesson 3: VirtualCenter Inventory (HOL)
Lesson 4: Planning VirtualCenter Deployment

Chapter 8 – VM Creation & Configuration

Lesson 1: Create a VM (HOL)
Lesson 2: Create Multiple VMs (HOL)
Lesson 3: Physical to Virtual Conversions
Lesson 4: Manage VMs (HOL)

Chapter 9 – Security and Permissions

Lesson 1: Security Overview (HOL)
Lesson 2: User Access (HOL)
Lesson 3: Managing Firewalls
Lesson 4: SSH Access (HOL)
Lesson 5: Configuring Sudo (HOL)
Lesson 6: TCP Wrappers (HOL)
Lesson 7: Web Access

Chapter 10 – Resource Management

Lesson 1: Configuring Resource Pools (HOL)

Chapter 11 – Vmotion, DRS Clusters, & HA

Lesson 1: Configure Vmotion (HOL)
Lesson 2: Distributed Resource Scheduler (HOL)
Lesson 3: Resource Pools in DRS Clusters (HOL)
Lesson 4: High Availability (HA) (HOL)

Chapter 12- Backups & Snapshots

Lesson 1: Backup Strategies
Lesson 2: Using VCB Command Line Utilities (HOL)
Lesson 3: Third Party Backups
Lesson 4: Snapshots (HOL)

Chapter 13 – Monitoring

Lesson 1: Tools for Optimization
Lesson 2: Monitor VM Performance (HOL)
Lesson 3: Configuring Alarms (HOL)

Chapter 14 – Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Virtual Machines (HOL)
Lesson 2: Troubleshooting ESX Server (HOL)
Lesson 3: Troubleshooting VirtualCenter and VIC (HOL)
Lesson 4: Additional Troubleshooting Tips

Appendix A

Linux Commands

Tools & Utilities