vsphere 4.1 Ultimate Bootcamp Course 01 Course Introduction and Methodology
Slide 1 vsphere 4.1 Ultimate Bootcamp Learn IT! Do IT! Know IT! Welcome to the most comprehensive VMware Virtual Infrastructure and vsphere curriculum in the IT world Prepare yourself for 50 hours of intensity! 1-1
Slide 2 vsphere 4.1 Ultimate Bootcamp Learn IT! Do IT! Know IT! Course 01 1 - Course Introduction and Methodology 2 - Virtualization Overview 3 - Planning and Installing ESX/ESXi 4 - Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment 5 - Configuring Networking 6 - Configuring Storage 7 - vcenter Server and Licensing 8 - VM Creation and Configuration & Snapshots 9 - Security and Permissions 10 - Server and VM Monitoring 11 - Advanced ESX/ESXi and vcenter Management 12 - Patching and Upgrading ESX/ESXi 13 - Disaster Recovery and Backup 1-2
Slide 3 Course Methodology Information within the courseware is presented in three ways: Learn IT! Sections in this category include terms, concepts and warnings. Any specific knowledge required to complete the Hands On Labs is also included here. Do IT! Nothing replaces Hands On learning. That is why there are many comprehensive labs throughout the Ultimate Bootcamp courseware enabling you to apply the terms, concepts and warnings that have been presented in the Learn IT section. Know IT! Once you have learned and applied concepts, it will be important to learn best practices, expert tips, troubleshooting, and other elements that will allow you to master virtualization. EXPERT TIP! Information that has been designated as advanced within this curriculum is marked with the following symbol: Learn IT! Do IT! Know IT!...and get Certified! 1-3
Slide 4 Certified Virtualization Expert (CVE ) Certification 1-4 Certification is based on taking both the vsphere Ultimate Bootcamp AND passing the CVE exam The vsphere Ultimate Bootcamp is delivered through partner training centers worldwide Exam is delivered internationally through Prometric Testing Centers (VT1-VUB) To take the exam in the U.S. contact your training partner or email cve@vmtraining.net for test scheduling in your area. Exam cost is $195 per attempt Vouchers can be purchased at www.vmtraining.net/cart 80 questions in two hours, need a 75% score to pass Prep material is available at ftp://ftp.vmtraining.net:5004 Progressive and Q&A slides are available on the FTP site
Slide 5 VMTraining s Physical Setup The core of our datacenter is three Dell PowerEdge 2950 Servers 2 X Dual Quad Core 2.4 GHz Xeon processors and 32 GB of RAM with six 15,000 RPM SAS drives & six Gigabit NICs. 1 X Dual Quad Core 3.0 GHz Xeon processors and 28 GB of RAM with six 15,000 RPM SAS drives & six Gigabit NICs. Storage devices 3 NFS servers (2 x 100 GB and 1 x 7.25 TB) 2 iscsi targets (3 x 2 GB LUNs and 14 x 2 TB LUN) All our Servers are VMs running under ESX 4 and vcenter Server 4 1-5
Slide 6 VMTraining s Setup Student to Datacenter Student Computers use RDP to connect to the Datacenter Internet 1-6 Dell 2950 Dual Quad Xeon (3) Lefthand iscsi VSA SAN EqualLogic PS100 iscsi SAN 14 x 2 TB SATA drives Dell 1950s (8) Quad Core Xeon 1.6 GHz Dell 1950s (52) Quad Core Xeon 2.33 GHz & 2.5 GHz E5410s & E5420s Terminal Server VMs TS3.vmtraining.net TS4.vmtraining.net.. DC.vi3.vm NAT-Router SQL2005.vi3.vm NFS.vi3.vm NFS2.vi3.vm FTP.vi3.vm TSVPN.vi3.vm Student ESXi hosts 1-68 VM12-1, VM12-2, VC12 (These run inside a 1950 student ESXi host server C h a r l o t t e D a t a c e n t e r
Slide 7 VMTraining s Network IP setup IPs 172.16.x.y/16 172.16.1.y Usage Support Servers (DC, DHCP, DNS, FTP, NFS, etc) 172.16.2.# DRAC access (DRAC#.vi3.vm) 172.16.3.# Student vcenter Servers (vcenter#.vi3.vm) 172.16.4.# ESXi Host Management VMkernel Port (ESX#.vi3.vm) 172.16.5.1 8.254 DHCP Addresses for VMs 172.16.10.# ESXi Host VMkernel Ports for Storage 172.16.11.# ESXi Host VMkernel Ports for Multipathing to Storage 172.16.20.# Data Recovery Virtual Appliances (DR#) 172.16.21.# vshield Zones Management Appliance 1-7 172.16.22.# vshield Zones VM Wall Appliance 172.16.30.X Instructor central vcenter Servers (VCTSx.vi3.vm) # is the student /server number assigned to you for class by the instructor X is the number of the lowest numbered class Terminal Server (TS5, X=5)
Slide 8 Lab Terms Used Used in Labs RDP int o DRAC int o VIC int o PuTTY int o Possible Ent it ies t sx DRAC# ESX# or VCTSx ESX# Console int o VM # Browse t o W eb sit e # n/ a M eaning Use the Remote Desktop Client from the PC in the training center to connect to the Terminal Server number provided by the instructor. You will log into tsx.vmtraining.net with the user account vmuser# and your assigned password. (the Terminal Server tsx varies per instructor per class) From inside your Terminal Server Session, you will connect to the Remote Access Card (drac#.vi3.vm) in your assigned Dell Server to Power On, Power Off, Power Cycle & Reboot the physical server in our datacenter. You will also use the DRAC to mount ISO images to install ESX on your assigned Dell Server as well as upgrade your Dell server to the latest version of ESXi. The vsphere Client application (GUI) already installed in the Terminal Server that you will use from your TS session to connect to and manage your assigned ESXi host (esx#.vi3.vm) or your vcenter Server (VCTSx.vi3.vm) A common command line SSH utility used in ESX to connect to and manage ESXi hosts from a command line or CLI. When you see this directive in the labs, Double-Click on the PuTTY icon on the Terminal Server desktop in your TS session Opening a Virtual Machine Console is opening a Window or a session to a virtual machine. From here you can log into the Operating System running inside the Virtual Machine (VM). On real Windows servers that means pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del, in a VM Console that means pressing Ctrl-Alt-Ins. Use Internet Explorer to browse to a particular website such as the View Manager or View Portal on a Connection Server The number assigned to you by your instructor before Lab 1. Everywhere you see a word with a # sign at the end of it, replace the # sign with your assigned number. We refer to this throughout the course as your assigned server # or your assigned student# 1-8 X n/ a Typically, the lowest numbered Terminal Server used in Class, so TS5, X = 5.
Slide 9 Lab Conventions Used Symbol W ords M eaning NOTE: ALERT: HINT: IMPORTANT: STOP: Informational notes that explain and teach concepts. Beware, certain steps here are critical to other steps. In case you are getting stuck, there are hints. Make sure you pay attention to this information. Pay attention and read, you may not need to do the following steps Description 1-9 Steps to perform task
Review Questions: 1. In order to get your certification, you must: A. Take the vsphere Ultimate Bootcamp B. Pass the CVE exam C. Both A & B D. None of the above
Answer Key: 1. C Certification is based on taking both the vsphere Ultimate Bootcamp and passing the CVE exam.