This hands-on training course explores new features in VMware vCenter Server 4 and ESX™/ESXi 4. You will explore the new features of vSphere and learn to how to upgrade from VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4.
Learning objectives
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
Upgrade VMware deployments from VMware Infrastructure 3 to vSphere 4
Deploy distributed virtual switches to simplify data center-wide network management
Use VMDirectPath to assign a PCI adapter directly to a virtual machine
Migrate virtual machines' storage while they are live with Storage vMotion
Grow virtual disks and VMFS volumes while they are live
Employ VMware's new Pluggable Storage Architecture
Ensure application availability with VMware Fault Tolerance
Manage more than one vCenter Server 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
Who should attend
Systems administrators and systems integrators who are responsible for deploying and supporting VMware, and who are already VCP-certified (or have equivalent expertise) on VMware Infrastructure 3.
Recommended prerequisites
VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure (VM3IC)
