VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [v4]



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VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [v4]

Vendor Course Code:

vSphere: Trouble

Course Length:

4 days

Course Price:

$3,300.00 plus $330.00 GST = $3,630.00 inc. GST

Availability:

If your preferred city or time is not currently listed, please call DDLS on 1800 U LEARN (1800 853 276) and we can try to accommodate your needs.

Overview:

This lab-intensive course focuses on providing system administrators with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure. In this course, you will spend most of the time diagnosing and rectifying configuration problems created on VMwareŽ ESX/ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter Server systems. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional.

Skills Gained:

Use the VMware vSphere Client and service console commands to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on ESX
Use the vSphere Client and the VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) appliance to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on ESX and ESXi hosts
Use ESXi technical support mode to diagnose and rectify problems on ESXi
Create and use a network sniffer to capture and display virtual switch network traffic
Use the vSphere Client and command-line tools to troubleshoot VMware VMotion, VMware Storage VMotion, VMware High Availability, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, and virtual machine power-on problems

Key Topics:

Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: ESXi Command-Line Troubleshooting Methods
Install and use the vMA
Learn common vSphere Command-Line Interface commands and syntax
Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access
Module 3: ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server Log Files
View ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server log files
Configure a centralized ESX/ESXi log host
Module 4: Network Troubleshooting
Identify and configure vNetwork components
Configure and use a network traffic sniffer
Module 5: Management Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot vSphere management components
Module 6: Storage Troubleshooting
View, configure, and diagnose storage access problems
Configure iSCSI authentication and digests
Module 7: vMotion Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot VMotion and Storage VMotion errors
Module 8: VMware Infrastructure Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot DRS Cluster errors with shares, pools, and limits
Troubleshoot HA Cluster errors with slot calculations, admission control, and host monitoring
Review virtual machine power on requirements
Troubleshoot virtual machine power on failures
Module 9: vSphere 4 DRS Cluster Troubleshooting
Complete a final multihour, multiproblem troubleshooting exercise

Target Audience:

System administrators, systems engineers, and help desk personnel who need the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform advanced troubleshooting of their vSphere deployments

Prerequisites:

This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:
Completion of the following three courses:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
VMware vSphere: Manage Availability
VMware vSphere: Manage Scalability
Completion of VMware vSphere: Fast Track.
Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server