VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security

Dates	upon group formation
Venue	OptiCom training centre (5 Rupniecibas Street, Riga, LV-1010)
Registration deadline	1 month in advance

Overview

This hands-on training course introduces the use of VMware vSphereâÄ¢ PowerCLI to automate VMware vSphere 4. This course demonstrates ways to automate tasks that can reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability.

Objectives

• Automate VMware® ESXâÄ¢ configuration
• Automate the provisioning of virtual machines
• Automate changes to virtual machine configuration
• Automate cluster operations
• Automate reporting

Who should attend?

This course is designed for technical persons responsible for managing ESX, VMware ESXi, and VMware vCenterâÄ¢ Server, including IT managers, system architects, and system administrators.

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems and completion of either the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or the VMware vSphere: Fast Track course. Also scripting experience in one of the following languages: VBScript, Perl, UNIX shell scripts, Python, or other languages with variables and control structures.

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to vSphere PowerCLI

• Define the main vSphere PowerCLI object
• Define the main commandlets in vSphere PowerCLI
• Connect to a vSphere infrastructure
• Get help for commandlets

Module 3: Automating ESX Host Configuration

• Automate configuration of virtual switches on ESX hosts
• Automate configuration of datastores on ESX hosts

Module 4: Virtual Machine Provisioning, Configuration, and Protection

• Automate creation of virtual machines
• Change virtual machine settings programmatically
• Run vSphere PowerCLI scripts in virtual machines
• Automate virtual machine protection

Module 5: Automating Cluster Operations

• Automate VMware vMotion
• Create a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler/VMware High Availability cluster
• Automate cluster configuration
• Automate resource pool creation and configuration

Module 6: Automating Reporting

• Automate reporting about virtual machines
• Automate reporting about ESX hosts
• Automate reporting about clusters

Module 7: Configuration and Change Management

• Configuration and change management goals and guidelines
• Maintaining the proper configuration of vSphere components
• Monitoring logs for security-related events
• Configuration and change management tools and technologies