VMware® vSphere 4.0
Ultimate Bootcamp® Overview
Overview
The VMware® vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp® is taught by top virtualization experts and offers hands-on labs designed to expose the student to advanced virtualization concepts and the VMware® vSphere 4.0 product suite. This comprehensive class prepares the student to become a certified professional virtualization expert with the Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0® (CVE 4.0®) certification to attest to their knowledge of the material and technology.
Ultimate Bootcamps run extended class hours which allow us to cover a much greater amount of information and they are designed to give the student in-depth skills training through hands-on experience with state-of-the art equipment. Read more about the benefits of our vSphere class.
The focus of the VMware® vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp® training course is to instill the knowledge required for the student to do their job efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this, we provide a comprehensive Beginner to Advanced training experience, starting from the installation of the licensed product to real world troubleshooting scenarios. The course focus is not limited only to learning and harnessing the power of VMware® but the entire concept of virtualization and other 3rd party tools and technologies that will enhance VMware® capabilities and increase the student’s virtualization expertise.
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Course Summary
- Five (5) 10 hour days of intense instruction with no outside distractions
- Personal access to the top virtualization experts in the industry
- Each student is provided their own dedicated server for practice and application
- 50 + labs to hone the student's skills and gain a 360° perspective on how to build and maintain virtual environments
- Install, configure, deploy, secure, analyze, consolidate and design virtual networks from beginner to advanced levels
- Lunch and snacks provided on each day of class
- Application of third party solutions to simplify processes and make the job easier
- Post-mentoring from the best virtualization instructors in the industry
- A higher market value for students becoming a Certified Virtualization Expert 4.0®
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Course Objectives
The primary objective of the vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp is to train the Ultimate virtualization expert through intense immersion in a five day accelerated training bootcamp.
This FIVE day course includes all the content you would find in 7 of VMware’s most popular courses:
| VMware Course | Course Length | VMware Cost |
| Install, Configure, Manage (IMC) | 5 Days | $3495.00 |
| Skills for Operators | 2 Days | $1495.00 |
| What's New! | 2 Days | $1495.00 |
| Manage Availability (MA) | 1 Day | $745.00 |
| Manage Scalability (MS) | 1 Day | $745.00 |
| Manage for Performance | 3 Days | $2475.00 |
| Troubleshooting | 4 Days | $3295.00 |
| Fast Track (combines ICM, MA, & MS) | 5 Days | $4700.00 |
| VMTraining Complete vSphere 4.0 Ultimate Bootcamp | 5 Days | Save OVER 50%! |
Upon the completion of the Ultimate Bootcamp, students will learn:
- About all of the new and exciting features of VMware® vSphere 4.0
- Foundational terms and concepts concerning virtualization
- How to install, configure, and support ESX Server 4 and vCenter 4
- How to configure Virtual Machines, templates, and clones
- How to configure Virtual Networking including vNetwork Distributed Switches & vShield Zones & how to support VMotion & iSCSI Multipathing.
- P2V, V2V, V2P, and P2P methods and techniques
- Server Consolidation procedures and reasoning
- Tools to support a virtual infrastructure - VMware®, PlateSpin®, Vizioncore™, Veeam, and more
- VMotion™, Storage VMotion, Distributed Power Mgt (DPM), Update Manager, Power Mgmt, Guided Consolidation, Fault Tolerance, Clustering – DRS/HA, etc.
- Best Practices within a Virtual Enterprise
- How to perform backups in the ESX environment – Service Console and Virtual Machines – VCB and Data Recovery
- How to use the Command Line Interface for supporting ESX & ESXi Servers - ESX commands
- Configure and optimize storage - FC, iSCSI, NFS, Multipathing, and Thin Provisioning
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Who Should Attend and Prerequisites
System Administrators, Engineers, and Operators responsible for setup, support, and troubleshooting of ESX 4 Server and/or VirtualCenter. The Ultimate Bootcamp is intended for IT Professionals with 1 or more years of server and infrastructure experience. Individuals should have experience on Microsoft Windows and/or Linux Servers.
Course Length
5 Day Ultimate Bootcamp
Securing the Virtual Environment
Despite many advances in system security, most major operating systems remain plagued by security vulnerabilities. Special attention is given on how to secure the virtual environment by using advanced Virtual Server Architecture strategies, allowing innovation through design and exploiting a safe execution environment.
