This hands-on training course explores the management of performance in a VMware vSphere environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on VMwareŽ ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.
Course Contents
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment
Module 3: CPU Performance
Module 4: Memory Performance
Module 5: Guidelines for DRS and Resource Controls
Module 6: Network Performance
Module 7: Storage Performance
Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance
Module 9: Application Performance
Detailed Table of Contents
Target Group
System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for managing the performance of a vSphere installation
Knowledge Prerequisites
This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server.
Experience with working at the command prompt is highly recommended.
Course Objective
• Explain the performance impact of using different monitor modes
• Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of ESX/ESXi hosts
• Diagnose performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host
• Discuss how to achieve an optimal virtual machine configuration
• Discuss guidelines for monitoring application performance
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