Duration
4 days
Course Description
This four-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge to successfully maintain Virtual Machine manager within their organization. In this course, students are introduced to the various Systems Center products and provides a deep-dive into SCVMM. Upon course completion, students will be able to architect and deploy Virtual Machine Manager. This course incorporates case-studies and hands-on learning opportunities so students can practice applying business solutions to real-world scenarios.
Audience
This course is intended for IT professionals who have the primary responsibility of managing the System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager. This course is also for IT Professionals who already have some pre-requisite technical knowledge and want to learn the skills necessary to mater SCVMM.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should have pre-requisite technical knowledge in the following areas:
- Windows Server 2008 [R2]
- Hyper-V version 2
- Active Directory
- PowerShell version 2
- SQL 2005 or higher experience
- Knowledge of the previous version of Virtual Machine Manager is helpful.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Install and Configure Virtual Machine Manager
- Use the Virtual Machine Manager and the System Center Suite
- Administer Virtual Machine Manager
- Configure Private Cloud
- Leverage Templates and Profiles
Module 1: Introduction to the System Center 2012 Suite
- Define a Private Cloud
- Describe how Microsoft's System Center products fit into the concept of a private cloud
- Describe the functionality of each System Center product
- Describe Private Cloud Scenarios
Module 2: Introduction to System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2012
- Describe the main features of SCVMM 2012
- Design Scenarios
- Deployment scenarios
- Hypervisor Requirements
- Storage Requirements
- Network Requirements
- Third-Party Integration
- Xen Server support
- VMWare support
Prerequisites
- VMM Server
- VMM Console
- VMM Database
- VMM Self-Service Portal
- VMM Library Server
- VMM Hosts
- Installation walk-through
Module 4: Fabric Resources
- Hosts
- Hyper-V
- Bare-Metal Installation
- Clusters
- XenServer
- VMWare
- Networking
- Logical Networks
- IP address pools
- Load Balancers
- Storage
- LUNs
- Storage Classifications
- Storage Pools
- Library Servers and Shares
Module 5: Configure Load Balancers
- MSFT NLB available by default
- Install configuration provider for 3rd party - F5, Brocade, Citrix
Prerequisites
- Logical Network
- IP Pools and VIP templates
Module 6: Create a Private Cloud
- Selecting fabric resources
- Select library resources
- Set Capacity
Module 7: Create Virtual Machine
- Blank Disk
- Existing VHD
- Existing VM
- VM Template
- P2V or V2V
Module 8: Configure VM Templates
- Source
- Existing Template
- Existing VHD
- Existing VM
Module 9: Configuring Security
- Run As Accounts
- User Roles
- Delegated Admins
- Read-Only Admins
- Self-Service Users
- Ports and Protocols
Module 10: Configure Guest OS & Hardware Profiles
- Memory
- CPUs
- Network Adapters and connections
- Optical Drive
- Guest OS Profile
- Computer Name
- Local Admin Password
- Product Key
- OS version
- Domain
- Server Roles
Module 11: PowerShell Components
- Include "View Script" in every lab.
Module 12: Configure Application Profiles
- Server App-V
- Web Deploy
- SQL DAC
- Scripted Installations
Module 13: Configure Service Templates
- Service Template Designer
Module 14: Performance Maintenance
- Update Compliance
- Dynamic Optimization
- Power Optimization
- PRO Tips
Module 15: Monitoring and Reporting
- Operations Manager Integration
Module 16: Troubleshooting
- Installation Logs
- VMM Configuration Analyzer
- WMI for VMM
- Virtual Machine Recovery Tool
- MS Product Support Reporting Tool
- VMM Error Codes
Module 17: System Center 2012 Service Pack 1
- Changes in pre-requisites
- Functionality Enhancements
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.