Training / Certification - 5

Tuesday, July 29. 2014

Free e-learning course - Horizon (With View) Fundamentals [V6.0]

This (4 hours; self paced) free e-learning course covers the main features and components in the View solution and how to install and configure View. The course consists of five modules:

Introduction to View discusses the View architecture and key benefits and features of the View solution
Installing and Configuring View Components describes the main steps for deploying View, how to install View Composer and how to install and configure View Manager, how to install and configure a View Security Server and a View Transfer Server, and provides an overview of configuring View Persona Management.
View Desktops explains the steps for configuring virtual machines as desktops, the tasks for preparing virtual desktops before installing View Agent, how to install View Agent, the steps to prepare virtual machines for a linked-clone deployment, and how to deploy a linked-clone automated desktop pool using the Add Pool wizard in View Administrator.
Horizon Client Options describes how to install and configure Horizon Client, how to configure View for use on Thin Clients, and how to set up and configure virtual printing.
Working with View Administrator covers how to how to log in and navigate the View Administrator interface, how to manage users and groups, how to use the Add Pool wizard to create automated pools, how to use role-based administration, the steps to set up RDS hosts, and how to create application pools.

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Thursday, July 24. 2014

New Training Course - VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]

This 5 days training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud Automation Center. This course covers the configuration and use of the vCloud Automation Center platform self-service provisioning and creation of on-demand private and multivendor cloud services.

Understand the vCloud Automation Center architecture and use case in today’s multivendor cloud environments
Install and configure vCloud Automation Center 6.0
Deploy Distributed Execution Managers and agents for vCloud Automation Center connectivity
Create endpoints to support compute fabric connectivity
Manage vCloud Automation Center 6.0 entities on VMware, third-party hardware, and cloud infrastructures
Configure vCloud Automation Center infrastructure services
Configure and manage tenants and blueprints
Configure and manage a service catalog
Configure and manage role-based access control
Request and manage machines using the user portal
Understand and configure vCloud Automation Center workflows
Integrate VMware vCenter Orchestrator with vCloud Automation Center
Automate application provisioning with VMware vCloud Application Director
Manage and monitor machines and resource reclamation

I'll deliver this training course September 1th 2014 at Global Knowledge Amsterdam - You can register here

Thursday, July 10. 2014

New Training Course - VMware Cloud Orchestration and Extensibility [V6] - BETA

This hands-on training course explores the use of VMware vCenter Orchestrator 5.5 and VMware vCloud Automation Center 6.x for the automation of VMware cloud infrastructure and IT processes. The course focuses on extensibility and advanced administration through the use of vCenter Orchestrator workflows in vCloud Automation Center.

Objectives:

Describe the features, benefits, components, and integration of vCenter Orchestrator and vCloud Automation Center
Use the vCenter Orchestrator client to access and navigate the vCenter Orchestrator platform and to import and run vCenter Orchestrator library workflows
Explain the role of vCenter Orchestrator workflows and vCenter Orchestrator content elements in automation
Use the vCloud Automation Center plug-in integrate vCenter Orchestrator with vCloud Automation Center and link vCloud Automation Center to vCenter Orchestrator as an endpoint
Design, develop, and run custom reusable vCenter Orchestrator workflows
Use the VMware vSphere® API in vCenter Orchestrator workflow scripts
Explain the vCloud Automation Center master workflow model
Integrate vCenter Orchestrator workflows with external systems using the vCloud Automation Center Advanced Service Designer and build automation solutions
Identify the strategy to integrate vCenter Orchestrator workflows with external systems and explain how to find and use vCenter Orchestrator plug-ins
Explain how to export, package, and apply version control to vCenter Orchestration workflows
Install a basic vCenter Orchestrator environment and implement high availability for vCenter Orchestrator

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Free e-learning course - VMware Log Insight [V2.0] Fundamentals

This Log Insight course provides information about the Log Insight solution and describes how it works, its architecture, installation, configuration, and how to use it for log analysis. The course consists of the following self-paced modules:

Log Insight v2.0 Overview: This module provides an overview of Log Insight, including use cases and architecture.
Log Insight v2.0 Installation and Configuration: This module provides information the installation and configuration of Log Insight, including installation and configuration of the Windows Agent.
Log Insight v2.0 Analysis: This module provides information about how to use Log Insight for log analysis, including new tools available in version 2.0.

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Wednesday, June 4. 2014

Free ThinApp Instructional Videos

ThinApp, a key component of VMware Horizon Suite, is an agentless application virtualization solution that isolates applications from their underlying operating systems to eliminate application conflict and streamline application delivery and management.

VMware is introducing 9 free instructional ThinApp videos that take you from the basics behind what ThinApp is to various technical deep dives on how to install ThinApp and add applications.

Your guide on this tour is Senior Technical Trainer and VMware Certified Instructor, Linus Bourque. Linus guides you through a discussion on each of the ThinApp concepts in this series, followed by a demonstration for each concept. The videos below are between 5-10 minutes long and you can pick and choose according to your experience and interests.

Saturday, May 24. 2014

New Training Course - VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]

This comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX. NSX is a software networking and security virtualization platform that delivers the operational model of a virtual machine for the network.

Virtual networks reproduce the layer 2–layer 7 network model in software, enabling complex multitier network topologies to be created and provisioned programmatically in seconds.

NSX also provides a new model for network security where security profiles are distributed to and enforced by virtual ports and move with virtual machines. For advanced course options, go to www.vmware.com/education.

Describe the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
Describe how NSX is the next step in the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
Describe data center prerequisites for NSX deployment
Configure and deploy NSX components for management and control
Describe basic NSX layer 2 networking
Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
Configure and deploy NSX distributed router appliances to establish East-West connectivity
Configure and deploy VMware® NSX Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish North-South connectivity
Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway
Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Use role-based access to control user account privileges
Use activity monitoring to determine whether a security policy is effective
Configure service composer policies

VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]

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