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Gain the knowledge and skills to operate VMware ESXi in a single-server environment. This self-paced course contains brief concept modules, guided demos, and interactive simulations. Topics covered include: Virtualization Concepts, Server Configuration, Virtual Machine Management, Networking, Performance Monitoring, and more. This online course includes approximately 120 minutes of content with unlimited access by the subscribing individual for 90 days:

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Configure ESXi
• Install the Virtual Infrastructure client
• Understand and configure ESXi networking
• Understand and configure ESXi storage
• Monitor and configure resource use
• Build and configure virtual machines and install guest operating systems
• Clone virtual machines
• Monitor and manage virtual machine performance

This guide is intended for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who will be installing VMware ESX Server 3i and will be configuring virtualization for the first time by using VMware Infrastructure 3. Specifically, it is intended for users who:

• Do not yet have the ESX Server 3i software installed.
• Do not yet have the VMware Infrastructure Client or the VMware VirtualCenter Server installed.
  
  This guide describes VMware ESX Server 3i and VirtualCenter and provides instructions for setting up and configuring a host, including the following tasks:
• Installing ESX Server 3i and adding the host to your network.
• Deploying the VI Client and connecting to a single ESX Server 3i host.
• Deploying and running a virtual machine.

Get a free license for VMware ESXi and build virtual machines in minutes with this easy-to-deploy, OS-independent hypervisor.

Features & Benefits
Virtualize processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines with VMware ESXi, an enterprise-class hypervisor with a thin 32 MB footprint for added security and reliability.

VMware ESXi is the virtualization platform customers build upon for continuous application availability and infrastructure security. With VMware Infrastructure 3, customers can add the benefits of server consolidation, automatic load balancing and business continuity to ESXi.

YOUR LICENSE INCLUDES

• VMware ESXi
• VMware Virtual SMP
• VMware VMFS

Today, VMware is taking another step towards making virtualization ubiquitous by announcing that VMware ESXi will be available for download at no cost as of the week of July 28, 2008.

VMware has always believed that virtualization needs to be ubiquitous. Since 2001, VMware has provided the industry's most popular and reliable hypervisor used by more than 100,000 customers. During this evolution, partners like you have been critical in educating and delivering virtualization to customers of all sizes. In December 2007, VMware announced significant improvements with ESXi - its third-generation, stand-alone hypervisor. With its smaller footprint and OS-independence, ESXi ensures even higher levels of security and reliability while making virtualization easier than ever to deploy.