Online Training - 4 - Eric Sloof

Friday, April 26. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator Fundamentals

This free e-learning course covers how to install vCenter Infrastructure Navigator as well as how to use its main features. You can use vCenter Infrastructure Navigator to leverage the application dependency context to proactively manage the virtual infrastructure.

With intelligent operations groups and vCenter Operations Manager integration users are enabled to quickly identify in-context performance and capacity issues, as well as optimization opportunities, as they relate to grouped objects either by business, or operational relevance.

The course consists of three modules:

Overview discusses the major vCenter Infrastructure Navigator functions, its architecture, resource requirements, and installation considerations.
Installing and Configuring vCenter Infrastructure Navigator discusses how to install and configure vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
Using vCenter Infrastructure Navigator covers how to use the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator vApp and specially define a custom service.

After completing the course, you should be able to:

Recognize the main functions of vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
Describe the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 vApp resource requirements and installation considerations.
Diagram the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator virtual appliance architecture.
Describe the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator virtual appliance resource requirements.
List the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator virtual appliance installation considerations.
List the tasks for deploying the vCenter Infrastructure Navigator virtual appliance.
Discuss how to apply a license for vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
List the initial configuration tasks.
Demonstrate how to use vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
Discuss the steps for defining a custom service.

Register for free: VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator Fundamentals [V2.X]

Friday, April 12. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware Horizon Mirage Fundamentals

This free eLearning course covers the main features and components in the Horizon Mirage solution and includes information on installing and configuring the Horizon Mirage solution, as well as performing common administrator tasks and end user tasks.

The course consists of five modules:

Introduction Horizon Mirage covers how Horizon Mirage works, some of the key business challenges it solves, its key features and benefits, and how to sell Horizon Mirage.
Components and Architecture discusses the Horizon Mirage solution components and the Horizon Mirage solution architecture.
Install and Configure Horizon Mirage explains how to install and configure your Horizon Mirage System.
Administrator Tasks explains common administrator tasks including: how to set up a reference machine, capture and assign base layers and application layers, the process for performing endpoint disaster recovery, how to perform a Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration, and how to monitor the Horizon Mirage System.
End User Tasks covers how to complete end user tasks including: how to use the information in the Client Status window, how to complete a file level and directory level restore, and how to use the Snooze and Sync Now options.

VMware Horizon Mirage Fundamentals [V4.0]

Thursday, April 11. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager Fundamentals

This self-paced eLearning course discusses how to implement the vCenter Chargeback Manager solution to meter resource consumption and calculate the costs of virtual and cloud environments. After this course, you will be able to:

Describe the basics of how vCenter Chargeback Manager works.
Determine the best deployment architecture for a given environment.
Successfully install and monitor the health of all vCenter Chargeback Manager components.
Configure administration settings and user access appropriately.
Create and configure chargeback hierarchies to associate resource usage to the appropriate groups.
Configure costing features to reflect the goals of a given organization.
Configure the report dashboard.
Generate and manage reports.

VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager Fundamentals [V2.5]

Friday, March 8. 2013

Video - vCloud Director DNAT and SNAT rules

The virtual machines in a vApp can connect to vApp networks (isolated or routed) and organization vDC networks (direct or fenced). You can add networks of different types to a vApp to address multiple networking scenarios.

Virtual machines in the vApp can connect to these networks. If you want to connect a virtual machine to a different network, you must first add it to the vApp.

A vApp can include vApp networks and organization vDC networks. A vApp network can be isolated by selecting None in the Connection drop-down menu. An isolated vApp network is totally contained within the vApp. You can also route a vApp network to an organization vDC network to provide connectivity to virtual machines outside of the vApp. For routed vApp networks, you can configure network services, such as a firewall and static routing.

You can connect a vApp directly to an organization vDC network. If you have multiple vApps that contain identical virtual machines connected to the same organization vDC network and you want to start the vApps at the same time, you can fence the vApp. This allows you to power on the virtual machines without conflict, by isolating their MAC and IP addresses.

You can configure certain vApp networks to provide IP translation by adding a NAT mapping rule. When you create an IP translation rule for a network, vCloud Director adds a DNAT and SNAT rule to the vShield Edge associated with the network's port group. The DNAT rule translates an external IP address to an internal IP address for inbound traffic. The SNAT rule translates an internal IP address to an external IP address for outbound traffic. If the network is also using IP masquerade, the SNAT rule takes precedence.

You can configure certain vApp networks to provide port forwarding by adding a NAT mapping rule. Port forwarding provides external access to services running on virtual machines on the vApp network. When you configure port forwarding, vCloud Director maps an external port to a service running on a port on a virtual machine for inbound traffic.

Saturday, March 2. 2013

Video - Root Cause Analysis with vCenter Operations Manager 5.6

Get proactive warning of performance issues and capacity shortfalls before problems affect end users. Meet service-level agreements (SLAs) by using real-time performance dashboards to pinpoint building performance issues before end users notice. Optimize your infrastructure for efficiency, and minimize risk of performance across your entire infrastructure, both virtual and physical.

Self-learning performance analytics and dynamic thresholds adapt to the environment to simplify operations management and eliminate false alerts.
Integrated smart alerts for health, performance and capacity degradation identify building performance problems before they affect end users.
Advanced capacity analytics enable administrators to optimize virtual-machine density and identify capacity shortfalls before they affect end users.
Real-time, integrated dashboards of performance, capacity and configuration change events enable a proactive management approach and help ensure that SLAs are met.
Policy-based configuration management assures compliance across all aspects of the datacenter.

vCenter Operations Manager 5.6

Tuesday, February 19. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware vShield Edge Fundamentals

This free eLearning course demonstrates how to install VMware vShield Edge and how to configure vShield Edge to provide common gateway services such as DHCP, NAT, VPN, firewall and load balancing.

After completing the course, you should be able to:

Discuss the common deployments of vShield Edge
Install vShield Edge
Deploy vShield Edge using VLAN isolation
Deploy vShield Edge using Port Group Isolation
Configure vShield Edge services: DHCP, NAT, Web Load Balancer, firewall, and site-to-site VPN
Perform vShield Edge management tasks

The course consists of the following self-paced modules: vShield Edge Overview: Discusses the common deployments of vShield Edge, two different vShield Edge architectures, and the various services that vShield Edge has to offer. Installing and Configuring vShield Edge : Explains how to install vShield Edge, configure VLAN isolation, configure Port Group Isolation, and configure the various vShield Edge services.

VMware vShield Edge Fundamentals

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