VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V4x]
- Vendor:
- VMware
- Course:
- 3169
- Start Date:
- Monday, May 7, 2012
- Length:
- 4 Days
- Location:
- Expired Class Date
- Tuition:
- $3,295
- Expired:
- This class has expired. Current Class
May
7
Expired Class Date
Course Description
This advanced, lab-intensive VMware-authorized course focuses on providing system administrators with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully troubleshoot the VMware® vSphere™ virtual infrastructure. In this course, which meets the training requirement for VMware certification, you will spend most of the time diagnosing and rectifying configuration problems created on VMware ESX™/ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter™ Server systems. You will take home a VMware Troubleshooting Reference Guide.
This course includes:
- 30 hands-on labs
- VMware Troubleshooting Reference Guide
- What''s New in VMware vSphere 4.1 e-Learning
Skills Gained
- Use the VMware vSphere Client and service console commands to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on ESX
- Use the vSphere Client and the VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) appliance to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on ESX and ESXi hosts
- Use ESXi technical support mode to diagnose and rectify problems on ESXi
- Create and use a network sniffer to capture and display virtual switch network traffic
- Use the vSphere Client and command-line tools to troubleshoot VMware VMotion™, VMware Storage VMotion, VMware High Availability, and VMware Distributed Resource
Who Can Benefit
System administrators, systems engineers, and help desk personnel who need the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform advanced troubleshooting of their vSphere deployments
Prerequisites
One of the following:
- Completion of:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.1]
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4]
- VMware vSphere: Manage Availability [V4]
- VMware vSphere: Manage Scalability [V4]
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4]
- Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server
Syllabus
1. ESXi Command-Line Troubleshooting Methods
- Install and use the vMA appliance
- Learn common VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface commands and syntax
- Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access
2. ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server Log Files
- View ESX, ESXi, and vCenter Server log files
- Configure a centralized ESX/ESXi log host
3. Network Troubleshooting
- Identify and configure vNetwork components
- Configure and use a network traffic sniffer
4. Management Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot vSphere management components
5. Storage Troubleshooting
- View, configure, and diagnose storage access problems
- Configure iSCSI authentication and digests
6. VMotion Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot VMotion and Storage VMotion errors
7. VMware HA Cluster Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot errors with slot calculations, admission control, and host monitoring
8. DRS Cluster Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot errors with shares, pools, and limits
9. Virtual Machine Troubleshooting
- Review power-on requirements
- Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on failures
10. Graduation Lab
- Complete a final multi-hour, multi-problem troubleshooting exercise
