This course is in preparation for the VMware® vSphere® 5.5 certification exam. Virtualization has taken the industry by storm, and those that posses skills in this area have many job prospects paying in excess of 80k per year. Students will learn installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere, as well as learn how to configure a scalable virtual infrastructure. Some of the topics covered in this course include Fault Tolerance, vSphere Management Assistant, Storage vMotion, and DPM.

Module 1 VM And VMWARE
1.1 Introduction
1.2 VMWARE Foundations-Part1
1.3 VMWARE Foundations-Part2
1.4 VMWARE Company Overview
1.5 Server Virtualization
1.6 Thin Clients
1.7 Storage 101
1.8 Three Basic Forms Of Storage
1.9 Redundant Array

Module 2: Working With ESX And ESXI
2.1 VMWARE ESX And ESXI
2.2 Installing ESXI
2.3 Installing ESXI- Lab1
2.4 Installing ESXI- Lab2
2.5 Vsphere Client- Lab1
2.6 Joining Active Directory Domain For Single Sign On- Part1
2.7 Joining Active Directory Domain For Single Sign On- Part2
2.8 Virtual Networking
2.9 Nic Notes
2.10 Virtual Network Basics- Lab
2.11 NFS
2.12 NFS- Lab

Module 3: Configuring Virtual Machines
3.1 Virtual Machines
3.2 Host Operating System
3.3 Working With VM Files
3.4 Virtual Machines Lab1
3.5 Virtual Machines Lab2
3.6 Working With New VM’s
3.7 Virtual Machines Lab3
3.8 Virtual Machines Lab4

Module 4: Vcenter Server
4.1 Say Hello To Vcenter
4.2 Vcenter Architecture
4.3 Vcenter Architecture- Lab1
4.4 Vcenter Architecture- Lab2
4.5 Manging Host With Vcenter- Lab
4.6 Working With Virtual Hardware- Part1
4.7 Working With Virtual Hardware- Part2
4.8 Adding Virtual Disk And Disk Expansion- Lab1
4.9 Adding Virtual Disk And Disk Expansion- Lab2
4.10 Configuring Vcenter SSO-Lab1

Module 5: VM Storage Option
5.1 Shared And Local Storage
5.2 NAS
5.3 DC Designs
5.4 Configuring Shared Storage-Lab
5.5 Creating VMFS Datastores On Our SANS- Lab1
5.6 Creating VMFS Datastores On Our SANS- Lab2

Module 6: Managing A Virtual World
6.1 Alarms
6.2 Creating And Configuring Alarms- Lab1
6.3 Creating And Configuring Alarms- Lab2
6.4 Resource Pools
6.5 Creating Resource Pools- Lab1
6.6 Creating Resource Pools- Lab2
6.7 VMWARE Converter- Lab1
6.8 Configuring VMWARE Converter- Lab1
6.9 Configuring VMWARE Converter- Lab2
6.10 Configuring VMWARE Converter- Lab3

Module 7: Migrations, High Availability, And VM Utilities
7.1 Migrating Virtual Machines
7.2 DRS And Ha-Lab
7.3 Host Profiles
7.4 VM Utilities And Performance
7.5 Outro