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VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance

Duration of course: 3 days
Price CHF:	3'225.00
Price EUR:	2'677.00

Course dates:
This course is carried out upon request. The course dates, the type of course (e.g. workshop) and the location are arranged to suit your requirements. Please contact us for more information!

Subject/Goal:

At the end of the course you should have the following skills:

Ability to explain the influence of various monitoring modes on performance

Performance monitoring of ESX/ESXi hosts with vSphere tools

Elimination of CPU, memory, network and storage performance problems on an ESX/ESXi host

Explanation of the implementation of an ideal configuration for virtual machines

Explanation of guidelines for monitoring application performance

Audience:

System administrators, system technicians and consultants who are responsible for performance management for a vSphere installation.

Content of course:

Module 1: Course introduction

Module 2: Performance in a virtualised environment

- Explanation of methods for eliminating vSphere performance problems

- Performance monitoring with vCenter Server performance graphs and the “resxtop” command with ESX/ESXi

Module 3: Monitoring virtual machines

- Explanation of virtualisation techniques with soft- and hardware and their influence on performance

Module 4: CPU performance

- Explanation of CPU schedulers, NUMA and CPU cache contention

- Monitoring important CPU performance values

- Elimination of common problems with CPU performance

Module 5: Memory performance

- Explanation of techniques for recycling memory and memory overload

- Monitoring important memory performance values

- Elimination of common problems with memory performance

Module 6: Network performance

- Explanation of performance functions of modern network cards

- Monitoring important network performance values

- Elimination of common problems with network performance

Module 7: Storage performance

- Explanation of the influence which storage protocols, VMFS configuration, load balancing and queues have on performance

- Monitoring important storage performance values

- Elimination of common problems with storage performance

Module 8: Performance of virtual machines

- Explanation of guidelines for configuring a virtual machine for optimum performance

Module 9: Application performance

- Explanation of which applications can be virtualised

- Explanation of to what extent VMware vCenter AppCenter manages application performance

Requirements:

This is an advanced course. The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to qualify for participation:

Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course

Completion of the VMware vSphere Fast Track course

Completion of the VMware vSphere: What´s New course

Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter servers

Duration of course:

3 days

Additional information:

Kurssprache:
Die Kurssprache ist standardmässig deutsch. In Abstimmung mit den Kursteilnehmern kann der Kurs auch englisch erfolgen (z.B. für firmeninterne Kurse).

Kursdokumentation:
Eine ausführliche Dokumentation (Original VMware Unterlagen) in englischer Sprache wird den Teilnehmern abgegeben.

Dieser Kurs wird in Zusammenarbeit mit der Firma Magirus (www.magirus.ch) durchgeführt.