Training

VMware Education Trainings.

There is a large choice of Official Vmware Training courses. There are trainings for every level of people: beginner, confirmed, advanced.

VMware vSphere – Install, configure, manage [v5]

To became VCP 5 you can have a look at the screenshot below, where you can see the different path to became VCP 5 on vSphere. This training is for people willing to get certified on VCP 5. Read More – >

You can have a look at the full course requirements on this page.

But what’s next? What would be the next step after getting the VCP 5? With many offerings for VMware Training you might be interested in a VMware vCloud Director Training available at the official VMware Education Website. This Training has got a lot to offer during 3 days of training. Not only vCloud director, but also other products. VMware vCenter™ Chargeback and VMware® vShield Edge.

To get the necessary knowledge, get tought by professionals on-line or at the nearest location, this training is one of the trainings which data-center admins and IT pros working with VMware infrastructures might be considering attending.

Students will learn the necessary design, the components, the configuration and integration with existing vSphere Infrastructure.

 

VMware vSphere – Troubleshooting – 4 days.

This lab-intensive course focuses on providing system administrators with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere™ virtual infrastructure. In this course, you will spend most of the time diagnosing and rectifying configuration problems created on VMware® ESX™/ESXi hosts and VMware vCenter™ Server systems. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. Read More >>

VMware certified Associate 4 Desktop  – VCA4-DT . The VCA4-DT is a new VMware certification which has been introduced for public only recently

 

VCP 510 – vSphere 5 -  a Trainsignal’s Training.

You will be one of the first ones to discover that this training which has got 36 lessons and which spans on 3 DVD’s with 16hours of video is the best training ever. Competitively priced at $397 provided with direct Online Access and 90 days Total experience guarantee.

Read More at Trainsignal’s Website here.

The Course Outline:

01. Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course
02. Lab Setup
03. Course Scenario
04. Overview of VMware vSphere 5
05. Installing VMware ESXi 5
06. Installing vCenter 5
07. Installing vCenter 5 as a Linux Appliance (vCSA)
08. Using the vSphere 5 WEb Client
09. What’s New in vSphere 5
10. Navigating vSphere Using the vSphere Client
11. vCenter 5 – Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure
12. Creating and Modifying Virtual Guest Machines
13. Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
14. Understanding and Using Tasks, Events and Alarms
15. Virtual Storage 101 and Storage Terminology
16. vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)
17. Creating a Free iSCSI SAN with OpenFiler
18. Administering VMware ESXi Server Security
19. vSphere Virtual Networking
20. Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch)
21. Moving Virtual Machines with vMotion
22. Moving Virtual Storage with svMotion
23. Performance Optimization with Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
24. Implementing High Availability with VMware HA (VMHA)
25. Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
26. Upgrading from VMware vSphere 4 to vSphere 5
27. vSphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Options
28. vSphere Auto Deploy
29. Storage DRS
30. Policy-Driven Storage
31. Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing
32. Network I/O Control (NIOC)
33. Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
34. ESXi Firewall
35. VMware Data Recovery (VDR)2
36. Administering vSphere Using an iPad

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Ultimate VMware VCAP4-DCA Training package from TrainSignal

Four Trainings in One Big Training Package – The best best value for the money.

There has been a new release and announcement from TrainSignal. They released an ultimate training package for people studying to pass a VMware VCAP – VMware Certifies Advanced Professional certification. This training includes four training courses in one big package (11 DVDs), so this is of course the best value for the money when bought like that.

By learning from vExperts and experience professionals which are VCAP or VCDX certified, the package transmits a lot of those experiences from daily administrating or deploying of VMware vSphere environments.

The contents of this VCAP4-DCA Training Package is just huge:

- VMware vSphere Security Design Training ( new !!!)
- VMware vSphere Performance Monitoring Training  (Read my review)
- VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training (Read my review)
- VMware vSphere PowerCLI Training (Read my review)

The amount of videos is quite huge. With every review I spent  more than a week, I would rather say 10 days, because at the same I was working in my lab, so pausing the videos and reviewing some parts of it were daily tasks.

The package is rather pricey if you think, but the value is definitely there. Beside that, you save some $391 by purchasing the whole package (11 DVDs) instead all the trainings individually.

This package is the biggest package ever released for VMware vSphere and I can only highly recommend.

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VMware View Administration Training:

This VMware View Administration Training from TrainSignal covers all the topics needed to study for the new VMware certification – VCA4-DT (VMware Certified Associate 4 – Desktop). The VCA4-DT is a new VMware certification which has been introduced for public only recently and Brian did passed this exam in the early beta stage.

Read my Review on this training here.

The lessons:

01. Getting Started with VMware View Administration Training
02. Lab Setup
03. The Course Scenario
04. View Components and Licensing
05. Installing View
06. Configuring Virtual Desktops.
07. Maintaining Desktop Pools
08. User Profiles and Data
09. View Local Mode
10. View Kiosk Mode
11. Printing
12. Creating Thinapp Packages
13. Deploying Thinapp
14. Monitoring View
15. Troubleshooting View
16. Preparing for the VMware VCA4-DT Certification Exam
17. Next Steps

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 vSphere Troubleshooting Training Available !

In this new vSphere Troubleshooting Training package just released from TrainSignal, there are 30 lessons oriented for the VCAP-DCA vSphere Exam.  You can use this training as a complement for  preparation for the VCP or VCAP exam. The course covers some parts of the VCAP-DCA blueprint which you can have a look at this page.

A quick quote from David:

In this course, you’ll learn how to troubleshoot the vSphere virtual network (standard and distributed switches), what log files to go to when errors occur, what to do when vCenter goes down, how to get an ESX or ESXi server back on the network, how to troubleshoot NFS and iSCSI SAN connectivity, and much more.

You’ll also learn for example Private VLANS (PVLANS) concepts and when to use them and many more…

Here is the Course Outline:

Video 1. Getting Started with VMware vSphere Troubleshooting Training Course.
Video 2. Lab Setup.
Video 3. Course Scenario.
Video 4. VCAP Overview and Troubleshooting Focus.
Video 5. Understanding Command Line Troubleshooting with vSphere.
Video 6. Installing and Using vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
Video 7. vCenter and ESX/ESXi Log Files.
Video 8. Viewing and Searching vSphere Log Files.
Video 9. Exporting vCenter and ESX/ESXi Log File Bundles.
Video 10.  Configuring vSphere Centralized Logging.
Video 11.   Troubleshooting CPU and Memory Performance.
Video 12.  Using vSphere Hot-Add to Dynamically Add CPU and RAM.
Video 13.  vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch Refresher.
Video 14.  Understanding Virtual Network Configuration Files.
Video 15.  Troubleshooting Virtual Networks from the CLI.
Video 16. vSphere Network Troubleshooting How-to.
Video 17.  Understanding and Using Private VLANs.
Video 18.  Understanding dvSwitch Port Bindings.
Video 19.  Using a Network Packet Analyzer on a Virtual Network
Video 20. vSphere Storage troubleshooting – Terms, Concepts and logs.
Video 21.  vSphere Storage Troubleshooting from the CLI
Video 22. Troubleshooting vSphere iSCSI Storage
Video 23. Troubleshooting vSphere NFS Storage.
Video 24.  Troubleshooting VMware vCenter.
Video 25.  Configuring and Troubleshooting the ESX Server Firewall.
Video 26.  Troubleshooting vMotion and svMotion.
Video 27.  Troubleshooting Distributed Ressource Scheduler (DRS).
Video 28.  Troubleshooting VMware High Availabilility (HA).
Video 29.  Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Power On Failures.
Video 30. vSphere Troubleshooting Quickstart.

As usually with TrainSignal, you’ll get all available formats to take the training on the road with you. High quality videos  (Avi, iPOD, M4V, VMW….)

Total length: 13hrs : 49mins : 16secs.

As you can see there is a lots of topics to learn from and this Training is one of the most advanced and technical trainings available now from TrainSignal. At the moment the training is available as an online purchase. See my article about the vSphere Troubleshooting Training here.

You can also read my Review on the course on this post here.

It’s a  Limited-Time Offer which is Only $599.00 $397.00. Order Now.

You can also see some demo videos.

All video training packages made by TrainSignal are high quality video training packages available for effective training. vSphere Training packages are one of the most successful today too.

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David Davis, a TrainSignal Instructor, VCP and vExpert has recently created new vSphere Training course which is not for sale. It’s a gift for anyone who buys any of the vSphere training courses which are listed below.

There is a New Bonus package available for purchase with each of the three packages below:

The new Bonus training is called Best of vSphere 4.1 training and it will give you an overview of the new features of vSphere 4.1 and also along hands-on lab tutorials.

But the only way to get this training course is to buy any of the vSphere Trainings available today on TrainSignal.

The training will teach you how to use storage and network I/O control in vSphere 4.1, how to configure vSphere 4.1 VM to host DRS affinity rules and more… It is 2 hour, 17 video training course on how to use the new features of vSphere 4.1.

See all topics:

Introduction – Best of vSphere 4.1 for Training Course
Video 1 – Overview of vSphere 4.1 New Features
Video 2 – New vSphere 4.1 Windows Active Directory Authentication
Video 3 – Using Storage and Network I/O Control in vSphere 4.1
Video 4 – Importing Hyper-V VMs with vSphere 4.1
Video 5 – Configuring vSphere 4.1 VM to Host DRS Affinity Rules
Video 6 – Understanding Memory Compression in vSphere 4.1
Video 7 – Power Consumption Graphing and Control in vSphere 4.1
Video 8 – New vSphere 4.1 ESXi Tech Support Mode
Video 9 – vSphere 4.1 ESXi Lockdown Mode
Video 10 – Configuring vMA as a Log Collector for ESXi Servers.
Bonus – vChat where vExperts David Davis and Simon Seagrave discuss the new features of vSphere 4.1

New: Online videos Adde in this Bonus Course !

New - Power Consumption Graphig and Control in vSphere 4.1.
New – vSphere ESXi Tech Support Mode.
New – vSphere Lockdown Mode.
New – Configuring vMa as a Log Collector for ESXi Servers.
New – Upgrading to vSphere 4.1 Overview.
New – Upgrading to vCenter Update Manager (VUM) 4.1.
New – Using vCenter Update Manager (VUM) to Upgrade ESX and ESXi to 4.1.

There are 4 possibilities right now for you to get this Bonus training:

Package 1 – vSphere Training Package (All 3 vSphere courses are inside):

Package 2 – vSphere Training

You can read my first look on the first vSphere training in my article here…

Package 3 – vSphere Pro Vol. 1

You can read my review about this training in my article here…

Package 3 – vSphere Pro Vol. 2

You can read my review on the vSphere Pro Vol 2 in this article….

In this Training package – vSphere Pro Vol. 2 you’ll learn about:

- VMDirectPath
- Paravirtual SCSI Adapters
- Virtual Machine Communication Interface ( VMCI)
- Fault Tolerance (requirements, limitations and Best practices)
- Thin Provisioning (tips and best practices)
- vMotion and Storage vMotion ( how to, when use, best practices, EVC)
- DPM (Distributed Power Management – Green Compuging – tips and best practices)
- Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling ( how-to use, best practices)
- VMFS volume grow and Hot Extend (when, how, best tips)
-  Disaster Recovery plans with SRM – Site recovery Manager. (install, configuration, custom recovery plans, administration, failover and failback)
- Third party Virtualization tools
- Third party virtualization tools  (Veeam Monitor, Veeam Reporter, Veeam Backup and Replication, configuration, how-to backup, restore)
- VMware PowerCLI (reports with PowerCLI)
- Performance with PowerCLI
- Diagnostics with PowerCLI

See more about this training at TrainSignal