1. Open-E Single Storage Design
iSCSI SAN Configuration
1 - Create Volume Group.
2 - Create iSCSI Logical Volume.
3 - Create Target.
4 - Attach LUN to the Target.
5 - Format & Access LUNS From ESXi.
NAS Configuration
1 - Create Volume Group.
2 - Create NAS Logical Volume.
3 - Create NAS Share.
4 - Access NAS Share From ESXi.
iSCSI SAN Multipathing
1 - Create Volume Group.
2 - Create iSCSI Logical Volume.
3 - Create Target.
4 - Attach LUN to the Target.
5 - Configure Multiple vmKernel
Interface & NIC Teaming Policy
6 - Configure iSCSI Adapter with
Multiple iSCSI Target IP
7 - Format & Access LUNS & Define
DataStore Multipath Settings.
1. Power CLI, Power GUI.
2. vMA ( vSphere Mgmt Assistance )
3. Vmware Update Manager (VUM)
4. Patching Through VUM,
5. Configure UMDS Server.
6. vSphere Central Log Server.
7. Management Tools :
FastSCP, VMware Guest Console. vDiskInformer,
Boomerang, Cloud Cleaner, ESX Plot, Inventory
Snapshot, XVP Manager. RVTools, vAlarm.
“Design, Implement & Protect VMware Datacenter” Part-1
"A Comprehensive Training for IT Administrators"
Course Overview : This Course Provides an In Depth Practical Knowledge On VMware Data Center Implementation.
This Course Focuses on 5 Key Points, High Availability, Storage, Security, Backup & Monitoring. These are The 5 Building
Blocks Of Any Datacenter Implementations. Potential Knowledge Level on These Skills are Required At Every Step of the
Management. This Course Provides a Great Details on These Topics. VMware Provides a Dense VM Environment & Higher
ROI. Properly Managing VMware Environment Means Great Success in Business. I have Selected This Course Areas From
My Years Of Practical Experience on VMware & 3rd Party Related Products. After Completing The Course You Will Get
Enough Confidence To Successfully Handle Medium To Large VMware Datacenter Environment.
1. ESXi Setup Recommendation.
2. ESXi-Setup, Basic Configuration.
3. DCUI Console Access. Tech Support Mode
4. System Internals
1. Partitions Layout.
2. File Structure
3. Datastore Management
4. Log File Management
5. ESXi OS Daily maintenance Issue & Practice.
6. Customizing ESXi Settings.
7. ESXi Recommendation & Best Practices.
8. ESXi Recovery.
7. ESXi tools.
8. Connect With vSphere Client, Interface Details.
9. Work With VMware Converter.
10. Setup & Work With Ovftool.
11. Command Line Operations.
Module-1 : ESXi-5 OS Internals.
Deployment :
1. vCenter Deployment Scenarios.
2. vCenter Server Deployment Guideline, Best Practice.
3. vCenter Appliance, Deployment Guideline, Best Practice.
4. vCenter Backup, Restore vCenter From Backup.
5. vCenter Components.
Managing Infrastructure through vCenter :
6. Organizing Inventory, License Mgmt & Reporting.
7. Template, Clones, Deploy From OVF, vApp,
8. VM Management, System Log Files, Tasks & Alerts.
9. Events, VM Migration, vCenter Plugin Management.
10. vCenter Maps, Backup & Restore Procedure
11. Creating ESXi Host Profile, Check Compliance & Apply.
vSphere Web Client :
11. Setup & Prepare vSphere Web Client
12. Create & Configure Virtual machines.
Module-2 : vCenter Setup, Deployment, HA
1. Introducing vSphere Netwoking Componenets.
2. vSphere Standard Switch
3. vSphere Distributed Switch
4. Managing Network Resource
5. Network Policy
6. Advanced Networking
7. Practical Design with 6 Nic/Esxi Host.
8. Recommendations of vNetwork Design.
9. Best practice of vNetwork Design.
10. Design a Details Datacenter vNetwork Layout.
Module-3 : vSphere Networking
1. Describing SAN, NAS, JBOD.
2. Disk Platter, Spindle, Block, Sector, Cache.
3. IDE, SATA, SAS, SCSI Controllers.
4. Software RAID, Hardware RAID, Array, Hot Spare.
5. Describing RAID Levels, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10.
6. Clustered/Non Clustered, File System, FS Block Size.
7. VMFS, OCFS2, GPFS, NFS, iSCSI File Systems.
8. iSCSI Initiator, Target, IQN, LUN.
9. SAN Multipathing, LUN Masking.
10. Introducing Software Storage Systems FreeNAS.
11. OpenFiler, StarWind, NexentaStore, Open-E DSS.
Module-4 : Storage System Internals
1. Describing Our Storage Environment.
2. Design HA SAN Storage With Open-E DSS.
3. See the Detail Open-E Course Layout.
Module-5 : Open-E SAN Storage Details Course.
SAN Storage Design With Open-E DSS-7
Open-E Redundant Storage Design
Active-Passive Storage Cluster With MPIO
1 - Setup iSCSI Logical Volumes.
2 - Setup Volume Replication.
3 - Configure Failover Cluster.
4 - Define ESXi MultiPathing (MPIO).
5 - Auto Failover Testing With ESXi.
Active-Active Storage Cluster With MPIO
1 - Setup iSCSI Logical Volumes.
2 - Setup Volume Replication.
3 - Configure Failover Cluster.
4 - Define ESXi Multipathing (MPIO)
5 - Auto Failover Testing With ESXi
Active-Active Storage Cluster With MPIO +
Bonding
1 - Bonded Interfaces For MPIO + Volume
replication
2 - Setup iSCSI Logical Volumes.
3 - Setup Volume Replication.
4 - Configure Failover Cluster.
5 - Define ESXi Multipathing (MPIO).
6 - Auto Failover Testing With ESXi.
NAS High Availability & Replication.
1.Create NAS WORM Volume.
2.Configure Active-Passive NAS Replication
3.Configure Active-Active NAS Replication.
Disaster Recovery & Troubleshooting
1 - Access Remote Console.
2 - Enable Rescue Mode.
3 - LVM File System Repair.
4 - NIC & RAID Performance Testing.
5 - Disaster Recovery Best Practice.
Miscellaneous Task :
1 - Expanding iSCSI Volumes.
2 - iSCSI Volume Snapshots.
3 - Data Replication.
4 - Performance Testing.
1. Configure ESXi Datastore From SAN Storage.
2. iSCSI SAN Best Practice For VMware Environment.
3. RDM, Datastore, Storage I/O Control (SIOC) VAAI.
4. Storage Profile, Expanding Storage.
5. Storage Performance Best Practices.
Module-6 : vSphere Storage Management.
1. Infrastructure Monitoring & Capacity Planning Issues.
2. Monitoring CPU, Memory, Storage, Network.
3. Monitoring Important Performance Metrics.
4. Install & Configure VKernel Operation Suite (vOPS).
5. Configure The Virtual Appliance, Add vCenter, Esxi.
6. Work With Performance Analyzer :
• Real Time Alarms,
• Trend Alarms
• Hypervisor Alarms
• Datastore Performance
• Performance vScope
7. Work With Capacity Manager :
• Availability
• Current Bottlenecks
• Future Bottlenecks
• Predictive Alarms
• Capacity vScope
8. Work With Optimizer :
• Rightsizer
• Wastefinder
• Efficiency vScope
9. Work With Change Analyzer :
• Change Summary
• Infrastructure History
• VM Comparison
• Change Assessment
• Automation History
• Change and Comparison Alarms
• Object & Permissions
10. Reporting and Chargeback :
• Summary Reports
• Inventory
• Chargeback
• Cost Index vScope.
Module-12 : Datacenter Monitoring.
1. Providing Multi-Tenant Edge Security.
2. Introducing 3rd Party Appliance.
3. PfSense Firewall Appliance Details.
Module-10 : 3rd Party Edge Security Appliance
Module-11 : Datacenter Management.
1. Access & Authentication Control.
2. Create HA/DRS Cluster, Admission Control.
3. HA/DRS Best Practices.
4. FT Details & Best Practices.
5. Distributed Power Management.
6. Resource Allocations, Share, Reservation, Limit.
7. Administering Resources CPU, Memory.
8. Storage I/O, Resource Pool.
9. Creating Data Store Cluster.
10. Manage Storage Resources.
Module-8 : vSphere HA/DRS Management.
This Course is Not a Certificate Course. This Course Provides
Hand-To-Hand Training For Advanced Professionals Who Needs
Practical Knowledge For Implementing VMware Datacenter.
1. ESXi-1 : Intel Xeon Server, 16 GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 5 Gigabit Lan.
2. ESXi-2 : Intel Quad Core CPU, 16 GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 5 Gigabit Lan.
3. ESXi-3 : AMD Phenom x4 Quad Core CPU, 16 GB RAM, 1.5 TB HDD, 5 Gigabit Lan.
4. Open-E Storage : DeLL PowerEdge SC1420, SCSI RAID 0,1,10. + 128 GB SSD.
5.TP-Link Jet Stream, 16 Port Gigabit Managed L2 Managed Switch.
Physical Lab : 7. D-Link 24 Port 100M L2 Managed Switch.
8. Intel Pro 1000 MT Dualport Gigabit LAN Card.
9. Silicom PX4GBPI Quad Port Gigabit LAN Card.
10. HP NC7770 + D-Link ( DGE-550T ) Gigabit Lan.
Hosted Servers :
Redundent DNS Server, Enterprise Class Distributed Postfix Server,
Zimbra Server, Exchange Server, Nagios, Ntop, Cacti. & Various Virtual Appliances.
Contact
M.M.Rahman Munna
VCP5, RHCE, MCITP, CCNA, MCSE
Email : munnavai@gmail.com
Mobile : +8801912064483
1. Describe VMware Backup Virtual Appliance VDR.
2. Import VDR Appliance & Install Client Plugins.
3. Configure VMware Data Recovery, Email, Log Settings.
3. Add iSCSI Volume & NAS Share as Backup Storage.
4. Perform Backup, Schedule a Backup, Report.
5. Restore VM From Backup, FLR, VDR Best Practices.
Module-9 : Virtual Appliance For Backup.
1. Install & Configure StorMagic VSA.
2. Add Virtual Disk, Create LUN, Add to Storage Pool.
3. Create & Configure StorMagic Mirrored Data Store.
4. Create StorMagic Failover Solution.
Module-7 : Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA)
PfSense Firewall Appliance
1. Explain The Firewall Scenario.
1. PfSense Installation.
2. Basic Configuration.
3. Configure NAT.
4. DHCP Server.
5. Apply Firewall Rule Set.
6. Configure VMnetwork, Gateways.
7. Implement/Practice & Monitor.
Class-1 → Module-1
Total Classes And Modules.
Class-2 → Module-2
Class-3 → Module-3
Class-4 → Module-4
Class-5 → Module-5
Class-6 → Module-5
Class-7 → Module-5
Class-8 → Module-6
Class-9 → Module-7
Class-10 → Module-8
Class-11 → Module-9
Class-12 → Module-10
Class-13 → Module-11
Class-14 → Module-12