This document provides an overview of various topics related to designing, implementing, and protecting a VMware datacenter. It covers ESXi configuration, vCenter deployment, vSphere networking, storage systems, security, backup, monitoring, and other management tools. Specific sections describe Open-E storage configuration, vShield products, Backup Exec, Veeam, Trend Micro Deep Security, HyTrust, and StorMagic. The document is intended to provide hands-on training to help professionals implement and manage VMware environments.

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”
"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.
vShield Manager
1. Deploy vShield Manager OVA
2. Register With vCenter, Set Date and Time
4. Tech Support Log, Audit Logs., System Event
5. Display Resource Utilization, SSL Certificate
7. Manage Internal Users
vShield Zone/App
1. Install vShield App Firewall.
2. Add Management Port Group
3. Creating Firewall Rules at Different Level.
4. Flow Monitoring Charts, Reports.
vShield Edge
1. Deployment Scenario.
2. vShield Edge Architecture.
3. Deploy vShield Edge with Vlan Isolation.
4. DHCP, NAT, SIte-To-Site VPN.
4. Design Web Load Balancer.
5. Add Static Routing.
6. vAPP vs vShield Edge Firewall.
7. vShield Edge Management Task.
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. Create Site-To-Site IPSec VPN.
7. Configure VMnetwork, Gateways.
8. Implement/Practice & Monitor.
Tenant - B ConfigurationTenant - A Configuration
Untangle Firewall Appliance
1. Explain The Firewall Scenario.
1. Untangle Installation.
2. Basic Configuration.
3. Configure NAT.
4. DHCP Server.
5. Apply Firewall Rule Set.
6. Create Site-To-Site IPSec VPN.
7. Configure VMnetwork, Gateways.
8. Implement/Practice & Monitor.
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.
vShield Endpoint
1. Endpoint Architecture. Deployment Scenario.
2. Describe How Endpoint Ties 3rd Party Products.
3. Install vShield Endpoint to ESXi Hosts.
1. Installation Of Backup Exec 2012
2. Browsing Specific Sections & Interface.
3. Define Backup Storage/Media Servers.
-Adding Local Disk.
-Adding SAN Storage through iSCSI Target.
-Adding Share to access NAS.
4. Backing up Systems :
Protect Entire Server : Single Backup.
Backup Individual File/Folder, Applications Data.
Restore System, File/Folder, Application From Backup.
Restore System, Files/Folder From Virtual Machine.
5. Virtual Machine Backup
-Adding vCenter Server To Backup Exec. Exec.
-Adding Individual ESXi & VM's To Backup Exec.
6. Backup Job, Converting to VM, Importing VM to ESXi.
7. Restore Files, Volume, VM to ESXi.
8. Physical to Virtual Conversion and Restore To ESXi.
9. Storage Deduplication.
10. Backup Exec Replication.
11. P2V, V2V Conversion.
12 .Creating Backup Report to Management.
1. vSphere Security Details.
2. VMware Solutions.
3. vSheild Manager.
4. vSheild Zone/App.
5. vSheild Edge.
6. vSheild Endpoint.
Module-9 : vSphere Security
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-13 : Datacenter Monitoring.
1. Describe Trend Micro Deep Security Scenario.
2. Install Deep Security Manager (DSM)
3. Install T.Micro Deep Security VM To ESXi.
4. System Settings, Scheduled Task, User, Role, SIEM.
5. Setup Anti Malware, IPS, Firewall, Log Inspection.
5. Recommendation Scans, Activity Monitoring.
5. Monitoring System, Firewall, Malware & IPS Events.
6. System Scan For Malware Detection, Open Ports.
7. Apply Rule For Firewall, IPS & Integrity Monitoring.
8. Deep Security Notifier & Alert. Creating Reports.
9. Configure Auto Updates From Trend Micro.
Module-11 : Trend Micro Deep Security
1. Providing Multi-Tenant Edge Security.
2. Introducing 3rd Party Appliance.
3. Untangle Firewall Appliance Details.
4. PfSense Firewall Appliance Details.
Module-10 : 3rd Party Edge Security Appliance
1. Hytrust Deployment Scenario.
1. Import Hytrust OVF to ESXi-5
2. Setup Hytrust & Apply Network Settings.
3. Verify Network Settings From Web GUI.
4. Setup Domain Controller, Create Users, Groups.
5. Integrating the Appliance with Active Directory.
3. Managing Hosts.
1. Add vCenter, ESXi, Setup SSH Password & Published IP.
2. Prepare Each ESXi-5 For SSH Password & Published IP.
3. Register Hytrust vCenter Plugin.
4. Harden ESXi-5 Hypervisor.
1. Assign a Security Template to ESXi & Assess.
2. Run an Assessment Scan & Observe the Results.
3. Run a Full & Individual Remediation Process.
4. Run Assessment, with Different Security Template.
5. Create a New Template, Copy & Customize.
6. Schedule Event For An Automated Assessment.
5. Apply Access Policy.
1. View Policy Resources.
2. Create Role.
3. Create Rule.
4. Create Rule Set.
5. Apply Policy To Resources.
6. Logging
7. Appliance Maintenance.
Module-12 : Mgmt Security & Compliance
Module-14 : 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.
1. Describe Distributed Backup Scenario.
2. Explain Backup Proxies, Storage Repository Network.
3. Installation Of Veeam Backup & Replication v6.
1. Backup & Replication Preparation
1. Prepare Storage System For Storage Repository.
2. Create Production & DR Site Backup Repository.
3. Design Network For HQ & DR Site Proxy Deployment.
2. Backup & Restore.
1. Add ESXi, Cluster, vCenter to Veeam Backup.
2. Create a Backup Job.
3. Perform Image Level backup.
4. SAN Access/Virtual Appliance/Network Mode.
5. Retention Policy.
6. De-Duplication & Compression.
7. Recovery Verification Through SureBackup Technology.
8. Instant VM Restore.
9. File Level Restore.
10. Universal Application Item Restore (U-AIR)
3. Backup & Replication.
1. Onsite Replication Between Two Repository.
2. Onsite Replication Design, Best Practice.
3. Offsite Replication Between Two Repository.
4. Offsite Replication Design, Best Practice.
5. Replication Settings, Bandwidth Throttling.
6. Conclusion
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 : 6. D-Link 24 Port 100M L2 Managed Switch.
7. Intel Pro 1000 MT Dualport Gigabit LAN Card.
8. Silicom PX4GBPI Quad Port Gigabit LAN Card.
9. 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.
VMware Virtual Appliance For Backup.
Backup Mid-Range Datacenter
Enterprise Backup & Multi Site Replication.
Design, Implement & Deploy, Backup Network, Repository & Replication.
1
2
3
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)