VMware vSphere: Advanced Fast Track (VAFT)

System architects, system administrators, IT managers, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing VMware Infrastructure architectures.

Completion of one of the following courses:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: What’s New

Or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server

This fast-paced, extended-hour, lab-intensive course includes the content of the VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance and VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting courses. This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and meet performance goals in a deployed VMware vSphere™ installation. This course also provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the vSphere virtual infrastructure.

This course includes a prepaid voucher for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Datacenter Administrator examination.

Module 1: Introducing vSphere 4 Highlights vSphere 4 enhancements by component and reviews upgrade tools and strategies. Module 2: Infrastructure Administration Presents new features that support better infrastructure monitoring and reduce the time it takes to provision ESX/ESXi hosts and virtual machines. Module 3: Networking Discusses networking enhancements that simplify configuration, extend support, and improve performance. Module 4: Storage Introduces new storage features that reduce storage costs, streamline management, and optimize performance. Module 5: Resource Management Reviews VMware VMotion™ compatibility enhancements, new VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler monitoring and management tools, and extended VMware DPM support. Module 6: Business Continuity Presents VMware High Availability enhancements and introduces VMware Fault Tolerance and vStorage APIs for data recovery.