NET 294 - Intro to Virtualization Tech

1. Evaluate Virtualization, Examining Importance of Virtual Technologies
   1. Demonstrate the roles in virtualization product suite
   2. Identify interaction and dependencies between virtualization product suite
   3. Differentiate virtualization products
2.  Explain Virtualization Architecture, Planning Deployment, Performing Post-Installation Configurations
   1. Examine Virtualization Component
   2. Categorize Virtualization Compatibility requirements
   3. Design Virtualization Deployment
   4. Manage post-installation configurations
   5. Manage the Virtualization host client
3. Evaluate Installation of Virtualization Servers, components, Managing Server Inventory, Server Management Features, Web Client Administration
   1. Identify components and role of Virtualization Server and platform services controller
   2. Design a Virtualization server deployment
   3. Install and configure the platform services server and visualization server
   4. Manage Virtual web client’s system configuration to monitor server nodes and export log bundles from virtual servers
   5. Manage Virtual server appliance management console for monitoring service status
4. Explain steps to Update Virtualization Manager, Server Appliances, Performing Orchestrated Upgrades, Auto Deployment and Utilizing Support Tools
   1. Demonstrate Virtual update manager plug-in within virtual web client
   2. Determine which virtual host and VMs need patched or upgraded
   3. Upgrade VM hardware and Virtualization tools
   4. Evaluate how to Administer patches to Virtualization hosts, Upgrade hosts and coordinate large-scale datacenter upgrades
   5. Administer Virtualization auto deploy and virtual application Image Builder services
   6. Plan to Import and create software depot
   7. Configure Image profile and map it to Virtual application auto deploy deployment rule
   8. Configure hosts for centralized logging
5. Explain Implementing Virtualization Network, Standard Switches, Distributed Switches and Virtual Switch Security
   1. Compare the components of Virtual networking
   2. Implement Virtual switches and Virtual distributed switches
   3. Implement and Manage NIC teaming, VLANs and private VLANs
   4. Configure Virtual switch security polices
6. Examine Storage Design, Storage fundamentals and Implementation
   1. Describe the fundamentals of shared storage
   2. Identify different Virtual storage option
   3. Configure storage at the Virtual layer
   4. Configure storage at the VM layer
   5. Implement best practices for shared storage with Virtual environment
7. Incorporate Implementation of Virtualization, High Availability and Fault Tolerance
   1. Incorporate the implementation of Virtualization Host, Servers and Virtual Machines
   2. Create Virtual Machines, Installing Operating Systems, Installing Virtualization Tools, Managing and Modifying Virtual Machines
   3. Clone Virtual Machines, Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines, Importing Virtual Machines