20409 Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V® and System Center

20409 Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V® and System Center

Students will learn the skills you need to deploy and manage a Microsoft Server Virtualization infrastructure in an enterprise environment.

PREREQUISITES
Before attending this course, students must have:
• An understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts
• An understanding of different storage technologies and concepts
• The ability to work in a team/virtual team
• An understanding of Windows PowerShell
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TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies. The secondary audience for this course includes IT decision makers who will determine which virtualization product to implement in their data centers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, students will be able to:
•Evaluate an organization’s virtualization requirements and plan for server virtualization.
•Install and configure the Hyper-V server role.
•Create virtual machines, create and manage virtual hard disks and work with snapshots.
•Create and configure virtual machine networks in a Hyper-V environment.
•Implement virtual machine movement and Hyper-V Replica.
•Provide high availability for Hyper-V environment by implementing failover clustering.
•Manage virtual environment by using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager.
•Manage networking and storage infrastructure in Virtual Machine Manager.
•Configure and manage Virtual Machine Manager library and library objects.
•Create and manage virtual machines by using Virtual Machine Manager.
•Create and manage clouds by using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager.
•Create and manage services in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager.
•Protect virtualization infrastructure by using Windows Server Backup and Data Protection Manager.

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COURSE OUTLINE
1 - EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUALIZATION
Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components
Evaluating Current Environment for Virtualization
Extending Virtualization to the Cloud
Lab : Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

2 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING THE HYPER-V SERVER ROLE
Installing the Hyper-V Server Role
Managing Hyper-V
Configuring Hyper-V Settings
Hyper-V Host Storage and Networking
Lab : Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

3 - CREATING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL HARD DISKS, VIRTUAL MACHINES, AND CHECKPOINTS
Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks
Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
Installing and Importing Virtual Machines
Managing Virtual Machine Checkpoints
Monitoring Hyper-V
Designing and Managing Virtual Machines
Lab : Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines
Lab : Creating and Managing Checkpoints, and Monitoring Hyper-V

4 - CREATING AND CONFIGURING VIRTUAL MACHINE NETWORKS
Creating and Using Hyper-V Virtual Switches
Advanced Hyper-V Networking Features
Configuring and Using Hyper-V Network Virtualization
Lab : Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks

5 - VIRTUAL MACHINE MOVEMENT AND HYPER-V REPLICA
Providing High Availability and Redundancy for Virtualization
Implementing Virtual Machine Movement
Implementing and Managing Hyper-V Replica
Lab : Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica

6 - IMPLEMENTING FAILOVER CLUSTERING WITH HYPER-V
Overview of Failover Clustering
Configuring and Using Shared Storage
Implementing and Managing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
Lab : Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V

7 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
Integrating System Center and Server Virtualization
Overview of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
Installing System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
Adding Hosts and Managing Host Groups
Lab : Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

8 - MANAGING THE NETWORKING AND STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
Managing Networking Infrastructure
Managing Storage Infrastructure
Managing Infrastructure Updates
Lab : Managing the Networking and Storage Infrastructure in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

9 - CREATING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINES BY USING MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
Virtual Machine Management Tasks in VMM
Creating, Cloning, and Converting Virtual Machines
Overview of Virtual Machine Updating
Lab : Creating and Managing Virtual Machines by Using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

10 - CONFIGURING AND MANAGING THE SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE
Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library
Working With Profiles and Templates
Lab : Configuring and Managing the System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 Library and Library Objects

11 - MANAGING CLOUDS IN SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
Introduction to Clouds
Creating and Managing a Cloud
Working With User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager
Lab : Working With User Roles in Virtual Machine Manager

12 - MANAGING SERVICES IN SYSTEM CENTER 2012 R2 VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER AND APP CONTROLLER
Understanding Services in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
Creating and Managing Services in VMM
Using System Center 2012 R2 App Controller
Lab : Managing Services in System Center 2012 R2 VMM and App Controller

13 - PROTECTING AND MONITORING VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Overview of Backup and Restore Options for Virtual Machines
Protecting Virtualization Infrastructure by Using Data Protection Manager
Using System Center Operations Manager for Monitoring and Reporting
Integrating Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager
Lab : Monitoring and Reporting Virtualization Infrastructure