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VMware vSphere 5: Installing

By David Davis and Elias Khnaser
Part 1 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers installing VMware vSphere 5.
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(281)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 29, 2011
Duration
4h 5m
Table of contents
Getting Started with VMware vSphere 5 Training Course
About the Course 5m What is VMware vSphere? 1m What We Cover in the Course 3m
Lab Setup
Why Build a Lab? 1m Two Ways to Build a Virtualization Lab 1m Limitations to a Virtual Lab 2m Importance of Shared Storage 1m Running vSphere in Workstation 1m vSphere 5 Lab Setups 3m
Course Scenario
Course Scenario 1m
Overview of VMware vSphere 5
vSphere 5 Overview 5m vSphere 5 Components 5m Packaging and Versions 5m Cloud Computing 3m Ecosystem 2m What We Covered 1m
Installing VMware ESXi 5
ESXi Installation Requirements 7m What Happened to ESX Server? 1m Downloading VMware ESXi 5 6m Installing VMware ESXi 5 9m ESXi Initial Configuration 8m Installing the vSphere Client 10m What We Covered 2m
Installing vCenter 5
Introduction 1m What is vCenter Server? 1m vCenter Server Blueprint 2m vCenter Server Physical or Virtual? 5m vCenter Server Pre-installation 1m vCenter Server Features 1m Requirements 2m How to Evaluate vCenter 5 0m Installing vCenter 5 7m Verifying Installation of vCenter 5 3m What We Covered 2m
Installing vCenter 5 as a Linux Appliance (vCSA)
What is the vCenter Server Appliance? 1m Pros and Cons to Using vCenter as an Appliance 2m Deploying the vCenter Server 5 Appliance (vCSA) 7m Configuring vCSA 12m Testing vCSA with the vSphere Client 6m What We Covered 1m
Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
vSphere 5 Web Client Overview 4m Installing the Server for the Web Client 2m Authorizing the Web Client Server 2m Using the vSphere 5 Web Client 10m What We Covered 1m
What's New in vSphere 5
Introduction 1m vSphere 5 Platform Enhancements 5m vSphere Storage 6m vSphere Networking 1m vCenter 5.0 1m VM Enhancement Capabilities 4m Auto Deploy and Image Builder 3m Storage DRS 3m Profile Driven Storage 3m VMFS-5 1m VMware View Accelerator 1m The New High Availability - HA 3m vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 3m vCloud Director 1.5 1m vShield 5.0 3m What We Covered 3m
Navigating vSphere Using the vSphere Client
vSphere Terminology (Lingo) 6m Using the vSphere Client 10m Performing VM Guest Remote Control 11m Navigating the vSphere Client with Hotkeys 3m Searching the Virtual Infrastructure 4m Sorting and Filtering in the vSphere Client 5m Exporting Data 4m Running Reports 3m What We Covered 1m
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Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 29, 2011
Duration
4h 5m
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Part 1 of 3 in the VMware vSphere 5 series covers installing VMware vSphere 5. This comprehensive course will show you how to virtualize your server and network infrastructure in an innovative, efficient, and reliable way using VMware vSphere 5. You'll walk away from this course able to install and configure ESXi 5 and vCenter 5 and able to manage virtual machines, virtual storage, networking and you'll also know how to leverage advanced features such as VMware High Availability, VMware Fault Tolerance and more. To get the most from this course, you should know the basics of virtualization, and some experience working with VMware vSphere will be helpful, but is not required.

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David Davis
About the author

David has authored over 50 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere.

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Elias Khnaser
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Elias Khnaser is a Research Vice President with Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP). He covers public cloud computing and hybrid cloud computing. Mr. Khnaser's coverage is primarily focused on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) along with platform as a service (PaaS) as it intersects with IaaS. Areas of focus include cloud computing adoption strategy, trends, technology, platforms and providers, exit strategy and multicloud. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Khnaser was the CTO for Sigma Solutions. In that role, he directed the company's technical strategy and was a customer-facing executive engaging with client CIOs, architects and engineers on cloud, EUC and virtualization strategies. He is well-published with six books and hundreds of blogs on Forbes, InformationWeek and VirtualizationReview.com. He has also presented at various Gartner and industry conferences.

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Updated
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Duration
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