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VMware vSphere Remote Access Servers

VMware vSphere requires expensive, enterprise class hardware to install and run. Typical VMware environment include name brand PC servers, Storage Area Networks, multiple networks, and much more.

VMware's high end hardware needs present a real barrier to those who want to learn vSphere - but who lack access to enterprise class hardware. IT Administrators who need to practice their VMware skills also need access to practice hardware, so they can test ESX upgrades, VM configuration changes, etc.

ESXLab provides a solution... We have 55 HP DL365 enterprise class servers available for rent. Our servers are configured into server pods of between 8 and 12 servers. Each server pod includes:

HP DL365 servers. Each server has 4-5GB of RAM, up to 300GB of disk, 3-1GB NICs, full remote management with HP's Integrated Lights Out (power cycle, reboot, etc), and ILO Advance for full GUI remote console access.
An iSCSI SAN with private and shared storage LUNs for VMFS practice
NFS Shares to serve up install media for VM creation (both Windows and Linux install media available)
vCenter VMs on which to install, configure and use VMware vCenter
PXE Boot Services that let you chose the version of ESX (including ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0 and ESX 4.1) that you can install into your HP DL365 server
Full Internet Access for easy access from anywhere on the Internet
Access via Microsoft Terminal Services. All of our remote servers are accessed through Microsoft Terminal services. So any Windows or Linux desktop can access our remote servers from any internet connected location.

Our servers are permanently housed in a Class A datacenter that features 4 Internet back bone connections, triple redundant cooling, back up diesel generators and other infrastructure to ensure continuous availability and top performance.

Our servers can be rented individually or in groups of up to 12 (or more if needed). Rental periods range from as little as one day to as long as you need.

Our server pods are designed to work with our aftermarket VMware training courseware (ESXLab's VMware vSphere with ESX 4 and vCenter course). All of our course's labs will work flawlessly on our remote access server pods.

For more information or to arrange for your own remote access server, please contact me:

	(905) 451-9488 x100
Office:	(905) 451-9488 x100
Mobile:	(416) 890-8191
E-mail:	larry.karnis@esxlab.com
Web Site:	http://www.esxlab.com

Thanks,

Larry

VMware vSphere with ESX 4 and vCenter

Complete courseware solution (including a 650 page Study Guide and 250 page Lab Guide) for learning VMware vSphere. This class starts from the basics and covers all of the critical components of vSphere.

The Study Guide includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1 - Virtualization Infrastructure
Chapter 2 - Stand Alone ESX Server Installation
Chapter 3 - Virtual and Physical Networking
Chapter 4 - NAS Shared Storage
Chapter 5 - Virtual Hardware and Virtual Machines
Chapter 6 - vCenter
Chapter 7 - vCenter Inventory
Chapter 8 - VM Rapid Deployment using Templates, Clones
Chapter 9 - ESX and vCenter Permission Model
Chapter 10 - Advanced Virtual Networking
Chapter 11 - Using Fibre and iSCSI Shared Storage
Chapter 12 - VMware File System (VMFS)
Chapter 13 - Resource Management and Resource Pools
Chapter 14 – Guided Consolidation
Chapter 15 - VM Hot and Cold Migration, Storage VMotion
Chapter 16 – Load Balancing w. Distributed Resource Scheduler
Chapter 17 – Failure Recover with High Availability Clusters
Chapter 18 – Back Up, Recovery
Chapter 19 - Consolidation with vCenter Converter
Chapter 20 – Effective Performance Monitoring
Chapter 21 – ESX and vCenter Alarms
Chapter 22 – Final Thoughts

The Lab Guide provides detailed, hands-on labs for the following tasks:

Perform a custom install of ESX and perform post-install configurations
Create and update network Standard Virtual Switches
Define, connect to and browse NFS file shares
Create a Virtual Machine. Install Windows 2003 into the VM. Install VMware Tools into the VM. Add 3rd party tools and utilities to the VM
Install and configure vCenter on Windows 2003. Install vCenter Modules
Configure vCenter's inventory views to organize inventory objects
Work with Clones and Templates. Convert a VM into a template. Rapidly deploy new VMs from template. Copy VMs using cloning. Use guest OS customization to easily change the identity of a VM. Create, update and deploy VMs using Guest OS Customization Specifications
Work with virtual disks. Hot add a secondary virtual disk. Grow a non-system volume. Grow a Windows system disk and increase it's partitions without the need for 3rd party tools
Work with vCenter permissions. Use and customize Roles
Create, update and work with Network Distributed vSwitches. Create NIC Teams for added performance and redundancy
iSCSI, Fibre Storage Area Networks. Connecting to shared storageVMware VMFS – VMware's proprietary cluster file system. How to create, tune and grow VMFS volumes
Resource management. Work with resource tuning settings. Create, manage and monitor Resource Pools
VM migration including Cold Migration, Storage Migration and VMotion
Automated VM resource load balancing with Distributed Resource Scheduling clusters
Use HA clusters to minimize VM down time due to server failures
Guided Consolidation. Rapidly discover, monitor and migrate physical machines into VMs
Back up and restore a VM using VMware Consolidated Back Up
Using Converter Enterprise to migrate physical machines to VMs
Set up and use VMware Guided Consolidation to import a Windows server
Performance analysis and benchmarking storage and networking
vCenter alarms for monitoring key infrastructure objects. Send SNMP traps to a trap receiver on high VM resource consumption

The price of this courseware is $300USD plus shipping. We can ship to your office or home in as little as one day. Visa & MasterCard accepted.

Please call or e-mail me to find how you can get your own copy of this highly acclaimed training material now.

	(905) 451-9488
Office:	(905) 451-9488 x100
Mobile:	(416) 890-8191
E-mail:	larry.karnis@esxlab.com
Web Site:	http://www.esxlab.com

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