Hands-On I and M Microsoft Server Virtualization Implementing and Managing

Course Description

In this extensive Hands-On course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to deploy and manage a server virtualization environment using Microsoft technologies.

You will learn to deploy and manage Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2008 R2. You will learn how to manage a server virtualization environment by using System Center products, such as System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008, VMM 2008 R2, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 R2, and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2.

While you do not need server virtualization experience to participate in this course, you should have significant experience managing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Students Will Learn

Virtualization As It Relates To Server, Desktop, And Application Environments
Install The Hyper-V Server Role And Configure Host And Virtual Network Settings
Plan For And Deploy Virtual Hard Disk(S) And Virtual Machines
VMM 2008 R2 And How It Integrates With The Hyper-V Environment
Manage Hosts And Host Groups In VMM
Create And Deploy Virtual Machines On A Host
Perform Physical-To-Virtual Machine (PV2) And Virtual-To-Virtual (V2V) Conversions, Virtual Machine Migrations, And Cloning
And More...

Target Audience

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 system administrators who will manage and implement server virtualization technologies within their networks and who are responsible for virtualizing their current servers or have been requested or directed by IT management to research andor implement server virtualization

Prerequisites

Attendees should have significant experience managing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Course Outline

1. Evaluating and Planning for Virtualization

Microsoft Virtualization
Virtualization Management
Evaluating the Current Environment for Virtualization

2. Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role

Installing the Hyper-V Server Role
Configuring Hyper-V Settings and Virtual Networks

3. Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks
Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
Managing Virtual Machines Snapshots
Working with the Virtual Machine Connection Application

4. Integrating System Center Virtual Machine Manager with Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Planning for Integration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Installing the VMM Server and Administrator Console
Managing Hosts and Host Groups

5. Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines Using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

Creating a New Virtual Machine Using VMM 2008 R2
Converting a Physical Server to a Virtual Machine
Converting and Migrating Virtual Machines

6. Managing Virtual Machines Using Virtual Machine Manager 2008

VMM Management Tasks
Creating and Managing Checkpoints

7. Configuring and Managing the VMM Library

Overview of the VMM Library
Managing Profiles and Templates
Designing Fault Tolerance for the VMM Library Highly Available

8. Configuring User Roles and the Virtual Machine Manger Self-Service Portal

Configuring User Roles
Installing and Configuring the VMM Self-Service Portal

9. Implementing High Availability for Server Virtualization

Failover Clustering
Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
Implementing High Availability with VMM 2008 R2

10. Maintaining Software Updates Using the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
Configuring WSUS and the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

11. Monitoring and Reporting Virtualization

Monitoring Jobs in VMM R2
Integrating Center Operations Manager 2007 with VMM 2008 R2
Configuring Performance and Resource Optimization

12. Backup and Restore Strategies for Virtual Machines

Backup and Restore Options for Virtual Machines and the VMM Database
Implementing Data Protection Manager for Backing Up the VMM Infrastructure

13. Desktop Virtualization Using Remote Desktop Services

Remote Desktop Services
Implementing the Remote Desktop Session Host
Implementing Remote Desktop Connection Broker
Implementing the Remote Desktop Connection Virtualization Host

14. Extending Remote Desktop Services Outside the Organization

Configuring the Remote Desktop Gateway
Configuring Remote Desktop Web Access

Delivery Method

Instructor-Led with numerous Hands-On labs and exercises.

Equipment Requirements
(This apply's to our hands-on courses only)

BTS always provides equipment to have a very successful Hands-On course. BTS also encourages all attendees to bring their own equipment to the course. This will provide attendees the opportunity to incorporate their own gear into the labs and gain valuable training using their specific equipment.

Course Length

5 Days