• Virtualization Products Compared
• VMware ESXi4 Free Edition for the SMB
• VMware vSphere 4 and ESX Essentials
• vSphere Management Options

2. Stand Alone ESX Server Installation

• Understanding ESXi and full ESX
• Software installation and licensing
• Installing VMware ESXi Version 4
• Installing VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client
• Installing VMware ESX 4
• Installing VMware vCenter 4
• First look at the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client
• Conneting and Magement ESX, ESXi with SSH

3. vCenter 4

• vCenter architectural and feature overview
• vCenter components
• Working with VMware Licensing

4. vCenter 4 ? Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure

• Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure
• Creating and Modifying Virtual Guest Machines
• Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
• Migration Virtual Guest Machines
• Creating Virtual Guest Machines Template

5. vCenter 4 : VMware File System (VMFS)

• VMFS Overview
• Unique file system properties of VMFS
• Managing shared Volumes
• Creating new VMFS partitions
• Managing VMFS capacity with LUN spanning

6. vCenter 4 : vSphere Virtual Networking

• vSphere Virtual Networking Overview
• Creating new Virtual Networking
• Managing Virtual Networking

7. vCenter 4 : Configuring vSphere Storage

• Creating a Free iSCSI SAN with OpenFiler
• Connecting iSCSI SAN to vSphere
• Mapping iSCSI Volume to Virtual Guest Machines
• Multi-pathing with Fibre and iSCSI SANs
• Storage type performance considerations

8. Monitor and Report

• Monitor CPU, Memory, Storage, Network, System
• Report Host Summary and Performance
• Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms

9. Backup and Restore Data

• Backing Up the Service Console
• ESX and ESXi Backup and Restore Configuraiton
• Power Off Backup Virtual Guest Machines
• Power On Backup : Snapshot Virtual Guest Machines
• VMware Consoildated Backup (VCB)
• VMware Converter migration Physical to Virtualization