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VMware vSphere: Manage for Performance

This hands-on training course explores the management of performance in a VMware® vSphere^TM environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter Server 4.0.

Target Audience

System administrators, systems engineers, and consultants responsible for managing the performance of a vSphere installation

Prerequisites

This is an advanced course. Required prerequisites include the completion of one of the following:

Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
Completion of VMware vSphere: Fast Track
Completion of VMware vSphere: What's New
Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server
Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended

Delegates will learn how to

Explain the performance impact of using different monitor modes
Use vSphere tools to monitor the performance of ESX/ESXi hosts
Troubleshoot performance problems relating to CPU, memory, network, and storage on an ESX/ESXi host
Discuss how to achieve an optimal virtual machine configuration
Discuss guidelines for monitoring application performance

Course Outline:

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment

Discuss the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
Monitor performance using vCenter Server performance graphs and the ESX/ESXi resxtop command

Module 3: Virtual Machine Monitor

Discuss software and hardware virtualization techniques and their impact on performance

Module 4: CPU Performance

Discuss the CPU scheduler, NUMA, and CPU cache contention
Monitor key CPU performance metrics
Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems

Module 5: Memory Performance

Discuss memory reclamation techniques and memory overcommitment
Monitor key memory performance metrics
Troubleshoot common memory performance problems

Module 6: Network Performance

Discuss the performance features of modern network adapters
Monitor key network performance metrics
Troubleshoot common network performance problems

Module 7: Storage Performance

Discuss how storage protocols, VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
Monitor key storage performance metrics
Troubleshoot common storage performance problems

Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance