Course Overview

This three-day course features hands-on training that focuses on deploying, configuring, and managing VMware Aria Operations™ for Logs 8.12. You will learn the UI enhancements, features, architecture, use cases, and benefits of VMware Aria Operations for Logs. This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to use VMware Aria Operations for Logs 8.12 to monitor your environment

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

  • Identify the features and benefits of VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Determine which VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster meets your monitoring requirements
  • Describe the VMware Aria Operations for Logs architecture and use cases
  • Deploy and configure a VMware Aria Operations for Logs cluster
  • Use the Explore Logs page to get a deep understanding of log data
  • Create and manage queries
  • Manage VMware Aria Operations for Logs agents and agent Groups
  • Create custom dashboards
  • Explain how to use the VMware Aria Operations for Logs widgets
  • Extend the capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Logs by adding content packs and configuring solutions
  • Discuss VMware Aria Operations for Logs (SaaS)

Course Content

Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Aria Operations for Logs

  • Describe the VMware Aria cloud management platform
  • Describe the VMware Aria™ use cases
  • Describe the key capabilities of VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Describe the requirements for a log analytics solution
  • Explain the importance of efficient log management
  • Navigate the VMware Aria Operations for Logs UI
  • Describe the various stages of log processing

VMware Aria Operations for Logs Architecture and Deployment

  • Identify the minimum requirements for deploying VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Explain how to use the VMware Aria Operations for Logs sizing calculator
  • Describe VMware Aria Operations for Logs compatibility with other VMware products
  • Describe the VMware Aria Operations for Logs architecture
  • Explain how to install the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance

Analyzing Logs

  • Describe the primary functions of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs UI
  • Describe log events
  • Use Explore Logs for understanding and analyzing the log data

VMware Using Dashboards Alerts and Reports

  • Create VMware Aria Operations for Logs custom dashboards
  • Describe how to use the VMware Aria Operations for Logs widgets
  • Configure alerts
  • Explain how to view and manage reports

Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs

  • Describe user access control in VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Describe user management
  • Configure VMware Aria Operations for Logssettings

Managing Data Sources and Content packs

  • Describe how to integrate VMware Operations for Logs with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Install and manage content packs
  • Manage certificates
  • Install and manage agents for VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Describe the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Importer

VMware Aria Operations for Logs Integrations

  • Describe how to integrate VMware Operations for Logs with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Discuss the advantages of integrating VMware Operations for Logs with VMware Aria Operations for Logs
  • Discuss the advantages of using the vSAN content pack
  • Explain how to configure the NSX content pack

VMware Aria Operations for Logs (SaaS)

  • Explain the VMware Aria Operations for Logs(SaaS) architecture
  • Describe the ingestion options for Aria Operations for Logs (SaaS)
  • Discuss integration with on-premises Aria Operations for Logs

Course Overview

Learn the concepts of Logical Partitioning (LPAR) for Power System servers with IBM i. In this course you begin with an overview of LPAR on Power System servers, followed with more detailed information on configuration planning and implementation using hands-on exercises to create and implement logical partitions.

Also, learn about partial processors, dynamic allocation and reallocation of memory, processors, interactive Commercial Processing Workloads (CPW), buses, Graphical User Interface (GUI), Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Host Ethernet Adapters (HEA) and System Planning Tool (SPT). Use IBM Power7 or Power6 servers and emphasize the new hardware, including the use of the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO -Instructor Led Online) with hands-on labs: PowerVM on IBM i – I: Implementing Virtualization and LPAR – ILO (OV5E0GB)

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

  • Describe the PowerVM features
  • Identify, describe, and locate hardware components in the Power System, Flex System and Power Blade models
  • Identify virtualization options available, reliability features and single points of failure for Power Systems servers
  • Implement System Planning Tool in design or update your own system
  • Explain Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
  • Describe memory allocation and affinity concepts
  • Describe and configure a partition profile, including shared processors:
    • Capped
    • Uncapped
    • Virtual processors
    • Weighting factor
    • Shared Processor Pools
  • Explain virtual I/O: Serial, Ethernet and SCSI
  • Understand and implement: IBM i installation through NFS, image virtual repository in VIOS, and assigning VSCSI disks to partitions in VIOS
  • Understand base characteristics of IVM and how implement IBM i on Power Blades
  • Describe the NPIV PowerVM feature, how to configure virtual Fiber Channel adapters on the Virtual I/O Server and client partitions
  • Discuss how to use the HMC GUI and commands to work with the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) pairs
  • Identify commands used to examine the NPIV configuration

Course Content

  • PowerVM for IBM i – Overview
  • Power Systems for IBM i
    • Exercise – Lab introduction
  • Introduction to System Planning Tool
    • Exercise – SPT introduction
  • Virtualization of IBM i – Processor, Memory, Processor Pools
  • Virtualization of IBM i – Virtual I/O
    • Exercise – Ethernet connection virtualization
  • Virtualization of IBM i – Installation from NFS or VIOS repository
    • Exercise – Installation from NFS or VIOS repository
  • Implementation of IBM i on Power Blades
  • PowerVM for IBM i – NPIV
    • Exercise: IBM i client partition with NPIV connected disks

Course Overview

Horizon Deploy and Manage + App Volumes Fast Track is a five-day combination course of Horizon Deploy and Manage and App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager. Eight days of content are taught over five-days of extended learning. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will build on your skills in configuring and managing Horizon through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure Horizon® Connection Server™, Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture. Additionally, you will learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You will gain skills in managing application lifecycles from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use Dynamic Environment Manager to provide personalization and dynamic policy configuration across virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments to simplify end-user profile management.

Course Objectives

By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
  • Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
  • Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
  • Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
  • Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a Horizon desktop
  • Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
  • Configure and manage the Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a Horizon desktop
  • Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
  • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
  • Monitor the Horizon environment using the Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
  • Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
  • Describe the authentication and certificate options for the Horizon environment
  • Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon
  • Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon
  • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
  • Describe different security options for the Horizon environment.
  • Describe the features and functions of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Demonstrate the architectures of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Install and configure App Volumes
  • Create and deploy Application Packages and writable volumes
  • Install and configure Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings.

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2 Introduction to Horizon

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
  • Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

3 vSphere for Horizon

  • Explain basic virtualization concepts
  • Use vSphere Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
  • Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

4 Create Windows Desktops

  • Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
  • Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual Machine
  • Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

5 Create Linux Desktops

  • Create a Linux VM for Horizon
  • Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
  • Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

6 Creating and Managing Desktop Pools

  • Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
  • List the steps to add desktops to the Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
  • Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
  • Outline the steps to create an automated pool
  • Define user entitlement
  • Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

7 Horizon Client Options

  • Describe the different clients and their benefits
  • Access Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML
  • Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option
  • Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

8 Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktops

  • List the advantages of instant clones
  • Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
  • Set up an automated pool of instant clones
  • Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

9 Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

  • Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
  • Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool
  • Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
  • Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client
  • Use the instant clone technology to automate the build[1]out of RDSH farms
  • Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

10 Monitoring Horizon

  • Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
  • Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
  • Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

11 Horizon Connection Server

  • Recognize Horizon reference architecture
  • Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
  • Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
  • Configure Horizon event database
  • Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
  • Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

12 Horizon Protocols

  • Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon
  • Describe BLAST
  • Summarize BLAST Codec options
  • List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
  • Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

13 Graphics in Horizon

  • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Compare vSGA and vDGA
  • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

14 Securing Connections: Network

  • Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
  • Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
  • List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
  • Configure TLS certificates in Horizons

15 Securing Connections: Authentication

  • Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
  • Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
  • Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
  • Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in Horizon
  • Create custom roles

16 Horizon Scalability

  • Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
  • Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
  • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
  • Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
  • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
  • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

17 Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
  • Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
  • Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

18 Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
  • Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
  • Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
  • Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
  • Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
  • Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

19 Overview of App Volumes

  • Explain features and benefits of App Volumes
  • Identify benefits of ThinApp®
  • Identify App Volumes components and architecture
  • Manage application management stages using App Volumes.

20 Working with Application Packages

  • Differentiate between Application, Package and Program
  • Create an Application Package
  • Assign an Application to an entity
  • Use markers to assign the new version of an Application Package
  • Differentiate between Classic and On-Demand delivery of applications
  • Update an Application with a new Package

21 Published Applications

  • Identify the benefits of delivering Published Applications On-Demand
  • List the steps and prerequisites for creating Published Applications on Demand
  • Integrate Horizon Connection Server and App Volumes Manager
  • Associate App Volumes Manager with an automated farm
  • Add Application Pools from App Volumes Manager

22 Advanced App Volumes Configuration

  • Perform advanced configuration of App Volumes
  • Scale App Volumes to multiple locations and sites
  • Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe

23 Overview of Dynamic Environment Manager

  • Explain features and benefits of Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Identify the components of Dynamic Environment Manager architecture
  • Differentiate between user profile scenarios

24 Management Console User Interface

  • Configure Personalization settings
  • Create Condition sets
  • Perform Application migration
  • Configure User environment settings

25 Advanced Dynamic Environment Manager Configuration

  • Scale Dynamic Environment Manager to multiple locations and sites
  • Use Silos
  • Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe

26 Application Configuration Management

  • Predefined and user-customized application settings
  • Using Application Profiler
  • Privilege Elevation

27 SyncTool

  • Identify the features of SyncTool
  • Implement SyncTool

28 Horizon Smart Policies

  • Identify the scope of Horizon Smart Policies
  • Configure Horizon Smart Policies settings Define Smart Policies Conditions

Course Overview

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on your skills in configuring and managing Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure Horizon® Connection Server™ Unified Access Gateway™ how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Course Objectives

By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
  • Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
  • Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
  • Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a Horizon desktop
  • Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
  • Configure and manage the Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a Horizon desktop
  • Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
  • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
  • Monitor the Horizon environment using the Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
  • Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
  • Describe the authentication and certificate options for the Horizon environment
  • Recognize the integration process and benefits of Omnissa® Access™ and Horizon 8
  • Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon
  • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
  • Describe different security options for the Horizon environment.

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2 Introduction to Horizon

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
  • Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

3 vSphere for Horizon

  • Explain basic virtualization concepts
  • Use vSphere Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
  • Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

4 Create Windows Desktops

  • Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
  • Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual Machine
  • Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

5 Create Linux Desktops

  • Create a Linux VM for Horizon
  • Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
  • Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

6 Creating and Managing Desktop Pools

  • Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
  • List the steps to add desktops to the Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
  • Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
  • Outline the steps to create an automated pool
  • Define user entitlement
  • Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

7 Horizon Client Options

  • Describe the different clients and their benefits
  • Access Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML
  • Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option
  • Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

8 Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktops

  • List the advantages of instant clones
  • Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
  • Set up an automated pool of instant clones
  • Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

9 Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

  • Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
  • Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool
  • Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
  • Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client
  • Use the instant clone technology to automate the build[1]out of RDSH farms
  • Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

10 Monitoring Horizon

  • Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
  • Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
  • Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

11 Horizon Connection Server

  • Recognize Horizon reference architecture
  • Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
  • Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
  • Configure Horizon event database
  • Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
  • Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

12 Horizon Protocols

  • Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon
  • Describe BLAST
  • Summarize BLAST Codec options
  • List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
  • Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

13 Graphics in Horizon

  • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Compare vSGA and vDGA
  • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

14 Securing Connections: Network

  • Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
  • Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
  • List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
  • Configure TLS certificates in Horizons

15 Securing Connections: Authentication

  • Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
  • Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
  • Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
  • Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in Horizon
  • Create custom roles

16 Horizon Scalability

  • Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
  • Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
  • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
  • Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
  • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
  • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

17 Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
  • Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
  • Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

18 Omnissa Access and Virtual Application Management

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
  • Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
  • Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
  • Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
  • Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
  • Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

Course Overview

This course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix unified storage products: Nutanix Volumes, Nutanix Files and Nutanix Objects

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will have the following capabilities with respect to each of these Nutanix storage products:

  • Nutanix Volumes – Learn how Nutanix Volumes provides block storage for your VMs or physical hosts using the iSCSI protocol, with the same simplicity as virtualized workloads, consolidating infrastructure into a single unified platform.
  • Nutanix Files – Set up and manage Nutanix Files, a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) file services to clients.
  • Nutanix Objects – Learn how easy it is to spin up Nutanix Objects in a few simple steps, and build a simple, secure, and scale-out stack.

Course Content

1: Installing and Configuring Nutanix Volumes

  • Understanding When to Use Nutanix Volumes
  • Deploying Nutanix Volumes and Understanding iSCSI Target Redirection
  • Configuring Nutanix Volumes

2: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Volumes

  • Failover and Failback Processes
  • Understanding Storage Management and Using the Storage and Volume Groups Dashboards
  • Modifying a Volume Group

3: Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Volumes

  • Firewall Settings
  • IQNs/Allowlists
  • iSCSI Timeout Sessions
  • Troubleshooting Volume Group Capacity

Nutanix Volumes: Hands on Labs (3)

  • Preparing the Cluster
  • Configuring Volumes for Windows and Linux
  • Managing Volumes for Windows and Linux
  • Configuring iSCSI Network Segmentation (Optional)

4: Installing and Configuring Nutanix Files

  • Introduction to Nutanix Files
  • Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Files Environments
  • Installing Nutanix Files
  • The File Server Dashboard
  • Configuring Nutanix Files

5: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Files

  • Managing Nutanix Files
  • Using File Analytics
  • Using Data Lens and Smart DR
  • Monitoring Performance and Usage
  • Upgrading Nutanix Files

6: Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Files

  • Understanding the Nutanix Files High Availability Process
  • Troubleshooting Nutanix Files Issues

Nutanix Files: Hands on Labs (6)

  • Installing Nutanix Files
  • Managing File Shares and Exports with the Files Console
  • Working with File Analytics
  • Deleting Nutanix Files

7: Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects

  • Introduction to Nutanix Objects
  • Enabling Nutanix Objects
  • Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Objects
  • Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects
  • Configuring Bucket Policies

8: Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Objects

  • Managing Directories and API Keys
  • Managing the Object Store
  • Managing a Bucket
  • Upgrading Nutanix Objects Using LCM
  • Monitoring Nutanix Objects
  • Replication with Nutanix Objects
  • Cloud Tiering

9: Analyzing and Troubleshooting Nutanix Objects

  • Troubleshooting Issues with Cluster Deployment, Read/Write, Upgrades, and Objects/MSP Clusters using CLI Commands
  • Log Collection for Nutanix Objects

Nutanix Objects: Hands on Labs (9)

  • Configuring Nutanix Objects
  • Managing Nutanix Objects

Course Overview

If you already have experience with administering a Nutanix environment, this course will extend, deepen, and broaden your knowledge as you grow in your career as a Nutanix administrator.

Designed with Prism Central as the focal point, this course illustrates the breadth and depth of Nutanix’s centralized management capabilities, and allows you to explore the wide variety of features that are available in this one, single web console.

ECA is divided into four major sections:

– Understanding core Nutanix concepts, such as hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and the various Nutanix cloud solution packages. Also, the basic configuration of a cluster and the components that are needed to create and manage VMs – namely, networks and images.

– Creating and managing VMs, how to protect VMs and their data, how to apply storage optimization features at the VM level, and how to migrate your workloads to a Nutanix environment.

– Learn about alerts, events, log collection, reporting, and how to use various features in Prism Central to identify, analyze, and remediate performance issues.

– Learn how to set up a cluster for maintenance activities – such as starting and stopping nodes and clusters – and how to manage and upgrade licenses and installed software with just a few clicks.

Course Content

1: Getting Started with a Nutanix Cluster

  • Understand three-tier and hyperconverged infrastructure
  • Understand Nutanix Cloud Solution Packages
  • Understand nodes, blocks, clusters, and cluster services
  • Get Started with Prism Central and Prism Element
  • Understand when to use Prism Central and when to use Prism Element

Hands-on-Labs of 1

  • Connecting to and exploring the Prism Web Console
  • Adding data services IP, an NTP server, and a name server
  • Configuring Active Directory authentication
  • Exploring Prism Central
  • Prism Central initial configuration

2: Securing a Nutanix Cluster

  • Understand Nutanix’s approach to security
  • Use Prism Central to configure authentication, users, and RBAC
  • Understand Policies in Flow Network Security
  • Use Prism Element to configure Data-at-Rest Encryption

Hands-on-Labs of 2

  • Adding a local user
  • Verifying a new user account

3: Configuring Cluster Networking

  • Understand AHV networking terminology
  • Use Prism Central to monitor cluster networks
  • Use Prism Element to explore the Network Visualizer
  • Create and update subnets and virtual switches
  • Understand subnet extension and network segmentation

Hands-on Labs of 3

  • Creating unmanaged and managed networks
  • Exploring the AHV network configuration
  • Managing virtual switches and uplinks
  • Viewing virtual switches from the Prism Web Console

4: Managing Images

  • Understand the image service
  • Use Prism Central to monitor, upload, import, and manage images

Hands-on Labs of 4

  • Uploading and importing images to Prism Central
  • Configuring an image placement policy

5: Creating Virtual Machines

  • Use Prism Central to create VMs
  • Use Prism Central’s self-service capabilities to create VM templates
  • Install and enable Nutanix Guest Tools

Hands-on Labs of 5

  • Creating Windows and Linux VMs
  • Installing Windows and Linux operating systems
  • Installing Nutanix Guest Tools on Windows and Linux

6: Managing Virtual Machines

  • Update, clone, customize, export, and apply placement rules to VMs
  • Create and apply storage policies to VMs
  • Create playbooks to automate common VM administrative tasks

Hands-on Labs of 6

  • Updating a VM
  • Creating a template and a clone
  • Exporting a VM as an OVA
  • Creating and running a playbook
  • Creating a storage policy

7: Protecting VMs and Their Data

  • Understand data protection terms and concepts
  • Understand synchronous and asynchronous replication capabilities
  • Use Prism Element to configure local and remote backup and DR
  • Use Prism Central to create protection policies with Leap

Hands-on Labs of 7

  • Creating protection domains and local VM restore
  • Creating containers for replication
  • Configuring remote sites and creating protection domains
  • Performing VM migration and migrating back to primary

8: Configuring and Managing Cluster Storage

  • Understand AOS Distributed Storage
  • Understand key storage concepts such as storage pools, storage containers, redundancy factor, replication factor, capacity reservation, and snapshots
  • Understand fault tolerance and failure handling mechanisms
  • Create and update storage containers
  • Use various capacity optimization features

Hands-on Labs of 8

  • Exploring the Storage dashboard
  • Creating containers with and without compression
  • Comparing data in a compressed vs uncompressed container
  • Migrating vdisks between storage containers

9: Migrating Workloads with Nutanix Move

  • Understand, install, and upgrade Nutanix Move
  • Use Move to migrate VMs
  • Download Move logs

Hands-on Labs of 9

  • Preparing a VM for migration
  • Deploying a Move VM
  • Configuring Move and a migration plan

10: Monitoring Cluster Performance

  • Understand performance monitoring features in Prism Central
  • Create sessions, charts, and reports
  • Create custom dashboards in Prism Central

Hands-on Labs of 10

  • Creating a Prism Central performance monitoring dashboard
  • Creating charts to analyze metrics using Prism Central
  • Creating and managing reports

11: Monitoring Cluster Health

  • Understand health monitoring features in Prism Central and Prism Element
  • Get summarized and detailed health information from Prism
  • Use Nutanix Cluster Check
  • Collect logs

Hands-on Labs of 11

  • Using Nutanix Cluster Check health checks
  • Collecting logs for Support
  • Creating and managing reports

12: Investigating and Remediating Performance Issues

  • Understand alerts and events and the associated dashboards in Prism Central
  • Identify problematic or inefficient VMs
  • Potential methods of remediating problematic VMs

Hands-on Labs of 12

  • Working with Alerts
  • Exploring Events

13: Performing Cluster Maintenance

  • Performing health checks
  • Using maintenance mode
  • Starting and stopping nodes and clusters
  • Adding nodes to or removing nodes from clusters

Hands-on Labs of 13

  • Verifying cluster health
  • Putting a node into maintenance mode & removing it

14: Upgrading Licenses, Software, and Firmware

  • Understanding LCM and the LCM workflow
  • Performing an upgrade using LCM
  • Licensing a cluster and managing licenses

Hands-on Labs of 14

  • Use Life Cycle Manager to upgrade NCC

Course Overview

Enhance container management capabilities with automation, governance, and security across clusters.

Multicluster Management with Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus teaches the skills required to maintain a diverse portfolio of applications, running across a fleet of OpenShift clusters. Applications follow placement rules determined by capacity and criticality; cluster configurations comply with governance and security policies; all automated according to DevOps principles.

This course is based on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.The Red Hat Certified Specialist in MultiCluster Management exam (EX480) is included in this offering.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

  • Deploy Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) in a hub cluster
  • Add a managed cluster to RHACM (configure a cluster to be managed by RHACM)
  • Define and apply cluster configuration policies
  • Detect and correct non-conformance to cluster configuration policies
  • Visualize and compare cluster settings between different clusters
  • Define and apply application placement policies
  • Identify and compare application resources from multiple clusters
  • Deploy Red Hat Quay in the hub cluster
  • Deploy Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) in the hub cluster
  • Integrate Red Hat Quay and RHACS with RHACM.

Course Content

Manage a Multicluster Kubernetes Architecture

Describe multicluster architectures and use Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus to solve their challenges.

Inspect Resources from Multiple Clusters Using the RHACM Web Console

Describe and navigate the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) web console. Configure role-based access control (RBAC) and search for resources across multiple clusters by using the RHACM search engine.

Deploy and Manage Policies for Multiple Clusters with RHACM

Deploy and manage policies in a multicluster environment by using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) governance.

Install and Customize the RHACM Observability Stack

Gain insight into the fleet of managed clusters by using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) observability components.

Deploy Applications Across Multiple Clusters with RHACM

Deploy and manage applications in a multicluster environment with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes GitOps.

Install and Configure Red Hat Quay

Install and configure Red Hat Quay on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP).

Integrate Red Hat Quay with Red Hat OpenShift and RHACM

Describe Red Hat Quay use cases in a multicluster environment, and use Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM) to deploy applications and control the image sources allowed in the cluster fleet.

Install and Configure RHACS

Install and configure Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS) and learn how it can help organizations with security in multicluster environments.

Multicluster Operational Security Using RHACS

Manage the operational security of a Kubernetes cluster fleet using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (RHACS), and integrate RHACS with external services.

Note: Course outline is subject to change with technology advances and as the nature of the underlying job evolves.

Course Overview

Create and manage virtual machines on OpenShift using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator.

Managing Virtual Machines with OpenShift Virtualization with exam teaches the essential skills required to create and manage virtual machines (VM) on OpenShift using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator. This course does not require previous knowledge of containers and Kubernetes. The Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization (EX316) is included in this offering.

This course provides:

  • Skills required to create, access, and manage VMs on OpenShift clusters
  • Skills required to control usage and access of cpu, memory, storage, and networking resources from VMs using the same Kubernetes features that would also control usage and access to these resources for containers
  • Sample architectures to manage High Availability (HA) of VMs using standard Kubernetes features and extensions from OpenShift Virtualization
  • Strategies to connect VMs on OpenShift to data center services outside of their OpenShift cluster, such as storage and databases

Course Objectives

  • Create VMs from installation media and disk images
  • Access text and graphical consoles of a VM
  • Connect to VMs using Kubernetes networking (services, ingress, and routes)
  • Provision storage to VMs using Kubernetes storage (PVC, PV, and storage classes)
  • Start, pause, and stop VMs
  • Clone and snapshot VMs
  • Connect VMs to external and extra networks (outside of the Kubernetes pod and service networks)
  • Provision load balancer services for VMs and then use the services to enable SSH access to VMs
  • Connect VMs to host storage and external storage
  • Create VMs from VM Templates
  • Migrate VMs from compatible hypervisors

Course Content

Introduction to OpenShift  Virtualization
Describe the features and use cases of OpenShift Virtualization.

Run and access Virtual Machines
Create, manage, inspect, and monitor virtual machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.

Configure Kubernetes network for Virtual Machines
Configure standard Kubernetes network objects and external access for VMs and virtual machine-backed applications.

Connect Virtual Machines to external networks
Configure node networking to connect virtual machines and nodes to networks outside the cluster.

Configure Kubernetes storage for Virtual Machines
Manage storage and disks for VMs in Red Hat OpenShift.

Virtual Machine template management
Create and manage templates to provision virtual machines.

Advanced Virtual Machine management
Import, export, snapshot, clone, and live migrate a virtual machine and initiate node maintenance.

Configure Kubernetes high availability for Virtual Machines
Configure Kubernetes resources to implement high availability for virtual machines.

Course Overview

Create and manage virtual machines on OpenShift using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator

Managing Virtual Machines with OpenShift Virtualization teaches the essential skills required to create and manage virtual machines (VM) on OpenShift using the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization operator. This course does not require previous knowledge of containers and Kubernetes.

This course provides:

– Skills required to create, access, and manage VMs on OpenShift clusters.
– Skills required to control usage and access of cpu, memory, storage, and networking resources from VMs using the same Kubernetes features that would also control usage and access to these resources for containers.
– Sample architectures to manage High Availability (HA) of VMs using standard Kubernetes features and extensions from OpenShift Virtualization.
– Strategies to connect VMs on OpenShift to data center services outside of their OpenShift cluster, such as storage and databases.

Note: This course is offered as a four day in person class, a five day virtual class or is self-paced. Durations may vary based on the delivery. For full course details, scheduling, and pricing, select your location then “get started” on the right hand menu.

Course Objectives

  • Create VMs from installation media and disk images
  • Access text and graphical consoles of a VM
  • Connect to VMs using Kubernetes networking (services, ingress, and routes)
  • Provision storage to VMs using Kubernetes storage (PVC, PV, and storage classes)
  • Start, pause, and stop VMs
  • Clone and snapshot VMs
  • Connect VMs to external and extra networks (outside of the Kubernetes pod and service networks)
  • Provision load balancer services for VMs and then use the services to enable SSH access to VMs
  • Connect VMs to host storage and external storage
  • Create VMs from VM Templates
  • Migrate VMs from compatible hypervisors

Course Content

Introduction to OpenShift  Virtualization

Describe the features and use cases of OpenShift Virtualization.

Run and access Virtual Machines

Create, manage, inspect, and monitor virtual machines in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.

Configure Kubernetes network for Virtual Machines

Configure standard Kubernetes network objects and external access for VMs and virtual machine-backed applications.

Connect Virtual Machines to external networks

Configure node networking to connect virtual machines and nodes to networks outside the cluster.

Configure Kubernetes storage for Virtual Machines

Manage storage and disks for VMs in Red Hat OpenShift.

Virtual Machine template management

Create and manage templates to provision virtual machines.

Advanced Virtual Machine management

Snapshot, clone, and live migrate a virtual machine and initiate node maintenance.

Configure Kubernetes high availability for Virtual Machines

Configure Kubernetes resources to implement high availability for virtual machines.

Course Overview

This course describes the concepts and configuration details when implementing PowerVM Live Partition Mobility on POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based servers. Students will learn the requirements of Live Partition Mobility and will configure HMCs, Virtual I/O Servers, and partitions in preparation for performing active and inactive migrations. Live hands-on exercises will allow students to configure a lab environment and perform Live Partition Mobility operations.

The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO – Instructor Led Online), Implementing PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (ILO) (AX33).

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

  • Describe key components of Live Partition Mobility
  • Describe configuration settings necessary for the HMCs, the source and target Virtual I/O servers, and the mobile LPAR
  • Perform and monitor PowerVM Live Partition Mobility operations
  • Describe differences between active and inactive Live Partition Mobility configuration and operations
  • Describe additional considerations when using dual Virtual I/O Server configurations, Active Memory Sharing partitions, and redundant HMCs

Course Content

  • Live Partition Mobility Overview
  • Live Partition Mobility Configuration
  • Live Partition Mobility Operations
  • Advanced LPM Configurations