Ultimate Bootcamps® give the student in-depth skills training through hands-on experience with state-of-the-art equipment. The focus of the CVE™ training is to instill the knowledge required for the student to do their job efficiently and effectively first. To accomplish this, the Bootcamp provides a comprehensive, A-Z training experience, starting from the installation of the licensed product to real world troubleshooting scenarios. The course's focus is not limited only to learning and harnessing the power of VMware®, but the entire concept of virtualization and other 3rd party tools and technologies that will enhance VMware® capabilities and increase the student's virtualization expertise.

What's included:

• Five (5) 10 hour days of intense instruction with no outside distractions
• Personal access to the top virtualization experts in the industry
• Each student is provided their own dedicated server to practice on.
• 50 + labs to hone skills and give a 360° perspective on how to build and maintain virtual environments.
• Install, configure, deploy, secure, analyze, consolidate and design virtual networks from A-Z
• Lunch and snacks provided on each day of class
• Learn to apply third party solutions to simplify processes and make the job easier.
• Post mentoring from the best virtualization instructors in the industry.
• The Certified Virtualization Expert™ certification establishes credentials with employers.

Upon completion of the Ultimate Bootcamp®,students will learn:

• About all of the new and exciting features of VMware® vSphere 4.0
• Foundational terms and concepts concerning virtualization
• How to install, configure, and support ESX server 4 and vCenter 4
• How to configure Virtual Machines, templates, and clones
• How to configure Virtual Networking including vNetwork Distributed Switches and vShield Zones and how to support VMotion and iSCSI Multipathing
• P2V, V2V, V2P, and P2P methods and techniques
• Server Consolidation procedures and reasoning
• Tools to support a virtual infrastructure -VMware®, PlateSpin®, Vizioncore™, Veeam, and more
• Vmotion™, Storage Vmotion, Distrubuted Power Mgt (DPM), Update Manager, Power Mgmt, Guided Consolidation, Fault Tolerance, Clustering -DRS/HA, etc.
• Best Practices within a Virtual Enterprise
• How to perform backups in the ESX environment - Service Console and Virtual Machines - VCB and Data Recovery
• How to use the Command Line Interface for supporting ESX & ESXi Servers - ESX commands
• Configure and optimize storage - FE, iSCSI, NFS, Multipathing and Thin Provisioning

Work on VMware® HCL Hardware & Perform Real World Labs Each student is assigned their own dedicated Dell Poweredge server with 24 hour access during the Bootcamp week. Students will perform all labs on hardware you find in a real data centers and not PC's like you find in other VMware Training courses. Having 24/7 unlimited access to the state-of-the-art data center means the student can leverage the learning experience by revisiting labs where other courses have limited hours and access to servers. This flexibility allows students to learn at their own pace without time constraints or distractions.

The Ultimate Bootcamp® has over 50 labs, the most of any training program available, leading to 65% of the class time spent learning by hands-on labs. The time spent performing hands-on labs allows the student to develop the skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to implement VI3.5 in your production environment.

Qualified Instructors Make A Difference The Ultimate Bootcamp® instructors are not just instructors. They are also consultants who have performed small, medium, and large consolidation projects, and who have real world experience using the virtualization technology and techniques that they teach. Bringing this experience into the classroom gives the student a real training experience not found in other 9-5 training programs. Students are able to work on their own and bring questions they have into the classroom and ask the "What If" questions that they are working on in their own live environment.

Essential Third Party Tools Any job is easy when you have the right tools, and in the Ultimate Bootcamp® the student will be introduced to and learn how to apply third party tools that, when utilized in conjunction with VMware, will not only enhance students' skills but simplify processes, optimize efficiency, and make their jobs that much easier.

Quality "Resourceware" and Follow-on Continuing Education With more than 750 pages and a 250 page lab book, this Ultimate Bootcamp® courseware is intuitively designed to help the student easily move through the chapters regardless of their level of experience and will serve as a reference source even after the class. This unique feature of all Ultimate Bootcamps® is what attracts so many students looking for a great training experience.

Who Should Attend? System Administrators, Engineers, and Operators responsible for setup, support, and troubleshooting of ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter. The Ultimate Bootcamp® is intended for IT Professionals with a minimum of 1 year server and infrastructure experience.

Prerequisites: 1-3 years System Administration experience on Microsoft Windows® and/or Linux®.

For more information about this program contact: Kristy Anthony, Program Manager.