Description
This course will teach you how to deploy and administer Windows and Linux virtual machines with Citrix XenServer, XenCenter and the "Provisioning" service. You will see how to install and configure these solutions, how to manage the network, storage, resources and guarantee the availability of services.
Who is this training for ?
For whom ?Systems and network administrators, network architects.
Prerequisites
Training objectives
Training program
- Architecture
- What's new in XenServer 6.
- 5.
- Comparison VMware vSphere and Microsoft SCVMM/HyperV.
- Planning and Installation
- Installation: XenServer, XenCenter and XenServer Tools.
- Deployment of updates, Additional packs.
- Management tools (XSConsole, ).
- Practical work Install, configure XenServer and XenCenter.
- Creation and management of VMs
- Architecture of Windows and Linux VMs.
- VM: creation, import, export and creation of models.
- Management of ISO, vApps, P2V and V2V libraries.
- Practical work Create and manage Windows and Linux VMs.
- Network and storage management
- XenServer virtual network architecture and components (PIF, Virtual Switch, VIF, DvSwitch).
- Load balancing, NIC aggregation (BOND), QOS management.
- Network control and monitoring by Distributed vSwitch Controller.
- Architecture, storage technologies (SAN, NAS, DAS), virtual storage components (SR, PBD, VBD, VDI, VHD).
- Method for creating Repository Storage for VMs.
- Practical work Configure the network and storage.
- Resource Pool Administration
- Resource Pool Overview.
- Changing the Pool Master.
- Dynamic RAM Control (DMC).
- Performance Monitoring .
- User management and integration with Microsoft Active Directory.
- Delegation of personalized administration tasks.
- Practical work Configure the use of resources.
- Manipulate control tools.
- Performance and high availability
- Disk prioritization.
- Implementing Citrix XenServer high availability (HA).
- XenMotion: live VM migration.
- Disaster recovery.
- Load distribution, energy consumption by WLB.
- Practical work Elements of HA implementation.
- Provisioning service and vDisk management
- Installation and configuration of the Provisioning service.
- (PVS).
- Creation and management of vDisks.
- Practical work r nInstall and configure Provisioning.
- Manipulate vDisks.
- Maintenance
- Resource Pool Metadata Backup.
- XenServer: Maintenance mode, troubleshooting with logs.
- Hotfixes, alert management.
- Practical work Implementation of maintenance mode for XenServer servers.
- Backup and restoration of metadata.
