For those interested in the next VM troubleshooting course for your college techie colleagues, 4 days starting 11th November, we are grateful to Heythrop College who will host it (and a big thankyou to all who offered - this community can always be relied on to self-help).

college techies from this list have booked on already, some spaces left.

Details below:

Thank you for your  support, as ever,
Julian    JISC RSC London
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VMWARE 5.x TROUBLESHOOTING  4 days
This course has been updated to version 5.x. There is no official course covering this version.

It requires a bit of experience with VMware, it's not a course suitable for a beginner.
The 5.x troubleshooting course is designed to teach staff the additional skills  needed to diagnose and fix server problems, in short 
to keep the ESXi's up and running. This should increase server uptime, and reduce third party support needs and their associated costs. The course is heavily practical, with some labs lasting 3-4 hours, with labs generally accounting for about 70% of the course.
 
The VMware 5.x troubleshooting course is the only version 5.x in Europe, and particularly useful for those going from VMware 4 to 5,due to the back end differences between them.
 
cost is £800+vat per person.

VMware don't have any troubleshooting certification schemes, so they don't offer certification on their courses, and as such there's none available here.

Email the trainer directly if interested:  [log in to unmask]

This course is designed to provide to provide system administrators with additional skills to assist them in the troubleshooting of a VMware environment. It is very heavily practical, with labs accounting for 70% of the course. There are over 30 different labs. It is very much a "doing" course.

It is has also been updated to vSphere version 5, which includes not just the operating system, but also the utilities used, such as VMa.

Delegates Will Learn How to:

Use the VMware vSphere Client and service console commands to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on vSphere Use the vSphere Client and the VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) appliance to configure or diagnose and rectify problems on vSphere hosts Use ESXi technical support mode to diagnose and rectify problems on vSphere Use vSphere 5 console troubleshooting options Create and use a network sniffer to capture and display virtual switch network traffic Use the vSphere Client and command-line tools to troubleshoot VMware VMotion(tm), VMware Storage VMotion, VMware High Availability, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler, and virtual machine power-on problems

Who should attend
System administrators, system engineers, help desk, those in short who need the skills, knowledge and practical abilities to perform advanced troubleshooting of a VMware environment.

Prerequisites
This is course builds upon either the delegates existing VMware skills, or the skills learnt in the administrative courses offered, such as the Fast track or Install, Configure and Manage. It is not suitable for someone new to VMware

Outline
Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: ESXi Command-Line Troubleshooting Methods Install and use vMA Learn common VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface commands and syntax Use vSphere console troubleshooting options Configure ESXi technical support mode and SSH access

Module 3: ESXi, and vCenter Server Log Files View ESXi, and vCenter Server log files, from both the file system and the vSphere console Configure a centralized ESXi log host

Module 4: Network Troubleshooting
Identify and configure vNetwork components Configure and use a network traffic sniffer

Module 5: Management Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot vSphere management components

Module 6: Storage Troubleshooting
View, configure, and diagnose storage access problems Configure iSCSI authentication and digests

Module 7: VMotion Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot VMotion and Storage VMotion errors

Module 8: VMware HA Cluster Troubleshooting Troubleshoot errors with slot calculations, admission control, and host monitoring

Module 9: DRS Cluster Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot errors with shares, pools, and limits

Module 10: Virtual Machine Troubleshooting Review power-on requirements Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on failures

Module 11: Graduation Lab
Complete an optional final multi hour, multi problem troubleshooting exercise

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