EMCVBAM EMC VCE Vblock Systems Administration and Management

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
• Understand the main elements of Administration and Management • Develop a working understanding of the Vblock system as it pertains to:o Validation o Monitoring o Administration o Management o Security • Perform resource isolation for simulated multi-tenant environments • Explain the steps for configuring monitoring and alert setup including thresholding • Build a Vblock System Run Book by walking through each of the component management interfaces. • Inventory current Vblock system configuration • Enact role based security • Understand and explore VCE Vision

TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is intended for anyone charged with understanding and/or performing administrative and maintenance tasks using the Vblock system.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Prerequisite Knowledge To understand the content and successfully complete of this course, a participant must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set in datacenter disciplines of storage, network and server virtualization. Completion of the VCE Converged Infrastructure Solutions Foundations eLearning course is strongly recommended

COURSE CONTENT:
LAB 1. Capturing the Vblock System Configuration Baseline • Establish a Vblock System Configuration Baseline • UCS Manager GUI: Capture Compute Resource Configuration • UCS Manager CLI: Capture Compute Resource Configuration • EMC Unisphere for VNX: Capture VNX Storage Configuration Information • Navisphere CLI: Capture VNX Storage Configuration using • Solutions Enabler CLI: Capture VMAX Storage Configuration (Optional) • NX-OS CLI for MDS Switch: Capture Storage Area Network (SAN) Configuration • NX-OS CLI for Nexus 5548: Capture Network Configuration • vSphere Web Client: Explore vCenter Configuration • Collecting Support Information with VCE Vision and vSphereLAB 2. VCE Vision: Administration • VCE Vision Intelligent Operations Utilization • Vision System Library AdministrationLAB 3. VCE Vision Plug-in for vCenter • Install VCE Vision Plug-in for vCenterLAB 4. Additional UCS Configuration Options • Modifying the time zone setting using UCS Manager • Adding a network time protocol server using UCS ManagerLAB 5. Monitoring for Component Errors or Failures • Vblock System Events • Log Browser • UCS Fault Detection • Storage AlertsLAB 6. Vblock System Assurance • Running Compliance Scans • Installing New Certification Matrixes • Installing Optional components in a Compliance Scan • Installing the latest VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 patchLAB 7. Proactive Monitoring • Validating SNMP Setting within the UCS • Validating SNMP on the MDS switches • Validating SNMP on Nexus 5K Switches • Validating SNMP on VNX • Validating SNMP trap forwarding in EMC Unisphere • Configure UCS Threshold Policies • Syslog Management • Using VCE Vision SNMP in Network Management Systems • Testing System Library ConfigurationLAB 8. Service Profile Templates and Service Profiles • Modifying an Initial Service Profile Template • Modifying the Service Profile by Bind to an Initial Service Profile Template • Cloning a Service Profile to an Updating Service Profile Template • Modifying an Updating Service Profile Template and the Bound Service ProfileLAB 9. UCS Manager: Expanding Address and ID Pools • UUID Pool • Expand MAC Address Pool • Expand WWNN Address Pools • Expand the WWPN PoolLAB 10. Managing Boot Devices and Paths • MDS NX-OS CLI: WWPN Verification • UCS Manager: New Boot Policy (VNX) • Unisphere for VNX: Connecting to VNX Storage – New Initiators • Unisphere for VNX: Connecting to VNX Storage – Storage Groups • Unisphere for VNX: Connecting to VNX Storage – Creating a boot LUNLAB 11. UCS Manager: Create a Service Profile from Scratch • Creating a New Service Profile • Associate a new service profile • Installing ESX-i • Restore Original Service ProfileLAB 12. Deploying Virtual Machines • Creating a New Datastore • Provision an Additional LUN • Create a New Data Store • Creating a Virtual Machine • Creating a New VM in vSphere Web Client • Accessing the VM • Capacity Management • VMware Capacity Monitoring • Monitoring Storage • Monitor a Storage Pool • Monitoring a RAID group • Capacity Expansion • Expand A Storage Pool • Expand an Existing LUN • Expand a Data Store • Template Creation and Usage • Creating a VM Template in vSphere Web Client • Creating a VM from a Template • Accessing the VM • VLAN Creation • Add a VLAN on UCS • Adding a VLAN to the Cisco Nexus 5000 • Adding a VLAN to the Cisco Nexus 1000V • Adding the VLAN to VMware Virtual Switch • Changing the VLAN for the Application VMsLAB 13. Creating NFS Stores • Configuring advanced settings for VMware vSpere ESXi 5.1 • Configure File System and NFS Exports • ESXi NFS Configuration • VM Access to the NFS File System • Finding the NFS VLAN • Adding a New Interface To VNX • Create new network in vSphere • Create new NIC the Application VM • Create The NFS Mount on the VMLAB 14. Managing CIFS • Creating a CIFS Server • Create a Volume • Creating a File System Pool • Creating a CIFS file system • Mount a File System on the CIFS Server in VNX • Test the CIFS File System on your Management Workstation • Mount CIFS on VMLAB 15. Protecting Vblock System Metadata • VCE Vision Configuration Backup • VCE Vision Configuration Restoration • VCE Vision Interface to Vblock System Configuration • Backup of UCS Manager • Backup of the Nexus 5k Switch • Backup of the MDS SwitchLAB 16. Protecting Vblock System Production Data • Protection in UnisphereLAB 17. Securing the Vblock System • Security • vCenter Password Retention • VCE Vision Appliance and Central Authorization • Adjusting Syslog maximum log file size • Securing a New VLANs with Roles • Creating a QoS Policy on the Nexus 1000vLAB 18. Trusted Multi-tenant in a Vblock System • Trusted Multi-Tenancy • Create Admin Account • Create Sub-Organization • Segregated Storage • Create a Segregated Storage Pool on EMC VNX • Segregate UCS Compute Environment • Segregate vSphere Access

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