Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: XenServer Architecture
- Describing the XenServer virtualization platform
- Product editions and entitlements
- XenServer architecture
- XenServer key components
Module 2: Managing Virtual Machines
- Virtualization techniques
- XenTools
- Creating virtual machines
- Managing virtual machines
- Understanding vApps
- Managing snapshots
Module 3: Installing XenServer
- Hardware requirements
- Licensing
- Available installation methods
- XenServer supplemental packs
Module 4: Managing a XenServer Environment
- Deploying hotfixes
- Upgrading XenServer
- Upgrading XenTools
- Monitoring and alerting
- Pool metadata backups
Module 5: Resource Pools
- Understanding resource pools
- XenServer pool master
- Pool master election
- Workload balancing
Module 6: Networking
- XenServer networking architecture
- Virtual network types