TOPICS

Course Outline
1. Design Process
Key terminology
Design guidelines, design approaches, design sessions, and design decisions and implications
Create a design framework
Framework methodology
Design tools, including the architecture quality matrix, ITIL v3, and the vSphere technology stack
2. VMware vSphere Storage Design
Useful information for making design decisions about virtual and physical storage
Best practice recommendations
Alternative storage design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a storage design
3. VMware vSphere Network Design
Useful information for making design decisions about virtual and physical networks
Best practice recommendations
Alternative network design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a network design
4. Compute Resources Design
Useful information for making design decisions about host CPU and memory
Best practice recommendations
Alternative host design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a host design
5. Virtual Machine Design
Useful information for making design decisions about virtual machines
Best practice recommendations
Alternative virtual machine design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a virtual machine design
6. VMware vSphere Virtual Datacenter Design
Useful information for making design decisions about virtual datacenters regarding management server and cluster configuration
Best practice recommendations
Alternative virtual datacenter design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a virtual datacenter design
7. Management and Monitoring Design
Useful information for making design decisions about management and monitoring
Best practice recommendations
Alternative management and monitoring design choices
Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
Develop a management and monitoring design.