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VMware Capacity Planner Training |
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Onsite - Instructor-Led Training |
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2-3 days depending on audience background and options |
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| Introduction: |
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VMware Capacity Planner is a consolidation assessment and decision support tool used by organizations to build the best possible infrastructure virtualization plan to contain server sprawl and reduce power and cooling costs. VMware Capacity Planner automates the data collection and analysis of server resources and their performance and utilization profiles, so that you can justify your virtualization projects and drive your business.
This course trains consultants and systems engineers to use VMware proprietary tools to collect and view system, inventory, and performance data for use in consolidation, capacity planning, and performance tuning projects. |
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| Audience |
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| IT consultants or systems engineers offering server consolidation services to their clients using VMware products. This course is restricted to VMware employees and authorized VMware Partners. |
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| Prerequisites |
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| Windows and/or UNIX/Linux system administration experience, including network-interface configuration, file permissions, and familiarity with performance-tuning basics on x86-architecture |
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| Customize it: |
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| This 2-3-day VMware Capacity Planner course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of VMWare training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. |
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What You'll Learn
- General concepts of server consolidation analysis and the typical challenges involved
- Use Capacity Planner to simplify the assessment process and provide decision support data to create a consolidation plan
- Use Capacity Planner to model consolidation scenarios - scenarios tailored to the individual eeds of specific customers
- Conduct customer interviews designed to elicit information relevant to consolidation projects and TCO/ROI analysis
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| Course Outline |
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1. Introducing VMware Capacity Planner
- Introduction to the course
- Introduction to the tool
2. Before the Engagement
- Ensuring success through logistical planning
- Scoping out the engagement
3. During the On-site
- Installing and configuring Capacity Planner Data Manager
- Configuring notifications
- Conducting customer interviews
4. During the Data Collection Period
- Monitoring data collection levels
- Creating server groups
- Defining hardware templates
- Creating consolidation scenarios
5. Troubleshooting Capacity Planner
- Troubleshooting logistical issues
- Troubleshooting Capacity Planner Data Manager
- Troubleshooting Capacity Planner Dashboard
6. Creating Customer Deliverables
- Classifying servers
- Calculating TCO/ROI
- Available report formats
7. After the Engagement
- Virtualization opportunities
- Other opportunities
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