Citrix XenServer administration v6.0
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In this Citrix XenServer 6.5 training course, students will learn skills necessary to configure and administer XenServer 6.5, XenCenter, and Provisioning Services 6.5.
Through virtual labs, as well as demonstrations and the practical application of concepts, students will gain experience with:

  • Configuring a XenServer virtualization server
  • Managing a XenServer using XenCenter
  • Creating Windows and Linux virtual machines
  • Creating XenServer resource pools and connecting to remote storage
  • Using XenMotion and automatic virtual machine placement
  • Designing a Provisioning Server farm
  • Creating, assigning and administering virtual disks
  • Managing target devices
  • Configuring high availability

    • Target Audience:
    This course is designed for IT professionals, Architects, Systems Engineers and Citrix Partner Network members.

    Prerequisites:
    Prior to taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners possess the following knowledge and experience:

  • A basic knowledge of the purpose and goals of virtualization technology
  • An understanding of computing architecture, including network and storage devices, device drivers and operating systems
  • Basic experience installing and administering Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server
  • 2008 Basic experience installing and administering Linux variants
  • Intermediate knowledge of network devices and site architecture, including configuring vLANs
  • Basic knowledge of storage terminology and technologies, including partitions, SANs, LUNs, iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS file shares

    • Course Outline[Modules]:
    Module 1: Introductions and courseware overview
    Module 2: XenServer Introduction
    Module 3: XenServer and XenCenter Installation
    Module 4: Windows Virtual Machines
    Module 5: Linux Virtual Machines
    Module 6: Templates and Life-Cycle Operations
    Module 7: XenConvert
    Module 8: Resource Management
    Module 9: Networking
    Module 10: Managing XenServer
    Module 11: Storage
    Module 12: Resource Pools
    Module 13: High Availability
    Module 14: Workload Balancing
    Module 15: Troubleshooting XenServer
    Module 16: Provisioning Services Installation and Configuration
    Module 17: vDisk Administration