VMware CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALS - The Expert and Independent view.
June 20, 2012 - London - 9:30-4.30
 

Come along to a one-day intensive workshop that provides an overview of the fundamental principles of Capacity Management and how these change when you are dealing with a virtualized environment.

WHY CHOOSE US?

  • Performance and capacity experts
  • Real world experience
  • Concise, one day course


The workshop provides a focus on Capacity Management and VMware performance,
so will be of interest to

  • Capacity management personnel
  • VMware administration staff
  • Support personnel
CONTENTS
The VMware Capacity Management Awareness Workshop is split into 5 sections and covers the following areas
Section 1
Introduction to virtualization with VMware
  • Overview of the workshop
  • Virtualization concepts
  • Introduction to vSphere
 Section 2
VMware Technology and Terminology
  • Overview of VMware architecture
  • VMware functionality and concepts
  • Hosts, guests, clusters, resource pools and data centers
  • DRS and vMotion
  • Networking
  • Disks and datastores
  • Memory and CPU management
 Section 3
VMware monitoring and metrics
  • Key CPU, memory, disk, network and storage metrics
  • Performance assurance recommendations
  • Monitoring the service
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Section 4
Capacity Planning for VMware
  • Capacity planning at the right VMware level
  • Reporting options
  • Capacity modelling and queuing
  • Case study
 Section 5
Optimization and Tuning for VMware
  • Optimization and tuning cycle
  • Workload consolidation
  • Usage normalization
  • Resource tuning
  • Filtering
  
 
BENEFITS IN ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP
        After attending the workshop delegates will
         be able to: 		        Among the questions that delegates will be able to answer
        after attending the workshop are:
  • Identify common performance and capacity issues with VMware
  • Better understand the terminology used with VMware
  • Confidently monitor and report on the correct aspects of the infrastructure
  • Understand and manage the interaction of key system components
  • Provide assurance to the business that the capacity of their VMware infrastructure will be managed effectively
  • Is there enough headroom for additional VMs in my Cluster?
  • Is CPU Ready really a problem for a VM?
  • Am I running into problems with DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduling)?
  • Do I have my Resource Pools set up adequately?
  • What is the impact of Transparent Page Sharing on a Host?
  • What are the VMware Key Performance Indicators?
  • Can I forecast resource utilization out for 6 months or more?
  • What happens if I have changes in the 6-month forecast 3 months from now?
  • How do I show the impact of memory on CPU utilization?
  • What is the best way to present reports to end-users?
  • How many Idle and Oversized VMs do I have?
 
£360 per person (inc 20% web discount if you quote this code - VCPE37)
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW or contact Sally Bellamy on 01823-259231 for more information