Capacity Management for
Virtual Systems MasterClass (On-Line)
This is an on-line course that consist of four core Topics held over five Sessions.
The course includes repeated Topics making the format as flexible as possible for delegates.
Repeated Topics will begin 1 hour before the start of the next new Topic.
The course begins with an initial review of virtualization techniques and how they have been applied to different operating system platforms. VMware is then reviewed in some detail with a case study based on a summary of practical experience of consolidation at a number of sites. Partitions and containers are also reviewed with a case study based on real life experiences. The impact of virtualization on performance and its requirements for performance reporting and capacity planning is finally reviewed.
Learn how to consider whether to apply virtualization to production applications and, if so, to which ones. Also, if already using virtualization in production, learn of aspects that impact on performance and capacity management.
The course is aimed at Capacity Management practitioners and/or their managers embarking on assessment of virtualization projects, or already using some degree of virtualization in production, preferably with some practical experience of both performance reporting and capacity planning.
Delegates will gain:
A practical appreciation of capacity management as it needs to be addressed for virtualized servers An awareness of techniques for capacity management of virtualized systems that differ from the traditional An understanding of which traditional techniques are still relevant and valid
An awareness of VMware with practical examples and an understanding of partitions and containers
A better understanding of the metrics needed for capacity management of virtualized servers.
A review of the impact of virtualization on the capacity management process.
The course will cover:
Virtualization
Background to virtualization, range and scope of alternative approaches
VMware case study
VMware and VirtualCenter releases and data available
Sample reports and consolidation project plan
Partitions case study
AIX LPARs, Solaris containers and HPUX partitions
Sample reports and case study
Capacity Management impact and
implementation
Server-centric traditional modeling
Impact of workload balancing, capacity on demand and virtual machines
Metrics available and needed as well as processes required to manage virtualization effectively
An awareness of techniques for capacity management of virtualized systems that differ from the traditional 