Citrix XenServer-6.2 Administration Training

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1 Citrix XenServer-6.2 Administration Training Course Duration : 20Days Class Duration : 3hours per day ( Fast Track Course duration 7days Per day 8 hours ) Classroom Training Fast-Track Training: - Online Training: - This course will be prerequisite for Citrix cloud computing Administration.

2 Module 1: Overview XenServer hosts and resource pools Networking Storage Monitoring and managing XenServer Command Line Interface How this Guide relates to other documentation Module 2: Installing XenServer and XenCenter XenServer Introducing XenServer Benefits of Using XenServer Deprecated Features System Requirements XenServer Host System Requirements XenCenter System Requirements Supported Guest Operating Systems Installing the XenServer Host Host Partition Format Installing XenCenter Connecting XenCenter to the XenServer Host Licensing XenServer Module 4: Networking XenServer networking concepts Network objects Networks Initial networking configuration Managing networking Configuration Creating networks in a standalone server Creating networks in resource pools Changing networking configuration options VLANs Creating VLANs NIC bonds Creating NIC bonds on a standalone host Creating NIC bonds in resource pools Configuring a dedicated storage NIC Controlling Quality of Service [QoS] NIC/PIF ordering in resource pools Networking Troubleshooting Diagnosing network corruption Recovering from a bad network configuration Management Interface Disabling Management Access Adding a New Physical NIC Using Switch Port Locking Configuring Switch Port Locking Emergency Network Reset Module 3: XenServer hosts and Resource pools Configuration Requirements for creating resource pools Creating a pool Connecting XenCenter to the XenServer Host Setting Up Shared Storage for the Pool Removing a XenServer host from a resource pool Using the CLI for Network Reset

3 Module 5: Distributed Virtual Switching Distributed Virtual Switching Features Distributed Virtual Switching Components vswitch Controller Virtual Appliance Deployment Accessing the vswitch Controller vswitch Controller Configuration. High Availability Monitoring Network Activity Viewing Flow Statistics Exporting NetFlow Statistics Managing Address Groups and Virtual Machine Groups Distributed Virtual Switching Policy Configuration Hierarchy Access Control List Policies Access Control Policies Hierarchy Defining Access Control List Rules Access Control List Rule Enforcement Order Configuring Fail Modes Setting Up Port Configuration Policies Cross-Server Private Networks Cross-Server Private Network Requirements XenMotion with Cross-Server Private Networks Module 6: Storage Overview StorVirtual Disk Images [VDI] Storage Repository Types Physical Block Devices (PBDs) Virtual Block Devices (VBDs) Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) Virtual Disk Data Formats Local Disks Local hot plug devices Shared Network Attached Storage Using NFS Shared iscsi Storage Shared LVM storage over FC or iscsi hardware HBAs Creating Storage Repositories Probing an SR Creating a local LVM SR - EXT3 SR - NFS SR [nfs] Creating a shared LVM over iscsi SR [lvmoiscsi] Creating a Raw Virtual Disk Using the xe CLI age repositories [SRs] Storage Multipathing Managing Storage Repositories Destroying or forgetting a SR ISO Storage NFS VHD Creating a Shared NFS SR (NFS) Destroying or Forgetting a SR Resizing an SR Move Virtual Disks using XenCenter

4 Module 7: Configuring High Availability High Availability Requirements High Availability Considerations Restart Priorities Server Failure Tolerance Overcommitting Host Fencing Disaster Recovery Disaster Preparedness and Response Backup and Recovery of XenServer Hosts and Virtual Machines Metadata Backing Up a Pool Installation To Restore a Pool Installation Backing Up Virtual Machines as Snapshots To Take a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine To Restore a Running XenServer Host Listing Snapshots Using the Command-line Interface Deleting a Snapshot Restoring a Virtual Machine from a Snapshot Module 8: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines Windows Virtual Machine Architecture Virtual Memory and Disk Size Limits for Windows Virtual Machines Virtual Device Support for Windows Virtual Machines Installation from an ISO To Create a Windows Virtual Machine Creating Linux Virtual Machines Installing XenServer Tools Suspend and Resume Deleting a Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Templates Take a VM Snapshots Creating a Template from VM Exporting a Virtual Machine Copying a Virtual Machine Assigning Resources to a Virtual Machine Importing a Virtual Machine Virtual Disks - Virtual NICs - Virtual CPUs - Memory Virtual Appliance Packages To Create Virtual Appliances Exporting an Appliance Package Importing an Appliance Package XenConvert Overview Physical Machine Conversion Converting from Physical to Virtual Machine Performing a PV Conversion

5 Module 9: Backups Full metadata backup and disaster recovery Moving SRs between hosts and Pools VM Snapshots Regular Snapshots Taking a VM snapshot VM Rollback Coping with machine failures Master & Member failures Pool failures Coping with Failure due to Configuration Errors Physical Machine failure Module 10: Troubleshooting XenServer host logs Sending log messages to a central server Troubleshooting connections between XenCenter and the XenServer Module 11: Monitoring and Managing XenServer Alerts Customizing Alerts Configuring Alerts Custom Fields and Tags Custom Searches Module 12: Command Line Interface Basic xe syntax Special characters and syntax Command Types Low-Level param commands Low-Level list commands Bonding commands CD commands Event commands Host [XenServer host] commands Log commands Network commands Patch [update] commands PBD commands PIF commands Pool commands Storage Manage commands SR commands Task commands Template commands Update commands User commands VBD commands Console Commands VDI commands VIF commands VLAN commands VM commands Xe command reference Parameter types