Preparing Students to Implement Private Clouds Ron Carswell Professor Emeritus San Antonio College Lead PI Virtualization/Private Cloud Center NSF Grant
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Agenda Review cloud speak Private clouds at San Antonio College Details of NSF ATE grant $2,750 Private Cloud Pod Questions
Types of Clouds Public Clouds Hybrid Clouds Private Clouds
Services in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Services in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Services in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)
Services in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) Storage as a Service (STaaS)
Private Cloud Manage AD SQL iscsi VMM OS OS OS OS Compute Network Subnet Subnet Subnet Ethernet vethernet vnetwork Subnet Storage iscsi SAN
Cloud at San Antonio College
Cloud at San Antonio College System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2
Cloud at San Antonio College
Cloud at San Antonio College VMware vsphere 6
OpenStack Players
Cloud at San Antonio College OpenStack
Broad Scope for Project Courses will teach students to install, configure and manage private computing clouds Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere virtualization Open-source virtualization software (OpenStack)
Broad Scope for NSF Project Create an Enhanced Skills Certificate in Server Virtualization Increase the number of technicians who enter the Information Technology (IT) workforce Competencies in server virtualization and cloud computing Target existing IT professionals Associate degree in network administration or Relevant bachelor s degree or 3-years work experience
Broad Scope for NSF Project Coordination with Industry Advisory Board Target Microsoft/VMware Certification Exams Seek verification of training objectives
Research Microsoft Vendor Exams Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 (74-409)
Research Microsoft Private Cloud Documents Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 Microsoft Server 2012 R2 Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 R2 Microsoft System Center App Controller (SCAC) 2012 R2
Gain Approval for Courses Virtualization/Private Cloud Advisory Board San Antonio College Curriculum Committee Alamo Colleges Curriculum Committee Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Purchase Hardware 5 pods in acoustical cabinets 3 Dell R420 Servers 4 Switches for Networks 30 Hot Swap hard drives Dell Equal Logic iscsi SAN
Research Available Course Materials Microsoft Step-By-Step Documents Current available texts
Develop New Book Test Drive the Microsoft Private Cloud 1. Introduction to the Private Cloud 2. The Microsoft Private Cloud 3. Configuring the Fabric Resources 4. Working with Networks Using VMM 5. Working with Storage 6. Creating the Hyper-V Cluster 7. Creating the Private Cloud 8. Working with Application Self-Service Users 9. Introducing PowerShell 10. Working with PowerShell Scripts
Purchase Software Microsoft DreamSpark Microsoft 180-day evaluation software
Determine Course Pricing Credit 6 semester hours (two courses) $436 Continuing Education (one course ) $219
Develop/Conduct Pilot Courses Extensions to text for unique environment Presentations System Audits Train additional instructors
Evaluate Instruction Worked with Contract Evaluator Student Evaluations Student Focus Groups Faculty Focus Groups Refine Pilot Courses
Reporting Results T & E Reporting NSF Evaluator Annual reports to NSF
Advertise Course Availability NPR Radio Targeted Advertising Google AdWords LinkedIn ads Personal e-mail Continuing Education Booklet
Spring 2013 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere Fall 2013 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere Spring 2014 Current and Past Courses Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere Open-source virtualization software (OpenStack) Summer 2014 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Summer 2014 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Fall 2014 Current and Past Courses Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere Spring 2015 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMware vsphere Open-source virtualization software (OpenStack) Summer 2015 Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager
What Would We Do Different? Expand the Advisory Board Start advertising earlier Consider other advertising methods Ask for 3-year grant
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