The VMware IT Academy: What It Is All About And

Advantages To Education

VMware vSphere Install Configure

Manage

VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5

Audience:

– System administrators

– System operators

– Systems engineers

– Consultants

Professional

FPO

Currently a VCP4

*Achieve VCP4 or take vSphere: What’s New [V5]

VCP5

Just starting or VCP2 VCP5vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5]

VCP5

VCP5

Currently a VCP3*What’s New: vSphere 5

*No additional requirement

After Feb 29: vSphere: What’s New [V5]

Not a VCP4 but have completed a VCP4 qualifying course

VCP5 Exam

VCP5 Exam

VCP5 Exam

VCP5 Exam

After Feb 29: vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5]

Agenda

Introduction

Why Virtualization Is Important

VMware’s Education Programs, Value Proposition & Benefits

VMware IT Academy Program, Offerings & Eligibility

Program Costs

Program Success Metrics

Support

Questions

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Why Virtualization Is Important & The VMware IT Academy

Current Economy

Reduces Capital Expenses

Reduces Operational Expenses

Promotes Green IT

Enables “Cloud” Computing

Demand for VMware Certified Professionals

Over 1,500 schools and 10,000 students are using the eLearning part of the IT Academy

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Why Virtualization Is Important Part Two

Tom Silver, senior VP and chief marketing officer for the

technology jobs Web site Dice.com, says that the total job

count for his site was down 12 percent from January 2008

through the first week of November. But for those with

virtualization experience, including both VMware and general

skills, available jobs increased by 43 percent and 37 percent,

respectively.

Source: http://virtualizationreview.com/features/print.aspx?editorialsid=2604

Virtualization: Transformational Change in IT•

Virtualization… Decouples software from

underlying hardware

Encapsulates Operating

Systems and applications

into “Virtual Machines”

A Virtual Machine

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Virtual Infrastructure: Ten Years in the Making

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Automated Resource Assurance

Dynamic BalancingContinuous Optimization

Increased Availability

AutomatedAcross Applications

On-Demand Capacity

Non-disruptive Scaling Flexible, Reconfigurable

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Strategic Computing Architecture

One Platform to Solve a Range of PressingChallenges Across a Range of Environments and Users

ServerConsolidation

VMware Infrastructure

BusinessContinuity

Rapid Provisioning

EnterpriseDesktops

Server Storage Network

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New Software Platform Required

Hardware Pool

ExistingApp Loads

FutureApp Loads

An Elastic, Self-managing,Self-healing SW Substrate

Virtual DatacenterOperating System

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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS

LinuxWindows

DatacenterInfrastructure

ApplicationvServices

InfrastructurevServices

Virtual DatacenterOperating System

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Availability Security Scalability

Future Future Future …

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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS

DatacenterInfrastructure

Future Future Future …LinuxWindows

ApplicationvServices

InfrastructurevServices

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Availability Security Scalability

ManagementvServices

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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter OS

DatacenterInfrastructure

LinuxWindows

ManagementvServices

Future Future Future …

ApplicationvServices

InfrastructurevServices

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Availability Security Scalability

Off-PremiseCloud

CloudvServices

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Who is Using Virtualization?Study by SMB supplier SpiceWorks: 100,000 companies in over 100 countries

•VMware has 80.1% market share•Microsoft has 15.1% market share•Citrix XenServer has 4.1% market share

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VMware Global Education & Research Programs

Open & InclusiveCollaborative Programs

VMware Academic Program

VMware Labs

VMware IT Academy Program

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Value Proposition & Goals

Value Proposition Schools – Use of Industry Leading Intellectual Property

Students – Affordable Access To Training & Professional Certification

VMware – Proliferation Of Virtualization Competencies

Goals & Objectives Drive Collaboration Between Schools & Between Students

With Communities

Maximize Awareness and Competencies on Virtualization Products and Technologies

Supply the IT industry a pool of VMware Certified Professionals (VCP)

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VMware IT Academy Program – two levels

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eLearning courses

Instructor Led Training

(VMware Certification courses)

College / Institute Capabilities & Competency

Higher level of certification

Entry level

capabilities

Low start up costs / resources

Higher costs / resources

• Academy members do not require any certified trainers

• Low / No ICT hardware requirement

• Can be included into existing courses or used for self study • Academy members require VMware certified

Instructor to teach certified courses

• Specified ICT hardware requirement

• Minimum course content and hours required for student certification

VMware has designed a flexible program to allow colleges to provide Virtualization training in multiple formats, learning

styles and levels

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

Infrastructure Virtualization

VMware vSphere Fundamentals 4.1

VMware vSphere: What's New in vSphere 4

VMware ESXi: Administration

Transition to ESXi Essentials

Virtualization Management

VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Fundamentals

VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals

VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Fundamentals

VMware vCenter Chargeback Fundamentals

VMware vCenter AppSpeed Fundamentals

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

Security

VMware vShield App Fundamentals

VMware vShield Edge Fundamentals

Business Continuity

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.1 Fundamentals

DRBC Design - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings

End User Computing

VMware Workstation 7: Fundamentals

VMware Workstation 7: Advanced

VMware Workstation 6: Mastery

VMware Fusion 3

VMware View 4.5 Fundamentals

What is New in VMware View 4.5

VMware ThinApp Fundamentals

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Offerings

•Instructor Led Courses: VMware vSphere 4: Overview VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators VMware vSphere 4: What's New VMware vSphere: What's New Japanese VMware vSphere 4: Manage Availability VMware vSphere 4: Manage Scalability VMware vSphere 4: Manage for Performance VMware vSphere: Design Workshop VMware vSphere: Design Workshop Chinese VMware vSphere: Design Workshop Japanese Using VMware vCenter Lab Manager VMware vSphere 4: Troubleshooting VMware vSphere 4: Troubleshooting Chinese VMware vSphere 4: Troubleshooting Japanese VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage VMware vSphere 4: Manage and Design for Security

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Offerings

•Instructor Led Courses Continued: VMware vSphere: Transition to ESXi VMware vSphere 4: Fast Track VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage Chinese VMware View: Design Best Practices VMware vSphere: Automation with vSphere PowerCLI VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage - Japanese VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp VMware Infrastructure 3: Overview VMware Infrastructure 3: Skills for Operators VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure and Analyze VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure - Chinese VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure - Japanese VMware Workstation 6.5

Spring Source Instructor Led Offerings

Core Spring v3

Rich Web Applications with Spring

Enterprise Integration with Spring

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Eligibility for VMware IT Academy Program

VMware Academy program open to Accredited, degree & diploma granting higher education institutions worldwide offering 2- or 4- year college programs are eligible to participate in the program

Technical schools offering accredited degrees through distance education programs are also eligible to participate in the program

No minimum course enrollment commitment (i.e. Academy members can scale classes as the markets and opportunity demand)

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Program Costs

No cost to Join. A simple registration form submitted for approval.

Student course kits purchased directly from VMware’s print vendor to leverage VMware’s price point based on quantity & scale. Student kits should cost less than $50 USD including tax & shipping when ordering in quantity 10 or more.

IT Academy partners can purchase certification vouchers directly from VMware’s certification testing delivery partner (Pearson VUE) at a discounted rate of 70% off commercial cost.

IT Academy partners receive eLearning courses to use at “No Charge” to supplement instructor led courses or for reference for any courses desired.

Note: eLearning courses do not satisfy the prerequisite for the VMware VCP Certification.

The cost of printing, shipping and taxes will vary by region as will the cost of certification test delivery.

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VMware IT Academy - SupportAdministrative Support:

Program Manager

Operations

myLearn LMS for Class, Student, Certification Vouchers & Evaluations

Technical Support - VMware Forum:

http://communities.vmware.com

Mentoring via WebEx with Playback

Course Materials – Gilmore – Dedicated School Storefront

Certification – Pearson VUE – Redeemable Discount Vouchers

Hardware – Recommendations on either physical servers or virtual via NETLAB+ from NDG

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VMware IT Academy Program Success Metrics

# of students participating over time

# of students completing certifications over time

Quality Ratings ≥ Commercial Scores as measured by student feedback scores

Academy members and student direct program feedback

VMware will measure academy program members success using the metrics above. These inputs will be used to determine further

program enhancements and future program direction

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NETLAB+ Concept

NETLAB+ Deployments

Cisco Networking Academy

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Example Topology for Cisco Courses

CCNPCCNA SecurityCCNA Exploration 2CCNA Exploration 3CCNA Exploration 4CCNA Discovery 2CCNA Discovery 3CCNA Discovery 4

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NDG is Developing Supplemental VoIP Labs

CVOICE - 642-437 CCNA Voice - 640-461

Entry-Level Certification for Cisco Voice Technologies

Professional-Level Certification for Cisco Voice Technologies. Part of CCNP Voice Track

Description

Official Cert Guide

VMware IT Academy - ICM

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ICM Student Interface

EMC – Feasibility Study

Questions

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Backup Slides

•Additional Information

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Additional Information - Agenda

ILT Equipment requirements overview

VMware Certified Instructor requirements

Pearson VUE Testing Center Overview

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Overview

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Server, Storage & Network Infrastructure

•Server Requirements:

• A VMware certified x86 (Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron) based 64bit server with 2GB RAM or more (4 or 8 GB recommeded), 36GB local disk storage (72GB or more recommended) & DVD ROM & access to Keyboard, mouse & monitor capabilities (see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_systems_guide.pdf & http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_io_guide.pdf )

• A minimum of 3 x 1Gbit NIC interface cards ( see supported NIC models http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_io_guide.pdf )

• A minimum of 1 VMware supported Fibre Channel adapter per server (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf)

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Server, Storage & Network Infrastructure

• Storage Requirements:

• 1 x shared NAS device listed on the VMware SAN compatibility guide (see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf) or use of a customised NFS server

• 1 x Fibre Channel switch & Storage Area Network (on VMware certified device list – see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf) . This array must be capable of having a minimum of 3 dedicated LUNs (10GB each) for each server & 2 shared LUNs 100GB each for use by all servers.

• Sufficient Fibre Channel switches to connect the servers to the storage array.

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•Network Requirements:

• All student & server networking components should be 1 Gbps network connected and appropriate network isolation should be in place (i.e. ESX server management & training network separated from academy production network)

• NAS / IP Storage device should be connected to the ESX server management network

• Static IP address allocation scheme for specific components (4 per server recommended) & DHCP addressing capabilities to cater for up to 10 IP addresses per physical ESX host for virtual machines created during the class exercises)

•Virtual Center Server Requirements:

• Sufficient hardware (virtual or physical) to run a Windows 2003 Virtual Machine per ESX server within the classroom environment. VMware recommends these Virtual Center servers be run as VMs on top of a common ESX host within the training environment.

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Server, Storage & Network Infrastructure

•Classroom Computer Requirements:

• Standard x86 PCs with Intel or AMD processors (500 Mhz or better recommended) capable of running Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003 with 512MB RAM or more recommended) with keyboard, mouse & monitor. Computers must be capable of running VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client (with .NET framework 1.1 or higher installed).

• Computers should be setup in as standard a manner as possible and allow access to external websites for students and instructors.

• Access to training environment can be provided by remote capability. For this VMware recommends use of VMware’s secure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure capability through VMware View 3 capability.

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Example ILT Infrastructure Requirements - Diagram

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Example Only:

This diagram is a pictorial example of the infrastructure setup required to run

the ILT courses. Please refer to the detailed specifications and

configurations found in VMware Academy Program agreement.

Example Only: For a class of 16 concurrent students, minimum

recommendations are for:

8 – student ESX hosts

1 - infrastructure ESX host

1 – FC shared SAN

1 – NAS shared storage

Appropriate network switches & connectivity

16 – student classroom computers

1 – instructor classroom computer

Academy Members are responsible for design and build of their own training environments and ensuring proper capabilities according to VAP agreement

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Virtual Labs via NETLAB+ from NDG

NETLAB+ Support of the VMware IT Academy Program®

VMware IT Academy Instructor Requirements•For each certified course, a VMware IT Academy Instructor needs to:

• Attend and actively participate in the specified course & any pre-requisite courses. This requirement can also be met by attending a Live On Line qualifying course, viewing a recorded Live On Line course and providing screen shots of completed labs either using the schools hardware or NDG’s virtual lab support that they make available for IT Academy instructor candidates for completing the lab requirement.

• Pass the associated VMware authorized exam with an instructor pass mark of 350 on the VCP 4 exam (higher than the standard student pass mark of 300)

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