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Citrix XenServer 5.6 Administration
Course Number: CXS-202-1
Category: Networks & Operating Systems
Duration: 5.00 days
Description

In this course, students will learn the skills necessary to configure and administer Citrix® XenServer® 5.6, Citrix® XenCenter®, and Citrix® Provisioning Services™ 5.6. Through hands-on labs, students will gain experience configuring a XenServer virtualization server; creating XenServer resource pools and connecting to remote storage; using XenMotion and automatic virtual machine placement; and creating, assigning and administering virtual disks. Additionally, students will learn how to design a Provisioning Services farm.

Target Audience
This course is designed for IT professionals, Datacenter Administrators, Systems Engineers and Citrix Partner Network members.
Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners possess the following knowledge and experience:
  • A basic knowledge of the purpose and goals of virtualization technology
  • An understanding of computing architecture, including network and storage devices, device drivers and operating systems
  • Basic experience installing and administering Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
  • Basic experience installing and administering Linux variants
  • Intermediate knowledge of network devices and site architecture, including configuring vLANs
  • Basic knowledge of storage terminology and technologies, including partitions, SANs, LUNs, iSCSI, and NFS and CIFS file shares
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to:
  • Install, configure and administer XenServer 5.6
  • Configure and administer XenCenter
  • Deploy and manage Provisioning Services 5.6
  • Configure a XenServer virtualization server
  • Manage a XenServer using XenCenter
  • Create Windows and Linux virtual machines
  • Create XenServer resource pools and connect to remote storage
  • Use XenMotion and automatic virtual machine placement
  • Design a Provisioning Services farm
  • Create, assign and administer virtual disks
  • Manage target devices

 

This course prepares learners for the Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix XenServer 5

Outline

Module 1: Introductions and Course Overview

 

Module 2: XenServer Introduction

 

Module 3: XenServer and XenCenter Installation

 

Module 4: Windows Virtual Machines

 

Module 5: Linux Virtual Machines

 

Module 6: Templates and Life-Cycle Operations

 

Module 7: XenConvert

 

Module 8: Resource Management

 

Module 9: Managing XenServer

 

Module 10: Networking

 

Module 11: Storage

 

Module 12: Resource Pools

 

Module 13: High Availability

 

Module 14: Workload Balancing

 

Module 15: Troubleshooting XenServer

 

Module 16: Provisioning Services Installation and Configuration

 

Module 17: vDisk Administration

 

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