Xen Server Administration

Who Should attend

This course is designed for IT professionals, Architects, and Systems Engineers.

Pre-Requisites/Recommendations

Prior to taking this course, it is recommended that you have 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

Course Duration

5 Days

Course Contents

Xen server Administration

• Virtualization Overview
• Xen and XenServer
• Installing XenServer and XenCenter
• Windows Virtual Machines
• Linux Virtual Machines
• Templates and Life-Cycle Operations
• Resource Management
• Networking
• Storage
• Remote Storage
• Resource Pools

Introducing Citrix Provisioning Server

• Planning an Installation
• Installation and Configuration
• Creating vDisks
• Configuring a Master Target Device
• Administering Target Devices
• Administering vDisks
• Administering Servers
• Configuring High Availability
• Managing Printers

Introducing XenDesktop

• Preparing to Install XenDesktop
• Installing XenDesktop
• Configuring Desktop Groups
• Managing XenDesktop
• Preparing the Desktop Receiver

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