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The VMware IT Academy: Wh

About And Advantages To Ed

VMware vSphere IConfigure Mana


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VMware Certified Professional ovSphere 5

Audience:

System administrators

System operators Systems engineers

Consultants

Professional

Currently a VCP4

*Achieve VCP4 or takevSphere: Whats New [V5]

VCP5

Just starting

or VCP2VCP5vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5]

VCP5

VCP5

Currently a VCP3*Whats New: vSphere 5

*No additional requirement

After Feb 29: vSphere: Whats 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]


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Agenda

Introduction

Why Virtualization Is Important

VMwares 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 & TheVMware 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 eLearningpart of the IT Academy

Over 400 schools are participating in the Instructor Led part of thIT Academy program and over 3,000 students have been traineand are candidates to become a VMware Certified Professiona



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Why Virtualization Is Important ParTom Silver, senior VP and chief marketing officer for the

technology jobs Web site Dice.com, says that the total jobcount 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
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Virtualization: Transformational Chang

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 Making

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Automated ResourceAssurance

Dynamic BalancingContinuous Optimization

Increased Availability

AutomatedAcross Applications

On-Demand

CapacityNon-disruptive ScFlexible, Reconfig++



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Architecture

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

ServerConsolidation

VMware Infrastructure

BusinessContinuity

RapidProvisioning

EnterpriseDesktops

Server Storage Network



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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter

LinuxWindows

DatacenterInfrastructure

ApplicationvServices

InfrastructurevServices

Virtual DatacenterOperating System

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Availability Security Scalability

Future Future Future



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Future Future FutureLinuxWindows


Infrastructure

vServicesvCompute vStorage vNetwork


ManagementvServices



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Evolving to Virtual Datacenter


LinuxWindows

ManagementvServices

Future Future Future


Infrastructure

vServices

vCompute vStorage vNetwork


Off-PremClou

Clou

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

VMware has 80.1% market share

Microsoft has 15.1% market shareCitrix XenServer has 4.1% market share



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VMware Global Education & ResearcPrograms

Open & Inclusive

Collaborative Programs

VMware Academic Program

VMware Labs

VMware IT Academy Program



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Value Proposition & Goals

Value Proposition

SchoolsUse of Industry Leading Intellectual Property

StudentsAffordable Access To Training & ProfessionaCertification

VMwareProliferation Of Virtualization Competencies

Goals & Objectives

Drive Collaboration Between Schools & Between Stude

With Communities

Maximize Awareness and Competencies on VirtualizatProducts and Technologies

Supply the IT industry a pool of VMware CertifiedProfessionals (VCP)



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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offe

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

VMware Capacity Planner 2.7


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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offe

Security

VMware vShield App Fundamentals

VMware vShield Edge Fundamentals

Business Continuity

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.1 Fundamentals

DRBC Design - Disaster Recovery and BusinessContinuity



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VMware IT Academy eLearning Off

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 Offer

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 Offe

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

i ff i


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Spring Source Instructor Led Offerin

Core Spring v3

Rich Web Applications with Spring

Enterprise Integration with Spring


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Eligibility for VMware IT Academy Prog

VMware Academy program open to Accredited, degree & diplomagranting higher education institutions worldwide offering 2- or 4- yearcollege 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 membecan scale classes as the markets and opportunity demand)


Costs


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Costs

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

Student course kits purchased directly from VMwares print vendor toleverage VMwares price point based on quantity & scale. Student kits shoucost less than $50 USD including tax & shipping when ordering in quantity 10more.

IT Academy partners can purchase certification vouchers directly fromVMwares certification testing delivery partner (Pearson VUE) at a discountrate 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 notsatisfy the prerequisite for theVMware VCP Certification.

The cost of printing, shipping and taxes will vary by region as wilthe 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 MaterialsGilmoreDedicated School Storefront

CertificationPearson VUERedeemable Discount Vouchers

HardwareRecommendations on either physical servers or virtuvia NETLAB+ from NDG

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NETLAB+ Concept


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Cisco Networking Academy



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Example Topology for Cisco Courses

CCNPCCNA Security

CCNA Exploration 2

CCNA Exploration 3

CCNA Exploration 4

CCNA Discovery 2

CCNA Discovery 3

CCNA Discovery 4


NDG i D l i S l t l V IP L


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NDG is Developing Supplemental VoIP La

CVOICE - 642-437CCNA Voice - 640-461

Entry-Level Certification

for Cisco Voice

Technologies

Professional-Level

Certification for Cis

Voice Technologiesof CCNP Voice Tra

Description

Official CertGuide


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VMware IT Academy - ICM


ICM Student Interfac


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ICM Student Interfac


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EMCFeasibility Study


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Question

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Slides


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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


Server Storage & Network


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Server, Storage & NetworkInfrastructure

Server Requirements:

A VMware certified x86 (Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron) based 64bit server with 2GB RAM omore (4 or 8 GB recommeded), 36GB local disk storage (72GB or more recommended) &ROM & access to Keyboard, mouse & monitor capabilities (seehttp://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 modelshttp://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 & NetworkInfrastructure

Storage Requirements:

1 x shared NAS device l isted on the VMware SAN compatibility guide (seehttp://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 listsehttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_san_guide.pdf) . This array must be capable of havminimum of 3 dedicated LUNs (10GB each) for each server & 2 shared LUNs 100GB eafor use by all servers.

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


Server Storage & Network Infrastructure
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Network Requirements:

All student & server networking components should be 1 Gbps network connected andappropriate 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 recommendeDHCP addressing capabilities to cater for up to 10 IP addresses per physical ESX host for vmachines created during the class exercises)

Virtual Center Server Requirements:

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

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Server, Storage & Network Infrastructure


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E l ILT I f t t R i t Di


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Example ILT Infrastructure Requirements - Diag

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Example Only:

This diagram is a pictorial example of

the infrastructure setup required to runthe ILT courses. Please refer to the

detailed specifications and

configurations found in VMware

Academy Program agreement.

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

recommendations are for:

8student ESX hosts

1 - infrastructure ESX host

1FC shared SAN

1NAS shared storage

Appropriate network switches &

connectivity

16student classroom computers

1instructor classroom computer

Academy Members are responsible for design and build of their own training

environments and ensuring proper capabilities according to VAP agreement


Virtual Labs via NETLAB+ from ND


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Virtual Labs via NETLAB+ from NDNETLAB+ Support of the VMware IT Academy

Program

VMware IT Academy Instructor


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VMware IT Academy InstructorRequirements

For each certified course, a VMware IT Academy Instructneeds to:

Attend and actively participate in the specified course &any pre-requisite courses. This requirement can also be meby attending a Live On Line qualifying course, viewing arecorded Live On Line course and providing screen shots completed labs either using the schools hardware or NDGvirtual lab support that they make available for IT Academinstructor candidates for completing the lab requirement.

Pass the associated VMware authorized exam with aninstructor pass mark of 350 on the VCP 4 exam (higher thathe standard student pass mark of 300)

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