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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
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
Over 400 schools are participating in the Instructor Led part of the IT
Academy program and over 3,000 students have been trained and are
candidates to become a VMware Certified Professional
Source: http://virtualizationreview.com/features/print.aspx?editorialsid=2604
Virtualization
Decouples software from
underlying hardware
Encapsulates Operating
Systems and applications
into Virtual Machines
A Virtual Machine
Automated Resource
Assurance
Dynamic Balancing
Continuous Optimization
Increased Availability
Automated
Across Applications
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On-Demand
Capacity
Non-disruptive Scaling
Flexible, Reconfigurable
Server
Consolidation
Business
Continuity
Rapid
Provisioning
Enterprise
Desktops
VMware Infrastructure
Server
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Storage
Network
Existing
Future
App Loads
App Loads
Virtual Datacenter
Operating System
An Elastic, Self-managing,
Self-healing SW Substrate
Hardware Pool
Windows
Linux
Future
Future
Application
vServices
Availability
Security
Scalability
Infrastructure
vServices
vCompute
vStorage
vNetwork
Virtual Datacenter
Operating System
Datacenter
Infrastructure
Future
Windows
Linux
Future
Future
Future
Application
vServices
Availability
Security
Scalability
Infrastructure
vServices
vCompute
vStorage
vNetwork
Management
vServices
Datacenter
Infrastructure
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Windows
Linux
Future
Future
Future
Application
vServices
Availability
Security
Scalability
Infrastructure
vServices
vCompute
vStorage
vNetwork
Management
vServices
Datacenter
Infrastructure
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Cloud
vServices
Off-Premise
Cloud
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Value Proposition
Schools Use of Industry Leading Intellectual Property
Students Affordable Access To Training & Professional Certification
VMware Proliferation Of Virtualization Competencies
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eLearning courses
Low start up
costs / resources
Entry level
capabilities
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Higher level of
certification
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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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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Confidential
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Core Spring v3
Rich Web Applications with Spring
Enterprise Integration with Spring
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Program Costs
No cost to Join. A simple registration form submitted for approval.
Student course kits purchased directly from VMwares print vendor to leverage
VMwares 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 VMwares
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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NETLAB+ Concept
NETLAB+ Deployments
CCNP
CCNA Security
CCNA Exploration 2
CCNA Exploration 3
CCNA Exploration 4
CCNA Discovery 2
CCNA Discovery 3
CCNA Discovery 4
CVOICE - 642-437
Professional-Level
Description Certification for Cisco
Voice Technologies. Part
of CCNP Voice Track
Official Cert
Guide
Questions
Backup Slides
Additional Information
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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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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.
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)
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