Duration: 8 hours (1 day)
Course materials: Student’s Guide
Course Overview
In this course, you’ll learn the in-depth skills you need to plan and maintain the virtual infrastructure, update Parallels Virtuozzo Containers hosts, and perform various management operations at the enterprise level.
Who will benefit from this course
Support engineers who are responsible for installing and maintaining enterprise level virtual infrastructure and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers in a hosting automation environment.
Virtualization and hosting architects who are responsible for implementing enterprise level virtualization solutions and virtual private server hosted solutions based on Parallels Virtuozzo Containers capabilities.
Prerequisites
You should have completed the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Administration course and be familiar with:
- Linux or Windows Server administration (depending on your platform)
- Command-line utilities
- TCP/IP and either Windows networking or Linux network utilities and configuration files (depending on your platform)
Course Content
Linux Course
- Installation and Upgrade
Linux tools for checking hardware and software prerequisites. Unattended installation. Selective updates. Local update repository. Un-installation.Troubleshooting tools.
- Foundation
OS virtualization. Host-level processes and configuration. Management infrastructure. Inside operations with Containers. Mass operations.Troubleshooting.
- File System and Package Management
Virtuozzo file system. Container layout. Symbolic links and magic files. NFS mount. EZ template specifics. Local package repository. Creating and upgrading standard templates.Troubleshooting.
- Resource Management
System resources in UBC mode and vSwap mode. Linux and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers resource monitoring tools. Troubleshooting.
- Network Management
Virtualization levels. Firewall setup. VPN for Containers. SSL setup. Troubleshooting.
- Migration
Checkpoint mechanism. Live migration of Containers, differentiated by template types. P2V and V2P migrations. Troubleshooting.
- Cluster Technology.
Step-by-step instructions for failover and data-sharing clusters in Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.
Windows Course
- Installation, Update, and Migration
Hardware and system requirements. Installation procedure. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and Windows update servers. Update algorithm.
- Template Management
Template management. Customizing the creation of application templates. Windows Server 2008 roles and application templates.
- Virtual Network
NAT technology in Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. VPN for Containers. Offloading networks.
- Performance Management and Adjustment
CPU resources. Dynamic v-CPUs. CPU pools. NUMA support. Memory pools. Space management with different types of disks.
- Cluster Technology
Detailed information about supported clustered technologies. Step by step instructions for failover clusters in Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. Container-level clusters. NLB clusters.
- Troubleshooting
Alert management. ID lookup for Containers and processes. Probable issues and solutions.
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