Networking and Backup in a VMware vSphere Environment

Description

Networking and backup in a virtual environment differ greatly from a physical environment. This demo lab will help you to make sound architectural decisions and show you the proper configuration of networking and backup in a virtual environment.

In addition to networking and backup, we will inform you about the new version of Site Recovery Manager (version 4.0).

This demo lab will be given by 2 Xylos Consultants with broad virtualization and hardware knowledge and experience (VMware Certified Professional & HP ASE (Accredited System Engineer)).

Target group

IT Professionals responsible for designing, implementing or operating a VMware vSphere environment

Prerequisites

Knowledge of VMware VI3 or vSphere

Content

Networking topics include:

• Networking architecture in vSphere
• Distributed vSwitches in vSphere Enterprise Plus
• Advantages of the Cisco Nexus 1000V vSwitch and its implementation
• Networking in an HP blade environment with Virtual Connect and Flex10
(Note: although this is specific for HP, most of these concepts apply to other vendors as well)

Backup topics include:

• Storage architecture in vSphere (including VMware’s vStorage API)
• Backup strategies in a vSphere environment
• Backup tools in a vSphere environment (including VMware’s own Data Recovery solution)