It has been suggested by many and is going to be available to the public very soon. Thanks to the hard work and persistence of Scott Drummonds the class is going through the Train the Trainer process currently. Once the trainers are up to speed the class will become available to the general public.
You can see the Course description, schedule and datasheet here.
Course Description: This hands-on training course explores the management of performance in a VMware vSphere™ environment. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to make fundamental design decisions that enhance performance and to meet performance goals in an already-deployed vSphere installation. The course is based on VMware® ESX™ 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter™ Server 4.0.
Module Outline:
Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Performance in a Virtualized Environment
• Discuss the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
• Discuss software and hardware virtualization techniques and their impact on performance
• Monitor performance using vCenter Server performance charts and the ESX/ESXi resxtop command
Module 3: CPU Performance
• Discuss the CPU scheduler and other features that have an impact on CPU performance• Monitor key CPU performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
Module 4: Memory Performance
• Discuss memory reclamation techniques and memory overcommitment
• Monitor key memory performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
Module 5: Guidelines for DRS and Resource Controls• Discuss performance guidelines for DRS clusters, resource pools, and resource allocation settings
Module 6: Network Performance
• Discuss the performance features of modern network adapters
• Monitor key network performance metrics• Troubleshoot common network performance problems
Module 7: Storage Performance
• Discuss how storage protocols, VMware vStorage VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
• Monitor key storage performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common storage performance problems
Module 8: Virtual Machine Performance• Discuss guidelines for configuring a virtual machine for optimal performance
Module 9: Application Performance
• Discuss tools and guidelines for application performance
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