Fundamentals of Server Virtualization

Every IT professional should have a good understanding of server virtualization. This course will teach you what server virtualization is, how it works, and how it can help you and your company.

  • Last updated 6/2024
  • English
  • Published 2025-04-24
  • Location Online
  • Duration 2h 10m 20s
What you'll learn

Every IT professional should know what server virtualization is and how it can make your life easier. In this course, Fundamentals of Server Virtualization, you’ll learn the benefits of server virtualization, the architecture behind it, and see it in action - both in the datacenter and on the desktop. First, you’ll learn the benefits of server virtualization as well as the architecture behind it, and see it in action. Next, you'll explore how to test and deploy server virtualization. Finally, you'll discover multiple options for building a server virtualization lab of your own. When you're finished with this course, you’ll have all you need to understand how you can use server virtualization to your advantage.

This course includes:

 

Course Overview

1m 56s

  • Course Overview | 1m 56s

 

Introduction

6m 34s

  •  Introduction | 6m 34s

 

Benefitting from Server Virtualization

30m 1s

  •  Introduction | 1m 33s
  •  Efficiency | 4m 14s
  •  Agility | 4m 8s
  •  Availability | 5m 12s
  •  Time | 3m 30s
  •  Money | 2m 58s
  •  Job Security | 2m 20s
  •  Demo: Administering Virtual Machines in Hyper-V | 3m 51s
  •  Summary | 2m 12s

 

Exploring Server Virtualization Architecture

31m 4s

  •  Introduction | 1m 22s
  •  How Server Virtualization Works | 1m 46s
  •  Hypervisor | 1m 30s
  •  Hypervisor Types | 2m 47s
  •  Virtual Hosts | 1m 5s
  •  Virtual Machines and Virtual Resources | 3m 32s
  •  Resource Sharing and Overcommitment | 3m
  •  Availability Features | 3m 8s
  •  Performance Optimization | 3m 42s
  •  Virtualization Management | 1m 13s
  •  Demo: Administering Virtual Machines in vSphere | 5m 51s
  •  Summary | 2m 3s

 

Consolidating with Server Virtualization

17m 42s

  •  Introduction | 1m 25s
  •  Why Consolidate Servers? | 3m 52s
  •  How to Consolidate Servers | 4m 16s
  •  Demo: P2V Migration Tools | 4m 54s
  •  How Virtualization Prepares Your Company for the Cloud | 1m 39s
  •  Summary | 1m 33s

 

Testing and Deploying Server Virtualization

19m 59s

  •  Introduction | 53s
  •  Comfort Level | 3m 42s
  •  Test Lab | 3m 9s
  •  Selecting Hypervisors | 5m 18s
  •  Demo: Virtual Servers and Shared Storage | 5m 40s
  •  Summary | 1m 14s

 

Building a Virtualization Lab

18m 50s

  •  Introduction | 56s
  •  Why Build a Virtualization Lab? | 1m 46s
  •  Multiple Ways to Build a Virtualization Lab | 2m 19s
  •  Limitations of a Virtual Lab | 2m 36s
  •  Nested Virtualization | 1m 54s
  •  Cloud-based Virtualization Labs | 2m 49s
  •  Demo: VMware Fusion Virtual Lab | 2m 30s
  •  Demo: VMware vSphere Physical Lab | 2m 30s
  •  Summary | 1m 26s

 

Summary

4m 10s

  •  Next Steps | 4m 10s