CL02 - Virtualization Foundation Course (with exam)

Summary

Certificate: Virtualization-Ready Professional
Duration: 2 days (exam included)
Course Delivery: Classroom
Credits: 14 PDU's
 
Course Description:

The Virtualization Foundation course is a 2-day, interactive, classroom-based learning experience with associated exam on the afternoon of the final day. The course provides a balanced curriculum and addresses the business perspective, the technical organization, and operating and governing virtualization. The course enables participants to successfully complete the associated Foundation exam. In addition, this course complements the Cloud Computing Foundation course. The participants can do the Cloud Computing Foundation course either before or after they’ve taken the Virtualization Foundation course.

Course Approach:

Scenario-driven learning has always been one of the key success factors of ITpreneurs’ courses because it puts participants in the right mindset to apply the principles in a realistic setting. Tee role-play activities included in this course present a real-word connect using situations that can occur in the day-to-day life of the participants. In addition, activities such as brainstorms, quizzes, and discussions add to the interactive nature of this course.

Audience:

• IT Support Staff
• IT Consultants
• Business Managers
• Business Analysts
• Small and Midsized Business Owners
• Specialist (IT, security, infrastructure, services, systems, test, and so on)
• Business Process Owners
• IT Developers
• Service Providers
• System Integrators
• Architects
• Consultants
• IT Management

Prerequisites:

There are no formal prerequisites; it is recommended that participants have experience in the IT domain.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the common terms and definitions of virtualization.
• Comprehend the business benefits and business considerations of virtualization.
• Understand various approaches to server virtualization, its relevance to the modern data center, available platforms and important features.
• Understand the implications of virtualization on storage, networks, and applications, and recognize issues, challenges, and opportunities for managing this.
• Comprehend the implications of virtualization on the modern workplace, and recognize challenges and opportunities for managing this.
• Understand the impact and changes of virtualization on IT service management.
• Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of virtualization techniques, and understand the implications for an organization.
• Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of virtualization and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.

Course Student Material:

Participants receive a copy of the classroom presentation material and the Student Handbook, which contains Reference Material. In addition, a Virtualization Foundation Sample Exam is provided.

About the Examination:

• The course includes an Exam Preparation module, preparing participants to take on the Virtualization Foundation exam on the second day of the course
• The online exam is in closed-book format, with 40 multiple-choice questions.
• The pass score is 65% (26 out of 40 questions).
• The exam lasts for 60 minutes.

Agenda:

Day 1

1. Course Introduction
2. Introduction to Virtualization
3. Business Perspective
4. The Virtual Data Center: Server Virtualization
5. The Virtual Data Center: Storage Networks, and Applications

Day 2

6. Workplace Virtualization Technologies
7. Adopting Virtualization
8. Operating Virtualization
9. Governing Virtualization
10. Exam Preparation
11. Exam