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 Duration 35 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Open Source Virtualization and VMware Migration

  • Core principles and philosophy behind open source virtualization
  • Comparative overview of VMware versus open source alternatives
  • Strategic migration planning: Evaluating VMware workloads for transition

KVM and libvirt: Core Architecture and Migration Processes

Getting Started with KVM and libvirt

  • Understanding virtualization within Linux via KVM
  • Deployment and configuration of KVM and libvirt for VMware migration
  • Network setup: Bridges, virtual networks, and Netplan fundamentals
  • Practical Lab: Establishing KVM and libvirt on a Linux virtual machine

Shifting VMware Workloads to KVM

  • Methodologies and tools for converting VMware virtual machines to KVM
  • Managing and importing workloads using virt-manager and virt-v2v
  • Verification and testing of migrated environments
  • Practical Lab: Executing the migration of VMs from VMware to KVM

oVirt and OLVM: Setup and Operational Management

Deploying and Configuring oVirt

  • Introduction to oVirt and an overview of OLVM (Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager)
  • Installing the oVirt Engine and integrating hosts
  • Configuring network and storage resources in oVirt
  • Practical Lab: Installing oVirt and launching virtual machines

Essential oVirt Administration Tasks

  • Oversight of data centers, clusters, and host nodes in oVirt
  • Creation and configuration of virtual network segments
  • Storage administration and NFS integration for oVirt
  • Practical Lab: Managing VMs, networks, and storage resources in oVirt

Advanced oVirt and OLVM Governance and High Availability

Ensuring High Availability and Backup in oVirt

  • Establishing high availability protocols for virtual machines
  • Strategies for backup and disaster recovery
  • Performance tuning for oVirt-managed virtual machines
  • Practical Lab: Configuring high availability and backup systems in oVirt

Advanced Network Configurations in oVirt

  • Managing VLANs, bridges, and complex network architectures
  • Refining virtual machine performance metrics in oVirt
  • Practical Lab: Optimizing network settings and performance

Proxmox VE: Deployment, Governance, and Migration

Installing and Tuning Proxmox VE

  • Architectural overview of Proxmox VE
  • Installation procedures and initial system configuration
  • Transferring VMware workloads to Proxmox VE
  • Practical Lab: Installing Proxmox VE and importing VMware virtual machines

Proxmox Administration and Container Oversight

  • Management of virtual machines and LXC containers
  • Configuring storage and network resources in Proxmox
  • Establishing backup and disaster recovery protocols in Proxmox
  • Practical Lab: Administering VMs, containers, and storage in Proxmox

Advanced Topics: KubeVirt, OpenStack, and Future Trajectories

KubeVirt for Kubernetes-Centric Virtualization

  • Architectural analysis of KubeVirt and its synergy with Kubernetes
  • Live Demonstration: Launching and managing VMs within Kubernetes using KubeVirt

Overview of OpenStack

  • Exploration of OpenStack components relevant to virtualization
  • Live Demonstration: Deploying and administering VMs in an OpenStack environment

Industry Best Practices and Learning Resources

  • Assessment of migration best practices and scalability factors
  • Planning for sophisticated deployments in production settings
  • Curated resources for ongoing professional development

Requirements

  • Familiarity with fundamental Linux command-line operations
  • Working knowledge of virtualization principles
  • Foundational understanding of networking concepts

Target Audience

  • System administrators
  • Virtualization engineers
  • IT professionals seeking to shift from VMware to open-source virtualization strategies

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