| Date
|
Week
|
Session
|
Before Class
|
In Class
|
Due In Class
|
Due Online
|
| 28-Aug |
1 |
1 |
|
Syllabus/Schedule/Introduction |
|
|
| 4-Sep |
2 |
2 |
Read: Introduction to Virtualization (complete whitepaper), vmWare vSphere Basics (complete whitepaper), vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (Pages 82-85, 193-217) |
vmWare ESXi Installation Lab |
|
VMware Week 1 Questions (Intro/ESXi)
|
| 11-Sep |
3 |
3 |
Read: vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 8-23), VCSA 6.5 Installation Walkthrough, vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (p. 10-18, 232-240), vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 23-61) |
vmWare vCenter Installation Lab |
VMware ESXi Install Lab Report |
VMware Week 2 Questions (vCenter)
|
| 18-Sep |
4 |
4 |
Read: vSphere 6.5 Command Line Concepts and Examples (p. 11-31), vmWare KB1038043, vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 113-124), vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 24-50) (Notes: Add AD Integration) |
vmWare VM Administration Lab |
VMware vCenter Install Lab Report |
VMware Week 3 Questions (Administration); VMware ESXi Exam
|
| 25-Sep |
5 |
5 |
Read: Proxmox VE Fundamentals, Installing Proxmox VE |
Proxmox Installation Lab |
Vmware VM Administration Lab Report |
|
| 2-Oct |
6 |
6 |
Read: Cluster and VM Management, Creating Containers |
Proxmox VM Administration Lab |
Proxmox Installation Lab Report |
VMware vCenter Exam and Proxmox Week 1&2 Questions Combined (Installation/Administration)
|
| 9-Oct |
7 |
7 |
Read: Introducing the Cloud Materials |
Introducing the Cloud Lab |
Proxmox VM Administration Lab Report |
Proxmox Exam; Introducing the Cloud Questions
|
| 16-Oct |
8 |
8 |
Read: Using Azure Virtual Machines Materials |
Using Azure Virtual Machines Lab |
Introducing the Cloud Lab Report |
Using Azure Virtual Machines Questions
|
| 23-Oct |
9 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| 30-Oct |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| 6-Nov |
11 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| 13-Nov |
12 |
12 |
Read: Introduction to Storage Area Networks Ch 1 & 2 (p. 1-32), FreeNAS 11.1 Documentation Ch 2 & 3 and Section 10.4 (SMB) of chapter 10 |
FreeNAS Installation Lab |
Proxmox VM Administration Lab Report |
Proxmox Exam; Introduction to Storage Questions
|
| 20-Nov |
13 |
13 |
Read: IP SAN Fundamentals an Introduction to IP SANs and iSCSI, An Introduction to iSCSI, iSCSI Wikipedia Page, FreeNAS 11.1 Documentation Section 10.5 |
FreeNAS iSCSI Lab |
FreeNAS Installation Lab Report |
Introduction to Storage Exam; iSCSI Storage Questions
|
| 27-Nov |
14 |
14 |
Read: FreeNAS 11.1 Documentation on NFS Shares (Section 10.2), vSphere Storage ESXi 6.5 Documentation (p. 63-71, 78-101, 111-115), Proxmox iSCSI LVM and NFS Storage (p. 167-173), Proxmox VE Administration Guide (p. 47-63) |
FreeNAS Storage for VMs Lab |
FreeNAS iSCSI Lab Report |
iSCSI Storage Exam; Storage for VMs Questions
|
| 4-Dec |
15 |
15 |
Readings as required for your case study projects |
Case Study Projects |
FreeNAS Storage for VMs Lab Report |
Storage for VMs Exam
|
| 11-Dec |
16 |
16 |
|
Case Study Projects |
Case Study Projects |
|
| 18-Dec |
FE |
|
|
|
All Remaining Work |
Online Final Exam
|