Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
Programme
Module 1: Planning for the Private Cloud
- Lessons
- Understanding the Private Cloud
- Requirements for Deploying a Private Cloud
- Designing the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Overview of System Center 2012 Components
- Deploying Hyper-V Clustering with VMM
- Lab: Planning for the Private Cloud
- Deploying the Virtual Machine Manager Agent
- Creating a Hyper-V Host Cluster Using VMM
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the private cloud
- Describe the requirements for deploying a private cloud
- Design a private cloud infrastructure
- Describe the System Center 2012 components
- Deploy Hyper-V clustering with VMM
Module 2: Configuring and Deploying the Private Cloud with System Center 2012 -Virtual Machine Manager
- Lessons
- Overview of VMM Architecture and Components
- Installing and Upgrading VMM
- Configuring VMM Security and Roles
- Understanding Host Groups
- Lab: Configuring and Deploying the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Reviewing and Configuring Hosts
- Configuring Host Groups
- Configuring User Roles and Run As Accounts
- Configuring the Library
- Preparing the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Deploying a New Virtual Machine
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe VMM architecture and components.
- Install and upgrade VMM.
- Configure VMM security and roles.
- Understand host groups.
Module 3: Extending and Maintaining the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Lessons
- Overview of the PXE and Update Server Roles
- Deploying Bare-Metal Hyper-V Host Servers
- Configuring the Update Server Role
- Creating and Using an Update Baseline
- Lab: Maintaining the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Configuring a PXE Server in VMM
- Configuring a Host Profile
- Configuring an Update Server Role in VMM
- Configuring a Software Update Baseline in VMM
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how VMM integrates with WDS and WSUS to provide PXE and Update server roles
- Describe how to deploy bare-metal Hyper-V host servers
- Describe how to maintain updates within the VMM infrastructure
- Configure the Update server role
- Create and use a software update compliance baseline
Module 4: Configuring Application Delivery
- Lessons
- Dynamic Application Deployment Overview
- Web Deployment Packages
- Server Application Virtualization Overview
- Configuring Server App-V Components
- Sequencing and Deploying Virtual Applications
- Lab: Configuring Virtual Application Delivery
- Configuring the Server App-V Sequencer
- Configuring the Server App-V Agent
- Sequencing an Application
- Testing the Server App-V Package Deployment
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe dynamic application deployment
- Create web deployment packages by using the Web Deployment Tool
- Describe server application virtualization
- Configure the Server App-V agent and sequencer
- Sequence and then test a Server App-V virtualized application
Module 5: Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks
- Lessons
- Configuring Guest Operating System Profiles
- Configuring Hardware Profiles
- Configuring SQL Server Using SQL Server Profiles
- Configuring Application Profiles
- Configuring Virtual Machine Templates
- Configuring the Self-Service User Role
- Lab: Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks
- Configuring Profiles
- Configuring Virtual Machine Templates
- Configuring a Service Template
- Configuring a User Role
- Deploying the StockTrader Application Service
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure guest operating system profiles
- Configure hardware profiles
- Deploy SQL Server using SQL Server profiles
- Configure application profiles for a deployment
- Configure virtual machine templates
- Configure the self-service user role
Module 6: Deploying and Accessing a Private Cloud
- Lessons
- Understanding Private Cloud Computing
- Installing and Configuring App Controller
- Creating and Managing Services and Service Templates
- Lab: Deploying and Accessing a Private Cloud
- Creating and Configuring a Private Cloud
- Configuring App Controller
- Creating, Deploying and Managing Services
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe private cloud computing
- Install and configure App Controller
- Create and manage services and service templates
Module 7: Monitoring the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Lessons
- Operations Manager Architecture and Security
- Upgrading Operations Manager 2007 R2
- Configuring Notifications
- Configuring Management Packs
- Configuring Integration with System Center 2012
- Lab: Monitoring the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Deploying Agents
- Deploying and Configuring Monitoring Management Packs
- Configuring Notifications
- Configuring VMM Integration
- Configuring DPM Integration
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Operations Manager architecture and security considerations
- Upgrade from Operations Manager 2007 R2 to System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
- Describe the notification options available in Operations Manager
- Install, configure, and upgrade management packs
- Install and configure Operations Manager integration with VMM and DPM
Module 8: Extending and Customizing Monitoring of the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Lessons
- Configuring the SharePoint Server Portal
- Monitoring Templates
- Distributed Application Monitoring
- Lab: Extending and Customizing Monitoring
- Creating Custom Monitoring
- Creating a Distributed Application
- Configuring Service Level Management
- Creating Views for Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Configuring SharePoint Integration
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Integrate Operations Manager data into a SharePoint portal
- Describe how to use monitoring templates
- Implement distributed application monitoring
Module 9: Implementing Service Management for the Private Cloud
- Lessons
- Service Manager Architecture Overview
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 – Service Manager
- Understanding Service Manager Work Items
- Configuring Service Manager Connectors
- Configuring Service Manager Notifications
- Lab: Implementing Service Management for the Private Cloud
- Configuring Service Manager Basic Settings
- Configuring Service Manager Connectors
- Configuring the Self-Service Portal
- Configuring Notifications
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Setup and configure the core components of Service Manager
- Plan an upgrade from Service Manager 2010 R2 to System Center 2012 – Service Manager
- Describe the various work items and their relationships with each other
- Configure the Service Manager connectors.
- Configure notifications
Module 10: Protecting the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Lessons
- Planning DPM Deployment
- DPM Architecture and Components
- Upgrading DPM
- Configuring DPM for the Private Cloud
- Configuring Application Protection for the Private Cloud
- Restoring Applications to the Private Cloud
- Lab: Protecting the Private Cloud Infrastructure
- Configuring the Storage Pool
- Deploying DPM Protection Agents
- Creating and Configuring Protection Groups
- Configuring SQL Server Self-Service Recovery
- Restoring Data from a SQL Server Protection Group
- Performing Self-Service Recovery to Recover SQL Server Data
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Data Protection Manager architecture and security considerations.
- Plan an upgrade from Data Protection Manager 2010 R2 to System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager.
- Configure the components required to provide protection for the private cloud infrastructure.
- Configure protection of key applications within the private cloud infrastructure.
- Restore key applications within the private cloud infrastructure.
Module 11: Automating and Standardizing the Private Cloud
- Lessons
- Orchestrator Architecture and Components Overview
- Deploying and Configuring Core Components
- Managing Runbooks
- Configuring Integration Packs
- Lab: Automating the Private Cloud
- Creating a Runbook Server and Configuring Integration Packs
- Configuring a Template to Deploy Agents on a New Virtual Machine
- Creating a Runbook to Protect All Resources on a Virtual Machine
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe key components of System Center Orchestrator.
- Describe how to deploy and configure key Orchestrator components in a private cloud.
- Configure the System Center integration packs in Orchestrator.
- Create runbooks.
- Configure Service Manager to execute runbooks.
Module 12: Configuring the Cloud Services Process Pack
- Lessons
- Implementing the Cloud Services Process Pack
- Service Level Management
- Lab: Configuring the Cloud Service Process Pack
- Installing the Cloud Service Process Pack
- Configuring User Roles and Settings
- Configuring Service Offerings
- Creating an Incident Request
- Configuring Service Level Management
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the service catalog and how to implement it in Service Manager.
- Implement a Cloud Services Process Pack.
- Configure service request fulfillment.
- Configure service offerings.
- Use service level management.
