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Class overview
		Once you've deployed virtual servers and storage in your infrastructure, you need to manage, monitor, optimize and secure them just like physical servers and storage systems. This class focuses on best practices for controlling and managing information technology by keeping your virtual systems running at their best, as well as the operating systems/virtual machines running on virtual servers. 6 Ratings » Read 3 reviews » Write a review

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What you'll learn

Use management software to manage, optimize and monitor your infrastructure
Distribute workloads and resources across your network
Secure your virtual infrastructure with policies, role-based authorizations and more
Learn backup and recovery best practices
Expand your virtual network by migrating virtual machines and using templates and cloning techniques

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Lessons

»	Lesson 1: Using management software for business technology solutions

Controlling and managing information technology with management software saves time and money. This lesson explores fine-tuning your virtual environment and monitoring system and network health through one interface.

Lesson 2: Virtual office systems: Distributing workloads and resources
Another important part of virtual infrastructure management is the allocation of shared IT resources. This lesson explores resource distribution with service level agreements and techniques for scheduling distributed resources for high availability.

Lesson 3: Virtual server hosting safety and best practices
A virtual environment is prone to security breaches just like a physical network and its systems. Find out how to secure your virtual environment using policies, permissions, firewalls and other methods and techniques.

Lesson 4: Expanding your virtual office system infrastructure
With a simple virtual infrastructure in place, many companies decide to add virtual machines and storage to realize greater return on investment and meet increasing IT demands. This lesson examines expansion techniques and looks at refresh cycles.

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Instructor

Michael Solomon Instructor		» Michael Solomon 46 Ratings Michael Solomon, CISSP, PMP, TICSA, CISM, is a full-time security speaker, consultant, and trainer who specializes in development and assessment security topics. An IT professional and consultant since 1987, he has worked with several Fortune 500 companies. He has also taught courses on software project management, C++ programming, computer organization and architecture, and data communications at Kennesaw State University. Michael holds an MS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Emory University and a BS in Computer Science from Kennesaw State University. Michael co-authored Information Security Illuminated (Jones & Bartlett, 2005), Security+ Lab Guide (Sybex, 2005), Computer Forensics JumpStart (Sybex, 2005). He also wrote and did on-camera delivery for LearnKey's CISSP Prep e-learning course. In his spare time Michael serves as an assistant Scoutmaster for his two sons' Boy Scout troop and assists his wife, Stacey, in homeschooling their sons.
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donaldr568972

Sep 12, 2009