Virtualization of IT systems

Module title:

Virtualization of IT systems

Module overview:

The objective of the course is to enable students to implement and maintain virtualized environments using various technologies. The course focuses on developing skills necessary for creating, administering, and managing virtualized environments, with a special emphasis on centralized management, network configuration, storage, and load balancing. Students will learn how to use different virtualization technologies to achieve higher availability of virtual machines, including dynamic load balancing. The course is crucial for students as it provides a comprehensive insight into virtualization, one of the most important aspects of IT today, expanding their knowledge of virtualizing various workloads and supported operating systems.
In this module students will learn:
to implement and maintain virtualized environments using various technologies.
to create, administer, and manage virtualized environments.
centralized management of virtualized environments.
to configure the network, storage, and load balancing in virtualized environments.
to achieve high availability of virtual machines through advanced configuration and dynamic load balancing.

Literature:

Required readings:
1. Davis, J., Baca, S., Thomas, O. (2021) VCP-DCV for vSphere 7.x (Exam 2V0-21.20) Official Cert Guide, [s.l.], VMware Press.
2. Syrewicze, A., Siddaway, R. (2018) Pro Microsoft Hyper-V 2019, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004-1562, Apress Media.

Supplementary readings:
1. Marshall, N., Brown, M., Fritz, G.B., Johnson, R. (2018) Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, John Wiley and Sons.
2. Graves, J., Stidley, J. (2017) Exam Ref 70-745 Implementing a Software-Defined DataCenter, [s.l.] Microsoft Press.