VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Training ($397) by TrainSignal

TrainSignal, Inc., in professional computer training, announced its VMware SRM 5 training course.

It covers the latest version of Site Recovery Manager, and its use as a DR solution. Sysadmins currently working with vSphere will learn the new features in SRM 5.0 compared to version 4.1, and admins new to it will learn SRM from the basic level to through full configuration.

VMware SRM Training videos delve into topics for implementing more automation for failback and failover, host-based replication, and overall streamlined management. After viewing the course, students will know how to install and configure storage array based replication via vSphere Replication in a new SRM 5 solution.

The lessons and features of the course are:

• Installing SRM for vSphere Replication
• Protecting and Recovering VMs
• Storage Array Replication
• Custom DR Plans

The lab environment used in the course contains 2 HP Pavilion PCs with 26GB RAM, and 10 CPU cores running ESXi 5 via USB. Disk space is provided by a few local SATA drives and a low cost self-built storage server running NexentaStor Community Edition serving up NFS to the PC servers. An inexpensive gig switch is providing the gigabit connectivity between ESXi servers and the storage server.

Implementation of these VMware SRM 5 features can open opportunities for improvement in the area of DR in many virtualized environments.

The instructor, Sean Clark (VCP & vExpert 2009), on the value of experience with SRM for vSphere admins commented: "This class will help you prepare to engineer a leading edge DR plan for your virtualized environments. Couple this new skill with a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certificate or equivalent vSphere administration experience, and the demand for your unique skill set will be assured. VCPs are still in high demand in today’s marketplace, but engineers that can go beyond standard VCP training to do DR are huge assets to their companies."

Clark has been designing and evangelizing virtualization solutions for the past six years, and currently works as a principle consultant with TEKsystems, Inc. He is a sought-after resource and advisor for information throughout the virtualization community.

This Site Recovery Manager training course contains 14 lessons in over 7 hours of video instruction. Students will receive two DVDs of video lessons and one DVD of additional content. Each lesson is available in several formats, iPod Video, Mp3 Audio, .WMV and high quality AVI, allowing students to use course materials on a variety of devices. Students can view all materials online after purchasing the course, ensuring instant access.

VMware SRM 5 Training is available for $397. TrainSignal backs each and every course with their 90-day Total Experience Guarantee. All courses are shipped worldwide at no charge.