Unit I: Understanding Virtualization: Describing Virtualization - Understanding the Importance of Virtualization - Understanding Virtualization Software Operation - Understanding Hypervisors: Describing a Hypervisor - Understanding the Role of a Hypervisor - Comparing Today’s Hypervisors.

Unit II: Understanding Virtual Machines: Describing a Virtual Machine - Examining CPU in a Virtual Machine - Examining Memory in a Virtual Machine - Examining Network Resources in a Virtual Machine - Examining Storage in a Virtual Machine - Understanding How a Virtual Machine Works - Working with Virtual Machines - Understanding Virtual Machine Clones - Understanding Templates - Understanding Snapshots - Understanding OVF.

Unit III: Creating a Virtual Machine: Performing P2V Conversions - Investigating the Physical- to-Virtual Process - Hot and Cold Cloning - Loading Your Environment - Exploring VMware Player - Building a New Virtual Machine - Thinking about VM Configuration - Creating a First VM.

Unit IV: Installing Windows on a Virtual Machine: Loading Windows into a Virtual Machine - Installing Windows 7 - Installing VMware Tools - Understanding Configuration Options - Optimizing a New Virtual Machine. Installing Linux on a Virtual Machine: Loading Linux into a Virtual Machine - Installing Linux into a Virtual Machine - Installing VMware Tools - Understanding Configuration Options - Optimizing a New Linux Virtual Machine.

Unit V: Copying a Virtual Machine: Cloning a Virtual Machine, Working with Templates, Saving a Virtual Machine State, Creating a Snapshot, Merging Snapshots. Understanding Availability: Increasing Availability - Protecting a Virtual Machine - Protecting Multiple Virtual Machines - Protecting Datacenters. Understanding Applications in a Virtual Machine: Examining Virtual Infrastructure Performance Capabilities - Deploying Applications in a Virtual Environment - Understanding Virtual Appliances and vApps.