Fundamentals of Virtualization

5 courses
7 hours
Skill IQ

Virtualization is used by IT professionals in the datacenter, on the desktop, and in the cloud to gain tremendous efficiency. In this path, you’ll learn everything you need to know about server, desktop, storage, and network virtualization to get you started in today’s virtualization-dependent world.

Courses in this path

Beginner

Gain a high-level knowledge of what virtualization is, how it is used across a server, storage, and network.

Virtualization: The Big Picture

by David Davis
1h 16m

Intermediate

These courses provide specific examples of server, storage, and network virtualization across many different platforms.

Fundamentals of Server Virtualization

by David Davis
2h 41s
(53)

Fundamentals of Storage Virtualization

by David Davis
1h 16m
(38)

Fundamentals of Network Virtualization

by David Davis
49m
(40)

Advanced

This course demonstrates server virtualization in action as we convert a VM from one hypervisor to another and finally, to the public cloud.

Virtualization in the Real World

by David Davis
1h 9m
(28)

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What you will learn

Why companies desperately needed virtualization
How virtualization has transformed datacenters, lowering costs and improving efficiency
How a hypervisor makes server virtualization possible
How servers are virtualized
How to consolidate with virtualization
How to test and deploy server virtualization
How virtualization improves availability, data protection, performance, and business agility
What network virtualization is and how it helps you
See network virtualization in action with VMware NSX and virtual networking in vSphere
What storage virtualization is and how it can benefit you
Learn how to configure storage virtualization
Find out how to convert virtual machines from one hypervisor to another and finally to AWS
How virtual machines are administered in the public cloud

Experience

No experience is necessary, but some knowledge of server and operating system concepts is helpful.

Learn with the best

David Davis

David has authored over 100 courses for Pluralsight.com around enterprise data center technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, and (especially) VMware vSphere. He is a partner at ActualTechMedia.com where he creates compelling enterprise technology content, moderates online events, and helps to connect some of the best-known technology companies in the industry with the end user community. With over 20 years in enterprise technology, he has served as an IT Manager, administrator, an... more

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