• List the components of business continuity
• Describe Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008 cluster configurations
• Configure a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster using nondefault options
• Deploy fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
• Deploy VMware vCenter™ Server Heartbeat

Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Business Continuity
• Overview of vSphere features for high availability, fault tolerance, data protection, and disaster recovery
Module 3: Virtual Machine Clustering
• vSphere general requirements for Microsoft failover clusters
• Overview of the supported Microsoft failover cluster configurations
Module 4: VMware High Availability Clusters
• VMware HA advanced parameters affecting slot size
• Deploying different admission control policies
• Configuring redundant heartbeat networks and isolation test addresses
Module 5: VMware Fault Tolerance
• Overview of FT prerequisites and FT operation
• FT best practices
• Configuring, monitoring, and testing a fault-tolerant virtual machine
Module 6: VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
• Overview of vCenter Server Heartbeat operation
• Installing and configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
• Failover and switchover with vCenter Server Heartbeat
• Monitoring vCenter Server Heartbeat
 

• Completion of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware vSphere 4: What’s New course, or have prior experience using VMware ESX™/ESXi and vCenter products.