Module 1: XenServer Architecture
- Describing the XenServer virtualization platform
- Product editions and entitlements
Module 2: Managing Virtual Machines
- Virtualization techniques
- Creating virtual machines
- Managing virtual machines
Module 3: Installing XenServer
- Available installation methods
- XenServer supplemental packs
Module 4: Managing a XenServer Environment
Module 5: Resource Pools
- Understanding resource pools
Module 6: Networking
XenServer networking architecture
Virtual network types
Network interface bonds
XenServer physical connectivity
Module 7: Storage
XenServer storage architecture
Understanding thick and thin provisioning
Storage locations
File based and block based storage
Storage multipathing
XenServer Intellicache
XenServer in-memory read caching
XenApp and XenDesktop Provisioning enhancements
Module 8: High Availability
Purpose of high availability
High availability recommendations
Detecting a host failure
High availability recovery process
Module 9: Security
Integrating with Active Directory
Understanding role-based access
Minimizing the attack surface
Certificates and SSL with XenServer
XenServer Hypervisor Introspection Direct Inspect API
Module 10: Sizing and Optimizations
Dom0 sizing
Dom0 in-memory reach caching
Virtual CPU optimization
Device pass-through
Dynamic memory control
Resource scheduling
Network QoS
Disk prioritization
XenServer vGPU and GPU pass-through
Module 11: Troubleshooting
XenServer maintenance mode
Host logs and event notifications
Xsconsole
XenTop
Command line and PowerShell commands
Using Citrix Insight Services
Network tracing
