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Virtualization I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-2321/01
Abbreviation VIR I
Course title Virtualization I
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator Ing. Lukáš Kapičák, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1. Introduction to virtualization, virtualization tools, requirements for virtualization, virtualization and emulation.
2. Virtualization on the desktop and on servers, distribution of hardware resources - processor, memory, storage, network resources.
3. Storage - storage types, iSCSI, RAID types, NFS, storage replication, backup, NAS, SAN, DAS, data replication.
4. Remote administration for hypervisors, resource monitoring, console access, bulk tasks, automatic tasks.
5. Utilization and technology of "snapshots" - utilization, technology, influence on performance and capacity of disk space, possibilities of restoring the state of virtual systems.
6. Virtualization tools for desktop use - VMware Workstation, Vmware Player, Virtualbox - installation, configuration of resources and networks.
7. Virtualization tools for server use I. - VMware ESXi, LXC, KVM - installation, supported systems, configuration of hardware resources and networks.
8. Virtualization tools for server use II. - Citrix XEN Hypervisor, Hyper-V, Oracle VM Server - installation, supported systems, configuration of hardware resources and networks.
9. Virtualization security, configuration of accesses to the virtualization platform, resource sharing, risks associated with virtualization, backup.
10. Full virtualization, Paravirtualization, Application virtualization, comparison, open discussion and information on the course of the exam.

Exercises:

1. Introductory exercises, security, division of projects, acquaintance with the classroom.
2. Virtualization on desktop systems - Virtualbox, VMware Player.
3. Installation and configuration of KVM, installation of virtual systems.
4. Setting up different types of networks for virtual systems.
5. Installation and configuration of VMware ESXi, installation of virtual systems.
6. Backup of virtual systems, administration via web interface / CLI.
7. Presentation of projects No. 1.
8. Citrix XEN Hypervisor installation and configuration.
9. Installation and configuration of LXC / LXD.
10. Presentation of projects No. 2.
11. Storage configuration for virtualization, disk space mapping options for virtual systems.
12. Backup of virtual systems - use of various tools.
13. Other tools for virtualization, virtualization on ARM processors.
14. Assessment.

E-learning

Available in https://lms.vsb.cz/

Literature

PORTNOY, Matthew. Virtualization essentials. Second edition. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley, 2016. ISBN 978-1119267720 .
RAFAELS, R. Cloud Computing: From Beginning to End. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015. ISBN 978-1511404587 .
ROBINSON, Tony. Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017. ISBN 978-1546932635 .

Advised literature

STEWART,V. SLISINGER, M. MALESH, V. HERROD, S. EPPING, D. Virtualization Changes Everything: Storage Strategies for VMware vSphere & Cloud Computing. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012. ISBN 978-1479112562 .
CLINTON, D. Teach Yourself Linux Virtualization and High Availability. Lulu.com 2017. ISBN 978-1365847202 .
SHLACKLEFORD, D. Virtualization Security: Protecting Virtualized Environments. Sybex; 1 edition 2012, ISBN 1118288122 .