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  <FAI:CourseTitle FAI:level="Introduction" FAI:code="VMwareServer">
    Configuring &amp; Administering a VMware Server
  </FAI:CourseTitle>  

  <FAI:CourseCategory>System Administration</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>VMware</FAI:CourseCategory>


  <FAI:SummaryInfo>

    <FAI:CourseDesc FAI:version="X.X" >
	This hands-on course 
	provides an introduction to 
	the fundamental issues, tasks, tools, and strategies 
	in obtaining, installing and using the VMware Server product.
    </FAI:CourseDesc>

    <FAI:CourseDuration>
	1 Day
    </FAI:CourseDuration>

    <FAI:CourseAudience>
	Individuals who seek to utilize VMware Server to create virtual machines running any of a variety
	of operating systems such as Unix, Linux, Mac-OS, Windows Business Server, etc.
    </FAI:CourseAudience>

    <FAI:CourseObjectives>

      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand the basic concepts of the VMware Server" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Learn to download and install the VMware Server" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand how to build virtual machines" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand how to use the VMware Datastores to store ISO images for virtual machine builds" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Learn how to download and build virtual appliances" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Learn how to utilize Xming X-Server tool for Microsoft Windows" />

    </FAI:CourseObjectives>

    <FAI:CourseSetupList>
	<FAI:Setup FAI:desc="A Windows PC for all Students and the Instructor"  />
	<FAI:Setup FAI:desc="Internet access"  />
	<FAI:Setup FAI:desc="VMware Server 2"
                 FAI:link="http://www.vmware.com/freedownload/login.php?product=server20"  />
        <FAI:Setup FAI:desc="Xming"
                 FAI:link="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming"  />
	
    </FAI:CourseSetupList>    

    <FAI:CourseTextList>

      <FAI:Text  FAI:title="Course Workbook" />

    </FAI:CourseTextList>    

    <FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>

      <FAI:CoursePrerequisite FAI:title="Familiarity with using a Windows PC" />

    </FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>    

  </FAI:SummaryInfo>  

  <FAI:TopicList>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="VMware Server Overview" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What is a virtual machine?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What is the VMware Server?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Where to obtain the VMware Server?" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Installing the VMware Server" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Downloading" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Preinstallation considerations" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Installation" />   
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Installing VMware" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Creating a Virtual Machine" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Choosing a Guest Operating System" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The &quot;Virtual Appliance&quot; Option" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Storing an ISO Image in a Datastore" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Allocating Host Machine Resources to a Virtual Machine" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Choosing Other Resources for the Virtual Machine" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Building the Virtual Machine" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Starting the Virtual Machine" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Opening a Console on the Virtual Machine" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Creating a Virtual Machine" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Remote Access to a Virtual Machine" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Telnet, ssh, rsh, etc." />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="GUI Access from X-Server Machines" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="GUI Access on Non-X-Server Machines" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Remote Access" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Making Host Resources Available to the Guest O.S." >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="CD, DVD &amp; Floppy Drives" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="USB Ports" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Shared Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Accessing Host Resources" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
                      
  </FAI:TopicList>

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