Case Project 3-1 Researching Virtual Appliances  Your organization is investigating virtual appliances to run certain applications and has asked you to prepare a report for management. They would like to know what virtual appliances may be available to implement network storage. Use the Internet to find a source of virtual appliances and use the information to write a report describing what virtual appliances are, how the company could benefit from using them, along with a few examples of available virtual appliances. You may wish to refer to articles in Infoworld by going to Infoworld.comand searching for articles on Virtual Appliances for VMware. Case Project 3-2 Documenting Snapshots and Cloning for a School Lab The IT instructors at Superior Technical College are planning to use virtual machines in a Windows Server 2016 course. The course is divided into four units, with several activities planned for each unit. Students’ virtual machines are checked and graded at the end of each unit. The problem is that errors made in early units could make it difficult to perform certain tasks in later units. Create a short report explaining how instructors could use a combination of snapshots and linked clones so that students can have a new virtual machine for each unit of the class. Case Project 3-3 Cloning a Physical Computer Now that you have configured the Windows Server 2016 virtual server for use in the Superior Technical College IT virtual network, IT management would like to virtualize two existing servers. In this project you are to describe the steps necessary to perform this process by using VMware Converter to virtualize your physical desktop system. This process will involve the following steps: Download and install the VMware Converter software. Record the steps you use to create a virtual machine from your physical desktop. Case Project 4-1 Setting up a VSAN Cluster in vSphere 6.0 Assume you are a technician for Computer Technology Services and your manager, Lucas Mikkelson, has asked you to give a report at the upcoming IT conference on VMware’s new VSAN product. In this project you are to view the VMware online video (see link give below) to prepare a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation on this new vSphere feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EDWKE93ivw&list=PLjwkgfjHppDvRITFUQNQNrKOREXbj-lbN&index=48 Case Project4-2 VMware Virtual SAN Online Lab Time Required: 60 minutes As an alternative to creating an expensive iSCSI RAID server, your boss would like you to explore the possibility of using vSphere’s VSAN feature to set up a cluster of vSphere hosts that share their SSD and hard drives. In this activity you will use the My VMware account you created in Chapter 1 to perform the following VMware’s VSAN online lab. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Log on to your Windows computer, open a Web browser, and go to VMware.com. Point to Login, click MyVMware and log on using the name and password you created in Chapter 1. Scroll down and click the VMware Hands-on Labs link. If necessary, click the Labs icon from the left-hand pane and then click the SDDC link located under the All Labs heading. Scroll down and click the Enroll button located in the Virtual SAN 6.x from A to Z lab box. If necessary, register for the lab by entering your MyVMware username and password. Click the Start This Lab button and read the Lab Overview information. When you see the Module 1 screen, perform each of the lessons shown. Write a brief report describing the benefits of a VSAN along with the basic steps needed to setup a simple VSAN environment. Case Project 4-3 Comparing vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V Assume that a local school district is looking at virtualizing their data center. Currently they have three Windows Server 2016 servers set up in a domain structure for administrative use. In addition, they have two Linux-based Web servers that run Web services including a Web proxy used to filter Internet access. They have asked your firm, Computer Technology Services, to compare the features of vSphere and Hyper-V to see which hypervisor solution will work best for them. In this project you should use the Internet to find some comparisons between Hyper-V and vSphere v6.0. While you should try to find the most current information, some possible links for information are given below: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2015/05/01/vsphere-vs-hyperv.aspx Use Google to search for: windows_server_2012_r2_server_virtualization_white_paper.pdf Your report should compare Hyper-V and vSphere in the following categories: Scalability Security Virtual machine support Virtual networking Storage capability (support for NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and scalability of storage capacity) High Availability features (clustering, migration, high availability, load balancing) 4-4 Documenting Latest Security Threats Management at Superior Technical College would like you to report on one or more of the latest virtualization malware or security threats. In this project you are to use the links below to prepare a report that describes how the Storm worm and how other malware may use virtualization. In addition to these sites, use Google or some other research tool to gather more information regarding techniques to secure the software-defined data center. http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3190 http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/does-malware-still-detect-virtual-machines Case Project 4-5 Documenting Features of VMware TrustPoint Management at Rocky Ridge Forest Products are considering purchasing VMware TrustPoint and would like you to report on the security features this product would provide along with its cost. In this project you are to write a brief report that outlines the security benefits of TrustPoint along with any costs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Open VMware.com, point to Products, and then click Products. Click TrustPoint. Create a report that summarizes the security benefits of TrustPoint. What is the cost of a TrustPoint license? Is there a trial version available? Case Project 5-1 Selecting Server Hardware Currently, Superior Technical College has three physical servers that it plans to replace with Windows Server 2016 virtual machines. In addition, it plans to buy a high-speed computer to host the virtual machines. The Windows Server 2016 virtual machines each require 4 GB RAM and one virtual hard disk of 100 GB+ of very fast storage to be used for the Windows Server 2016 OS files. A 6 TB virtual hard disk will be attached to one of the virtual machines for user data. For this project, write a brief report describing the hardware requirements for the host computer to support these three Windows Server 2016 virtual machines. Case Project 6-1 Creating Hardware Profiles Superior Technical College has started using VMM to manage its virtual servers and wants to create templates to make deploying virtual machines easier. The administrator has asked you to write a report recommending hardware profiles that can be used to create templates for deploying the new DHCP server, file server, SQL Server database server, and Web server. Write a report, explaining your reasons for choosing certain hardware profiles for these virtual servers.