This unit applies to senior networking staff responsible for managing virtualisation technologies.
Not applicable.
1. Manage resources | 1.1 Monitor and adjust resources to ensure virtual environment performance functions according to organisational requirements 1.2 Verify functionality of virtual environment according to organisational requirements |
2. Manage virtual machines | 2.1 Use migration tools to convert a physical machine to a virtual machine, according to organisational requirements 2.2 Create and deploy a virtual machine using installation media according to organisational requirements 2.3 Create and deploy a virtual machine using automated templates according to organisational requirements 2.4 Use virtual machine snapshots to reverse or implement changes to a virtual machine according to organisational requirements |
3. Ensure high availability | 3.1 Configure virtual machine environment to ensure high availability according to organisational requirements 3.2 Back up and recover a virtual machine according to organisational requirements |
Required skills
communication skills to:
convey and clarify information
liaise with clients
literacy skills to:
document virtualisation configurations and processes
record researched information
planning skills to plan methods for maintaining a virtualised machine environment
problem-solving skills to:
apply solutions in networks, including virtualised machine environments
deploy rapid deployment of solutions to problems involving virtualised machine environment
proactively minimise, control or eliminate hazards that may exist during work activities
technical skills to apply current best practice to managing virtualisation methodologies and technologies.
Required knowledge
in-depth knowledge of:
current government and industry policies and guidelines in relation to developing sustainable ICT environments
current technologies and processes designed to produce a sustainable ICT environment
structure, function and business organisation of client
application and deployment of virtual machine management tools
virtual machine configuration and integration options.
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the ability to: monitor and provide resources to virtual environment create and deploy virtual machines implement changes to virtual machines back up and recover a virtual machine. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure access to: site or prototype where virtual machine environments may be implemented network technical requirements appropriate software appropriate learning and assessment support when required. Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of emerging policies related to: current recommendations on sustainability options in ICT design benefits of virtualisation installation and configuration of virtualisation software installation and configuration of virtual machines configuration of virtual machines into network design direct observation of candidate demonstrating: installation and configuration of virtualisation software installation and configuration of virtual machines configuration of virtual machines into network design review of documentation prepared by candidate to: record the process of installing and configuring virtual machines document the system. |
Guidance information for assessment | Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate. Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed. Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support. In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge. |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Resources may include availability of: | central processing unit (CPU) cores CPU speed hard disk space (storage) memory (RAM) network bandwidth physical CPUs CPU load to be shared. |
Organisational requirements may include: | how and what the organisation wants regarding work environment preventative maintenance and diagnostic policy problem-solving processes roles and technical responsibilities in network management vendor and product service level support agreements. |
Functionality may include: | availability of services on a virtual machine virtualised services performing the same as a service running on physical machine. |
Migration tools may include: | AutoVirt AutoMove Leostream Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit PlateSpin Migrate Virtuozzo Vizioncore vConverter VMware Converter VMware P2V Converter VMware vCenter Converter. |
Physical machine may include: | laptop or notebook server workstation. |
Installation media may include: | blu-ray disk CD DVD floppy disk ISO image network share universal serial bus (USB) flash drive. |
Snapshots may include: | stored virtual machine configuration to allow: the rollback of changes to a virtual machine the implementation of instant changes to a virtual machine. |
High availability may relate to use of: | clustered virtual machines performing an identical task load balancing between virtual machines to ensure service requirements are being met pre-configured virtual machines that can be rapidly stored and deployed in the event of a system failure standby power solutions in the event of a power disruption. |
Networking
This unit contains employability skills.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement but users should confirm requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority.