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Evidence Guide: ICANWK527B - Manage an enterprise virtual computing environment

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ICANWK527B - Manage an enterprise virtual computing environment

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Manage resources

  1. . Monitor and adjust resources to ensure virtual environment performance functions according to enterprise requirements
  2. . Verify functionality of virtual environment
. Monitor and adjust resources to ensure virtual environment performance functions according to enterprise requirements

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. Verify functionality of virtual environment

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Manage virtual machines

  1. . Use migration tools to convert a physical machine to a virtual machine
  2. . Select appropriate deployment methods for a virtual machine
  3. . Create and deploy a virtual machine using installation media
  4. . Create and deploy a virtual machine using automated templates
  5. . Use virtual machine snapshots to reverse or implement changes to a virtual machine
. Use migration tools to convert a physical machine to a virtual machine

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. Select appropriate deployment methods for a virtual machine

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. Create and deploy a virtual machine using installation media

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. Create and deploy a virtual machine using automated templates

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. Use virtual machine snapshots to reverse or implement changes to a virtual machine

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Ensure high availability

  1. . Plan and design strategy to ensure virtual environment high availability
  2. . Identify and select suitable resources for high availability implementation, according to enterprise requirements
  3. . Configure virtual machine environment to ensure high availability
  4. . Configure virtual machine environment to provide live migration
  5. . Plan and design backup strategy
  6. . Back up and recover a virtual machine using and integrating third-party tools
. Plan and design strategy to ensure virtual environment high availability

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. Identify and select suitable resources for high availability implementation, according to enterprise requirements

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. Configure virtual machine environment to ensure high availability

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. Configure virtual machine environment to provide live migration

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. Plan and design backup strategy

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. Back up and recover a virtual machine using and integrating third-party tools

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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 relating 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.

Required Skills and Knowledge

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 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 efficient and reliable ICT environments

current technologies and processes designed to produce an efficient and reliable ICT environment

structure, function and business organisation of client

application and deployment of virtual machine management tools

virtual machine configuration and integration options

Range Statement

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 load to be shared

CPU speed

hard disk space (storage)

memory (RAM)

network bandwidth

physical CPUs.

Enterprise requirements may include:

how and what the enterprise 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:

rollback of changes to a virtual machine

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 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.