PTCCS372 Virtualization Syllabus:

PTCCS372 Virtualization Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To Learn the basics and types of Virtualization
 To understand the Hypervisors and its types
 To Explore the Virtualization Solutions
 To Experiment the virtualization platforms

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUALIZATION

Virtualization and cloud computing – Need of virtualization – cost, administration, fast deployment, reduce infrastructure cost – limitations- Types of hardware virtualization: Full virtualization – partial virtualization – Paravirtualization-Types of Hypervisors

UNIT II SERVER AND DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION

Virtual machine basics- Types of virtual machines- Understanding Server Virtualization- types of server virtualization- Business Cases for Server Virtualization – Uses of Virtual Server Consolidation – Selecting Server Virtualization Platform-Desktop Virtualization-Types of Desktop Virtualization

UNIT III NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION

Introduction to Network Virtualization-Advantages- Functions-Tools for Network VirtualizationVLAN-WAN Architecture-WAN Virtualization

UNIT IV STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

Memory Virtualization-Types of Storage Virtualization-Block, File-Address space Remapping-Risks of Storage Virtualization-SAN-NAS-RAID

UNIT V VIRTUALIZATION TOOLS

VMWare-Amazon AWS-Microsoft HyperV- Oracle VM Virtual Box – IBM PowerVM- Google Virtualization- Case study.

30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS

1.Create type 2 virtualization in VMWARE or any equivalent Open Source Tool. Allocate memory and storage space as per requirement. Install Guest OS on that VMWARE.
2.
a.Shrink and extend virtual disk
b. Create, Manage, Configure and schedule snapshots
c. Create Spanned, Mirrored and Striped volume
d. Create RAID 5 volume
3.
a.Desktop Virtualization using VNC
b.Desktop Virtualization using Chrome Remote Desktop
4.Create type 2 virtualization on ESXI 6.5 server
5.Create a VLAN in CISCO packet tracer
6.Install KVM in Linux
7.Create Nested Virtual Machine(VM under another VM)

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1: Analyse the virtualization concepts and Hypervisor
CO2: Apply the Virtualization for real-world applications
CO3: Install & Configure the different VM platforms
CO4: Experiment with the VM with various software

TOTAL:60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS

1. Cloud computing a practical approach – Anthony T.Velte , Toby J. Velte Robert Elsenpeter, TATA McGraw- Hill , New Delhi – 2010
2. Cloud Computing (Principles and Paradigms), Edited by Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg, Andrzej Goscinski, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011
3. David Marshall, Wade A. Reynolds, Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platform in the Virtual Data Center, Auerbach
4. Chris Wolf, Erick M. Halter, “Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise”, APress, 2005.
5. James E. Smith, Ravi Nair, “Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes”, Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
6. David Marshall, Wade A. Reynolds, “Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platform in the Virtual Data Center”, Auerbach Publications, 2006.