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Join our Immigration Masterclass which explores Part 9 of the Immigration Rules, Ancestry Visas and Visit Visas. View our Masterclass training course dates below, available remotely via Microsoft Teams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Immerse yourself in a deep exploration of UK immigration in our one-day “Immigration Masterclass.” Whether you’re starting your journey, a legal professional, or eager to assist others, this course is tailored for success. Covering crucial topics like Part 9 of the Immigration Rules, grounds for refusal, UK Ancestry Visa, and Visit Visas, this masterclass blends theory with real-world case studies. Gain practical skills and emerge ready to navigate UK immigration with confidence and precision. Join us for an intensive journey into the intricacies of UK immigration in a condensed, yet comprehensive masterclass.   Course joining links, materials and instructions are sent out 24hours before the course starts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Immigration Advice Service has been providing professional immigration services for over 10 years in the public, private and corporate sectors. Our fully qualified and OISC regulated trainer will guide you through the process and ensure you are competent in the area of Unaccompanied Minors. Who Should Attend: Designed for immigration Legal Practitioners, Lawyers, Solicitors, Immigration Advisors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Topics: Part 9 of the Immigration Rules (Grounds For Refusal) * Introduction * Structure of the Rules * Section 1 to Section 5 of the Rules * Appendix FM and Suitability Requirements * Criminality o Persistent Offenders * Deception * Re-Entry Ban   UK Ancestry Visa * Introduction * Who Qualifies * Commonwealth Countries * Legal Requirements * Adequate Maintenance Test * Extension Application * Dependent Application * Unique settlement applications o Remedy if application is refused. * List of Evidence / Documents * Sample Cover Letter * Case Study   Visit Visa * Introduction * Categories of Visitor Visa * Legal Requirements * What can and can’t the visitor do in the UK * Extension of stay as a visitor * Cancelation and Curtailment * Remedy if application is refused. * Sample refusal letters * List of Documents/Evidence * Sample Cover Letter * Case Study

Our Innovator Founder Training Course is an essential program designed to provide you with valuable insights into the new Innovator Founder visa. This visa route, which replaced the Innovator visa, offers individuals the opportunity to establish a business in the UK based on their innovative, viable, and scalable business idea. View the Innovator Founder Training course dates below, delivered via Microsoft Teams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INNOVATOR FOUNDER Our Innovator Founder Training Course is an essential program designed to provide you with valuable insights into the new Innovator Founder visa. This visa route, which replaced the Innovator visa, offers individuals the opportunity to establish a business in the UK based on their innovative, viable, and scalable business idea. During the course, we will guide you through the key changes introduced by the Innovator Founder route, including the removal of the minimum funds requirement and the ability to engage in secondary employment. We will also explore the importance of regular contact point meetings with the endorsing body to assess progress and provide ongoing support. This course will cover the endorsement requirement, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive endorsement letter from an approved Endorsing Body or Legacy Endorsing Body. You will gain a deep understanding of the criteria that the endorsing body considers when assessing your fit as an Innovator Founder, ensuring you meet the necessary standards for endorsement. Our course will provide valuable guidance on the period and conditions of leave granted under the Innovator Founder route, as well as the settlement requirements and eligibility criteria. This is not to be missed by lawyers, solicitors, immigration advisors, entrepreneurs and business owners. Course joining links, materials and instructions are sent out 24hours before the course starts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY CHOOSE IAS' IMMIGRATION TRAINING COURSES? Immigration Advice Service has been providing professional immigration services for over 10 years in the public, private and corporate sectors. Our fully qualified and OISC regulated trainer will guide you through the content in our comprehensive training course. See why others like to study with IAS: * Delivered Online * Expert Course Trainer * Free Course Materials * Certificate of Attendance   Join over 92% of satisfied customers who found their training with IAS useful and beneficial. You will also be provided with training materials to keep after completing the course.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW IS THIS COURSE STRUCTURED? The “Innovator Founder” training workshop will involve the following: * Introduction to the Innovator Founder visa * Endorsement requirements * Business plan requirements * Innovative, viable, and scalable business requirements * Same business requirements * English Language and Financial Requirement * Period and conditions of grants * Settlement requirements * Dependants of an Innovator Founder

Helping emergency and frontline service workers to better understand and engage with individuals who hoard or exhibit hoarding behaviour.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This hands-on course is geared for experienced DBAs new to Oracle 19c, who can work in Linux and have basic experience with SQL scripting. Overview This course combines expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our Oracle Certified expert facilitator, students will learn how to: How to use tools to access an Oracle Database Generate database creation scripts by using DBCA How to create a container database (CDB) by using the CREATE DATABASE command Learn about Startup and shut down Oracle databases Initialization parameter files and initialization parameters Tools that are used to administer Oracle Net Services How to use the Oracle Connection Manager Control utility to administer Oracle Connection Manager How to create a new PDB from the PDB seed. Logical and physical storage structures in an Oracle database Usage of Oracle Database features that save space Explanation of DML and undo data generation Learn about general architecture of Oracle Data Pump and SQL*Loader How to use SQL*Loader to load data from a non-Oracle database (or user files) Bonus Content / Time Permitting: Explanation of maintenance windows Bonus Content / Time Permitting: Employ basic monitoring procedures and manage performance Oracle 19C Database Administration I (Oracle DBA I) is a comprehensive, hands-on course provides concrete information on the design of an Oracle Database instance and database, allowing you to manage your database investment. In this class, you will learn how to create database storage structures that align with your requirements and business models. You will also learn how to create users and administer databases as well as harden the databases to meet your business requirements. This is the foundational course for learning about Oracle Database and it does not assume prior knowledge or Oracle technologies, however you should have incoming experience working with SQL, and be comfortable with Linux and working from the command line. This training is NOT Official Oracle University training. This is independent, adjustable content that aligns with current topics, skills and tools that participants need to excel in these areas. INTRODUCTION TO ORACLE DATABASE * Oracle Multitenant Container Database * Oracle Database Instance Configurations * Database Sharding * Oracle Database Server ACCESSING AN ORACLE DATABASE * Oracle Database Tools * Database Tool Choices * SQL Developer * Enterprise Manager Database Express CREATING AN ORACLE DATABASE BY USING DBCA * Planning the Database * Choosing a Database Template * Configuration Assistant CREATING AN ORACLE DATABASE BY USING A SQL COMMAND * Creating a Container Database * Enable Pluggable Database STARTING UP AND SHUTTING DOWN A DATABASE INSTANCE * Starting the Oracle Database Instance * Shutting Down an Oracle Database Instance * Opening and Closing PDBs MANAGING DATABASE INSTANCES * Investigating Initialization Parameter Files * Viewing Initialization Parameters by Using SQL*Plus * Modifying Initialization Parameters by Using SQL*Plus * Viewing Diagnostic Information ORACLE NET SERVICES OVERVIEW * Oracle Net Services Components * Oracle Net Listener CONFIGURING NAMING METHODS * Configuring the Oracle Network to Access a Database * Creating a Net Service Name for a PDB CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING THE LISTENER * Exploring the Default Listener * Creating a Second Listener * Connecting to a Database Service Using the New Listener CONFIGURING A SHARED SERVER ARCHITECTURE * Configuring Shared Server Mode Configuring Clients to Use a Shared Server CONFIGURING ORACLE CONNECTION MANAGER FOR MULTIPLEXING AND ACCESS CONTROL * Oracle Connection Manager Processes * Filtering Rules * Session Multiplexing CREATING PDBS * Creating a New PDB from the PDB Seed * Cloning Remote PDBs in Hot Mode * Relocating PDBs MANAGING PDBS * Renaming a PDB * Setting Parameter Values for PDBs DATABASE STORAGE OVERVIEW * Logical and Physical Database Structures * Tablespaces and Data Files * Types of Segments * Monitoring Tablespace Space Usage CREATING AND MANAGING TABLESPACES * Viewing Tablespace Information * Creating a Tablespace * Managing Temporary and Permanent Tablespaces IMPROVING SPACE USAGE * Managing Space in Tablespaces * Using Compression * Enabling the Resumable Space Allocation Feature CREATING AND MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS * Creating Common and Local Users * Creating a Local User for an Application * Exploring OS and Password File Authentication CONFIGURING PRIVILEGE AND ROLE AUTHORIZATION * Granting a Local Role (DBA) to PDBADMIN * Using SQL*Developer to Create Local Roles CONFIGURING USER RESOURCE LIMITS * Using SQL*Developer to Create a Local Profile & Users * Configuring a Default Role for a User IMPLEMENTING ORACLE DATABASE AUDITING * Enabling Unified Auditing * Creating Audit Users * Creating an Audit Policy INTRODUCTION TO LOADING AND TRANSPORTING DATA * General Architecture * Oracle Data Pump * SQL Loader * Loading Data into a PDB from an External File * Moving Data from One PDB to Another PDB * Transporting a Tablespace USING EXTERNAL TABLES TO LOAD AND TRANSPORT DATA * Querying External Tables * Unloading External Tables AUTOMATED MAINTENANCE TASKS OVERVIEW * Automated Maintenance Tasks * Maintenance Windows * Predefined Maintenance Windows BONUS: MANAGING TASKS AND WINDOWS * Enabling and Disabling Automated Maintenance Tasks * Modifying the Duration of a Maintenance Window BONUS: DATABASE MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE TUNING OVERVIEW * Performance Planning Considerations * Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) * Advisory Framework BONUS: MONITORING DATABASE PERFORMANCE & PROCESSES * Server-Generated Alerts * Setting Metric Thresholds * Performance Monitoring * Examining the Database Background Processes BONUS: TUNING DATABASE MEMORY * Viewing Memory Configurations BONUS: ANALYZING SQL AND OPTIMIZING ACCESS PATHS * Using the Optimizer Statistics Advisor

This workshop will help you create, develop and close business opportunities using a consultative approach and a value-based (not price-led) proposition. Value-based selling means working the way your customer wants to buy, not how you want to sell. It also means: In a transactional sale the customer knows the answer without help from a salesperson (or cannot see why they should choose you), or is prepared to stay with what they have. Customer decision criteria are price and convenience and customers resent time spent with (new) salespeople, mainly because the salesperson adds little or nothing to what the customer already has and just wastes time. In a consultative or value-based sale, by contrast, the customer doesn't know the answer already. The salesperson must take the role of an advisor, not just a 'product promoter'. Customers demand expertise, advice and customisation during the sales process. Often customers insist on multiple meetings with salespeople and others to develop advantages that you can bring and reduce the perceived risk of changing. In this way the salesperson often adds more value than the product or service alone. This very practical workshop will help you use proven strategies and tactics to build, manage and successfully close sustainable business opportunities using a consultative approach and a value-based (not price-led) proposition. This includes: * Increased impact of your new sales conversations, presentations and proposals - leading to faster decisions and increased conversion * Greater confidence, consistency and professionalism throughout the business development process * Enhanced sales questioning skills and techniques, leading to better, faster and more accurate development of customer needs, problems, value and expectations * Improve your people, communication, influence and persuasion skills when approaching, consulting or presenting your services and solutions * How to build value at all points in the customer's buying process through your knowledge, skills and structured approach * Proven ways to gain additional business and referrals from existing customers and contacts, through direct approach and lead generation * Being better able differentiate your firm, your solutions, track-record and expertise clearly and accurately with tailored value statements for each stage and for each opportunity * Overcome and avoid price-based objections, buying criteria and negotiation 1 INTRODUCTION AND KEY PRINCIPLES OF VALUE-BASED SELLING * Introduction and review of pre-course questionnaires - KPIs, personal learning objectives and key principles * The main principles of value-based selling and how they benefit you and the customer * How value-based selling differs from 'transactional' or 'price-based' selling * The stages of the customer's buying cycle - how to identify and work through strategies for each stage * The concept of structured and set-piece selling and proposing * Presentation by participants: Personal sales improvement goals 2 VALUE-BASED SELLING STRATEGIES AND SKILLS * What is value? How can one move away from a price-led agenda? * How to survive and resist price pressure - six techniques * A review of key competencies and skills needed for a value-based approach * Strategies, case studies and examples with discussion and review * Defining your initial value proposition and comparative advantage * How best to established the right level of trust, rapport and credibility * Planning and practice session: Strategy - mapping a value-based sales process. 3 CONNECTING SKILLS * Research before the meeting and the first few minutes - ways to gain instant rapport and setting the foundation for a successful outcome in a first sales call * How to structure an effective first time sales call or meeting - the subtle differences that are important to master * How best to differentiate your solutions and build credibility and enthusiasm early or at the start of the buying process * Overcoming initial buying resistance and relaxing the prospect; gaining rapport, opening the meeting: PBC (purpose-benefit-check) and gaining agreement to proceed * Planning and practice session: Connecting - first meeting with a new contact 4 CONSULTING - BUILDING, DEVELOPING AND INFLUENCING CLIENT NEEDS * Understanding the power of high-impact and third-level questions to influence people based around specific needs and solutions * The importance of body language and other personal communication dynamics when asking questions; empathic listening, run-on questions, drawing out skills, summarising, etc * Creating a 'disturb' approach to creating needs and opportunities and positioning your solutions * Using proven advanced sales questioning techniques with greater skill: Outcome, SPIN and qualification questions * 'Decision-making criteria' - tools to help you develop the relevant criteria with the customer and in doing so progress your sales opportunities more effectively * Planning and practice session: Questioning skills 5 CONVINCING - PRESENTATION AND PERSUADING SKILLS PRACTICE * Substance and style - selecting the right tone and content to engage and enthuse your prospect * Compelling benefits and reducing perceived risk - key messages to deliver * Helping the customer choose your proposition - by being convincing, compelling and credible when you present * Professional and effective presentation skills - with personal coaching and practice sessions * The keys of influence and persuasion and the keys to convincing a new customer to choose you for the first time * Planning and practice session: Role-play in presenting your solution 6 COMMITMENT * Knowing when and how to close for commitment to the next stage in your sales process, plus ways to ask for commitment professionally and effectively * How to isolate, prioritise and answer objections and concerns more openly and accurately, using a consultative not a confrontational approach * Deal more effectively and profitably with price objections and reduce buyer's remorse (which can lead to an 'I want to think about it' reaction and cause delay and inertia) * Key negotiation skills around the closing process - getting to 'yes' * Planning and practice session: Role-play in closing and negotiation skills 7 ASSESSED ROLE-PLAY - FINAL PRACTICE SESSION Live role-plays * There is an option for external participants to be brought in to the live training workshop to take-part in the final assessed role-play or assist with other sessions run during the course. Performance assessment - 'Dragon's Pitch' * The final afternoon of the course is an assessed role-play using a prepared scenario and external 'CEO'. The assessment criteria will be agreed prior to the workshop. 8 WORKSHOP SUMMARY AND CLOSE * Personal action plan and learning summary

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Data Warehouse AdministratorDatabase Administrators Overview Use the Oracle Database tuning methodology appropriate to the available toolsUtilize database advisors to proactively tune an Oracle Database InstanceUse the tools based on the Automatic Workload Repository to tune the databaseDiagnose and tune common SQL related performance problemsDiagnose and tune common Instance related performance problemsUse Enterprise Manager performance-related pages to monitor an Oracle DatabaseGain an understanding of the Oracle Database Cloud Service In the Oracle Database 12c: Performance Management and Tuning course, learn about the performance analysis and tuning tasks expected of a DBA: proactive management through built-in performance analysis features and tools, diagnosis and tuning of the Oracle Database instance components, and diagnosis and tuning of SQL-related performance issues. In this course, you will be introduced to Oracle Database Cloud Service. INTRODUCTION * Course Objectives * Course Organization * Course Agenda * Topics Not Included in the Course * Who Tunes? * What Does the DBA Tune? * How to Tune * Tuning Methodology BASIC TUNING DIAGNOSTICS * Performance Tuning Diagnostics * Performance Tuning Tools * Tuning Objectives * Top Timed Events * DB Time * CPU and Wait Time Tuning Dimensions * Time Model * Dynamic Performance Views USING AUTOMATIC WORKLOAD REPOSITORY * Automatic Workload Repository Overview * Automatic Workload Repository Data * Enterprise Manager Cloud Control and AWR * Snapshots * Reports * Compare Periods DEFINING THE SCOPE OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES * Defining the Problem * Limiting the Scope * Setting the Priority * Top SQL Reports * Common Tuning Problems * Tuning During the Life Cycle * ADDM Tuning Session * Performance Versus Business Requirements USING METRICS AND ALERTS * Metrics and Alerts Overview * Limitation of Base Statistics * Benefits of Metrics * Viewing Metric History Information * Viewing Histograms * Server-Generated Alerts * Setting Thresholds * Metrics and Alerts Views USING BASELINES * Comparative Performance Analysis with AWR Baselines * Automatic Workload Repository Baselines * Moving Window Baseline * Baselines in Performance Page Settings * Baseline Templates * AWR Baseslines * Creating AWR Baselines * Managing Baselines with PL/SQL USING AWR-BASED TOOLS * Automatic Maintenance Tasks * ADDM Performance Monitoring * Using Compare Periods ADDM * Active Session History * New or Enhanced Automatic Workload Repository Views * Emergency Monitoring * Real-time ADDM REAL-TIME DATABASE OPERATION MONITORING * Overview * Use Cases * Defining a Database Operation * Scope of a Composite Database Operation * Database Operation Concepts * Identifying a Database Operation * Enabling Monitoring of Database Operations * Identifying, Starting, and Completing a Database Operation MONITORING APPLICATIONS * What is a Service? * Service Attributes * Service Types * Creating Services * Managing Services in a Single-Instance Environment * Where are Services Used? * Using Services with Client Applications * Services and Pluggable Databases IDENTIFYING PROBLEM SQL STATEMENTS * SQL Statement Processing Phases * Role of the Oracle Optimizer * Identifying Bad SQL * Top SQL Reports * SQL Monitoring * What is an Execution Plan? * Methods for Viewing Execution Plans * Uses of Execution Plans INFLUENCING THE OPTIMIZER * Functions of the Query Optimizer * Selectivity * Cardinality and Cost * Changing Optimizer Behavior * Optimizer Statistics * Extended Statistics * Controlling the Behavior of the Optimizer with Parameters * Enabling Query Optimizer Features REDUCING THE COST OF SQL OPERATIONS * Reducing the Cost * Index Maintenance * SQL Access Advisor * Table Maintenance for Performance * Table Reorganization Methods * Space Management * Extent Management * Data Storage USING SQL PERFORMANCE ANALYZER * Real Application Testing: Overview * Real Application Testing: Use Cases * SQL Performance Analyzer: Process * Capturing the SQL Workload * Creating a SQL Performance Analyzer Task * SQL Performance Analyzer: Tasks * Parameter Change * SQL Performance Analyzer Task Page SQL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT * Maintaining SQL Performance * Maintaining Optimizer Statistics * Automated Maintenance Tasks * Statistic Gathering Options * Setting Statistic Preferences * Restore Statistics * Deferred Statistics Publishing * Automatic SQL Tuning USING DATABASE REPLAY * Using Database Replay * The Big Picture * System Architecture * Capture Considerations * Replay Considerations: Preparation * Replay Considerations * Replay Options * Replay Analysis TUNING THE SHARED POOL * Shared Pool Architecture * Shared Pool Operation * The Library Cache * Latch and Mutex * Diagnostic Tools for Tuning the Shared Pool * Avoiding Hard Parses * Reducing the Cost of Soft Parses * Sizing the Shared Pool TUNING THE BUFFER CACHE * Oracle Database Architecture: Buffer Cache * Buffer Cache: Highlights * Database Buffers * Buffer Hash Table for Lookups * Working Sets * Buffer Cache Tuning Goals and Techniques * Buffer Cache Performance Symptoms * Buffer Cache Performance Solutions TUNING PGA AND TEMPORARY SPACE * SQL Memory Usage * Performance Impact * Automatic PGA Memory * SQL Memory Manager * Configuring Automatic PGA Memory * Setting PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET Initially * Limiting the size of the Program Global Area (PGA) * SQL Memory Usage AUTOMATIC MEMORY * Oracle Database Architecture * Dynamic SGA * Granule * Memory Advisories * Manually Adding Granules to Components * Increasing the Size of an SGA Component * Automatic Shared Memory Management: Overview * SGA Sizing Parameters: Overview PERFORMANCE TUNING SUMMARY WITH WAITS * Commonly Observed Wait Events * Additional Statistics * Top 10 Mistakes Found in Customer Systems * Symptoms ORACLE DATABASE CLOUD SERVICE: OVERVIEW * Database as a Service Architecture, Features and Tooling * Software Editions: Included Database Options and Management Packs * Accessing the Oracle Database Cloud Service Console Automated Database Provisioning * Managing the Compute Node Associated With a Database Deployment * Managing Network Access to Database as a Service Scaling a Database Deployment * Performance Management in the Database Cloud Environment * Performance Monitoring and Tuning * What Can be Tuned in a DBCS Environment?

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for System administrators System engineers Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Install and configure ESXi hosts Deploy and configure vCenter Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users Configure vCenter High Availability Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines Manage virtual machine resource use Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client This five-day, extended hour course takes you from introductory to advanced VMware vSphere© 8 management skills. Building on the installation and configuration content from our best-selling course, you will also develop advanced skills needed to manage and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will install, configure, and manage vSphere 7. You will explore the features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size using vSphere 8, which includes VMware ESXi? 8 and VMware vCenter Server© 8. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives VSPHERE AND VIRTUALIZATION OVERVIEW * Explain basic virtualization concepts * Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure * Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere * Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs * Install an ESXi host VCENTER MANAGEMENT * Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter * Deploy vCenter Server Appliance * Configure vCenter settings * Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys * Create and organize vCenter inventory objects * Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions * View vSphere tasks and events * Create a vCenter backup schedule * Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability * Explain how vCenter High Availability works DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES * Create and provision VMs * Explain the importance of VMware Tools * Identify the files that make up a VM * Recognize the components of a VM * Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options * Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources * Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them * Clone VMs * Create customization specifications for guest operating systems * Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries * Deploy VMs from content libraries * Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries CONFIGURE AND MANAGE VSPHERE NETWORKING * Configure and view standard switch configurations * Configure and view distributed switch configurations * Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches * Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches CONFIGURE AND MANAGE VSPHERE STORAGE * Recognize vSphere storage technologies * Identify types of vSphere datastores * Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing * Describe iSCSI components and addressing * Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi * Create and manage VMFS datastores * Configure and manage NFS datastores * Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINES * Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances * Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion * Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations * Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion * Take a snapshot of a VM * Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots * Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment * Describe how VMs compete for resources * Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits * Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository * Configure a VMware Tools Repository * Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs VSPHERE MONITORING * Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance * Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance * Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use * Create custom alarms in vCenter * Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline * Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro DEPLOYING AND CONFIGURING VSPHERE CLUSTER * Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster * View information about a vSphere cluster * Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster * Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings * Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster * Describe how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures * Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster * Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings * Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA * Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance * Describe the function of the vCLS * Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs ESXI OPERATIONS * Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance * Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles MANAGING THE VSPHERE LIFECYCLE * Generate vCenter interoperability reports * Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager * Describe ESXi images and image depots * Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster * Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager * Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations * Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware NETWORK OPERATIONS * Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches * Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance * Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine * Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine STORAGE OPERATIONS * Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration * Describe storage policy-based management * Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture * Configure Storage I/O Control

Virtual course for parents of adult children at risk/pre manifest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are pleased to invite you to our virtual course for parents of adult children at risk/pre manifest. This is an opportunity to improve your knowledge of the issues surrounding your adult child at risk, share your experiences and gain ideas of support available for yourself and your adult child. This is a 5 week course running from Thursday 22 February 2024 10am -11.30am until Thursday 21 March, with the final session being an extended session narrative therapy session facilitated by Riverbank Psychology. There will be the opportunity to join a follow up support group. Week 1 – Thursday 22 February 2024 10am Welcome and overview of support available from the Huntington Disease Association. Speaker: James O’Connor – Team Leader HDYES – Huntington’s Disease Association Week 2 – Thursday 29 February 2024 10am Genetics: How to access testing, the process and family planning options Speaker: Chris Platt – SHDA – Huntington’s Disease Association Week 3 – Thursday 7 March 2024 10am Research update and what next Speaker: Nataile Saad - Research Sister - Welcome Trust Southampton University Hospital Week 4 – Thursday 14 March 2024 10am Finances planning ahead Speaker: Lisa Pearson - Financial Advisor - Asset management Week 5 – Thursday 21 March 2024 9.30 -12.30pm (note longer session)* Narrative Therapy: Coping with Feelings, supporting a loved one and self-care. Mariangels Ferrer – Clinical Psychologist – Riverbank Psychology * We will invite previous course participants to this part of the course but can only accommodate a maximum of 12/14 people on the day. The focus of Narrative Therapy in this group is to participate in a creative activity that explores identity through values, beliefs, and support systems, enabling us to make connections to our external lives which will be sustainable in our everyday lives. Mariangels Ferrer Duch is a Clinical Psychologist trained in Narrative Therapy who will be facilitating a three-hour Narrative Therapy session. The focus of the session will be upon the many small things that are important to us in life which can often be overlooked in times of stress. We hope the conversation will help to mutually inspire us all! We take your privacy seriously and promise to never sell your data. You can find out more about your rights, how we use your personal information and how we keep your details safe and secure by reading our privacy policy here. For more information email info@hda.org.uk [info@hda.org.uk] or call 0151 331 5444.

A unique CPD accredited course delivered online - exploring domestic violence and abuse and coercive control - utilising lived experience and dynamic original theatre to help you make sure your first response is the right response

Learn the skills and mindset to become a business partner, align your expertise with the organisational goals, drive growth, and shape the future of your company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) This is a highly interactive and practical course which will help you to understand the role of Business Partnering and the key skills needed to be successful in the role. The course is designed specifically to give you an opportunity to explore the role and test a range of techniques to improve your strategic working as well as your influencing and relationship building skills. This course is aimed at individuals who work cross-functionally and with other people to achieve business results and is particularly helpful for those who engage frequently with senior managers and executives. OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Describe the role of Business Partner and the benefit to the business * Develop stronger engagement with all internal and external stakeholders * Influence without authority * Build positive relationships * Handle robust conversations * Be forward thinking, not reactive * Act as a change agent * Communicate with confidence and credibility CONTENT UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE BUSINESS PARTNER  * What is Business Partnering from an individual, departmental and business view * Using a psychometric test to look at where your strengths are and how you can use them effectively in the role DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS * Creating a powerful first impression. * Communication skills * Understanding different communication styles * Being more proactive in developing key relationships * Stakeholder engagement * Presenting ideas in a confident and articulate way * Understanding and developing trust * Connecting with people * Networking INFLUENCING AND NEGOTIATING   * Influencing and persuading others * Dealing with conflict and difficult conversations * Becoming a trusted advisor/Business Partner * Advanced questioning skills and techniques to get to the root of a problem STRATEGIC THINKING * Develop the mind-set and strategic capability to play a more proactive leading role in the business