vSphere Install, Configure, Manage (v6.0)

Course Number:

N/A

Audience:

This course is intended for system administrators and/or system engineers.
Course Duration:
5 days

Prerequisites:

Participants should have system administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems and understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certi­fication.

Course Objectives:
  • Describe the software-defi­ned data center
  • Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
  • Describe vCenter Server architecture
  • Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server Appliance
  • Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
  • Confi­gure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client
  • Confi­gure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
  • Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage
  • Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
  • Create a vApp
  • Describe and use the content library
  • Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
  • Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage
  • Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
  • Describe and use the content library
  • Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
  • Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage
  • Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
  • Use VMware vRealize Operations Manager to identify and solve issues through analytics and alerts
  • Manage VMware vSphere High Availability and VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
  • Use VMware vSphere Replication and VMware vSphere Data Protection™ to replicate virtual    machines and perform data recovery
  • Use VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler clusters to improve host scalability
  • Use vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalability
  • Use VMware vSphere Update Manager to apply patches
  • Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
Course Outline:
  • Course Introduction
    • Introductions and course logistics
    • Course objectives

 

  • Software-Defined Data Center
    • Introduce components of the software-defined data center
    • Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
    • Install and use vSphere Client
    • Overview of ESXi

 

  • Creating Virtual Machines
    • Introduce virtual machines, virtual hardware, and virtual machine files
    • Create and work with virtual machines

 

  • vCenter Server
    • Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
    • Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliances
    • Install and use vSphere Web Client
    • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
    • Explain the benefits of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

 

  • Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
    • Introduce storage protocols and storage device names
    • Discuss ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
    • Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS datastores
    • Introduce VMware Virtual SAN

 

  • Virtual Machine Management
    • Use template and cloning to deploy virtual machines
    • Modify and manage virtual machines
    • Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migration
    • Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
    • Create a vApp
    • Introduce the various types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them

 

  • Resource Management and Monitoring
    • Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
    • Configure and manage resource pools
    • Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
    • Use v Center Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
    • Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
    • Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management

 

  • vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance
    • Explain the vSphere HA architecture
    • Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
    • Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
    • Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
    • Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
    • Introduce vSphere Replication
    • Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore

 

  • Host Scalability
    • Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
    • Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
    • Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules

 

  • vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
    • Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
    • Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update
    • Manager plug-in
    • Create patch baselines
    • Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
    • Scan and remediate hosts

 

  • Installing VMware Components
    • Introduce ESXi installation
    • Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
    • Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
    • Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
    • Discuss installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server instance

Related Posts

About Us
Ntier company logo

IT Training, Agile Ways of Working and High Impact Talent Development Strategies

Let Us Come to You!

Classes recently delivered in: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jerusalem, London, Milan, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Springfield, Mass., St. Louis, Tampa and more!