VMware

This training course explores the installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server.

Objectives:

By the end of the course, you should understand vSphere 6.x functions and features and be able to meet the following objectives:

• Deploy an ESXi host

• Deploy a vCenter Server instance

• Deploy a vCenter Server appliance

• Manage an ESXi host using vCenter Server

• Manage ESXi storage using vCenter Server

• Manage ESXi networking using vCenter Server

• Manage virtual machines using vCenter Server

• Deploy and manage thin-provisioned virtual machines

• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion

• Manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Web Client and VMware vSphere Client

• Migrate virtual machines using VMware vSphere Storage vMotion

• Manage access control using vCenter Server

• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server

• Manage VMware vSphere High Availability and Fault Tolerance using vCenter Server

Outline:

Virtualized Data Center

• Introduce components of the virtualized data center

• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture

• Install and use vSphere Client

VMware vCenter Server

• Introduce the vCenter Server architecture

• Introduce VMware® vCenter™ Single Sign-On™

• Install and use vSphere Web Client

• Introduce VMware® vCenter™ Server Appliance™

• Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance

• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses Creating Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files

• Deploy a single virtual machine Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage a standard switch

• Describe and modify standard switch properties

• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

• Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names

Creating Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files

• Deploy a single virtual machine

Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage a standard switch

• Describe and modify standard switch properties

• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

• Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names

• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage

• Create and manage vSphere datastores

• Deploy and manage VMware® Virtual SAN™

Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines

• Modify and manage virtual machines

• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots

• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations

• Create a VMware vSphere® vApp™

Access and Authentication Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

• Configure and manage the ESXi firewall

• Configure ESXi lockdown mode

• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory

Resource Management and Monitoring

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts

• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage

• Configure and manage resource pools

• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Introduce the new vSphere High Availability architecture

• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster

• Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance

• Describe VMware vSphere® Replication

Scalability

• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (DRS) cluster

• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

• Use vSphere HA and DRS together