VMwareVCP

This course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 6.7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 6.7 and VMware vCenter Server® 6.7.

This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. It is the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the software-defined data center
• Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
• Add ESXi hosts to a VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ instance
• Manage vCenter Server Appliance
• Use a local content library as an ISO store, and deploy a virtual machine
• Describe vCenter Server architecture
• Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
• Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware Host Client™ and VMware vSphere®Client™
• Describe virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
• Configure standard switch policies
• Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage: VMware vSphere® VMFS, NFS, iSCSI,and RDM
• Examine the features and functions of Fibre Channel and VMware vSAN™
• Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
• Migrate virtual machine storage with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
• Monitor resource usage, and manage resource pools
• Discuss the VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster architecture
• Configure vSphere HA
• Manage vSphere HA 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 VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches and perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi
• hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
• Identify troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and improve troubleshooting efficiency

Course Outline:

• 1.Course Introduction
• Introductions And Course Logistics
• Course Objectives
• Describe The Content Of The Course
• Gain A Complete Picture Of The VMware Certification System
• Familiarize Yourself With The Benefits Of The VMware Education Learning Zone
• Identify Additional Resources
• 2.Introduction To VSphere And The SoftwareDefined Data Center
• Describe How VSphere Fits Into The Softwaredefined Data Center And The Cloud Infrastructure
• Explain How VSphere Interacts With CPUs,Memory, Networks, And Storage
• Use VSphere Client To Access And Manage Your VCenter Server System And ESXi Host Compare Virtual Machine Hardware Version 14 To Other Versions
• Identify The Virtual Network Adapters, And Describe The Enhanced VMXNET3
• Compare The Types Of Virtual Disk Provisioning
• Identify The Advantages Of ESXi Quick Boot
• 3.Creating Virtual Machines
• Create, Provision, And Remove A Virtual Machine
• Explain The Importance Of VMware Tools™
• Describe How To Import A Virtual Appliance OVF Template Manage VMware Tools
• Explain Troubleshooting OS Installation AndVMware Tools
• 4.VCenter Server
• Describe The VCenter Server Architecture
• Discuss How ESXi Hosts Communicate With VCenter Server
• Identify The VCenter Server Services, Components,And Modules
• Access And Configure VCenter Server Appliance
• Use VSphere Client To Manage The VCenter Server Inventory
• Describe The Rules For Applying Permissions
• Create A Custom Role In VCenter Server
• Create A Backup Schedule
• Restore VCenter Server Appliance From Backup
• Monitor VCenter Server Appliance
• 5.Configuring And Managing Virtual Networks
• Describe, Create, And Manage Standard Switches
• Configure Virtual Switch Security And Loadbalancing Policies
• Compare VSphere Distributed Switches And Standard Switches
• Describe The Virtual Switch Connection Types
• Describe The New TCP/IP Stack Architecture
• Use VLANs With Standard Switches
• 6.Configuring And Managing Virtual Storage
• Identify Storage Protocols And Storage Device Types
• Discuss ESXi Hosts Using ISCSI, NFS, And Fibre Channel Storage
• Create And Manage VMware VSphere® VMFS And NFS Datastores
• Describe The New Features Of VMFS 6.5
• Identify The Advantages Of VMware VSAN™
• Describe Guest File Encryption
• 7.Virtual Machine Management
• Use Templates And Cloning To Deploy New Virtual Machines
• Modify And Manage Virtual Machines
• Clone A Virtual Machine
• Upgrade Virtual Machine Hardware To Version 14
• Remove Virtual Machines From The VCenter Server Inventory And Datastore
• Use Customization Specification Files To Customize A New Virtual Machine
• Perform VSphere VMotion And VSphere Storage VMotion Migrations
• Create And Manage Virtual Machine Snapshots
• Create, Clone, And Export VApps