IV1421: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Course Length: 40 hrs

Prerequisites:

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
• Understanding of virtual data center concepts comparable to those needed for VCA-DCV certification

Price: $2595

Format: Onsite, online

This VMware training course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere, which includes VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server. This course will give you a solid understanding of how to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.

Topics Covered:

• Software-defined data center
• Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
• 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
• 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:

1. Software-Defined Data Center

• Introduce Components of the Software-Defined Data Center
• Where vSphere Fits into the Cloud Architecture
• Install and Use vSphere Client
• Overview of ESXi

2. Creating Virtual Machines

• Introduce Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Hardware, and Virtual Machine Files
• Create and Work with Virtual Machines

3. vCenter Server

• Introduce the vCenter Server Architecture
• Deploy and Configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Install and Use vSphere Web Client
• Manage vCenter Server Inventory Objects and Licenses
• Explain the Benefits of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

4. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Create and Manage Standard Switches
• Modify Standard Switch Properties
• Configure Virtual Switch Load-Balancing Algorithms
• Create, Configure, and Manage vSphere Distributed Switches, Network Connections, and Port Groups

5. 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

6. Virtual Machine Management

• Use Templates and Cloning to Deploy Virtual Machines
• Modify and Manage Virtual Machines
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion Migrations
• Create and Manage Virtual Machine Snapshots
• Create a vApp
• Introduce the Various Types of Content Libraries and How to Deploy and Use Them

7. Resource Management and Monitoring

• Introduce Virtual CPU and Memory Concepts
• Configure and Manage Resource Pools
• Methods for Optimizing CPU and Memory Usage
• Use vCenter 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

• 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 Data

9. Host Scalability

• Functions of a vSphere DRS Cluster
• Configure and Manage a vSphere DRS Cluster
• Work with Affinity and Anti-Affinity Rules
• Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS Together

10. 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

11. Installing VMware Components

• ESXi Installation
• Boot-from-SAN Requirements
• Introduce vCenter Server Deployment Options
• vCenter Server Hardware, Software, and Database Requirements
• Installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server Instance

Notes: Formerly IIUSA-352