VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6.0]
COURSE OUTLINE:
In this course, you will learn how to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot VMware vSphere 6, including VMware ESXi 6 and VMware vCenter Server 6. This course combines the content of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course with troubleshooting skills needed for maintaining highly available and scalable vSphere environments. You will gain practical experience with these concepts through the completion of hands-on labs.
This fast-track course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) exam.
Audience Experienced system administrators Experienced system integrators Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server Prerequisites- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course (on VMware's website) or VCA-DCV certification
- Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
- Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server Appliance
- Configure and manage the vSphere infrastructure with the VMware vSphere Client and the VMware vSphere Web Client
- Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
- Use a content library
- Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
- Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage
- 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, vCenter Server, virtual networking, virtual storage, and other vSphere operations
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Software-Defined Data Center
- Introduce virtualization and vSphere components
- Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
- Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
- Install and use vSphere user interfaces
- Describe the ESXi architecture and configure various ESXi settings
3. Creating Virtual Machines
- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
- Deploy a single virtual machine
- Explain the importance of VMware Tools
- Describe how to import an OVF template
4. VMware vCenter Server
- Introduce vCenter Server architecture
- Introduce vCenter Server Appliance
- Install and configure vCenter Server Appliance
- Using the VMware vSphere Web Client
- Configuring VMware vCenter Single Sign-On and VMware Platform Services Controller
- Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
5. Troubleshooting vSphere
- Use a structured approach to troubleshoot issues in vSphere
- Discuss options for running vSphere commands
- Locate and use important vSphere log files
6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
- Describe, create, and manage a standard switch
- Describe and modify standard switch properties
- Describe the NIC teaming of a standard switch port group
- Describe, create, and manage a distributed switch
- Troubleshoot virtual networking
7. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
- Introduce storage protocols and device names
- Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS datastores
- Introduce VMware Virtual SAN datastores
- Troubleshoot virtual storage
8. 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
- Describe the types of content libraries
- Troubleshoot virtual machines and snapshots
9. Resource Management and Monitoring
- Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
- Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Configure and manage resource pools
- Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
- Use vRealize Operations Manager to manage a software-defined data center
- Troubleshoot ESXi and vCenter Server
10. vSphere HA and vSphere FT
- Explain the vSphere HA architecture
- Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
- Set vSphere HA advanced parameters
- Enable vSphere FT on a virtual machine
- Describe vSphere Replication and vSphere Data Protection
- Troubleshoot vSphere HA
11. Host Scalability with vSphere DRS
- Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
- Create a vSphere DRS cluster
- View information about a vSphere DRS cluster
- Troubleshoot vSphere DRS clusters
12. vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
- Describe, install, and configure vSphere Update Manager
- Describe and use host profiles
- Use baselines and remediate ESXi hosts
- Perform patch management
13. Installing vSphere Components
- Describe how to install ESXi interactively
- Identify the basic requirements for an ESXi host to boot from SA
- Identify system requirements to install vCenter Server
- Install vCenter Server on a supported Windows system