VMware vSphere with Operations Management: Fast Track [V5.1]
COURSE OUTLINE:
Audience
• Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server
Prerequisites
Learning Objectives
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi networking and storage
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource use
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Managerâ„¢ to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection
• Understand major and minor badges and their underlying metrics
• Use these badges to find the root causes of common operational problems in a vSphere environment
• Perform capacity management and what-if analyses
• Use the Operations tab, the Planning tab, the Alerts tab, the Analysis tab, and the Reports tab
• Navigate the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 user interface
• Use heat maps and create a custom heat map
• Use smart alerts to detect system problems
• Articulate the use case for the new policy structure in vCenter Operations Manager and how it can be used to define configuration settings for objects in a vSphere environment
• Work with groups to classify virtual objects in logical and business-related structures and how to apply them to policies
• Define new use cases based on the optimized integration with VMware® vCenterâ„¢ Operations Management Suiteâ„¢ products like VMware® vCenter Configuration Managerâ„¢, VMware® vFabricâ„¢ Hyperic®, VMware® vCenterâ„¢ Infrastructure Navigatorâ„¢, and other adapters
1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2 Introduction to VMware Virtualization
• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, 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
3 Creating Virtual Machines
• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine
4 VMware vCenter Server
• Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
• Introduce VMware® vCenterâ„¢ Server Applianceâ„¢
• Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
5 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
• Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
6 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 vSphere® Storage Appliance
7 Virtual Machine Management
• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migrations
• Create a vApp
8 Data Protection
• Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently
9 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
• Explain VMware® vShield Endpointâ„¢ integration in vSphere
10 Resource Management and Monitoring
• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory use
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Monitor resource use using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
11 High Availability and Fault Tolerance
• Introduce the new VMware vSphere® High Availability architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Introduce VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
• Describe VMware vSphere® Replication
12 Scalability
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Schedulerâ„¢ cluster
• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together
13 Patch Management
• Use Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
• Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Scan and remediate hosts
14 Installing VMware Components
• Introduce ESXi installation
• Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
• Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
• Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)
VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict Modules
1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2 Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
• Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite and its packaging
3 Architecture and Concepts
• Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
• Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
• Master the main components of the dashboard view
• Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane
4 Working with Dashboards and Badges
• Understand the functions of major and minor badges
• Use the Health major badge
• Use the Risk major badge
• Use the Efficiency major badge
• Use the Operations tab to navigate to details
5 Analyzing with Heat Maps
• Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab
6 Working with Smart Alerts
• Configure and use smart alerts
• Set up email notifications
7 Working with Capacity Planning and Reports
• Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
• Perform what-if analyses
8 Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager
• Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
• Install vCenter Operations Manager
• Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment
A VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update
• Discuss the VMware management suite solution and products
• List the key components and capabilities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions
B VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes
• Discuss configuration of policies and groups
• Identify basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
• Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
• Explain changes to badges, metrics, and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager
C Integration with Other VMware Products
• Identify use cases for the integration of other vCenter Operations Management Suite products
• Discuss integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
• Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager