VMware

Outline: Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course goals and objectives

Online vSphere resources

Location of online vSphere documentation

Introduction to vSphere 6

Discuss vSphere 6 feature enhancements

Describe how vRealize Operations Manager is used to manage the software-defined data center

Install and Upgrade

Discuss the differences between vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6 installation process.

Confirm the system requirements for each component of vSphere 6

Determine which vCenter Server deployment mode is required.

Discuss the vSphere 6 upgrade process

Discuss vSphere 6 installation media

Determine the correct database option for various deployment scenarios of vSphere 6

Compute Enhancements

Discuss the enhancements to vSphere 6 scalability and performance

Discuss the additional features to support hot-plug and SMART solid-state drives

Discuss the improvements to lockdown settings

Discuss how virtual hardware 11 extends virtual machine resource configurations

Discuss how hot-add memory is distributed across NUMA nodes in vSphere 6

Management Enhancements

Discuss VMware vCenter™ Single Sign-On™ authentication process

Discuss new features of vSphere 6 Certificate Authority

Discuss certificate-based guest authorization

Discuss how ESXi hosts and vCenter Server communicate securely over SSL

Describe changes for ESXi certificate replacement

Discuss upgrading the vSphere License Service

License ESXi 6 and vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client

Storage Enhancements

Discuss VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™

Configure storage-based policies

Discuss share reservations and file locking

Discuss the benefits and effects of NFS 4.1 with vSphere.

Discuss Kerberos and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) header authentication

Network Enhancements

Work with Network I/O Control

Upgrade Network I/O Control to version 3

Enable network resource management on a vSphere distributed switch

Configure bandwidth allocation for system and virtual machine traffic based on shares, reservations, and limits

Discuss how IPv6 is supported in the vSphere 6 release

Availability Enhancements

Discuss enhancements made to vSphere vMotion

Migrate virtual machine across vCenter Server instances by using vSphere vMotion

Discuss the multiprocessor fault tolerance features and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) capabilities in vSphere 6

Discuss the benefits of VMware vCloud® Air™

Describe how vCloud Air integrates with vSphere 6