VMware VSphere

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Describe the content of this course

Introduction to vSphere and the SoftwareDefinedData Center

Describe the topology of a physical data center

Explain the vSphere virtual infrastructure

Define the files and components of virtual machines

Describe the benefits of using virtual machines

Explain the similarities and differences between physical architectures and virtual architectures

Define the purpose of ESXi

Define the purpose of vCenter Server

Explain the software defined data center

Describe private, public, and hybrid clouds

Creating Virtual Machines

Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files

Identify the files that make up a virtual machine

Discuss the latest virtual machine hardware and its features

Describe virtual machine CPU, memory, disk, and network resource usage

Explain the importance of VMware Tools™

Direct I/O, remote direct memory access, and NVMe

Deploy and configure virtual machines and templates

Identify the virtual machine disk format

vCenter Server

Introduce the vCenter Server architecture

Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance

Use vSphere Web Client

Back up and restore vCenter Server

Examine vCenter Server permissions and roles

Explain the vSphere HA architectures and features

Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

Access and navigate the new vSphere clients

Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

Describe, create, and manage standard switches

Describe the virtual switch connection types

Contrast and compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches

Firewall ports and vSphere

Network teaming and load-balancing

Configure virtual switch security and load balancing policies

Upgrading your vDS version

Migration to vDS

The purpose of traffic shaping

Traffic shaping on vDS

Network I/O control

About jumbo frames

Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

Introduce storage protocols and storage device types

Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage

Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores

Describe the new features of VMFS 6.5

Introduce vSAN

Describe guest file encryption

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 12

Remove virtual machines from the vCenter Server inventory and datastore

Customize a new virtual machine using customization specification files

Perform vSpherevMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations

Create and manage virtual machine snapshots

Create, clone, and export vApps

Introduce the types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them

Resource Management and Monitoring

Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts

Explain virtual memory reclamation techniques

Describe virtual machine overcommitment and resource competition

Configure and manage resource pools

Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage

Set reservations, limits, and shares

Describe expandable reservations

Schedule changes to resource settings

Create, clone, and export vApps

Use vCenter Server performance charts and esxtop to analyze vSphere performance

vSphere HA, vSphere Fault Tolerance, and Protecting Data

Explain the vSphere HA architecture

Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster

Use vSphere HA advanced parameters

Describe vSphere HA heartbeat networks and datastore heartbeats

Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data

vSphere DRS

Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster

Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster

Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules

analysis and proactive vSphere DRS

Highlight the evolution of vSphere DRS using predictive data from VMware vRealize®

Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity

vSphere Update Manager

Describe the new vSphere Update Manager architecture, components, and capabilities

Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi, virtual machine, and vApp patching

Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plugin

Create patch baselines

Use host profiles to manage host configuration compliance

Scan and remediate hosts

Optimize and Scale vSphere

Tuning vSphere Performance

Optimizing Virtual Machines

Monitoring vSphere Performance

Using Host Profiles

Securing Your ESXi Hosts

Automation Using PowerCLI