VMware vSphere Training Course

Setup and maintain an environment

Environment Setup

Installation of VMware vCenter components and VMware ESXi.

Setup datacenter and cluster objects, add ESXi hosts to cluster.

Patch and upgrade ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager.

Configure VMware ESXi hosts using Host Profiles.

Virtual Networking Setup

Overview of virtual networking.

Setup/configure standard virtual switch and distributed virtual switch.

Migrate standard virtual switch to distributed virtual switch.

Configure load-balancing and advanced options.

Virtual Storage Setup

Introduction to storage protocols and devices.

Configure FC, iSCSI and NFS storage. Setup VMFS and NFS datastores.

Discuss multi-pathing options.

Introduction to Software Defined Storage (SDS).

Setting Up Virtual Machines

Setup and configure a virtual machine.

Take virtual machine snapshot and clone.

Perform VM migration.

Deploy VM from templates.

Resource Management

Sizing cluster CPU and memory resources based on requirements.

Configuring resource pools.

Best practices for resource optimization.

Configuring Highly Available And Fault Tolerant Environment

Overview of VMware High Availability (HA) and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).

Configure VMware HA and VMware DRS.

Configure VMware Storage DRS (SDRS).

Configure VMware Fault Tolerance (FT).

Securing The Environment

Secure ESXi hosts using various settings.

Secure virtual machines using various settings.

Apply security controls on virtual networking.

Troubleshooting And Performance Tuning

Overview of log files and log analysis.

Use standard tools to troubleshoot the environment.

Tune host compute resources for optimal performance.

Apply best practices for optimal storage performance.

Apply best practices for optimal network performance.