VMware Horizon: Install, Configure, Manage
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [7.x] is a 5-day course which features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere© 7, which includes VMware ESXi 7 and VMware vCenter Server© 7. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.
This course is the foundation for most of the other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
Course Information
Price: $4,250.00
Duration: 5 days
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Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are
as follows:
- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Target Audience:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- System administrators
- System engineers
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC)
- Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
- Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
- Install and configure ESXi hosts
- Deploy and configure VMware vCenter©_ Server Appliance
- Use VMware vSphere©_ Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory and the vCenter Server configuration
- Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance
- Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
- Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere
- Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage
- Create and manage VMware vSphere©_ VMFS datastores
- Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
- Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
- Manage virtual machine resource use
- Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere©_ vMotion©_ and VMware vSphere©_ Storage vMotion©_
- Create and manage a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere©_ High Availability and VMware vSphere©_ Distributed Resource Scheduler
- Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle
- Use VMware vSphere©_ Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines
Course Outline:
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2: Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center
- Explain basic virtualization concepts
- Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
- Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage
- Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
- Describe the ESXi host architecture
- Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi host
- Recognize ESXi host user account best practices
- Install an ESXi host
- Use VMware Host Client to configure ESXi host settings
- Describe how to proactively manage your vSphere environment using VMware Skyline
Module 3: Virtual Machines
- Create and provision a virtual machine
- Explain the importance of VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools
- Identify the files that make up a VM
- Recognize the components of a VM
- Recognize virtual devices supported by a VM
- Describe the benefits and use cases for containers
- Identify the parts of a container system
Module 4: vCenter Server
- Describe the vCenter Server architecture
- Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
- Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
- Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
- Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server
- Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory
- Back up vCenter Server Appliance
- Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health
- Use VMware vCenter Server©_ High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance
Module 5: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
- Create and manage standard switches
- Describe the virtual switch connection types
- Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policies
- Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches
Module 6: Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
- Identify storage protocols and storage device types
- Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
- Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Recognize the components of a VMware vSAN configuration
Module 7: Virtual Machine Management
- Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
- Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine
- Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
- Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility feature
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere©_ Replication
- Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere©_ Storage APIs – Data Protection
Module 8: Resource Management and Monitoring
- Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment
- Describe what overcommitment of a resource means
- Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Use various tools to monitor resource use
- Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
Module 9: vSphere Clusters
- Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
- Create a vSphere DRS cluster
- Monitor a vSphere cluster configuration
- Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available
- Explain the vSphere HA architecture
- Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
- Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere©_ Fault Tolerance
- Describe the function of the vSphere©_ Cluster Service
Module 10: vSphere Lifecycle Management
- Recognize the importance of vCenter Server Update Planner
- Describe how VMware vSphere©_ Lifecycle Manager works
- Describe how to update ESXi hosts using baselines
- Validate ESXi host compliance using a cluster image
- Describe how to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware
- Describe VMware vSphere©_ Lifecycle Manager and VMware vSAN integration
Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:
Lab 1: Accessing the Lab Environment
Lab 2: Configuring an ESXi Host
Lab 3: Creating a Virtual Machine
Lab 4: Installing VMware Tools
Lab 5: Adding Virtual Hardware
Lab 6: Adding vSphere Licenses
Lab 7: Creating and Managing the vCenter Server Inventory
Lab 8: Configuring Active Directory: Joining a Domain
Lab 9: Configuring Active Directory: Adding an Identity Source
Lab 10: Users, Groups, and Permissions
Lab 11: Using Standard Switches
Lab 12: Accessing iSCSI Storage
Lab 13: Managing VMFS Datastores
Lab 14: Accessing NFS Storage
Lab 15: Using a vSAN Datastore
Lab 16: Using VM Templates: Creating Templates and Deploying VMs
Lab 17: Using Content Libraries
Lab 18: Modifying Virtual Machines
Lab 19: vSphere vMotion Migrations
Lab 20: vSphere Storage vMotion Migrations
Lab 21: Working with Snapshots
Lab 22: Controlling VM Resources
Lab 23: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Lab 24: Using Alarms
Lab 25: Implementing vSphere DRS Clusters
Lab 26: Using vSphere HA
Lab 27: Using vSphere Lifecycle Manager