VMware vSphere: Fast Track [v8]

Introductions and course logistics

Course objective

Explain basic virtualization concepts

Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure

Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere

Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs

Install an ESXi host

Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter

Deploy vCenter Server Appliance

Configure vCenter settings

Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys

Create and organize vCenter inventory objects

Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions

View vSphere tasks and events

Create a vCenter backup schedule

Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability

Explain how vCenter High Availability works

Configure and view standard switch configurations

Configure and view distributed switch configurations

Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches

Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches

Recognize vSphere storage technologies

Identify types of vSphere datastores

Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing

Describe iSCSI components and addressing

Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi

Create and manage VMFS datastores

Configure and manage NFS datastores

Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies

Create and provision VMs

Explain the importance of VMware Tools

Identify the files that make up a VM

Recognize the components of a VM

Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options

Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources

Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them

Clone VMs

Create customization specifications for guest operating systems

Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries

Deploy VMs from content libraries

Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries

Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances

Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion

Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations

Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion

Take a snapshot of a VM

Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots

Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment

Describe how VMs compete for resources

Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits

Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository

Configure a VMware Tools Repository

Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs

Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster

View information about a vSphere cluster

Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster

Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings

Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster

Describe how vSphere HA responds to differenttypes of failures

Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster

Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings

Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA

Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance

Describe the function of the vCLS

Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

Generate vCenter interoperability reports

Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Describe ESXi images and image depots

Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster

Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations

Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware

Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches

Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance

Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration

Describe storage policy-based management

Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture

Configure Storage I/O Control

Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance

Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles

Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance

Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance

Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use

Create custom alarms in vCenter

Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline

Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro