Summary:

- Formats: Classroom
- Length: 5 Days

Overview:

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage is VMware's best-selling course. It features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 6, which includes VMware ESXi™ 6 and VMware vCenter Server™ 6. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size and forms the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) exam.

Objectives:

Install and configure ESXi
Install and configure vCenter Server components
Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi networking and storage
Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply ESXi patches
Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection
Intended Audience:

System administrators
Systems engineers
Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server
Prerequisites:

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Outline:

1. Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
References and resources
2. Software-Defined Data Center

Introduce components of the software-defined data center
Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphere Client
Overview of ESXi

3. Creating Virtual Machines

Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Create and work with virtual machines and templates
4. vCenter Server

Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
Use vSphere Web Client
Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
5. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

Describe, create, and manage standard switches
Configure virtual switch security and load-balancing policies
Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

Introduce storage protocols and storage device types
Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI and NFS storage
Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
Introduce VMware Virtual SAN™
Introduce Virtual Volumes
7. Virtual Machine Management

Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
Modify and manage virtual machines
Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Create vApps
Introduce the types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them
8. Resource Management and Monitoring

Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
Configure and manage resource pools
Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
Use various tools to monitor resource usage
Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
Identify and troubleshoot virtual machine resource issues
Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management
9. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance

Explain the vSphere HA architecture
Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
Introduce vSphere Replication
Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
10. Host Scalability

Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity
11. vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance

Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
Create patch baselines
Use host profiles to manage host configuration compliance
Scan and remediate hosts
12. Installing vSphere Components

Install ESXi
Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
Discuss installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server instance
Demonstrate vCenter Server installation