Course Details
Course Outline
1 - Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics Course objectives
2 - Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center
Explain basic virtualization conceptsDescribe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructureExplain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts Use VMware Host Client™ to access and manage ESXi host
3 - Virtual Machines
Create and remove a virtual machine Provision a virtual machine with virtual devicesIdentify the files that make up a virtual machine Explain the importance of VMware Tools
4 - vCenter Server
Describe the vCenter Server architecture Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance Use the 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 vCenter Server High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance
5 - Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Create and manage standard switchesDescribe the virtual switch connection typesConfigure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping and load-balancing policies Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches
6 - Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Identify storage protocols and storage device types Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storageCreate and manage VMFS and NFS datastoresExplain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storageDeploy virtual machines on a VMware vSAN™ datastore
7 - Virtual Machine Management
Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machinesModify and manage virtual machinesCreate a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the libraryDynamically increase the size of a virtual diskUse customization specification files to customize a new virtual machinePerform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrationsCreate and manage virtual machine snapshotsExamine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™
8 - Resource Management and Monitoring
Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environmentDescribe what over commitment of a resource meansDescribe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usageUse various tools to monitor resource useCreate and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
9 - vSphere Clusters
Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly availableExplain the vSphere HA architecture Configure and manage a vSphere HA clusterExamine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance Configure a vSphere cluster using ESXi Cluster Quickstart Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS clusterCreate a vSphere DRS cluster
10 - Network Scalability
Configure and manage vSphere distributed switchesDescribe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
11 - vSphere Lifecycle Management
Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ works Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to update ESXi hosts in a cluster
12 - Host and Management Scalability
Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
13 - Storage Scalability
Explain why VMware vSphere® VMFS is a highperformance, scalable file system Explain VMware vSphere® Storage APIs - Array Integration, VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™, and vSphere APIs for I/O FilteringConfigure and assign virtual machine storage policies Create VMware vSAN™ storage policies Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER
14 - Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes
Differentiate between containers and virtual machines Identify the parts of a container systemRecognize the basic architecture of KubernetesDescribe a basic Kubernetes workflow Describe the purpose of vSphere with Kubernetes and how it fits into the VMware Tanzu portfolioExplain the vSphere with Kubernetes supervisor clusterDescribe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
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