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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="32965" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/vmware-vsd8" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>VMware vSphere: Design [V8]</title><productcode>VSD8</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-VSD8</fullproductcode><version>8.0</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create a vSphere design given a case study&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify and assess the business objectives of the vSphere environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify business requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks, for all layers in the vSphere environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Apply a framework to a design&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze design choices for vCenter, ESXi, storage, networking, vSphere clusters, and virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify design decisions to ensure manageability, which include scalability, capacity planning and lifecycle management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is highly available&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment performs well&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is secure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment can recover from data loss or disaster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;This course requires completion of the one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;System integrators, Consultants, Solution architects&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h5&gt;Course Introduction&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introductions and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Infrastructure Assessment&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe various design framework principles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define customer business objectives and requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a logical design from a conceptual model&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize key information contained in the physical design&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Manageability: Scalability&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Availability&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Performance&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Security&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Designing for Recoverability&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:


- Create a vSphere design given a case study
- Identify and assess the business objectives of the vSphere environment
- Identify business requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks, for all layers in the vSphere environment
- Apply a framework to a design
- Analyze design choices for vCenter, ESXi, storage, networking, vSphere clusters, and virtual machines
- Identify design decisions to ensure manageability, which include scalability, capacity planning and lifecycle management
- Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is highly available
- Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment performs well
- Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment is secure
- Identify design decisions to ensure that the vSphere environment can recover from data loss or disaster</objective_plain><essentials_plain>This course requires completion of the one of the following:


- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure</essentials_plain><audience_plain>System integrators, Consultants, Solution architects</audience_plain><contents_plain>Course Introduction


- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Infrastructure Assessment


- Describe various design framework principles
- Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution
- Define customer business objectives and requirements
- Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model
- Create a logical design from a conceptual model
- Recognize key information contained in the physical design
Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning


- Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
- Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment
Designing for Manageability: Scalability


- Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management


- Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Designing for Availability


- Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Designing for Performance


- Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Designing for Security


- Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices
Designing for Recoverability


- Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements
- Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">3030.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">1240.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">2110.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="UA" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1650.00</price></pricelist><miles><milesvalue country="GB" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">28.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="PL" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">15.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="AT" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">27.00</milesvalue></miles></course>