VSFT8VMVMwareVM-VSFT88<p>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:</p> <ul> <li>Install and configure ESXi hosts</li><li>Deploy and configure vCenter</li><li>Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users</li><li>Configure vCenter High Availability</li><li>Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches</li><li>Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere</li><li>Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots</li><li>Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository</li><li>Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines</li><li>Manage virtual machine resource use</li><li>Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion</li><li>Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler</li><li>Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date</li><li>Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise</li><li>Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance</li><li>Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client</li></ul><p>This course has the following prerequisites:</p> <ul> <li>System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems</li></ul><ul> <li>System administrators</li><li>System engineers</li></ul><ul> <li>Course Introduction</li><li>vSphere and Virtualization Overview</li><li>vCenter Management</li><li>Configure and Manage vSphere Networking</li><li>Configure and Manage vSphere Storage</li><li>Deploying Virtual Machines</li><li>Managing Virtual Machines</li><li>vSphere Cluster Management</li><li>Managing the vSphere Lifecycle</li><li>Network Operations</li><li>Storage Operations</li><li>ESXi Operations</li><li>vSphere Monitoring</li></ul><h5>1 Course Introduction</h5><ul> <li>Introductions and course logistics</li><li>Course objectives</li></ul><h5>2 vSphere and Virtualization Overview</h5><ul> <li>Explain basic virtualization concepts</li><li>Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure</li><li>Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere</li><li>Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs</li><li>Install an ESXi host</li></ul><h5>3 vCenter Management</h5><ul> <li>Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter</li><li>Deploy vCenter Server Appliance</li><li>Configure vCenter settings</li><li>Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys</li><li>Create and organize vCenter inventory objects</li><li>Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions</li><li>View vSphere tasks and events</li><li>Create a vCenter backup schedule</li><li>Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability</li><li>Explain how vCenter High Availability works</li></ul><h5>4 Configure and Manage vSphere Networking</h5><ul> <li>Configure and view standard switch configurations</li><li>Configure and view distributed switch configurations</li><li>Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches</li><li>Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches</li></ul><h5>5 Configure and Manage vSphere Storage</h5><ul> <li>Recognize vSphere storage technologies</li><li>Identify types of vSphere datastores</li><li>Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing</li><li>Describe iSCSI components and addressing</li><li>Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi</li><li>Create and manage VMFS datastores</li><li>Configure and manage NFS datastores</li><li>Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies</li></ul><h5>6 Deploying Virtual Machines</h5><ul> <li>Create and provision VMs</li><li>Explain the importance of VMware Tools</li><li>Identify the files that make up a VM</li><li>Recognize the components of a VM</li><li>Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options</li><li>Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources</li><li>Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them</li><li>Clone VMs</li><li>Create customization specifications for guest operating systems</li><li>Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries</li><li>Deploy VMs from content libraries</li><li>Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries</li></ul><h5>7 Managing Virtual Machines</h5><ul> <li>Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances</li><li>Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion</li><li>Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations</li><li>Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion</li><li>Take a snapshot of a VM</li><li>Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots</li><li>Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment</li><li>Describe how VMs compete for resources</li><li>Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits</li><li>Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository</li><li>Configure a VMware Tools Repository</li><li>Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs</li></ul><h5>8 vSphere Cluster Management</h5><ul> <li>Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster</li><li>View information about a vSphere cluster</li><li>Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster</li><li>Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings</li><li>Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster</li><li>Describe how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures</li><li>Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster</li><li>Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings</li><li>Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA</li><li>Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance</li><li>Describe the function of the vCLS</li><li>Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs</li></ul><h5>9 Managing the vSphere Lifecycle</h5><ul> <li>Generate vCenter interoperability reports</li><li>Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager</li><li>Describe ESXi images and image depots</li><li>Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster</li><li>Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager</li><li>Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations</li><li>Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware</li></ul><h5>10 Network Operations</h5><ul> <li>Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches</li><li>Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance</li><li>Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine</li><li>Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine</li></ul><h5>11 Storage Operations</h5><ul> <li>Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration</li><li>Describe storage policy-based management</li><li>Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture</li><li>Configure Storage I/O Control</li></ul><h5>12 ESXi Operations</h5><ul> <li>Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance</li><li>Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles</li></ul><h5>13 vSphere Monitoring</h5><ul> <li>Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine&#039;s performance</li><li>Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance</li><li>Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use</li><li>Create custom alarms in vCenter</li><li>Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline</li><li>Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro</li></ul>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: - Install and configure ESXi hosts - Deploy and configure vCenter - Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users - Configure vCenter High Availability - Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches - Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere - Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots - Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository - Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines - Manage virtual machine resource use - Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion - Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler - Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date - Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise - Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance - Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere clientThis course has the following prerequisites: - System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems- System administrators - System engineers- Course Introduction - vSphere and Virtualization Overview - vCenter Management - Configure and Manage vSphere Networking - Configure and Manage vSphere Storage - Deploying Virtual Machines - Managing Virtual Machines - vSphere Cluster Management - Managing the vSphere Lifecycle - Network Operations - Storage Operations - ESXi Operations - vSphere Monitoring1 Course Introduction - Introductions and course logistics - Course objectives 2 vSphere and Virtualization Overview - 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 3 vCenter Management - 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 4 Configure and Manage vSphere Networking - 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 5 Configure and Manage vSphere Storage - 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 6 Deploying Virtual Machines - 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 7 Managing Virtual Machines - 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 8 vSphere Cluster Management - 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 different types 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 9 Managing the vSphere Lifecycle - 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 10 Network Operations - 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 11 Storage Operations - 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 12 ESXi Operations - Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance - Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles 13 vSphere Monitoring - 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 Pro5 days16150.004250.004390.004390.007900.005450.004390.003900.005605.00234600.003750.002750.0065.0065.0065.0065.0065.0065.0045.00