VSICM8VMVMwareVM-VSICM88<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>Create 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&reg; Client&trade; to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots</li><li>Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines</li><li>Manage virtual machine resource allocation</li><li>Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere&reg; vMotion&reg; and VMware vSphere&reg; Storage vMotion&reg;</li><li>Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere&reg; High Availability and VMware vSphere&reg; Distributed Resource Scheduler&trade;</li><li>Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date</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><h5>Course Introduction</h5><ul> <li>Introductions and course logistics</li><li>Course objectives</li></ul><h5>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></ul><h5>Installing and Configuring ESXi</h5><ul> <li>Install an ESXi host</li><li>Recognize ESXi user account best practices</li><li>Configure the ESXi host settings using the DCUI and VMware Host Client</li></ul><h5>Deploying and Configuring vCenter</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 vCenter logs and events</li></ul><h5>Configuring 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>Configuring 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></ul><h5>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>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></ul><h5>Deploying and Configuring vSphere Clusters</h5><ul> <li>Create a vSphere cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA</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 various types of failures</li><li>Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster</li><li>Recognize vSphere HA design considerations</li><li>Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings</li><li>Configure a vSphere HA cluster</li><li>Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance</li></ul><h5>Managing the vSphere Lifecycle</h5><ul> <li>Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster</li><li>Describe features of the vCenter Update Planner</li><li>Run vCenter upgrade prechecks and interoperability reports</li><li>Recognize features of VMware vSphere&reg; Lifecycle Manager&trade;</li><li>Distinguish between managing hosts using baselines and managing hosts using images</li><li>Describe how to update hosts using baselines</li><li>Describe ESXi images</li><li>Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and update ESXi hosts</li><li>Update 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>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 - Create 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 - Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines - Manage virtual machine resource allocation - Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® - Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ - Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to dateThis course has the following prerequisites: - System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems- System administrators - System engineersCourse Introduction - Introductions and course logistics - Course objectives 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 Installing and Configuring ESXi - Install an ESXi host - Recognize ESXi user account best practices - Configure the ESXi host settings using the DCUI and VMware Host Client Deploying and Configuring vCenter - 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 vCenter logs and events Configuring 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 Configuring 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 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 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 Deploying and Configuring vSphere Clusters - Create a vSphere cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA - 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 various types of failures - Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster - Recognize vSphere HA design considerations - Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings - Configure a vSphere HA cluster - Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance Managing the vSphere Lifecycle - Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster - Describe features of the vCenter Update Planner - Run vCenter upgrade prechecks and interoperability reports - Recognize features of VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ - Distinguish between managing hosts using baselines and managing hosts using images - Describe how to update hosts using baselines - Describe ESXi images - Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and update ESXi hosts - Update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager - Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations - Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware5 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