VSWN8VMVMwareVM-VSWN88<p>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:</p> <ul> <li>Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 8.0</li><li>Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi, storage, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 8.0</li><li>Describe the purpose of vSphere Distributed Services Engine</li><li>Update an ESXi host equipped with a Data Processing Unit (DPU) using vSphere Lifecycle Manager</li><li>Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0</li><li>Recognize enhancements to VM hardware compatibility settings</li><li>VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation and the improvements to vSphere DRS</li><li>Recognize the new Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (vNUMA) topology settings of a VM in vSphere Client</li><li>Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy to manage the configuration specifications for the hosts in a cluster</li><li>Recognize the vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy enhancements in vSphere 8.0</li><li>Recognize the cloud benefits that VMware vSphere+ brings to on-premises workloads</li><li>Recognize technology that is discontinued or deprecated in vSphere 8.0</li></ul><p>This course requires completion of one of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge, plus administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server:</p> <ul> <li>VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage</li><li>VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale</li><li>VMware vSphere: Fast Track</li><li>VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting</li><li>Experience with working at the command line is helpful.</li></ul><p>The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course:</p> <ul> <li>Install and configure ESXi</li><li>Install vCenter Server</li><li>Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders</li><li>Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions</li><li>Create and modify a standard switch</li><li>Create and modify a distributed switch</li><li>Connect an ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage</li><li>Create a VMware vSphere VMFS datastore</li><li>Use a content library template to create a virtual machine</li><li>Modify a virtual machine&rsquo;s hardware</li><li>Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion</li><li>Configure and manage a VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster</li><li>Configure and manage a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster</li><li>Use VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and VMs</li></ul><p>If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you instead take the <span class="cms-link-marked"><a class="fl-href-prod" href="/swisscom/en/course/vmware-vsicm8"><svg role="img" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-nosnippet class="cms-linkmark"><use xlink:href="/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark"></use></svg>VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] <span class="fl-prod-pcode">(VSICM8)</span></a></span> course.</p><p>System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures who want to deploy vSphere 8.0 into their existing vSphere environment.</p><h5>1 Course Introduction</h5><ul> <li>Introductions and course logistics</li><li>Course objectives</li></ul><h5>2 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</h5><ul> <li>Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8</li><li>Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8</li></ul><h5>3 vSphere Distributed Services Engine</h5><ul> <li>Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine</li><li>Explain how Distributed Services Engine works</li><li>Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine</li><li>Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU</li><li>View DPU information in vSphere Client</li><li>Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster</li><li>Update an ESXi host equipped with a DPU using vSphere Lifecycle Manager</li><li>Create a vSphere Distributed Switch for network offloads</li><li>Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere Distributed Switch</li><li>Configure a VM to use Uniform Passthrough Mode</li></ul><h5>4 vSphere and vCenter Management</h5><ul> <li>Review the improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts</li><li>Review the enhancements to the vCenter recovery process</li></ul><h5>5 ESXi Enhancements</h5><ul> <li>Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi</li><li>Explain how ConfigStore affects your interaction with ESXi configuration files</li><li>Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0</li><li>Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0</li><li>Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi</li></ul><h5>6 vSphere Storage</h5><ul> <li>Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture</li><li>Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture</li><li>Describe the benefits of using NVMe</li><li>Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere</li></ul><h5>7 Guest OS and Workloads</h5><ul> <li>Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions</li><li>Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20</li><li>Create a snapshot of a VM with an NVDIMM device</li></ul><h5>8 Resource Management</h5><ul> <li>View energy and carbon emission metrics in vRealize Operations Manager</li><li>Describe the VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality</li><li>Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of vSphere DRS</li></ul><h5>9 Security and Compliance</h5><ul> <li>Describe how to handle vTPM secrets when cloning a VM</li><li>Manage OVF templates for VMs that are configured with vTPM</li><li>Deploy an OVF template with vTPM</li><li>Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi</li><li>Describe ESXi 8 enhanced security features</li></ul><h5>10 vSphere Lifecycle Manager</h5><ul> <li>Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts</li><li>Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster with vSphere Lifecycle Manager</li><li>Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications</li><li>Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel</li><li>Stage an ESXi host image prior to remediation</li></ul><h5>11 Auto Deploy</h5><ul> <li>Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy</li></ul><h5>12 vSphere with Tanzu</h5><ul> <li>Describe the features of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 offering</li></ul><h5>13 Announcing vSphere+</h5><ul> <li>Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+</li></ul>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: - Recognize the importance of key features and enhancements in vSphere 8.0 - Describe vCenter Server, VMware ESXi, storage, virtual machine, and security enhancements in vSphere 8.0 - Describe the purpose of vSphere Distributed Services Engine - Update an ESXi host equipped with a Data Processing Unit (DPU) using vSphere Lifecycle Manager - Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0 - Recognize enhancements to VM hardware compatibility settings - VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation and the improvements to vSphere DRS - Recognize the new Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (vNUMA) topology settings of a VM in vSphere Client - Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy to manage the configuration specifications for the hosts in a cluster - Recognize the vSphere Lifecycle Manager and Auto Deploy enhancements in vSphere 8.0 - Recognize the cloud benefits that VMware vSphere+ brings to on-premises workloads - Recognize technology that is discontinued or deprecated in vSphere 8.0This course requires completion of one of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge, plus administration experience with ESXi and vCenter Server: - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage - VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale - VMware vSphere: Fast Track - VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting - Experience with working at the command line is helpful. The course material presumes that you can perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course: - Install and configure ESXi - Install vCenter Server - Create vCenter Server objects, such as data centers and folders - Create and manage vCenter Server roles and permissions - Create and modify a standard switch - Create and modify a distributed switch - Connect an ESXi host to NAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage - Create a VMware vSphere VMFS datastore - Use a content library template to create a virtual machine - Modify a virtual machine’s hardware - Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion - Configure and manage a VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster - Configure and manage a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster - Use VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and VMs If you cannot complete these tasks, VMware recommends that you instead take the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8) course.System architects, system administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing vSphere architectures who want to deploy vSphere 8.0 into their existing vSphere environment.1 Course Introduction - Introductions and course logistics - Course objectives 2 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8 - Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8 3 vSphere Distributed Services Engine - Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine - Explain how Distributed Services Engine works - Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine - Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU - View DPU information in vSphere Client - Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster - Update an ESXi host equipped with a DPU using vSphere Lifecycle Manager - Create a vSphere Distributed Switch for network offloads - Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere Distributed Switch - Configure a VM to use Uniform Passthrough Mode 4 vSphere and vCenter Management - Review the improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts - Review the enhancements to the vCenter recovery process 5 ESXi Enhancements - Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi - Explain how ConfigStore affects your interaction with ESXi configuration files - Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0 - Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0 - Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi 6 vSphere Storage - Describe the vSAN Express Storage Architecture - Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture - Describe the benefits of using NVMe - Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere 7 Guest OS and Workloads - Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions - Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20 - Create a snapshot of a VM with an NVDIMM device 8 Resource Management - View energy and carbon emission metrics in vRealize Operations Manager - Describe the VMware vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality - Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of vSphere DRS 9 Security and Compliance - Describe how to handle vTPM secrets when cloning a VM - Manage OVF templates for VMs that are configured with vTPM - Deploy an OVF template with vTPM - Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi - Describe ESXi 8 enhanced security features 10 vSphere Lifecycle Manager - Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts - Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster with vSphere Lifecycle Manager - Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications - Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel - Stage an ESXi host image prior to remediation 11 Auto Deploy - Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy 12 vSphere with Tanzu - Describe the features of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 2.0 offering 13 Announcing vSphere+ - Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+2 days3700.001490.001490.001490.005670.001490.001300.001515.0066500.001395.001100.001490.009.0017.0017.0017.0017.0017.0017.009.0018.00