Course Overview
TOPThis hands-on training course is an introduction to VMware vSphere. In this course, you acquire the skills needed to perform Day 2 operational tasks that are typically assigned to the roles of operator or junior administrator in a vSphere environment.
Scheduled Classes
TOP| 05/28/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 07/09/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 08/06/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 09/10/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 10/08/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 11/05/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 12/10/24 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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What You'll Learn
TOPDescribe virtualization and virtual machines
- Describe vSphere components and the software-defined data center (SDDC)
- Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
- Monitor network and datastore configurations in VMware vSphere Client
- Deploy, configure, and clone virtual machines
- Migrate, monitor, and manage virtual machines
- Monitor tasks and events in VMware vSphere Client
- Recognize how vSphere DRS and VMware vSphere High Availability improve performance and availability of a vSphere cluster
- By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Outline
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Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Describe how virtual machines (VMs) work
- Recognize the purpose of a hypervisor
- Describe how VMs share resources in a virtualized environment
- Recognize the components of an SDDC
- Describe the relationship between vSphere, the SDDC, and cloud computing
- Recognize the functions of the components in a vSphere environment
- Access and view vSphere graphical user interfaces
- Identify VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in the SDDC
- View and organize the inventory objects managed by vCenter Server
- Add and assign vSphere licenses
- Change the log level of vCenter Server
- Edit the startup policy of ESXi services
- Describe how vCenter Server roles and permissions work
- Add permissions to virtual machines
- Add and remove VM virtual hardware components
- Identify the purpose of different VM files
- Configure VM settings
- Create and delete virtual machines
- Recognize the benefits of installing VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools into a guest operating system
- Upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware compatibility
- Describe virtual networking
- Recognize ways that virtual switches connect VMs and ESXi hosts to the network
- View components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration
- View a vSphere distributed switch configuration in vSphere Client
- Recognize when and how to use the settings for the security networking policy
- Recognize when and how to use the settings for the traffic shaping networking policy
- Describe how the NIC teaming and failover policy helps maintain network connectivity
- Perform basic checks to diagnose VM connectivity issues
- Describe the function of a datastore
- Recognize types of vSphere datastores
- View datastore information in vSphere Client
- Monitor datastore usage in vSphere Client
- Recognize the benefits of using VM templates
- Perform a vSphere Storage vMotion migration
- Identify use cases for VM snapshots
- Create and manage snapshots of a virtual machine
- Create and update a VM template
- Deploy a VM from an existing template
- Clone a virtual machine
- Recognize how to use guest OS customization specifications
- Deploy VMs from a content library
- Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template
- Perform a hot and cold migrations of VMs
- Identify requirements for using VMware vSphere Storage vMotion
- Recognize the purpose of each type of VM resource control
- Configure the resource allocation settings of a VM
- Observe the behavior of virtual machines with different share values
- Manage and acknowledge vSphere alarms
- Use performance charts to monitor VM CPU and memory usage
- Monitor tasks and events in vSphere Client
- View information about the services that a vSphere cluster offers
- Recognize how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures
- Monitor vSphere HA during a host failure
- Describe how vSphere DRS works
- Interpret DRS scores given to VMs
- Recognize how to apply the appropriate vSphere DRS automation and migration threshold levels
- Describe how vSphere Fault Tolerance works
- Recognize how Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works
Prerequisites
TOPWorking knowledge of operating systems
- Understanding of basic network, storage, and computer hardware concepts
- This course has the following prerequisites:
Who Should Attend
TOPTechnical professionals with basic system administration skills and operators responsible for managing virtual machines using VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server
