Course Overview
TOPThis five-day course teaches you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure. You also discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. Attend this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.
Scheduled Classes
TOP| 04/20/26 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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What You'll Learn
TOPUse Identity Federation to configure vCenter to use external identity sources.
- Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs.
- Manage VM resource usage with resource pools.
- Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise.
- Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates.
- Monitor the performance of vCenter, ESXi, and VMs in the vSphere Client.
- By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Outline
TOPIntroductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Recognize the backup and restore solutions for VMs.
- Recover replicated VMs.
- Create and manage resource pools in a cluster.
- Describe how scalable shares work.
- Describe the function of the vCLS.
- Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs.
- Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches.
- Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow.
- Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine.
- Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies.
- Describe the architecture and requirements of a vSAN configuration.
- Describe storage policy-based management.
- Configure Storage I/O Control.
- Create a vCenter backup schedule.
- Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability.
- Explain how vCenter Server High Availability works.
- Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance.
- Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles.
- Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates.
- 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 usage.
- Create custom alarms in vCenter.
- Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines.
- Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols.
- Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases.
- Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider.
- Configure ESXi host access and authentication.
- Describe virtual machine security features.
- Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture.
- Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs.
- List VM encryption events and alarms.
- Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority.
Prerequisites
TOPAttend VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
- Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter
- Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended
- This course requires the following:
Who Should Attend
TOPExperienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators
