Tools Covered in this Course
Course Details
Objectives:
- Describe the software-defined data center
- Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
- Describe vCenter Server architecture
- Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server™ Appliance™
- Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
- Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere® Client™ and VMware vSphere® Web Client
- Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
- Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage
- Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
- Create a vApp
- Describe and use the content library
- Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
- Use VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® to migrate virtual machine storage
- Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
- Use VMware vRealize™ Operations Manager™ to identify and solve issues through analytics and alerts
- Manage VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
- Use VMware vSphere® Replication™ and VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery
- Use VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters to improve host scalability
- Use vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalability
- Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches
- Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
Intended Audience:
- System administrators
- Systems engineers
Prerequisites:
- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certification
Outline:
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Describe the content of this course
- Gain a complete picture of the VMware certification system
- Familiarize yourself with the benefits of the VMware Education Learning Zone
- Identify additional resources
2. Software-Defined Data Center
- Describe the topology of a physical data center
- Explain the vSphere virtual infrastructure
- Define the files and components of virtual machines
- Describe the benefits of using virtual machines
- Explain the similarities and differences between physical architectures and virtual architectures
- Define the purpose of ESXi
- Define the purpose of vCenter Server
- Explain the software-defined data center
- Describe private, public, and hybrid clouds
3. Creating Virtual Machines
- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
- Identify the files that make up a virtual machine
- Discuss the latest virtual machine hardware and its features
- Describe virtual machine CPU, memory, disk, and network resource usage
- Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
- Discuss PCI pass-through, Direct I/O, remote direct memory access, and NVMe
- Deploy and configure virtual machines and templates
- Identify the virtual machine disk format
4. vCenter Server
- Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
- Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
- Use vSphere Web Client
- Backup and restore vCenter Server
- Examine vCenter Server permissions and roles
- Explain the vSphere HA architectures and features
- Examine the new vSphere authentication proxy
- Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
- Access and navigate the new vSphere clients
5. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
- Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
- Describe, create, and manage standard switches
- Describe and modify standard switch properties
- Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
- Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
- Introduce storage protocols and storage device names
- Discuss ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Introduce VMware Virtual SAN™
7. Virtual Machine Management
- Create a vApp
- Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
- Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Introduce the various types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them
8. Resource Management and Monitoring
- Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
- Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
- Configure and manage resource pools
- Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
- Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management
9. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance
- Introduce vSphere Replication
- Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
- Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
- Explain the vSphere HA architecture
- Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
- Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
- Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
10. Host Scalability
- Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
- Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
- Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
- Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together
11. vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
- Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
- Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
- Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
- Create patch baselines
- Scan and remediate hosts
12. Installing VMware Components
- Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
- Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
- Introduce ESXi installation
- Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
- Discuss installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server instance
