Information Technology

VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills

Instructor-Led 9 Agenda

Description

This three-day, 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.

Course Overview

Course Objective

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe 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

Who Should Attend

Technical professionals with basic system administration skills and operators responsible for managing virtual machines using VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server®

Course Introduction Lesson Id 1

Course Introduction

Virtualization and vSphere Concepts Lesson Id 2

Virtualization and vSphere Concepts

Navigating the vSphere Client Lesson Id 3

Navigating the vSphere Client

Lifecycle of Virtual Machines Lesson Id 4

Lifecycle of Virtual Machines

vSphere Networking Lesson Id 5

vSphere Networking

vSphere Storage Lesson Id 6

vSphere Storage

Virtual Machine Management Lesson Id 7

Virtual Machine Management

Resource Monitoring Lesson Id 8

Resource Monitoring

vSphere Clusters Lesson Id 9

vSphere Clusters

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Course Introduction	Introductions and course logistics<br />Course objectives
2	Virtualization and vSphere Concepts	Describe how virtual machines (VMs) work<br />Recognize the purpose of a hypervisor<br />Describe how VMs share resources in a virtualized<br />environment<br />Recognize the components of an SDDC<br />Describe the relationship between vSphere, the<br />SDDC, and cloud computing<br />Recognize the functions of the components in a<br />vSphere environment<br />Access and view vSphere graphical user interfaces<br />Identify VMware solutions that integrate with<br />vSphere in the SDDC
3	Navigating the vSphere Client	View and organize the inventory objects managed<br />by vCenter Server<br />Add and assign vSphere licenses<br />Change the log level of vCenter Server<br />Edit the startup policy of ESXi services<br />Describe how vCenter Server roles and permissions work<br />Add permissions to virtual machines
4	Lifecycle of Virtual Machines	Add and remove VM virtual hardware components<br />Identify the purpose of different VM files<br />Configure VM settings<br />Create and delete virtual machines<br />Recognize the benefits of installing VMware Tools™<br />Install VMware Tools into a guest operating system<br />Upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware<br />compatibility
5	vSphere Networking	Describe virtual networking<br />Recognize ways that virtual switches connect VMs and ESXi hosts to the network<br />View components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration<br />View a vSphere distributed switch configuration in vSphere Client<br />Recognize when and how to use the settings for<br />the security networking policy<br />Recognize when and how to use the settings for<br />the traffic shaping networking policy<br />Describe how the NIC teaming and failover policy helps maintain network connectivity<br />Perform basic checks to diagnose VM connectivity issues
6	vSphere Storage	Describe the function of a datastore<br />Recognize types of vSphere datastores<br />View datastore information in vSphere Client<br />Monitor datastore usage in vSphere Client
7	Virtual Machine Management	Recognize the benefits of using VM templates<br />Create and update a VM template<br />Deploy a VM from an existing template<br />Clone a virtual machine<br />Recognize how to use guest OS customization specifications<br />Deploy VMs from a content library<br />Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template<br />Perform a hot and cold migrations of VMs<br />Identify requirements for using VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®<br />Perform a vSphere Storage vMotion migration<br />Identify use cases for VM snapshots<br />Create and manage snapshots of a virtual machine
8	Resource Monitoring	Recognize the purpose of each type of VM<br />resource control<br />Configure the resource allocation settings of a VM<br />Observe the behavior of virtual machines with<br />different share values<br />Manage and acknowledge vSphere alarms<br />Use performance charts to monitor VM CPU and<br />memory usage<br />Monitor tasks and events in vSphere Client
9	vSphere Clusters	View information about the services that a vSphere<br />cluster offers<br />Recognize how vSphere HA responds to different<br />types of failures<br />Monitor vSphere HA during a host failure<br />Describe how vSphere DRS works<br />Interpret DRS scores given to VMs<br />Recognize how to apply the appropriate vSphere<br />DRS automation and migration threshold levels<br />Describe how vSphere Fault Tolerance works<br />Recognize how Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works