Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Virtualized Data Center
Introduce components of the virtualized data center
Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphere Client
Creating Virtual Machines
Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Deploy a single virtual machine
VMware vCenter Server
Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
Introduce VMware® vCenter™ Single Sign-On™
Install and use vSphere Web Client
Introduce VMware® vCenter™ Server Appliance™
Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance
Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Describe, create, and manage a standard switch
Describe and modify standard switch properties
Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Introduce storage protocols and device names
Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
Create and manage vSphere datastores
Deploy and manage VMware® Virtual SAN™
Virtual Machine Management
Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
Modify and manage virtual machines
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
Create a VMware vSphere® vApp™
Access and Authentication Control
Control user access through roles and permissions
Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
Configure ESXi lockdown mode
Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
Resource Management and Monitoring
Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
Configure and manage resource pools
Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
Introduce the new vSphere High Availability architecture
Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
Describe VMware vSphere® Replication
Scalability
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (DRS) cluster
Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
Use vSphere HA and DRS together
Patch Management
Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
Create patch baselines
Scan and remediate hosts
Installing VMware Components
Introduce ESXi installation
Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)