VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage v5.5 — A 5 day course

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Syllabus

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server. This course is based on versions of ESXi 5.5 and vCenter Server 5.5.

Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Deploy an ESXi host
• Deploy a vCenter Server instance
• Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
• Manage an ESXi host using vCenter Server
• Manage ESXi storage using vCenter Server
• Manage ESXi networking using vCenter Server
• Manage virtual machines using vCenter Server
• Deploy and manage thin-provisioned virtual machines
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
• Manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Web Client and VMware vSphere Client
• Migrate virtual machines using VMware vSphere Storage vMotion
• Manage access control using vCenter Server
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server
• Manage VMware vSphere High Availability, VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance, and VMware vSphere Data Protection using vCenter Server
• Apply patches using VMware vSphere Update Manager

Content

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)

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Suitable For

• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• Operators of ESXi and vCenter Server

Further to this, delegates must have practical experience working with vSphere and be prepared to undertake further self study to ensure best chances of passing the VCP-DCV exam.

Prerequisites

Please note:

Effective 17th of March 2014 all VMware course materials will only be available to delegates in e-courseware format. VMware will email delegates with instructions on how to access their e-book entitlement no less than 48 hours before their course is due to take place. If you have an existing VMware MyLearn account it is imperative that you notify GBdirect of the email address you have registered to this account.

Those delegates who are attending via either virtual or extended classroom will be required to provide either dual monitors or single monitor plus a tablet device.

• 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

Examination

Please note, whilst this course satisfies VMware's mandatory course attendance prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam it does not fully map to the VCP exam blueprint.

Delegates who wish to prepare for the VCP-DCV exam should instead consider attending the VMware vSphere: Fast Track (5.5) course instead as this course represents a far better mapping to the exam objectives.