Prerequisites:

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Outline:

  1 Course Introduction

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

2  Introduction to VMware Virtualization

•  Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
•  Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
•  Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
•  Install and use vSphere user interfaces

3  Create Virtual Machines

•  Introduce  virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
•  Deploy a single virtual machine  

4  VMware vCenter Server

•  Introduce vCenter Server architecture 
•  Introduce vCenter Server appliance
•  Configure and manage vCenter Server appliance
•  Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

5  Configure and Manage Virtual Networks

•  Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
•  Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
•  Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

6  Configure and Manage 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 the VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance

7  Virtual Machine Management

•  Deploy virtual machines using  templates and cloning
•  Modify and manage virtual machines
•  Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
•  Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations
•  Create a vSphere vApp

8  Data Protection

•  Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
•  Introduce the VMware Data Recovery appliance
•  Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently

9  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
•  Introduce VMware vShield Zones 

10  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

11  High Availability and Fault Tolerance

•  Introduce new vSphere High Availability (HA) architecture
•  Configure and manage a vSphere High Availability cluster
•  Introduce VMware Fault Tolerance

12  Scalability

•  Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
•  Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
•  Use vSphere HA and DRS together

13  Patch Management

•  Manage ESXi patching using vCenter Update Manager 
•  Install Update Manager and Update Manager plug-in
•  Create patch baselines
•  Scan and remediate hosts

14  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)