Mastering VMware
Course Features
Course Details
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction To VMware Virtualization
Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSpherecomponents
Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
Describe where vSpherefits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphereuser interfaces
Creating Virtual Machines
Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Deploy a single virtual machine
VMware VCenterServer
Introduce the vCenterServer architecture
Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
Describe where vSpherefits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphereuser interfaces
Creating Virtual Machines
Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Deploy a single virtual machine
VMware VCenterServer
Introduce the vCenterServer architecture
Introduce VMware vCenter Server Applianc
Configure and manage vCenterServer Appliance
Manage vCenterServer inventory objects and licenses
Configuring And Managing Virtual Networks
Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
Configuring And Managing Virtual Storage
Introduce storage protocols and device names
Configure ESXiwith iSCSI, NFS, and FibreChannel storage
Create and manage vSpheredatastores
Deploy and manage VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
Virtual Machine Management
Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
Modify and manage virtual machines
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Perform VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
Create a VMware vSphere vApp
Data Protection
Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXihosts and vCenterServer
Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently
Access And Authentication Control
Control user access through roles and permissions
Configure and manage the ESXifirewall
Configure ESXilockdown mode
Integrate ESXiwith Active Directory
Explain VMware vShieldEndpoin integration in Vsphere
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 vCenterServer performance graphs and alarms
High Availability And Fault Tolerance
Introduce the new VMware vSphere High Availability architecture
Configure and manage a vSphereHA cluster
Introduce VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
Describe VMware vSphere Replication
Scalability
Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
Configure Enhanced vMotionCompatibility
Use vSphereHA and DRS together
Patch Management
Use Update Manager to manage ESXipatching
Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in
Create patch baselines
Scan and remediate hosts
Installing VMware Components
Introduce ESXiinstallation
Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
Introduce vCenterServer deployment options
Describe vCenterServer hardware, software, and database requirements
Install vCenterServer (Windows-based)
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