VMware vSphere: Install Configure Manage V7

VMware vSphere: Install Configure Manage V7

In this course, you’ll learn how virtual machines interact with the physical hardware that they’re running on and about the VMware ESXi, an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers.  You will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7. You will be prepared to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. This course is the foundation for most of the other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
 

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Audience

• System Administrators
• System Engineers

Learning Objectives

• Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC)
• Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
• Install and configure VMware ESXi™ hosts
• Deploy and configure VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
• Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage the vCenter Server inventory and the vCenter Server configuration
• Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance
• Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
• Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere
• Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage
• Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
• Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
• Manage virtual machine resource use
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
• Create and manage a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
• Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches and perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines

Topics

• Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center
• Use VMware Host Client™ to Access and Manage ESXi Host
• Virtual Machines
• Explain Importance of VMware Tools™
• vCenter Server
• Use vSphere Client to Manage vCenter Server inventory
• Use vCenter Server High Availability to Protect a vCenter Server Appliance
• Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks and Virtual Storage
• Virtual Machine Management
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion Migrations
• Examine Features and Functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™
• Resource Management and Monitoring
• vSphere Cluster
• Configure and Manage a vSphere HA Cluster
• Examine Features and Functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
• Configure a vSphere Cluster using ESXi Cluster Quickstart
• Create a vSphere DRS Cluster
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ Works
• Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to Update ESXi Hosts in a Cluster