VMware ® vSphere Install, Configure, Manage v5.5

Course details

In this hands-on course you explore the 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.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 - Virtualized Data Center

• Introduce components of the virtualized data center
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere Client

3 - Creating Virtual Machines

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

4 - 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

5 - Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

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

6 - 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

7 - 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

8 - 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

9 - 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

10 - 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

11 - Scalability

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

12 - 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

13 - 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)

Target Audience: This course is ideal for System administrators, Systems engineers, and Operators of ESXi and vCenter Server

Related Certifications:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Design (VCAP5-DCD) Certification
• VMware Certified Professional – Datacenter Virtualization (on vSphere 5) (VCP5-DCV)
• VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (on vSphere 5.5) (VCP5-DCV)

Related Exams:

• VCP5-DCV
• VCP5-DCV
• VCP5-DCV
• vSphere ICM 5.5