VMware ® vSphere: Optimize and Scale v6.0

Course details

In this course, students will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Additional resources

2 - VMware Management Resources

• Understand the purpose of VMware vSphere® Comand-Line Interface commands
• Discuss options for running vSphere CLI commands
• Deploy and configure vSphere Management Assistant
• Use vmware-cmd for virtual machine operations

3 - vSphere Security

• Describe the features and benefits of the Platform Services Controller
• Configure ESXI host access and authorization
• Secure ESXI, vCenter Server, and virtual machines

4 - Performance in a Virtualized Environment

• Review the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
• Explain software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance
• Use vSphere performance monitoring tools

5 - Network Scalability

• Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow

6 - Network Performance Troubleshooting

• Explain the performance features of network adaptors
• Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
• Monitor key network performance metrics
• Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations
• Troubleshoot common network performance problems

7 - Storage Scalability

• Explain vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
• Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
• Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
• Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere

8 - Storage Optimization

• Diagnose storage access problems
• Configure VMware VSphere® Flash Read Cache™
• Monitor key storage performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common storage performance problems

9 - CPU Performance

• Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
• Monitor key CPU performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems

10 - Memory Performance

• Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
• Monitor key memory performance metrics
• Troubleshoot common memory performance problems

11 - Virtual Machine and Cluster Optimization

• Describe guidelines for optimizing virtual machine configuration
• Discuss how vGPU usage affects virtual machine performance
• Discuss guidelines for using resource allocation settings
• Discuss guidelines for using resource pools
• Discuss guidelines for using vSphere DRS clusters
• Troubleshoot common vSphere cluster problems

12 - Host and Management Scalability

• Describe and use host profiles
• Define and use content libraries
• Upgrade ESXi and vCenter Server Instances
• Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™
• Use Virtual Machine Converter
• Use VMware VSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and VSphere Auto Deploy