VMware ® vSphere: Skills for Operators v5.5

Course details

This course is designed to help operators and administrators create and manage virtual machines. Students will gain the skills required to work effectively with VMware® virtual machines.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course goals and objectives
• Online vSphere resources
• Location of online vSphere documentation

2 - Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Compare the components and concepts of virtual and traditional architecture
• Describe a virtual machine
• Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine
• Describe VMware virtualization concepts
• Describe the components and features of vSphere
• Describe inventory objects managed by vSphere
• Describe the features of vCenter Server

3 - VMware vSphere Web Client

• Access and use the VMware vSphere® Web Client
• Describe the navigation panes in the vSphere Web Client

4 - Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

• Describe virtual machine components
• Create a virtual machine
• Install a guest operating system and VMware® Tools™
• Clone a virtual machine
• Create an OVF template
• Customize a virtual machine
• Register and unregister a virtual machine in vCenter Server
• Perform snapshot operations

5 - Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU, memory, and disk usage
• Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor
• virtual machine resource usage
• Describe and monitor tasks
• Describe, monitor, and manage events
• Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms

6 - Using VMware vSphere vApps

• Describe VMware vSphere® vApps™
• Create, edit, and manage a vApp
• Clone a vApp
• Manage the power status of a vApp

7 - Migrating Virtual Machines

• Describe and use cold migration to migrate a virtual machine
• Verify host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
• Migrate a virtual machine with vSphere vMotion
• Migrate virtual machine storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
• Describe CPU compatibility with Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Describe VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
• Summarize VMware vSphere® High Availability

Target Audience: Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server management

Related Certifications:

• VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (on vSphere 5.5) (VCP5-DCV)

Related Exams:

• VCP5-DCV