VMware ® vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop v5.5

Course details

Students will have the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere environment. This workshop also increases your skill and competence in using the command-line interface to analyze problems.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 - Introduction to Troubleshooting

• Using a structured approach to troubleshooting

3 - Troubleshooting Tools

• Adding the VMware vSphere® Management Assistant to an Active Directory environment
• Using commands to record information about your vSphere configuration
• Locating important log files
• Gathering log bundles for technical support

4 - SSL Certificates

• Implementing SSL certificates for vCenter Server
• Implementing SSL certificates for ESXi

5 - Networking

• Troubleshooting standard switch issues
• Troubleshooting virtual machine network connectivity issues
• Troubleshooting management network connectivity issues
• Troubleshooting distributed switch issues

6 - Storage

• Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues
• Troubleshooting multipathing issues

7 - Cluster Management

• Troubleshooting vSphere cluster issues
• Troubleshooting vSphere vMotion issues

8 - vCenter Server and ESXi

• Troubleshooting vCenter Server issues
• Troubleshooting ESXi host issues

9 - Virtual Machines

• Troubleshooting virtual machine state issues
• Troubleshooting VMware® Tools™ installation issues
• Troubleshooting VMware snapshot issues
• Troubleshooting virtual machine power-on issues

Target Audience:

• System administrators
• System integrators

Related Certifications:

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

Related Exams:

• VCP5-DCV