VMware ® vSphere with Operations Management: Fast Track v5.1

Course details

This course explores installation, configuration, and management of vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi™ and VMware® vCenter Server™.

Course Outline

1 - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 - Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces

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™ 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 virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual 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 vSphere® Storage Appliance

7 - Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migrations
• Create a vApp

8 - Data Protection

• Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently

9 - 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
• Explain VMware® vShield Endpoint™ integration in vSphere

10 - Resource Management and Monitoring

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory use
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Monitor resource use using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

11 - High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Introduce the new VMware vSphere® High Availability architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Introduce VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
• Describe VMware vSphere® Replication

12 - Scalability

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

13 - Patch Management

• Use Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
• Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Scan and remediate hosts

14 - 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)

15 - VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

16 - Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management

• Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
• Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite and its packaging

17 - Architecture and Concepts

• Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter
• Operations Manager architecture
• Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
• Master the main components of the dashboard view
• Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane

18 - Working with Dashboards and Badges

• Understand the functions of major and minor badges
• Use the Health major badge
• Use the Risk major badge
• Use the Efficiency major badge
• Use the Operations tab to navigate to details

19 - Analyzing with Heat Maps

• Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab

20 - Working with Smart Alerts

• Configure and use smart alerts
• Set up email notifications

21 - Working with Capacity Planning and Reports

• Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
• Perform what-if analyses

22 - Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations

• Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
• Install vCenter Operations Manager
• Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment

23 - VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update

• Discuss the VMware management suite solution and products
• List the key components and capabilities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions

24 - VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes

• Discuss configuration of policies and groups
• Identify basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
• Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
• Explain changes to badges, metrics, and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager

25 - Integration with Other VMware Products

• Identify use cases for the integration of other vCenter Operations Management Suite products
• Discuss integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
• Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager

Target Audience:

• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server