Course Agenda

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Modules

1. Data Protection

• Strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently

2. Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces

3. 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
• VMware vShield Endpoint™ integration in vSphere

4. Creating Virtual Machines

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

5. Resource Management and Monitoring

• Virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Methods for optimizing CPU and memory use
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Monitor resource use using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

6. VMware vCenter Server

• vCenter Server architecture
• VMware vCenter Server Appliance™
• Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

7. High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• New VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
• VMware vSphere Replication

8. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Create and manage a standard virtual switch
• Modify standard virtual switch properties
• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

9. Scalability

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

10. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Installing VMware Components

• ESXi installation
• Boot-from-SAN requirements
• vCenter Server deployment options
• vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)

vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict

1. Working with Capacity Planning and Reports

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

2. Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite

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

3. Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager

• Meet preinstallation requirements
• Install vCenter Operations Manager
• Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment

4. Architecture and Concepts

• Data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
• How vCenter Operations Manager collects data
• Main components of the dashboard view
• Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane

5. VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update

• VMware management suite solution and products
• Key components and capabilities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions

6. Working with Dashboards and Badges

• 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

7. VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes

• Configuration of policies and groups
• Basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
• Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
• Changes to badges, metrics, and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager

8. Analyzing with Heat Maps

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

9. Integration with Other VMware Products

• Use cases for the integration of other vCenter Operations Management Suite products
• Integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
• New dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager

10. Working with Smart Alerts

• Configure and use smart alerts
• Set up e-mail notifications