Description

This cycle will provide you with all the knowledge necessary to install and configure the components of a vSphere 5.5 virtual infrastructure. You will learn how to create, deploy and use virtual machines (VMs), troubleshoot ESX/ESXi servers and backup the infrastructure with the different tools.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Systems administrators and engineers responsible for managing and administering a VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Install and configure the components of a VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual infrastructure

Set up VM replication with vSphere Replication

Set up Distributed Switches and use their advanced features

Identify the main problems related to CPU performance, Memory, Network and Storage

Script the creation and administration tasks related to virtual machines with PowerCli

Training program

• Virtual Infrastructure Overview
  • Virtual infrastructure.
  • vSphere architecture and components.
  • Scalability: migrations.
• Creation and administration of virtual machines
  • Installation of an OS inside a VM (virtual machine).
  • Thin Provisionning, VMDirectPath.
  • Snapshot, cloning, Template management .
  • Practical work Create and administer virtual machines.
  • Migrate VMs.
• VSphere Management Assistant
  • Deploying vSphere Management Assistant (vMA).
  • Configuring and administering vSphere Management Assistant.
  • Commands that can be used with vMA.
  • Lab Using vSphere Management Assistant to configure, diagnose, and troubleshoot an ESX/ESXi server.
• Network diagnostics
  • Standard vSwitches vs Distributed Virtuals Switches.
  • VLANs and Private VLANs.
  • Advanced configuration of vNetwork components.
  • Administration and diagnostics network of an ESX.
  • Network administration and diagnostics of an ESXi with vSphere Management Assistant.
  • Analysis of network traffic.
  • Practical work r nConfigure the network elements.
  • Setting up diagnostic elements and interpreting results.
  • Network analysis.
• Diagnosis of storage
  • vSphere Storage Architecture (PSA).
  • Detailed view of storage configuration.
  • Configuring and diagnosing iSCSI storage.
  • Practical work Analysis of the storage configuration.
  • Storage diagnosis and optimization.
• Implementing PowerCLI
  • Introducing vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Installing vSphere PowerCLI.
  • The main commands of vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Automate ESX network configuration /ESXi.
  • Automate storage configuration.
  • Automate the creation and deployment of virtual machines.
  • Collect information about ESX servers (configuration , configuration)..
  • Practical work Installation and getting started with PowerCLI.
  • Write and manage by scripts the creation and administration tasks related to virtual machines; vSphere infrastructure status.