Description

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

This training is aimed at system administrators and engineers having to install, configure and manage VMware vSphere v6 or VMware vSphere 5.5.

Prerequisites

• Have experience administering Windows or Linux operating systems.
• Have a good understanding of the concepts presented in the fundamental courses on VMware Data Center virtualization.

Training objectives

Describe the software-defined data center

Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines

Describe the vCenter Server architecture

Deploy a vCenter Server or VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host

Configure and manage a vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client

Configure virtual networks, templates, clones, and snapshots

Create a vApp

Describe and use the content library

Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion

Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage

Monitor resource utilization and manage resource pools

Use VMware vSphere High Availability and VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance

Training program

• DATA CENTER SOFTWARE-DEFINED
  • Introduce data center components softawrae-defined
  • Describe where vSphere fits into the Cloud architecture
  • Install and use the vSphere client
  • ESXi overview
  • Creating virtual machines
  • Introduce virtual machines, hardware, and virtual machine files
  • Create and work with a virtual machine
• VCENTER SERVER
  • Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
  • Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
  • Install and use vSphere Web Client
  • Manage appliance objects 'vCenter Server inventory and licenses
  • Benefits of vMotion compatibility
• CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL NETWORKS
  • Describe, create and manage standard switches
  • Describe and modify the properties of standard switches
  • Configure load balancing algorithms for virtual switches
  • Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
• CONFIGURING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL STORAGE
  • Introduce storage protocols and device names
  • Discuss ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel storage
  • Create and manage vSphere datastores VMFS
  • Introduction to VMware Virtual SANs
• MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES
  • Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
  • Modify and manage virtual machines
  • Improve vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
  • Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
  • Create a VMware vApp
  • Introduce the various content library types and how to deploy and use them
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
  • Introduce virtual processor and memory concepts
  • Configure and manage resource pools
  • Describe methods for optimizing processors and utilization memory
  • Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
  • Create and use alarms to report certain event conditions
  • Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for Data Center Monitoring and Management
• HIGH AVAILABILITY AND FAULT TOLERANCE
  • Introduce the vSphere High Availability architecture
  • Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
  • Use advanced vSphere High Availability settings
  • Introduce vSphere fault tolerance
  • Enable fault tolerance on virtual machines
  • Describe VMware vSphere replication
  • Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
• SCALABLE
  • Describe vSphere DRS cluster features
  • Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
  • Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
  • Using HA and DRS together
• MANAGING VSPHERE UPDATES AND HOST MAINTENANCE
  • Use vSphere Update manager to manage ESXi patches
  • Install vSphere Update Manager and vSphere Update Manager plug-in
  • Create patch baselines
  • Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
  • Analyze and upgrade hosts
• INSTALLATION DES COMPOSANTS VMWARE
  • Introduce the ESXi installation
  • Describe the prerequisites for booting ESXi from the SAN
  • Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
  • Describe the hardware, software and database requirements for vCenter Server
  • Install vCenter Server