Description

This course will teach you how to automate administration tasks in a VMware vSphere 5.5 environment. You will see how to use scripts to automate the configuration and monitoring of ESX/ESXi servers and thus improve the efficiency, availability and flexibility of your infrastructure.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

System administrators and engineers responsible for administering and managing a VMware vSphere 5.x environment who want to automate administration tasks.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Install vSphere PowerCLI Script the creation and administration tasks related to virtual machines Automate the configuration and settings of ESX/ESXi servers Manage VMware clusters automatically Monitor the status of different vSphere infrastructure objects with scripts

Training program

• VSphere PowerCLI Overview
  • Presentation and installation of vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Connecting to a vSphere infrastructure.
  • Practical work Installation and getting started with vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Run your first script.
• Configuring ESX/ESXi servers
  • Automate the network configuration of ESX/ESXi.
  • Automate the storage configuration.
  • Setting up and configuring a Datastore Cluster.
  • Automate the configuration of ESX/ESXi servers.
  • Practical work Automate the configuration and configuration of ESX/ESXi servers.
• Creating, configuring and protecting virtual machines
  • Automate the creation and deployment of virtual machines.
  • Automate the configuration of virtual machines.
  • Run scripts in virtual machines.
  • Manage virtual machine snapshots using scripts.
  • Practical work Manage the creation and administration of virtual machines using scripts.
• Cluster Management
  • Automate live migrations of virtual machines (VMotion, Storage VMotion).
  • Script the configuration of HA and DRS Clusters.
  • Setting up and modifying Storage DRS rules.
  • Automate the creation and modification of resource pools.
  • Practical work Automate the various virtual machine migration operations via scripts.
  • Automatically manage VMware Clusters.
• VSphere PowerCLI Update Manager
  • Installation of PowerCLI for Update Manager.
  • Creation and use of Baselines by script.
  • Practical work Manage Update Manager.
• Collecting information about a vSphere infrastructure
  • Get reports on virtual machines (status, configuration, etc.
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  • Collect information on ESX servers (configuration, settings, etc.)
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  • Monitor Clusters (composition, resources, etc.
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  • Practical work Monitor the status of the various objects of the vSphere infrastructure with scripts.
• New deployment methods
  • Using and configuring Image Builder.
  • Creating custom ESXi installation packages with Image Builder.
  • Hands-on Creating images ESXi custom install iso.