This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere®, which consists of VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware® Certified Professional 5 exam. Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more advanced vSphere courses.

Topics Covered

Course 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 Create Virtual Machines • Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files • Deploy a single virtual machine 4 VMware vCenter Server • Introduce vCenter Server architecture • Introduce vCenter Server appliance • Configure and manage vCenter Server appliance • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses 5 Configure and Manage Virtual Networks • Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch • Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties • Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms 6 Configure and Manage 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 the VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance 7 Virtual Machine Management • Deploy virtual machines using templates and cloning • Modify and manage virtual machines • Create and manage virtual machine snapshots • Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations • Create a vSphere vApp 8 Data Protection • Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server • Introduce the VMware Data Recovery appliance • 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 • Introduce VMware vShield Zones 10 Resource Management and Monitoring • Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts • Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage • Configure and manage resource pools • Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms 11 High Availability and Fault Tolerance • Introduce new vSphere High Availability (HA) architecture • Configure and manage a vSphere High Availability cluster • Introduce VMware Fault Tolerance 12 Scalability • Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster • Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility • Use vSphere HA and DRS together 13 Patch Management • Manage ESXi patching using vCenter Update Manager • Install Update Manager and 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)