VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Version 6.5

Course Introduction o Introductions and course logistics o Course objectives o Describe the content of this course o Gain a complete picture of the VMware certification system o Familiarize yourself with the benefits of the VMware Education Learning Zone o Identify additional resources Introduction to vSphere and the Software- Defined Data Center o Describe the topology of a physical data center o Explain the vSphere virtual infrastructure o Define the files and components of virtual machines o Describe the benefits of using virtual machines o Explain the similarities and differences between physical architectures and virtual architectures o Define the purpose of ESXi o Define the purpose of vCenter Server o Explain the software-defined data center o Describe private, public, and hybrid clouds Creating Virtual Machines o Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files o Identify the files that make up a virtual machine o Discuss the latest virtual machine hardware and its features o Describe virtual machine CPU, memory, disk, and network resource usage o Explain the importance of VMware Tools™ o Discuss PCI pass-through, Direct I/O, remote direct memory access, and NVMe o Deploy and configure virtual machines and templates o Identify the virtual machine disk format vCenter Server o Introduce the vCenter Server architecture o Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance o Use vSphere Web Client o Backup and restore vCenter Server o Examine vCenter Server permissions and roles o Explain the vSphere HA architectures and features o Examine the new vSphere authentication proxy o Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses o Access and navigate the new vSphere clients Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks o Describe, create, and manage standard switches o Configure virtual switch security and load-balancing policies o Contrast and compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches o Describe the virtual switch connection types o Describe the new TCP/IP stack architecture o Use VLANs with standard switches Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage o Introduce storage protocols and storage device types o Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage o Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores o Describe the new features of VMFS 6.5 o Introduce vSAN o Describe guest file encryption Virtual Machine Management o Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines o Modify and manage virtual machines o Clone a virtual machine o Upgrade virtual machine hardware to version 12 o Remove virtual machines from the vCenter Server inventory and datastore o Customize a new virtual machine using customization specification files o Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations o Create and manage virtual machine snapshots o Create, clone, and export vApps o Introduce the types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them Resource Management and Monitoring o Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts o Explain virtual memory reclamation techniques o Describe virtual machine over commitment and resource competition o Configure and manage resource pools o Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage o Use various tools to monitor resource usage o Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events o Describe and deploy resource pools o Set reservations, limits, and shares o Describe expandable reservations o Schedule changes to resource settings o Create, clone, and export vApps o Use vCenter Server performance charts and esxtop to analyze vSphere performance vSphere HA, vSphere Fault Tolerance, and Protecting Data o Explain the vSphere HA architecture o Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster o Use vSphere HA advanced parameters o Define cluster wide restart ordering capabilities o Enforce infrastructural or intra-app dependencies during failover o Describe vSphere HA heartbeat networks and datastore heartbeats o Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance o Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines o Support vSphere Fault Tolerance interoperability with vSAN o Examine enhanced consolidation of vSphere Fault Tolerance virtual machines o Introduce vSphere Replication o Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data vSphere DRS o Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster o Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster o Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules o Describe the new capabilities for what-if analysis and proactive vSphere DRS o Highlight the evolution of vSphere DRS using predictive data from VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ o Perform preemptive actions to prepare for CPU or memory changes o escribe the vCenter Server embedded vSphere Update Manager, VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI, and VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy capabilities o Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity vSphere Update Manager o Describe the new vSphere Update Manager architecture, components, and capabilities o Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi, virtual machine, and vApp patching o Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in o Create patch baselines o Use host profiles to manage host configuration compliance