Our Epic LIVE online instructor delivered class features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 6.5, which includes VMware ESXi™ 6.5 and VMware vCenter Server® 6.5. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. It is the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
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*Course Outline is subject to change
1. Introduction to virtualization
Basics
Topology
Software
Interfaces
Inventory Objects
Server Plugins
Advantages/ Disadvantages
Overview of Features
Licensing
What’s New
2. ESXi Installation
Requirements
Preparation
ESXi Set up
Post installation
vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance Installation
Server vs. Appliance
Embedded vs. External
Server
Appliance
Appliance Migration Tool
3. Virtual Machines
Basics of Virtual Machines
Deployment
Templates
Content Libraries
Hardware
Options
NVMe
vSphere App
Solutions Manager
Management
VMware tools
VM Migration
4. Networking
Networking basics
vSwitches
VMKernel Groups
Port Groups
Security policies
Load Balancing and Failover
Backing up Network Configurations
Network Policies
RDMA
IPv6
Best Practices
5. Storage
Storage basics
ESXi SAN implementations
ESXi Fibre Channel
ESXi iSCSi
ESXi NFS
Flash Devices
Multipathing and Failover
Datastores
Raw device Mapping
Virtual Volumes
I/O filtering
Hardware Accleration
Thick and Thin
Vmkfstools
Storage providers
Storage Polices
6. Security
Basic Security
SSO
Certificates
Permissions
Hardening (best practices)
Boot Secure
Enhanced logging
Encrypted vMotion
7. Resource Allocation
Basics of Resource Allocation
Settings
CPU
Memory
Storage
Clustering
NUMA
Attributes
Fault Definitions
8. Host Profiles
Create
Attach
Detach
Compliance
Remediation
Profile Management
DRS integration, parallel host remediation, audit quality improvements
Business Continuity
HA Clusters
Fault Tolerance
9. Monitoring and Performance
Charts
Web Client
Guest OS
Host Health
Events, Alarms, Automation
vCenter Solutions
Health of Nodes and Services
Resxtop and esxtop
Vimtop
SNMP
Syslog
10. Upgrade Process
Introduction to the upgrade process
Requirements
Prerequisites
vCenter Server
vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server to Appliance Migration
Hosts
VMs
Datastores
Update Manager
11. Troubleshooting
Overview
VMs
Hosts
vCenter Server
Availability
Resources
Storage
Networking
12. Virtual VSAN
Introduction
Requirements for vsan
Design and sizing
Preparation
Creation vsan cluster
Stretching across datastores
Policies
Monitoring
Failures and troubleshooting
ISCSi Support
13. Redundancy and Data Protection
vSphere Replication
Data Protection
At the end of the online training course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in vSphere 6.5 and be able to do the following:
Describe the software-defined data center
Deploy an ESXi host
Deploy VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
Describe virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
Use esxtop to identify and solve performance issues
Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere® Client™ and VMware vSphere® Web Client
Configure standard switch policies
System administrators
Systems engineers
Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server
None. System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems is highly recommended.
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