VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Promotions, VMware

Summary

Location

Malaysia

Duration

5 Days

Format

Public Class

VMware vSphere: Elevate Your IT Expertise

If you’re an IT enthusiast or a professional looking to supercharge your career, ‘VMware vSphere’ is your ultimate ticket to IT stardom. This 5-day intensive course takes you on a journey through the dynamic world of virtualization, unraveling the power of VMware vSphere 6. Whether you’re an aspiring sysadmin or a seasoned systems engineer, this program is tailor-made to enhance your skills and open new doors in the tech universe.

Unveiling the Virtual Realm

The course starts with an introduction to the software-defined data center, demystifying vSphere’s role in cloud architecture. You’ll dive into the nitty-gritty of creating and managing virtual machines, understanding the vCenter Server architecture, and configuring virtual networks and storage. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also explore resource management, high availability, fault tolerance, and host scalability. Moreover, this program isn’t just about theory; it’s hands-on, ensuring you gain practical experience.

Turbocharge Your Career

Completing ‘VMware vSphere’ isn’t just about another certification. It’s about unlocking opportunities. You’ll be equipped to deploy, manage, and optimize vSphere infrastructure for organizations of any size. With these skills in your arsenal, you become an indispensable asset to any IT team. So, are you ready to embrace the future of IT with VMware vSphere? Your journey to IT excellence begins here.

Course Details

Duration: 5 Days; Instructor Led

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage is our best-selling course. It features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 6, which includes VMware ESXi™ 6 and VMware vCenter Server™ 6. This course will give you a solid understanding of how to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.

This course meets the prerequisite for advanced vSphere courses, which can be found at www.vmware.com/education

Note: This course is based on beta software.

Audience

This course is specially design for System administrators and Systems engineers.

Prerequisites

Suggested Prerequisites:
• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certification

Methodology

This program will be conducted with Classroom, Live Online and Onsite.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

Describe the software-defined data center
Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
Describe vCenter Server architecture
Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server™ Appliance™
Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere® Client™ and VMware vSphere® Web Client
Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage
Manage virtual machines, 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 usage and manage resource pools
Use VMware vRealize™ Operations Manager™ to identify and solve issues through analytics and alerts
Manage VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
Use VMware vSphere® Replication™ and VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery
Use VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters to improve host scalability
Use vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalability
Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches
Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations

Outlines

Module 1: Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objective

Module 2: Software-Defined Data Center

Introduce components of the software-defined data center
Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphere Client
Overview of ESXi

Module 3: Creating Virtual Machines

Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Create and work with virtual machines

Module 4: vCenter Server

Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
Install and use vSphere Web Client
Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
Explain the benefits of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

Module 5: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

Describe, create, and manage standard switches
Describe and modify standard switch properties
Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups