Course objectives
References and resources

Describe the integration of vSphere into the cloud architecture
Install and use the vSphere Client
Overview of ESXi

Creating virtual machines
Identifying virtual machine files
Creating VM templates

Overview of vCenter Server Architectures
Overview of Migration Tools Available
Present Best Practices
Deploy and Configure the vCenter Server Appliance
Use the vSphere Web Client html5
Use the vSphere Web Client
Manage vCenter Server Inventory Objects and Licenses

Describe, create, and manage standard switches
Configure virtual switch security and load balancing policies
Introduce vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
TP: Standard switch configuration

Introduce storage protocols and types of storage devices
Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
Introduce VMware Virtual SAN
Introduction on virtual volumes
Lab: Create a connection between ESXi hosts using iSCSI and NFS storage types

Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
Edit and manage virtual machines
Use vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations
Create and manage snapshots of virtual machines
Define vApps
Introduce types of content libraries and how to them use

Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
Configure and manage resource pools
Introduce resource usage monitoring tools
Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for monitoring and managing data centers