Goals
- Virtualize servers and prepare for Cloud Computing
- Know how to deploy and maintain VMware vSphere 6, and in particular its two components: the ESXi hypervisor and the VMware vCenter Server platform
- Discover vCenter Server Appliance vCSA
Program
Presentation of the training
Course objectives
References and resources
Introduce the components of a
vSphere Software-Defined Data Center and the cloud computing architecture
Install and use the vSphere Client
Overview of ESXi
Practical workshop: setting up VMware ESXi 6, discovering the interface
Introduce the components of a Software-Defined Data Center
Describe the integration of vSphere in the cloud architecture
Install and use the vSphere Client
Lab: Installing VMware vCenter Server 6
Overview of Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Hardware, and Virtual Machine Files
Create and Work with Virtual Machines and Templates
Configuring VMware vCenter Server Using vSphere
Introducing the vCenter Server Architecture
Deploying and Configuring the vCenter Server Appliance
Using the Client vSphere Web
Lab: Manage vCenter Server Inventory Objects and Licenses
Describe, create, and manage standard switches
Introduce vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
Workshop: Configure Virtual Switches and Load Balancing Policies
Introduce storage protocols and types of storage devices Using iSCSI and NFS storages
Introduce VMware Virtual SAN
Introduction to virtual volumes
Lab: Create and manage datastores iSCSI and NFS
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 use them
Duration
5 days
Price
£ 3045
Audience
Systems Administrators
Prerequisites
Notions of system administration on Windows and Linux
Reference
OUT1244-F
Explain the vSphere HA architecture
Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
Use vSphere HA advanced settings
Introduce vSphere fault
tolerance Enable fault tolerance on vSphere virtual machines
Introduce vSphere Replication
Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
Describe the features and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity
Use host profiles
Analyze and remediate hosts
Use vSphere Update Manager to manage patching of ESXIs
Install vSphere Update Manager and vSphere Update Manager plug-in
Roles and Permissions in vCenter Server
User Management
Practical workshop: creation of non-administrator users, establishment of a policy to monitor the versions of Windows virtual machines in the vCenter cluster
Sessions
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