VMware vSphere

This course is part of the following Certifications:

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

• Willingness to participate in a demanding, high-intensity training experience
• Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces

This intensive, extended-hours training course focuses on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™. It combines the content of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Upon completing this course, you can take the examination to qualify as a VMware Certified Professional. You will learn:

• Install and configure VMware ESX™/ESXi, vCenter™ Server, and the vSphere Management Assistant
• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot ESX/ESXi networking and storage
• Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances
• Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure
• Implement business continuity solutions
• Manage changes to the vSphere environment

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Discuss virtualization and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi

• Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs

Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

• Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant
• Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies

Module 5: Networking

• Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components

Module 6: Storage

• Review storage management technologies
• Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues

Module 7: Virtual Machines

• Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided Consolidation
• Modify and manage virtual machines

Module 8: Access Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

• Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI

Module 10: Scalability

• Scale resource management
• Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
• Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations
• Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed Power Management

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

• Review business continuity products and features
• Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault Tolerance
• Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
• Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines

Module 12: Configuration Management

• Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

• Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations