VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

This course should provide hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere, which includes VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server. The course should prepare students to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.

Upon course completion, students must be able to perform the following:

• Describe the software-defined data center
• Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
• Deploy an ESXi host
• Deploy VMware vCenter(r) Server Appliance(TM)
• Use a local content library as an ISO store and deploy a virtual machine
• Describe vCenter Server architecture
• Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
• Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware Host Client(TM) and VMware vSphere(r) Web Client
• Describe virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
• Configure standard switch policies
• Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage: VMware vSphere(r) VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, and RDM
• ExaminethefeaturesandfunctionsofFibreChannelandVMwarevSAN(TM)
• Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Create, clone, and deploy an App
• Describe and use the content library
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere(r) vMotion(r)
• Use VMware vSphere(r) Storage vMotion(r) to migrate virtual machine storage
• Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
• Use esxtop to identify and solve performance issues
• Discuss the VMware vSphere(r) High Availability cluster architecture
• Configure vSphere HA
• Manage vSphere HA and VMware vSphere(r) Fault Tolerance
• Use VMware vSphere(r) Replication(TM) and VMware vSphere(r) Data Protection(TM) to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery
• UseVMwarevSphere(r)DistributedResourceScheduler(TM)clusters to improve host scalability
• Use VMware vSphere(r) Update Manager(TM) to apply patches and perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations
• Receive a certificate of completion or certification