VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Overview of modules and course objectives

vSphere Networking

• Describe vSphere Distributed Switch architecture
• Create and configure a vSphere Distributed Switch for virtual machine and vMotion traffic
• Migrate vSphere networking interfaces to a vSphere Distributed Switch

vSphere Storage

• Identify storage protocols and iSCSI storage components
• Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS and NFS datastores
• Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI

vSphere vMotion

• Perform vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Use vSphere DRS clusters to improve host scalability
• View information about a vSphere DRS cluster

vSphere Upgrade

• Discus vCenter Server migration paths and steps
• Migrate and upgrade vCenter Server for Windows to vCenter Server Appliance
• Describe the architecture, components, and capabilities of vSphere Update Manager
• Use vSphere Update Manager to manage the update of ESXi hosts

vSphere Cluster Operations

• Add ESXi hosts to vCenter Server
• Describe and use host profiles
• Customize ESXi host configuration
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Create and customize a cluster using the Quickstart workflow

Virtual Machine Management

• Define and use content libraries
• Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
• Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine

Native Features of vCenter Server Appliance

• Access and configure the vCenter Server Appliance management interface
• Create a vCenter Server Appliance backup schedule
• Configure vCenter Server High Availability

Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Explore VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ configuration options
• Construct a vSphere Distributed Switch for VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VM Traffic
• Discuss vSphere storage concepts
• Differentiate between VMware vSphere® VMFS and NFS datastores
• Construct an iSCSI VMkernel Interface on a vSphere Distributed Switch
• Create VMFS datastores
• Discuss vSphere vMotion migration workflow
• Discuss VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migration workflow
• Complete virtual machine storage migrations
• Automate virtual machine migrations using VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
• Discuss VMware vCenter Server® migration paths
• Complete a migration of Windows vCenter Server to VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
• Discuss VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ concepts
• Perform VMware ESXiTM hosts upgrades using vSphere Update Manager
• Employ host profiles to configure an ESXi host
• Configure VMware vSphere® High Availability
• Demonstrate the ESXi Cluster Quickstart feature
• Create a content library
• Create a virtual machine template
• Create customization specifications
• Deploy a virtual machine from a template in the content library
• Clone virtual machines
• Configure vCenter Server Appliance backup
• Forward vCenter Server Appliance log files to a remote syslog server
• Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability

• Course Introduction
• vSphere Networking
• vSphere Storage
• vSphere vMotion
• vSphere Upgrade
• vSphere Cluster Operations
• Virtual Machine Management
• Native Features of vCenter Server Appliance