VMWARE 6.5 / 6.7/ 7.0 COMBO COURSE OUTLINE
1 Course Introduction
- Basic Concepts of virtualization to complete the VMware course.
2 Introduction to vSphere and the Software Defined Data Center
- Describe how vSphere fits into the software defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
- Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage
- Use vSphere Client to access and manage your vCenter Server system and ESXi host
- Compare virtual machine hardware version 14 to other versions
- Identify the virtual network adapters, and describe the enhanced VMXNET3
- Compare the types of virtual disk provisioning
- Install and configure ESXi host settings
- Identify the advantages of ESXi Quick Boot
3 vCenter Server with Windows 2012 R2
- Describe the vCenter Server architecture
- Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
- Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
- Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server
- Create custom inventory tags
- Describe the rules for applying permissions
- Create a custom role in vCenter Server
4 Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
- Identify storage protocols and storage device types
- Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS and NFS data stores
- Explain how multi pathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Identify the advantages of VMware vSAN™
5 Creating Virtual Machines
- Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine
- Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
- Describe how to import a virtual appliance OVF template
6 Virtual Machine Management
- Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create an instant clone of a virtual machine
- Identify the types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them
- Add a hot-pluggable device
- Dynamically increase the size of a virtual disk
- Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine
- Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
7 vSphere Update Manager
- Describe the architecture, components, and capabilities of vSphere Update Manager
- Use vSphere Update Manager to manage the patching of ESXi, virtual machines, and vApps
- Examine the features and functions of vSphere Update Manager EAM integration
- Integrate vSphere Update Manager with vSphere DRS
8 vSphere HA, vSphere Fault Tolerance, and Protecting Data
- Explain the vSphere HA architecture
- Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
- Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
- Enforce infrastructural or intra-app dependencies during failover
- Describe vSphere HA heartbeat networks and datastore heartbeats
- Examine the features and functions of vSphere Fault Tolerance
- Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
9 vSphere DRS
- Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
- Create a vSphere DRS cluster
- View information about a vSphere DRS cluster
- Configure virtual machine affinity, DRS groups, and VM-host affinity rules
- Remove a host from a vSphere DRS cluster
10 vSphere Troubleshooting
- Review troubleshooting tools
- Find important log files
- Use vSphere Syslog Collector
- ESXi core dump collector
- Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
- ESXi command line
- ESXi / VM performance monitoring
- Virtual Center server advance options
- RV Tool deployment
- ESXi and VC license management
11 Resource Management and Monitoring
- Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment
- Describe what over commitment of a resource means
- Configure and manage resource pools
12 Virtual Center Server Appliance
- Configure and Access vCenter Server Appliance with multiple Deployment Scenarios.
- Virtual Center Server link Mode
- Create a vCenter Server Appliance backup schedule
- Restore vCenter Server Appliance from a backup
- Monitor vCenter Server Appliance
13 VMware VSphere Migration 6.5 / 6.7/ 7.0
14 Difference between 6.5 / 6.7/ 7.0
15 Discussion on CV and Interview Preparation
16 Physical Hardware demonstration
- CISCO UCS hardware demonstration.
- How to work with physical hardware with management console.
