VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [v5.1] Training

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere®, which consists of VMware vSphere® ESXi™ and VMware® vCenter Server™. This course is based on prerelease versions of ESXi 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the
VMware Certified Professional 5 exam.

By the end of the course, you should understand vSphere 5.1 functions and features and be able to do the following:

• Install and configure ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Use vCenter Server to configure and manage ESXi networking and storage
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection

• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces

Module 3: Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance

Module 4: VMware vCenter Server

• Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
• Introduce VMware® vCenter™ Server Appliance™
• Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

Module 5: Configure and Manage Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

Module 6: Configure and Manage Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Deploy and manage VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance

Module 7: Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migrations
• Create a VMware vSphere® vApp™

Module 8: Data Protection

• Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently

Module 9: Access and Authentication Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
• Configure ESXi lockdown mode
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• Explain VMware® vShield Endpoint™ integration in VSphere

Module 10: Resource Management and Monitoring

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Module 11: High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Introduce the new VMware vSphere® High Availability architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Introduce VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance
• Describe VMware vSphere® Replication

Module 12: Scalability

• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (DRS) cluster
• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility]
• Use vSphere HA and DRS together

Module 13: Patch Management

• Use Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
• Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Scan and remediate hosts

Module 14: Installing VMware Components

• Introduce ESXi installation
• Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
• Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
• Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)