VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage v8

This accelerated hands-on course covers the installation, configuration and management tasks of ESXi 8 / vCenter 8. Students who complete this course will be confident in their ability to operate vSphere infrastructures. The course is based on instrutor-led sessions and in some topics on video e-learning materials (blended learning).

The technologies and functions covered in the course are summarised in the following sections:

• Installing and configuring ESXi servers
• Installing and deploying VMware vCenter Server Appliance
• Deploying and configuring vCenter Server and ESXi servers
• Deploying and managing vSphere infrastructure using vSphere Host Client or vSphere Client
• Configure virtual networks using standard vSwitches and distributed switches
• Manage different storage technologies (VMFS, NFS, iSCSI and RDM)
• Create, replicate and configure virtual machines
• Template, Clone and Snapshot management
• Managing Content Libraries
• Moving virtual machines using vMotion, Using Storage vMotion
• Tracking and managing resource usage
• Managing VMware vSphere High Availability and Fault Tolerance features
• Scaling with vSphere DRS
• Upgrade ESXi servers using VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager

This course is recommended to IT professionals, system administrators, system engineers whose task will be to install, configure and manage VMware vSphere v8 infrastructures and environments.

Module 1 - vSphere and virtualisation overview

• Virtualisation concepts
• Positioning VMware vSphere
• Identifying user interfaces
• Managing shared resources in a virtualized environment

Module 2 - Installing and configuring ESXi

• ESXi Installation
• Working with ESXi user accounts
• Basic settings in the DCUI and host Client interfaces

Module 3- Installing and configuring vCenter

• Communication between ESXi and vCenter
• Installing vCenter
• Basic vCenter settings
• Using vSphere Client, license management
• Managing vCenter inventory, organizing objects
• Configuring user roles and privileges
• Managing the Event Log and logs

Module 4 - Network Management

• Configuring standard switches
• Configuring distributed switches
• Network configuration and policies on virtual switches

Module 5 - Storage solutions

• Overview of vSphere storage solutions
• Datastore types
• Overview of Fibre Channel Technology
• Overview and configuration of iSCSI technology
• VMFS datastore design
• NFS repository design

Module 6 - Virtual machine design

• Creating virtual machines
• The role of VMware Tools
• Identifying VM hardware components
• Configuration and setup options
• Templates and replication options
• Designing and managing the Content Library

Module 7 - Virtual Machine Management

• Migration types
• VMotion migration
• EVC - Using Enhanced VMotion Compatibility
• Using Storage VMotion
• Snapshot management
• CPU and Memory resource management

Module 8 - Clusters in vSphere

• Designing a Cluster
• Overview and configuration of a DRS cluster
• Overview and configuration of HA Cluster
• Implementing the Fault Tolerance solution

Module 9 - vSphere Lifecycle Management

• Using Lifecycle Manager
• Benefits of using Update Planner
• Baseline and Image based host updates
• Update options in vCenter
• VM hardware and VMware Tools updates

IT system administration skills and at least one year experience in managing Windows Server and / or Linux server environments, virtualization concepts.