Introduction
This five-day training course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware vSphere® 7 administrative and management tasks to complex vSphere operations and configurations. Through activities, participants are immersed in real-life situations faced by VMBeans, a fictitious company. These situations expose students to real-life scenarios faced by companies that are building and scaling their virtual infrastructure.
Training Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
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Configure and manage complex storage solutions in a vSphere environment (including NFS, iSCSI, and so on)
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Configure and manage complex, scalable vSphere networking operations (vSphere Standard Switch and Distributed Switches)
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Deploy, manage, and optimize virtual machines (advanced configuration, content library, latency-sensitive workloads, and more)
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Manage business continuity and operations in your vSphere environment (VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ file-based backup, VMware vCenter Server® profiles, host profiles, and so on)
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Plan and implement increased vSphere security (use a Key Provider, VM Encryption, CPU scheduler remediations, and so on)
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Troubleshoot the vSphere environment
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Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to upgrade to VMware ESXi™ hosts and virtual machines (VUM, image-based clusters, and so on)
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Implement vSphere cluster solutions (Cluster QuickStart wizard, VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™, VMware vSphere® High Availability, VMware vSAN™, and so on)
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Implement resource optimizations to streamline vSphere deployments
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Create an advanced configuration of vCenter Server (including an identity source)
Target Audience
- VMware administrators and virtualization engineers
- System administrators responsible for managing virtual infrastructure
- IT infrastructure engineers and data center specialists
- Cloud and virtualization professionals seeking advanced vSphere 7 skills
- IT support engineers working with enterprise environments
- Professionals preparing for roles in virtualization and data center management
- Experienced IT staff aiming to enhance troubleshooting, optimization, and security skills in VMware environments
Course Outlines
Day 1: Introduction & vSphere Environment Configuration
- Course introduction and overview of VMBeans case study
- vCenter Server configuration and administration
- External identity source configuration
- Advanced virtual networking configuration (Standard & Distributed Switches)
- Advanced storage configuration (NFS, iSCSI, etc.)
- vSphere cluster setup and Cluster QuickStart
Day 2: Advanced Virtual Machine & Cluster Management
- Advanced virtual machine deployment and optimization
- Latency-sensitive workload configuration
- Cluster advanced settings
- Host advanced configuration options
- Host profiles creation and management
- Content Library creation and configuration
- Virtual machine templates and VMware Tools repository
Day 3: Data Center Management & Operations
- vCenter Server log collection and analysis
- File-based backup of vCenter Server Appliance
- Working with vCenter Server profiles
- Role and permission management
- vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VUM & image-based clusters)
- Cluster management and remediation
Day 4: Troubleshooting vSphere Environment
- Troubleshooting vSphere configuration issues
- Network and storage troubleshooting
- ESXi host troubleshooting
- Resource pool issues
- vCenter Server performance and resource issues
- Practical troubleshooting scenarios
Day 5: Security, Performance & Optimization
- vSphere security implementation
- Key Provider management
- VM Encryption
- CPU scheduler security settings
- Advanced virtual machine security configuration
- Resource optimization techniques
- Performance tuning in vSphere environments
- Final integrated review and best practices
