VMWare Vsphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

Objectives

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

•  Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC)
•  Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
•  Install and configure ESXi hosts
•  Deploy and configure VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
•  Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage the vCenter Server inventory and the vCenter Server
configuration
•  Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance
•  Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
•  the storage technologies supported by vSphere
•  virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage
•  VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
•  the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
•  Content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
•  Manage virtual machine resource use and virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
•  vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and
VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
•  Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle
•  Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines

Prerequisites

This course has the following prerequisites:

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems