This course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7.0, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7.0 and VMware vCenter Server® 7.0. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. It is the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
Instructor(s):Russ Long
Russ Long is an experienced IT professional and instructor specializing in Cisco networking and VMware virtualization. He holds many reputable IT certifications, including Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNA, Apple Certified Support Professional, VMware VCP-DCV, and VMware VCA-DCV. In addition to his certifications, Russ has extensive experience with Cisco routing and switching, Linus administration, Cybersecurity, VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Apple Support. His approachable teaching style allows students to get a deeper understanding of technology by encouraging them to ask questions. Outside of class, Russ will get his party killed in MMOs and dominate in the pool hall.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
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Lesson 1
- Introduction to Virtualization
- Intro to Virtualization
- Intro to VMware's virtualization solutions
- Licensing
- Installation of ESXi
- Installation
- DCUI configuration
- Host Client
- vCenter Server Installation and Configuration
- vCenter Server Installation
- vCenter Server Management interface
- Backing up vCenter Server
- vCenter Server Administration tour
- Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine Introduction
- Virtual Machine Deployment
- Key Options of the VM
- VM Configuration Options
- Using Content Libraries
- Solutions Manager configurations
- Snapshot Management
- Using Limits, Shares, and Reservations
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Installing VM Tools
- SR-IOV basics
- Networking
- Networking Basics
- Understanding Portgroups
- Creating and Managing Distributed Switches
- Port Group Options
- Using Network Policies
- Traffic Filtering and Marking
- Monitoring Networking
- Paravirtualization and IPv6 deployment
- Storage
- Storage Introduction
- Connecting to Storage
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- iSCSI
- NFS
- Intro to VMFS Datastores
- Security
- Securing vSphere
- Using Single Sign On
- Applying certificates
- Using Permissions
- Hardening your vSphere environment
- Resource Allocation
- Resource management
- Resource pools
- Understanding DRS
- Deploying a DRS cluster
- Understanding Distributed Power Management
- Storage DRS
- Host Profiles
- An overview of Host Profiles
- Working with Host Profiles
- Business Continuity
- Introduction to Business Continuity Solutions in VMware
- Using High Availability
- Troubleshooting HA
- Fault Tolerance explained
- Upgrade Process<
- Upgrading vCenter Server
- Upgrading a Host
- Introduction to the lifecycle manager interface
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