VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills

Course Code: IT 869

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Introduction

Training course introducion / brief

This training course is an introduction to VMware vSphere®. This training will help participants to acquire the skills needed to perform operational tasks that are typically assigned to the roles of operator or junior administrator in a vSphere environment.

Product Alignment

• VMware ESXi 7.0

• VMware vCenter Server 7.0

Training Course Methodology

The training course is designed to be interactive and participatory, and includes various learning tools to enable the participants to operate effectively and efficiently in a multifunctional environment. The course will use lectures and presentations, exercises, experiential and exposure to real world problems and policy choices confronting delegates.

Describe virtualization and virtual machines
Describe vSphere components and the software-defined data center (SDDC)
Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
Monitor network and datastore configurations in VMware vSphere® Client™
Deploy, configure, and clone virtual machines
Migrate, monitor, and manage virtual machines
Monitor tasks and events in VMware vSphere® Client™
Recognize how vSphere DRS and VMware vSphere® High Availability improve performance and availability of a vSphere cluster

Target Participants

This training course is designed for System engineers and administrators involved in the administration of a VMware vSphere solution

Virtualization and vSphere Concepts

• Describe how virtual machines (VMs) work

• Recognize the purpose of a hypervisor

• Describe how VMs share resources in a virtualized environment

• Recognize the components of an SDDC

• Describe the relationship between vSphere, the SDDC, and cloud computing

• Recognize the functions of the components in a vSphere environment

• Access and view vSphere graphical user interfaces

• Identify VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in the SDDC

Navigating the vSphere Client

• View and organize the inventory objects managed by vCenter Server

• Add and assign vSphere licenses

• Change the log level of vCenter Server

• Edit the startup policy of ESXi services

• Describe how vCenter Server roles and permissions work

• Add permissions to virtual machines

Lifecycle of Virtual Machines

• Add and remove VM virtual hardware components

• Identify the purpose of different VM files

• Configure VM settings

• Create and delete virtual machines

• Recognize the benefits of installing VMware Tools™

• Install VMware Tools into a guest operating system

• Upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware compatibility

vSphere Networking

• Describe virtual networking

• Recognize ways that virtual switches connect VMs and ESXi hosts to the network

• View components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration

• View a vSphere distributed switch configuration in vSphere Client

• Recognize when and how to use the settings for the security networking policy

• Recognize when and how to use the settings for the traffic shaping networking policy

• Describe how the NIC teaming and failover policy helps maintain network connectivity

• Perform basic checks to diagnose VM connectivity issues

vSphere Storage

• Describe the function of a datastore

• Recognize types of vSphere datastores

• View datastore information in vSphere Client

• Monitor datastore usage in vSphere Client

Virtual Machine Management

• Recognize the benefits of using VM templates

• Create and update a VM template

• Deploy a VM from an existing template

• Clone a virtual machine

• Recognize how to use guest OS customization specifications

• Deploy VMs from a content library

• Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template

• Perform a hot and cold migrations of VMs

• Identify requirements for using VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®

• Perform a vSphere Storage vMotion migration

• Identify use cases for VM snapshots

• Create and manage snapshots of a virtual machine

Resource Monitoring

• Recognize the purpose of each type of VM resource control

• Configure the resource allocation settings of a VM

• Observe the behavior of virtual machines with different share values

• Manage and acknowledge vSphere alarms

• Use performance charts to monitor VM CPU and memory usage

• Monitor tasks and events in vSphere Client

vSphere Clusters

• View information about the services that a vSphere cluster offers

• Recognize how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures

• Monitor vSphere HA during a host failure

• Describe how vSphere DRS works

• Interpret DRS scores given to VMs

• Recognize how to apply the appropriate vSphere DRS automation and migration threshold levels

• Describe how vSphere Fault Tolerance works

• Recognize how Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works

Boost certificate of completion

BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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Shareable Certificate

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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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