Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Operators and application owners who are responsible for deploying and managing policies for multiple Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and public cloud environments. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control architecture Configure user and group access Create access, image registry, network, security, quota, and custom policies Connect your on-premises vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor cluster to VMware Tanzu Mission Control Create, manage, and backup Tanzu Kubernetes clusters Perform cluster inspections Monitor and secure Kubernetes environments During this two-day course, you focus on using VMware Tanzu© Mission Control? to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters. The course covers how to apply access, image registry, network, security, quota, and custom policies to Kubernetes environments. For cluster provisioning and management, the course focuses on deploying, upgrading, backing up and monitoring Kubernetes clusters on VMware vSphere© with Tanzu. Given the abstractions of VMware Tanzu Mission Control, the learnings should be transferrable to public cloud. Introducing VMware Tanzu Mission Control VMware Tanzu Mission Control Accessing VMware Tanzu Mission Control VMware Cloud? services access control VMware Tanzu Mission Control architecture Cluster Management Attached clusters Management clusters Provisioned clusters Cluster inspections Data protection VMware Tanzu© Observability? by Wavefront VMware Tanzu© Service Mesh? Policy Management Policy management Access policies Image registry policies Network policies Security policies Quota policies Custom policies Policy insights
Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Primary audience: IT administrators, architects, and business leaders who already manage Nutanix clusters in the datacenter, but who would like more in-depth knowledge of Nutanix datacenter administration. Anyone seeking preparation for the Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP) Advanced certification (in development).Secondary audience: Managers and technical staff seeking more detailed information before making a purchase decision. Overview Protect intellectual property and company data to guarantee business continuity with a complete, advanced data protection strategy.Practice advanced datacenter management procedures using hands on labs.Get the most out of Nutanix systems by maximizing configuration and operation for peak efficiency.Validate new skills by preparing for and completing the Nutanix Platform Professional Advanced certification. The Nutanix AAPM Advanced Administration & Performance Management course is an advanced level training program for experienced Nutanix data center administrators, technicians, and support personnel.The course features comprehensive coverage of performance management for Nutanix clusters, including options for performance optimization, troubleshooting issues and tuning. Learn through hands-on labs to monitor system performance, advanced networking and storage to help optimize data center administration.Advanced Administration explains in detail how to use the major Acropolis services such as Acropolis Block Services (ABS) and Acropolis File Services (AFS). The course also explains how to define and manage assets and applications using Calm, including how to connect to clouds, automation of the Life Cycle Management (LCM) application, and how to implement and configure Self Service Portal and governance.Take advantage of Flash mode to improve system performance as well as how to effectively clone and delete VMs, move them between storage containers, and how to manage VMs (tagging, sizing, migration). Performance ManagementManaging Controller VM ServicesAdvanced Virtual Machine AdministrationImplementing Business Continuity/Disaster RecoveryConfiguring Advanced NetworkingCustomizing Security ServicesManaging Acropolis ServicesPrism Central Management
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for Administrator, Database Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to Configure and use Transparent Data Encryption, Understand and use Oracle Key Vault, Understand Oracle Data Redaction, Understand and use Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting, Understand security risks and identify appropriate Oracle solutions, Configure general authentication and authorization, Understand and implement Global Users, Set up and maintain a simple wallet, Install and use Oracle Database Vault, and Configure and use Transparent Sensitive Data Protection. In the Oracle Database Security: Preventive Controls course, students learn how they can use Oracle Database Security products and technologies to meet the security, privacy and compliance requirements of their organization. In the Oracle Database Security: Preventive Controls course, students learn how they can use Oracle Database Security products and technologies to meet the security, privacy and compliance requirements of their organization. Additional course details: Nexus Humans Oracle Database Security - Preventive Controls training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Oracle Database Security - Preventive Controls course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Implementers and administrators who have experience with IBM Spectrum Protect. Overview After completing this course, you should be able to: Describe a multi-server IBM Spectrum Protect storage environment. Manage storage containers and traditional storage pools. Configure a multi-server environment. Improve data protection and recovery with replication. Enable advanced client functions. Protect and monitor the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. Use scripting to automate daily processing. Optimize the IBM Spectrum Protect server and client. Troubleshoot common problems. Describe the other IBM Spectrum Protect family products. IBM Spectrum Protect, formerly known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, is a data backup and recovery solution designed to help you manage your data retention, reduce the cost of storage, and provide appropriate recovery point objectives to meet any service level agreement. IBM Spectrum Protect offers improved efficiency and flexibility using objectbased data management, policy-driven retention, and an easy to use interface, the Operations Center.In this advanced-level course, you streamline your daily operations with the latest features, such as using Retention Sets for data retention, and using the Web Client 2.0 to restore data. You use the Operations Center and administrative command line to manage multiple IBM Spectrum Protect servers and nodes. This course also includes scripting, performance tuning, restoring the database and storage, and an overview of integration with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6. The hands-on exercises are performed on two Windows 2016 R2 virtual machines.This course is the second in a two-course series. It is for storage administrators familiar with the daily management of IBM Spectrum Protect, and focuses on the latest features, such as container pool storage. Basic concepts and installation are not covered in this course. TS618G, the first course in the series, IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.9 Implementation and Administration, covers basic administration and installation. Unit 1 The IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.11 environment Unit 2 Storage pool management overview Unit 3 Multi- server management Unit 4 Recovery and long-term retention Unit 5 Client functions and management Unit 6 Daily maintenance and monitoring Unit 7 Automation and scripting Unit 8 Tuning the server and client for optimization Unit 9 Troubleshooting and recovery
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Operators and application owners who are responsible for deploying and managing policies for multiple Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and public cloud environments. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control architecture Configure user and group access Create access, image registry, network, security, quota, and custom policies Connect your on-premises vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor cluster to VMware Tanzu Mission Control Create, manage, and backup Tanzu Kubernetes clusters Perform cluster inspections Monitor and secure Kubernetes environments During this two-day course, you focus on using VMware Tanzu© Mission Control? to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters. The course covers how to apply access, image registry, network, security, quota, and custom policies to Kubernetes environments. For cluster provisioning and management, the course focuses on deploying, upgrading, backing up and monitoring Kubernetes clusters on VMware vSphere© with Tanzu. Given the abstractions of VMware Tanzu Mission Control, the learnings should be transferrable to public cloud. Introducing VMware Tanzu Mission Control VMware Tanzu Mission Control Accessing VMware Tanzu Mission Control VMware Cloud? services access control VMware Tanzu Mission Control architecture Cluster Management Attached clusters Management clusters Provisioned clusters Cluster inspections Data protection VMware Tanzu© Observability? by Wavefront VMware Tanzu© Service Mesh? Policy Management Policy management Access policies Image registry policies Network policies Security policies Quota policies Custom policies Policy insights Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Tanzu Mission Control: Management and Operations 2022 training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Tanzu Mission Control: Management and Operations 2022 course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Implementers and administrators who are new to IBM Spectrum Protect data management. Overview Describe the purpose of IBM Spectrum Protect Install and configure the IBM Spectrum Protect components Use the administrative and client interfaces Discuss storage methodology options and create storage pool Customize data movement and retention policies to meet business requirements Configure the IBM Spectrum Protect database and storage pools for protection Optimize client configuration Perform backup, restore, archive and retrieve operations Organize daily tasks required to protect the IBM Spectrum Protect environment Automate and monitor client and administrative tasks and events IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.12 is a data backup and recovery solution designed to help you manage your data retention, reduce the cost of storage, and provide appropriate recovery point objectives to meet any service level agreement. IBM Spectrum Protect offers improved efficiency and flexibility using object-based data management and policy driven retention.This five-day course will focus on implementation and basic administration of an IBM Spectrum Protect environment. The hands-on lab exercises are performed on a Windows 2016 environment. The course materials include examples of AIX and Linux commands, when different from Windows. Unit 1 Concepts and components Unit 2 Installation and configuration Unit 3 Interfaces and monitoring Unit 4 Storage pools and devices Unit 5 Policy management, data movement, and expiration Unit 6 Server database and storage pool management Unit 7 Client configuration and management Unit 8 Client data protection Unit 9 Daily operations and maintenance Unit 10 Schedules and reports Additional course details: Nexus Humans TS619G IBM Spectrum Protect version 8.1.12 Implementation and Administration training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the TS619G IBM Spectrum Protect version 8.1.12 Implementation and Administration course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for Collaboration engineers and administration professionals in job roles such as: Network administrator Network architect Network designer Network engineer Network manager Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Analyze and troubleshoot SIP, H.323, and media protocols Implement time-of-day routing, call park, call pickup, and meet-me conferences in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Implement call coverage in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Mobility Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager Extension Mobility Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager Unified Mobility Implement Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express for SIP phones Implement globalized call routing within and between Cisco Unified Communications Manager clusters Implement Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) fallback and Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and in Cisco IOS XE gateways Implement Call Admission Control and Automated Alternate Routing (AAR) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Implement URI calling in Cisco Unified Communications Manager for calls within a cluster and between clusters Troubleshoot multisite Cisco Unified Communications Manager deployments Implement Intercluster Lookup Service (ILS) between Cisco Unified Communications Manager clusters and enable General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Border Element In this course, you will learn how to use Cisco© Unified Communications Manager features to consolidate your communications infrastructure into a scalable, portable, and secure collaboration solution. This course prepares you for the 300-815 Implementing Cisco Advanced Call Control and Mobility Services (CLACCM) concentration exam and CCNP-Collaboration certification. Course Outline Analyzing and Troubleshooting Signaling and Media Protocols Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Supplemental Services Implementing Call Coverage in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Mobility Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Communications Manager Extension Mobility Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco Unified CM Unified Mobility Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Implementing Globalized Call Routing Implementing Remote Site Survivability Implementing Call Admission Control in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Implementing URI Calling in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Troubleshooting Multisite Cisco Unified Communications Manager Deployments Examining Global Dial Plan Replication Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Border Element Lab outline Analyze SIP, H.323, and Media Protocols Troubleshoot SIP and Media Protocols Implement Cisco Unified Communications Manager Supplemental Services Implement Call Hunting and Call Queueing in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configure Device Mobility Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Mobility Configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager Extension Mobility Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager Extension Mobility Configure Cisco Unified Mobility Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Mobility Implement Endpoints in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Implement Endpoint Addressing and Call Routing in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Implement Calling Privileges in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Implement Hunt Groups, Call Park, and Paging in Cisco United Communications Manager Express Implement Globalized Call Routing Implement TEHO, PSTN Backup, and CoS in a Globalized Call-Routing Deployment Implement MGCP Fallback and Survivable Remote Site Telephony Implement Call Admission Control Implement a URI-Based Dial Plan for Multisite Deployments Troubleshoot Globalized Call Routing Troubleshoot Call Admission Control Implement Global Dial Plan Replication Implement Cisco Unified Border Element Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Border Element
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Administrators or application owners who are responsible for deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters and workloads Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control architecture Configure user and group access Create and manage Kubernetes clusters Control access Create image registry, network, quota, security, custom and mutation policies Connect your on-premises vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor to VMware Tanzu Mission Control Create, manage, and back up VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid⢠clusters Create and manage Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters Perform cluster inspections Manage packages in your clusters Monitor and secure Kubernetes environments During this two-day course, you focus on using VMware Tanzu© Mission Control? to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters. The course covers how to apply image registry, network, security, quota, custom, and mutation policies to Kubernetes environments. It focuses on how to deploy, upgrade, back up, and monitor Kubernetes clusters on VMware vSphere© with VMware Tanzu©, and it also covers package management using the VMware Tanzu Mission Control catalog. Course Introduction Introduction and course logistics Course Objectives What Is VMware Tanzu Mission Control Describe VMware Tanzu Mission Control Describe vSphere with Tanzu Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Describe VMware Tanzu© for Kubernetes Operations Explain how to request access to VMware Tanzu Mission Control Describe VMware Cloud? services Describe the VMware Cloud services catalog Explain how to access VMware Tanzu Mission Control Identify the components of VMware Tanzu Mission Control Explain the resource hierarchy of VMware Tanzu Mission Control Access, Users, and Groups Explain VMware Cloud services and enterprise federation Describe VMware Cloud services roles Explain multifactor authentication Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control UI List the components of the VMware Tanzu Mission Control UI Describe the VMware Tanzu CLI Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control API Cluster Lifecycle Management Outline the steps for registering a management cluster to VMware Tanzu Mission Control Discuss what a management cluster is Describe provisioners Explain the purpose of a cloud provider account Describe Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Describe Azure Kubernetes Service Workload Clusters Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters Explain how to create a cluster Explain how to configure a cluster Describe Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service workload clusters Describe Azure Kubernetes Service workload clusters Explain how to attach a Kubernetes cluster Explain how to verify the connections to the cluster Describe cluster health Policy Management Explain how access policies grant users access to different resources Describe the policy model Describe the available policy types Explain how image registry policies restrict from which image registries container images can be pulled Outline how network policies are applied to clusters Discuss how security policies control deployment of pods in a cluster Discuss how quota policies manage resource consumption in your clusters Discuss how custom policies implement specialized policies that govern your Kubernetes clusters Describe mutation policies Explain how Policy Insights reports VMware Tanzu Mission Control policy issues Control Catalog Describe the VMware Tanzu Mission Control catalog Explain how to install packages Describe cert-manager Explain Service Discovery and ExternalDNS Describe Multus CNI and Whereabouts Describe Fluent-Bit Explain Prometheus and Grafana Describe Harbor Describe Flux Describe Helm Describe Git repositories Tanzu Mission Control Day 2 Operations Describe data protection Describe cluster inspections Explain life cycle management Describe VMware Aria Operations? for Applications Discuss VMware Tanzu© Service Mesh? Advanced edition Describe VMware Aria Cost? powered by CloudHealth©
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for Azure Administrators who migrate and manage SAP solutions on Azure. Azure Administrators manage the cloud services that span storage, networking, and compute cloud capabilities, with a deep understanding of each service across the full IT lifecycle. They take end-user requests for new cloud applications and make recommendations on services to use for optimal performance and scale, as well as provision, size, monitor and adjust as appropriate. This role requires communicating and coordinating with vendors. Azure Administrators use the Azure Portal and as they become more proficient they use PowerShell and the Command Line Interface. Overview After completing this course, students will be able to: Migrate and SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver to Azure Leverage Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Use intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering and VNet-to-VNet connections Work with Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Azure AD Connect As an IT Professionals experienced in SAP solutions, you will discover how to leverage Azure resources that include deployment and configuration of virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Azure AD that includes implementing and managing hybrid identities. You will also be introduced to concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs that will empower you to best plan and implement migration and operation of an SAP solution on Azure. You will also receive guidance on subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution. Introduction Contains an overview of the SAP and Microsoft partnership. Foundations of SAP on Azure Contains brief lessons on Azure compute, Azure storage, Azure networking, SAP HANA for Azure (Large Instances), identity services, governance and manageability, backup and data protection services, and migration services. SAP Certified Offerings on Azure Contains lessons on general prerequisites (SAP support in public cloud environments), deployment options of Azure for SAP workloads, SAP product-specific support for Azure, operating System support of Azure for SAP workloads, storage support of Azure for SAP workloads, networking support for SAP, database support for SAP, high availability and disaster recovery support for SAP, and monitoring requirements for SAP. Lab : Online Lab: Implementing Linux clustering on Azure VMs Lab : Online Lab: Implementing Windows clustering on Azure VMs SAP on Azure Reference Architecture Contains lessons on SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB, SAP S4 HANA, and SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) on Azure VMs. Planning for Implementing SAP Solutions on Azure Contains lessons on Azure VM compute, network, and storage considerations. As well as Azure VM high availability and disaster recovery, Azure VM backup considerations, Azure VM monitoring considerations, Azure VM security considerations, and Azure VM authentication and access control considerations. Planning for Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure Contains lessons on strategies for migrating SAP systems to Microsoft Azure and SAP a workload planning and deployment checklist. Implementing Azure VM-based SAP Solutions Contains lessons on Azure VM deployment methodologies, single-instance implementations (2-tier or 3-tier), implementing HA SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure VMs, implementing HA SAP HANA on Azure VMs, configure the Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP, and implementing AD and Azure AD-based authentication. Module 8-Deploying HANA Large Instances (HLI) Contains a lesson on implementing HANA Large Instances (HLI). Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure Contains lessons on migration options, DMO methodologies, cloud migration options, and Very Large Database Migration to Azure. Lab : Online Lab-Implement SAP architecture on Azure VMs running Linux Lab : Online Lab-Implement SAP architecture on Azure VMs running Windows Maintaining SAP on Azure Contains lessons on, remote management, performing backups and restores, OS and workload updates, vertical and horizontal scaling, and Disaster Recovery (DR). Monitoring and Troubleshooting SAP on Azure Contains lessons on monitoring Azure VMs, monitoring SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances), and integrating SAP solutions with Microsoft cloud services.
Duration 4.875 Days 29.25 CPD hours This course is intended for VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size and forms the foundation for most otherVMware technologies in the software-defined data center. Overview Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC) Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline 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 Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS datastores Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library Manage virtual machine resource use Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion Create and manage a 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 This is an official VMware IT Academy course with official courseware and labs. Course introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center Explain basic virtualization concepts Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts Describe the ESXi host architecture Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi host Recognize ESXi host user account best practices Install an ESXi host Use VMware Host Client? to configure ESXi host settings Describe how to proactively manage your vSphere environment using VMware Skyline Virtual Machines Create and provision a virtual machine Explain the importance of VMware Tools? Install VMware Tools Identify the files that make up a VM Recognize the components of a VM Recognize virtual devices supported by a VM Describe the benefits and use cases for containers Identify the parts of a container system vCenter Server Describe the vCenter Server architecture Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory Back up vCenter Server Appliance Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health Use VMware vCenter Server© High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks Create and manage standard switches Describe the virtual switch connection types Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policies Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage Identify storage protocols and storage device types Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage Recognize the components of a VMware vSAN? configuration Virtual Machine Management Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines Modify and manage virtual machines Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility feature Create and manage virtual machine snapshots Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere© Replication? Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere© Storage APIs ? Data Protection Resource Management and Monitoring Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment Describe what overcommitment of a resource means Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage Use various tools to monitor resource use Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events vSphere Clusters Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster Create a vSphere DRS cluster Monitor a vSphere cluster configuration Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available Explain the vSphere HA architecture Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere© Fault Tolerance Describe the function of the vSphere© Cluster Service vSphere Lifecycle Management Recognize the importance of vCenter Server Update Planner Describe how VMware vSphere© Lifecycle Manager? works Describe how to update ESXi hosts using baselines Validate ESXi host compliance using a cluster image Describe how to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware Describe VMware vSphere© Lifecycle Manager? and VMware vSAN? integration