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Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators

Overview

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs
Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
Configure vCenter High Availability
Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance
Use the vSphere Client to manage certificates
Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client
Secure vCenter, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment
Use VMware vSphere Trust Authority to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources

This five-day course teaches you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure. You also discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. Attend this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Virtual Machine Operations

Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository

Configure a VMware Tools Repository

Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs

Identify the components in the vSphere Replication architecture

Deploy and configure vSphere Replication

Recover replicated VMs

vSphere Cluster Operations

Create and manage resource pools in a cluster

Describe how scalable shares work

Describe the function of the vCLS

Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

Network Operations

Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches

Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance

Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow

Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Storage Operations

Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies

Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration

Describe storage policy-based management

Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture

Configure Storage I/O Control

vCenter and ESXi Operations

Create a vCenter backup schedule

Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability

Explain how vCenter High Availability works

Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance

Use the vSphere client to manage vSphere certificates

vSphere Monitoring

Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance

Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance

Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use

Create custom alarms in vCenter

Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline

Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro

vSphere Security and Access Control

Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines

Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols

Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases

Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider

vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption

Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication

Describe virtual machine security features

Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture

Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs

List VM encryption events and alarms

Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority

Configure vSphere Trust Authority

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VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]

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