Course Content
VMware Virtualization
- Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
- Server, network, and storage virtualization concepts
- Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
- Install and use vSphere user interfaces
Virtual Machines
- Virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
- Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance
VMware vCenter Server
- vCenter Server and database requirements
- vCenter Server architecture
- Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
- View and create vCenter Server inventory objects
- Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
- Create and manage a standard virtual switch
- Modify standard virtual switch properties
Configure and Manage vSphere Storage
- Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
- Create and manage vSphere datastores
- Configure, deploy, and manage the Datastores
Virtual Machine Management
- Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Perform VMware vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations
Access and Authentication Control
- Control user access through roles and permissions
- Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
- Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
- vShield Zones
Resource Management and Monitoring
- Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
- VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
- Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
Scalability
- Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
- Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- Using VMware HA and DRS together
Labs
Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces
- Access your student desktop system
- Install the vSphere Client
- Install the Web Client (Server)
Configuring VMware ESXi
- Connect to an ESXi host with the VMware vSphere Client
- View host hardware configuration
- Configure DNS and routing information for an ESXi host
- Configure the ESXi host as an NTP client
Working with Virtual Machines
- Create a virtual machine
- Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
- Identify a virtual machine's disk format and usage statistics
- Install VMware Tools into a virtual machine installed with a Windows operating system
- Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and an ESXi host
- Copy programs from CD to your virtual machine
Configure VMware vCenter Server
- Configure the vCenter Server
- Register VMware vSphere Web Client with vCenter Server appliance
- Connect to the vCenter Server with the vSphere Client
Using VMware vCenter Server
- Create a vCenter Server inventory datacenter object
- Create vCenter Server inventory folder objects
- Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory
- Manage vSphere license keys
Standard Virtual Switches
- View the current standard virtual switch configuration
- Create a standard virtual switch with a virtual machine port group
- Attach your virtual machine to the ProdVMs port group
Accessing IP Storage
- Add a VMkernel port group to a standard virtual switch
- Configure the iSCSI software adapter
- Configure access to NFS datastores
- View iSCSI and NFS storage information
Managing VMware vSphere VMFS
- Review your shared storage configuration
- Change the name of a VMFS datastore
- Create a VMFS datastores
- Expand a VMFS datastore to consume unused space on a LUN
- Remove a VMFS datastore
- Extend a VMFS datastore
Using Templates and Clones
- Create a template
- Copy Sysprep files to the vCenter Server appliance
- Create customization specifications
- Deploy a virtual machine from a template
- Clone a virtual machine that is powered on
Modifying a Virtual Machine
- Increase the size of a VMDK file
- Adjust memory allocation on a virtual machine
- Rename a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
- Add a raw LUN to a virtual machine and verify that the guest operating system can see it
- Expand a thin-provisioned virtual disk
Migrating Virtual Machines
- Create a virtual switch and VMkernel port group for vMotion migration
- Verify that your ESXi host meets vMotion requirements
- Verify that your virtual machines meet vMotion requirements
- Perform a vMotion migration of a virtual machine
- Migrate virtual machine files with Storage vMotion
Managing Virtual Machines
- Unregister a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
- Register a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
- Unregister and delete virtual machines from disk
- Take snapshots of a virtual machine
- Revert to a snapshot
- Delete an individual snapshot
- Using the Delete All function in Snapshot Manager
Access Control
- Create a custom role in vCenter Server appliance
- Assign permissions on vCenter Server inventory objects
- Verify permission usability
Resource Pools
- Create a resource pool named Fin-Test
- Create a resource pool named Fin-Prod
- Verify resource pool functionality
Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
- Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
- Undo changes made to your virtual machines
Using Alarms
- Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for a condition
- Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for an event
- Trigger virtual machine alarms and acknowledge them
- Disable virtual machine alarms
Using vSphere High Availability
- Create a cluster enabled for vSphere HA
- Add your ESXi host to a cluster
- Test vSphere HA functionality
- Prepare for the next lab
vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
- Create a DRS cluster
- Verify proper DRS cluster functionality
- Create, test, and disable affinity rules
- Create, test, and disable anti-affinity rules
- Create, test, and disable virtual machine to host affinity rules
