Course Outline:
Chapter 1 – Course Introduction
Chapter 2 – Virtualization and Cloud Overview
- Overview of Virtualization
- Overview of Cloud Technologies
- Designing the Datacenter for today and tomorrow
- Key technologies for a virtual and private could datacenter
Chapter 3 – Installing and Managing ESXi
- Planning for the Installation
- Installing ESXi
- Using the DCUI
- vSphere Client
- ESXi Configuration Settings
- Hostname Resolution
- NTP
- IP Address
- Syslog
- Accessing ESXi
- Management User Interface (MUI)
- SSH Access
- Managing ESXi
- esxcli and its many uses
- Controlling User Access
- Active Directory Integration
- Managing the Firewall
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 – Installing and Managing vCenter
- vSphere/vCloud Licensing
- vCenter Requirements
- Minimum Specifications
- Database Requirements
- vCenter Architecture
- Planning vCenter Installation
- vCenter Single Sign-On
- vCenter Installation
- vSphere Web Client
- vCenter Overview of Capabilities
- Managing vCenter related to general tasks
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server and Database
Chapter 5 – Configuring and Managing the Network
- Virtual Switch Types, Connections and Identification
- Physical NIC configuration
- vSwitch Features
- Port Types
- Cisco Discovery Protocol
- VLAN’s
- Security Settings
- Traffic Shaping
- NIC Teaming
- Load Balancing Best Practices
- Physical Switch Configuration
- Using the CLI to create and manage vSwitches
Chapter 6 – Configuring and Managing Storage
- Storage Overview
- iSCSI, Fiber Channel and NAS
- vStorage API’s
- Storage Multipathing
- Storage Configuration
- iSCSI, FC and NAS
- Monitoring Storage
- Storage CLI Commands
- Troubleshooting Software iSCSI
- Virtual Machine File System
- Raw Device Mapping
- Solid State Disks
- Storage Views
Chapter 7 – Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Overview of VM Hardware
- VMware® Tools
- Creating a VM
- Clones
- Templates
- Virtual Appliances
- VMware® Converter
- Managing the VM
- Snapshots
- Troubleshooting the VM
Chapter 8 – vSphere Management
- Controlling User Access
- vMotion
- Storage vMotion
- vCenter Host Cluster
- Covers all Cluster Features
- Distributed Resource Scheduler
- Using vApps
- Other Management Options
- vCLI
- PowerCLI
- RVTools
Chapter 9 – vSphere Monitoring and Performance
- Configuring ESXi resources for best performance
- Understanding the resources such as CPU, Memory and Disk
- Configuring the VM for best performance
- Monitoring the vSphere and vCloud Infrastructure
- vCenter Performance Tab
- esxtop
- Configuring Alarms
- Using Resource Pools properly
- Troubleshooting performance issues
- vSphere Logs
Chapter 10 – Backup and Disaster Recovery Implementation and Management
- High Availability
- Fault Domain Manager
- Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance
- Microsoft Clustering
- How it works
- Its uses in a vSphere Infrastructure
- Backup Solutions
- vSphere Data Protection
- Third Party Solutions
- Disaster Recovery Solutions
- vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Third Party Solutions
Chapter 11 – vSphere Upgrading and Patch Management
- Why do we worry about patching and upgrading?
- Patching the ESXi host
- Stand Alone
- Using Update Manager
- Patching Virtual Appliances
- Patching Virtual Machines
- Planning the Upgrade
- Performing the Upgrade
Appendix – Advanced features only covered in extended hour’s delivery (Bootcamp Format)
- vCenter Appliance Deployment
- Third Party and Advanced Installation Options
- vSphere Image Builder
- vSphere Auto Deploy
- UDA and other 3rd party tools
- Distributed Switch Configuration, Management and Best Practices
- Overview
- Covers every component and feature of the distributed switch
- Third Party Distributed Switches
- Storage Advanced Features
- Storage I/O Control
- Storage Clusters and Storage DRS
- Profile Driven Storage
- VMware® Virtual SAN
- Third Party Storage Management Solutions
- Advanced vSphere Management
- Host Profiles
- Linked Mode
- Third party monitoring tools
- vCenter Mobile Connectivity
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
- vSphere SDK
- GUI Setup – cannot remember
- Third Party performance monitoring tools
- VMware® vCloud Director
- vCloud Networking and Security
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