Course Outline:
Chapter 1 – Software Defined Datacenter
- Overview of Virtualization
- Overview of Public and Private Cloud
- How it all fits together
- Designing the Datacenter for today and tomorrow
- Key technologies for a virtual and private cloud datacenter
Chapter 2 – Installing and Managing ESXi
- Planning for the Installation
- Installing ESXi (Hands On Lab (HOL))
- Using the DCUI (HOL)
- ESXi Configuration Settings (HOL)
- Hostname Resolution (HOL)
- NTP (HOL)
- IP Address (HOL)
- Syslog (HOL)
- Accessing ESXi
- vSphere Client (HOL)
- Configuration Settings
- vSphere Host Client (HOL)
- Configuration Settings
- Management User Interface (MUI) (HOL)
- SSH Access (HOL)
- Managing ESXi
- esxcli and its many uses
- Controlling User Access (HOL)
- Active Directory Integration (HOL)
- Managing the Firewall (HOL)
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 3 – Installing and Managing vCenter
- vSphere/vCloud Licensing
- vCenter Requirements
- Minimum Specifications
- Database Requirements
- vCenter Architecture
- Planning vCenter Installation (HOL)
- Embedded Platform Services Controller
- External Platform Services Controller
- vCenter Single Sign-On (HOL)
- vSphere Web Client (HOL)
- Certificate Authority (HOL)
- Certificate Store
- vCenter Overview of Capabilities (HOL)
- Inventories
- Inventory Lists
- Hosts and Clusters
- VMs and Templates
- VM Templates in Folders
- Storage
- Networking
- Hybrid Cloud
- vCenter Orchestrator
- Monitoring
- Task Console
- Event Console
- vCenter Operations Manager
- Host Profiles
- VM Storage Policies
- Customization Specification Manager
- VM Placement Policies
- Administration
- Roles
- System Configuration
- Licensing
- Policies and Profiles
- Virtual Datacenters
- Content Libraries
- Managing vCenter related to general tasks (HOL)
- 1Troubleshooting vCenter Server and Database
- 1vCenter Appliance
Chapter 4 – Configuring and Managing a vSwitch
- Virtual Switch Types, Connections and Identification
- Physical NIC configuration
- vSwitch Features (HOL)
- Port Types (HOL)
- Cisco Discovery Protocol
- VLAN’s (HOL)
- Security Settings (HOL)
- Traffic Shaping
- NIC Teaming (HOL)
- Load Balancing Best Practices
- Physical Switch Configuration
- Using the CLI to create and manage vSwitches (HOL)
Chapter 5 – Configuring and Managing Storage
- Storage Overview
- iSCSI, Fiber Channel and NAS
- vStorage API’s
- Storage Multipathing (HOL)
- Storage Configuration
- iSCSI, FC and NAS (HOL)
- Monitoring Storage (HOL)
- Storage CLI Commands (HOL)
- Troubleshooting Software iSCSI
- Virtual Machine File System (HOL)
- vVols
- 1Raw Device Mapping (HOL)
- 1Solid State Disks
- 1Storage Views (HOL)
Chapter 6 – Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Overview of VM Hardware
- VMware® Tools (HOL)
- Creating a VM (HOL)
- Clones (HOL)
- Templates (HOL)
- Virtual Appliances (HOL)
- VMware® Converter (HOL)
- Managing the VM (HOL)
- Snapshots (HOL)
- Troubleshooting the VM
Chapter 7 – Configuring and Managing Distributed Switches
- DvSwitch Design Concepts
- Physical Switch Configuration
- DvSwitch Features
- Standard features (HOL)
- Port Types
- Port Groups (HOL)
- Port Binding
- Discovery Protocols (HOL)
- VLAN’s (HOL)
- Security Settings (HOL)
- Traffic Shaping
- NIC Teaming (HOL)
- vLoad Balancing
- Advanced features
- Network I/O Control (HOL)
- Port Mirroring
- NetFlow
- LACP Support
- Private VLANs (HOL)
- Traffic Filtering and Tagging (HOL)
- Uplink Settings
- Migrating from vSwitch’s to a DvSwitch (HOL)
- Using the CLI to create and manage a DvSwitch
Chapter 8 – vSphere Management
- Controlling User Access (HOL)
- vMotion (HOL)
- Storage vMotion (HOL)
- vCenter Host Cluster (HOL)
- Covers all Cluster Features
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (HOL)
- Using vApps (HOL)
- Other Management Options
- vCLI
- PowerCLI
- RVTools
Chapter 9 – vSphere Monitoring and Performance
- Configuring ESXi resources for best performance (HOL)
- Understanding the resources such as CPU, Memory and Disk
- Configuring the VM for best performance (HOL)
- Monitoring the vSphere and vCloud Infrastructure (HOL)
- vCenter Performance Tab (HOL)
- esxtop (HOL)
- Configuring Alarms (HOL)
- Using Resource Pools properly (HOL)
- Troubleshooting performance issues
- vSphere Logs (HOL)
Chapter 10 – Backup and Disaster Recovery Implementation and Management
- High Availability (HOL)
- Fault Domain Manager
- Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance
- Microsoft Clustering
- How it works
- Its uses in a vSphere Infrastructure
- Backup Solutions
- vSphere Data Protection (HOL)
- 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 (HOL)
- Stand Alone
- Using Update Manager (HOL)
- Patching Virtual Appliances
- Patching Virtual Machines
- Planning the Upgrade
- Performing the Upgrade
Appendix – Advanced features only covered in extended hour’s delivery (Bootcamp Format)
- Storage Advanced Features
- Storage I/O Control (HOL)
- Storage Clusters and Storage DRS (HOL)
- Profile Driven Storage (HOL)
- VMware® Virtual SAN
- Third Party Storage Management Solutions
- Advanced vSphere Management
- Host Profiles (HOL)
- Linked Mode
- vCenter Mobile Connectivity
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
- vSphere SDK
- Third Party performance monitoring tools (HOL)
- VMware® vCloud Director
- vCloud Networking and Security
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