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This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere®, which consists of VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter™ Server.

The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware® Certified Professional 5 exam.

Students who complete this course may enroll in any of several more advanced vSphere courses. For advanced course options, see www.vmware.com/education.

Prerequisites

• System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Associated Certifications

• None

Target Audience

• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• Operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter Server

Course Objectives

• Install and configure ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection

Course Outline

1. Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2. Introduction to VMware Virtualization
• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces
3. Virtual Machines
• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance
4. VMware vCenter Server
• Identify vCenter Server and database requirements
• Describe vCenter Server architecture
• Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
• View and create vCenter Server inventory objects
5. Configure and Manage Virtual Networks
• Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
6. Configure and Manage vSphere Storage
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Configure, deploy, and manage the VMware Virtual Storage Appliance
7. Virtual Machine Management
• Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter™
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vMotion® and Storage vMotion
migrations
8. Access and Authentication Control
• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• Introduce vShield Zones
9. Resource Management and Monitoring
• Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
• Introduce VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
10. Data Protection
• Discuss strategies for backing up ESXi hosts
• Introduce the backup/recovery APIs
• Discuss strategies for backing up virtual machines
11. High Availability and Fault Tolerance
• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance
12. Scalability
• Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
• Configuring Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Using VMware HA and DRS together
13. Patch Management
• Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager
14. Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components
• Introduce ESXi Installable installation
• Introduce vCenter Server installation
• Additional vCenter Server module installation