VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training

Course details

In this course, technical trainer and experienced information technology professional Rick Crisci explains vSphere concepts like VMFS and NFS storage, templates, cloning, vCenter and ESXi installation, the Update Manager, and VSAN. Plus, expand your knowledge through live instructor demos of many common tasks that you may need to perform as a vSphere Administrator using the vSphere Web Client.

Learning objectives
Learn about vSphere editions.
Install and configure ESXi.
Explore virtual networking with vSphere.
Work with distributed and standard switches.
Understand virtual storage.
Create NFS data stores.
Learn to use iSCSI storage.
Build an understanding of vSAN.
Create virtual machines and vApps.
Duplicate machines with templates and cloning.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Getting started
02 - Getting certified
03 - Connect and get recognized

1. vSphere Systems

04 - vSphere license editions
05 - Virtualization basics
06 - vCenter and the Platform Services Controller (PSC)
07 - What's new in vCenter 6.5
08 - Deploy vCenter Service Appliance (vCSA) 6.5
09 - Licensing vCenter and ESXi
10 - Demo - ESXi installation
11 - Demo - Basic ESXi configuration
12 - Content libraries
13 - Update Manager
14 - Demo - Update Manager

2. Networking

15 - Virtual networking
16 - vSphere Standard Switches
17 - vSphere Distributed Switches
18 - Virtual switch features
19 - Demo - Create a vSphere Standard Switch
20 - Demo - Create a vSphere Distributed Switch
21 - Demo - Create vSphere Distributed Switch features

3. Storage

22 - Storage virtualization
23 - VMFS vs. NFS
24 - NFS 3 vs. NFS 4.1
25 - Demo - Create an NFS data store
26 - Fibre Channel storage
27 - LUN masking
28 - Zoning
29 - Fibre Channel over ethernet
30 - iSCSI storage
31 - Software iSCSI
32 - Dependent hardware iSCSI
33 - Independent hardware iSCSI Initiator
34 - iSCSI target discovery
35 - Demo - Dynamic discovery
36 - vSAN, part 1
37 - vSAN, part 2

4. VMs and Apps

38 - Demo - Create a virtual machine (VM)
39 - Demo - Install VMware tools
40 - Demo - Inflate a thin-provisioned disk
41 - Demo - Create a vApp
42 - Demo - Working with templates
43 - Demo - Clone a VM
44 - Demo - Import an OVF template
45 - Snapshots

5. Administer Availability

46 - Introduction
47 - vMotion
48 - Demo - Configuring for vMotion
49 - Demo - vMotion
50 - Demo - Scheduled vMotion
51 - Storage vMotion
52 - Demo - Storage vMotion
53 - High Availability (HA) introduction
54 - Admission control
55 - vSphere 6.5 - What's new in HA
56 - Demo - HA
57 - Demo - Proactive HA

6. Administer Resource Management Features

58 - Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
59 - DRS affinity rules
60 - DRS and vCenter
61 - DRS and maintenance mode
62 - DRS and automation levels
63 - DRS and resource fragmentation
64 - vSphere 6.5 - What's new in DRS
65 - Demo - DRS
66 - Fault tolerance
67 - Demo - Fault tolerance
68 - Resource pools
69 - vSphere data protection

7. Troubleshooting vSphere 6.x

70 - vSphere data protection
71 - Demo - Verify VM network config
72 - Demo - Verify host networking
73 - ESXi management agents
74 - Demo - Troubleshoot common installation issues
75 - Demo - Troubleshoot common storage issues

8. Monitoring vSphere 6.x

76 - Demo - Troubleshoot common VM issues
77 - Gathering and uploading logs
78 - Demo - Alarms