VMware vSphere 6.7 Professional

12h 42mBeginner2024-06-11

Authors

Rick Crisci

Technical Trainer and Information Technology Professional

Course details

VMware vSphere is everywhere. Non-virtualized data centers are a thing of the past, and in order to stay relevant, you must understand vSphere. In this course, technical trainer and experienced IT professional Rick Cresci guides you through vSphere 6.7 basics. Learn about vSphere Distributed Switch features and policies, as well as storage basics and storage advanced concepts. Explore monitoring, security, and the Update Manager. Find out how to manage licenses and VM updates, as well as ESXi and vCenter upgrades. Go over deploying ESXi Hosts and VMs, VM resource management, and the Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). Plus, dive into practical information on troubleshooting, backups, and recovery. This course can be a helpful part of your preparations for the VCP 6.7 DCV exam.

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationNetwork and System AdministrationOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Managing networking in vSphere

1. vSphere Networking Basics

02 - Virtual networking foundations
03 - vSphere Standard Switches
04 - vSphere Distributed Switches
05 - Demo - Create a vSphere 6.7 Distributed Switch
06 - vSphere Distributed Switch features

2. vSphere Distributed Switch Features and Policies

07 - Demo - Configure distributed port groups
08 - Demo - Configure vDS security policies
09 - Demo - Configure vDS NIC teaming and failover
10 - Demo - Configure traffic shaping
11 - Demo - Migrate VMs to a vSphere 6.7 Distributed Switch
12 - Demo - Verify vSphere 6.7 network configuration
13 - Network I O Control (NIOC)
14 - Demo - Configure NIOC in vSphere 6.7
15 - Private VLANs
16 - Demo - Configure private VLANs
17 - Demo - Configure port mirroring
18 - Demo - Configure NetFlow

3. vSphere Storage Basics

19 - Managing storage with vSphere
20 - Storage performance overview
21 - VMFS and NFS datastores
22 - NFS3 and NFS4.1 datastores with ESXi 6.7
23 - Demo - Create an NFS datastore
24 - Introduction to iSCSI
25 - Connecting hosts and storage with software iSCSI
26 - Demo - Software iSCSI storage config
27 - Demo - Create a vSphere 6.7 VMFS datastore
28 - Demo - Expand a VMFS datastore
29 - Storage port bindings and multipathing policies
30 - Dependent hardware iSCSI and ESXi 6.7
31 - Independent hardware iSCSI and ESXi 6.7

4. vSphere Storage Advanced Concepts

32 - Introduction to Storage DRS (SDRS)
33 - Demo - Create a Storage DRS cluster
34 - vSAN 6.7 vs. traditional storage arrays
35 - Introduction to vSAN 6.7 architecture
36 - vSAN 6.7 disk groups
37 - Demo - vSAN 6.7 network configuration
38 - Demo - Create a vSAN6.7 cluster
39 - Virtual volumes (VVOL)
40 - Demo - Storage I O Control (SIOC)
41 - VMFS metadata consistency

5. vSphere Monitoring

42 - Monitoring tools
43 - The vSphere 6.7 CPU scheduler
44 - Demo - Monitoring virtual machines in vSphere 6.7
45 - Demo - Introduction to ESXTOP
46 - Demo - Use ESXTOP to monitor ESXi 6.7

6. vSphere 6.7 Security

47 - Securing a deployment
48 - vCenter 6.7 single sign-on
49 - Demo - vCenter 6.7 single sign-on
50 - Demo - Configure vCenter 6.7 roles and permissions
51 - Demo - VM encryption for vSphere 6.7
52 - Demo - Secure boot and encrypted vMotion in vSphere 6.7
53 - Demo - Working with ESXi 6.7 host firewall and services
54 - Demo - Lockdown mode on an ESXi 6.7 host

7. Update Manager

55 - Updates and upgrades
56 - Introduction to Update Manager 6.7
57 - Configure Update Manager 6.7
58 - Demo - Using Update Manager 6.7 to patch ESXi hosts

8. Managing Licenses and VM Updates

59 - Demo - Apply vSphere 6.7 and vCenter license keys
60 - Demo - Install VMware tools on vSphere 6.7 virtual machines
61 - Demo - Update VMware tools for vSphere 6.7
62 - Demo - Update virtual hardware on vSphere 6.7 VMs

9. ESXi and vCenter Upgrades

63 - ESXi upgrade methods for vSphere 6.7
64 - Demo - Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to ESXi 6.7
65 - Demo - Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to ESXi 6.7 with Update Manager
66 - Demo - Migrate vCenter for Windows to vCSA 6.7
67 - Demo - Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance (6.5 to 6.7)

10. Deploying ESXi Hosts

68 - Deploying VMs and hosts
69 - Using Auto Deploy to Image ESXi 6.7 hosts
70 - ESXi 6.7 host profiles

11. Deploying VMs

71 - Create a new virtual machine (VM) in vSphere 6.7
72 - Demo - Deploy VMs from a template in vSphere 6.7
73 - Demo - Create vCenter 6.7 content libraries
74 - Demo - Register and un-register a VM in vSphere 6.7
75 - Demo - Working with VMX files and vSphere 6.7 VMs
76 - Demo - Advanced VM settings in vSphere 6.7
77 - Demo - Deploying VMs using vCenter Converter 6.7

12. VM Resource Management

78 - Resource management
79 - Demo - Configuring VM reservations and limits
80 - Demo - Configuring shares on a vSphere 6.7 VM
81 - Demo - CPU hot plug and memory hot add for VMs
82 - Demo - VM performance charts in vSphere 6.7
83 - Resource pools and vApps
84 - Create resource pools in vSphere 6.7
85 - Expandable reservations in vSphere 6.7
86 - Configure vApps for multi-tier applications in vSphere 6.7

13. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

87 - DRS basics
88 - DRS enhancements
89 - Create a DRS cluster in vSphere 6.7
90 - DRS VM distribution and CPU overcommitment
91 - Distributed Power Management (DPM)
92 - Migrating hosts and resource pools to a DRS cluster
93 - Monitor a DRS cluster in vSphere 6.7
94 - DRS affinity rules, groups, and overrides in vSphere 6.7
95 - Maintenance mode and DRS in vSphere 6.7

14. Troubleshooting

96 - Troubleshooting with vSphere 6.7
97 - Troubleshooting using ESXi management agents
98 - Working with vCenter 6.7 logs
99 - Working with ESXi 6.7 logs

15. Backup and Recovery

100 - Backup and recovery
101 - vSphere data protection current state
102 - vSphere data protection
103 - Demo - HA Configuration in vSphere 6.7
104 - HA and VMCP