VMware vSphere: Network Troubleshooting

2hBeginner2016-12-06

Authors

Brandon Neill

VMware Certified Instructor

Course details

Being able to perform basic troubleshooting on a vSphere environment is a key skill for any network admin. In this course, Brandon Neill looks at some of the troubleshooting skills necessary for a clean vSphere environment. The first chapter is an introduction to the troubleshooting process: defining the problem, scoping, seeking expert advice, and resolving the problem. In chapter 2, Brandon demos some of the tools and techniques for vSphere troubleshooting, including analyzing with esxtop and vsish, capturing packets, and searching log files. Next, learn about VMkernel routing, and troubleshooting VMkernel network issues. In the final chapters, Brandon explains how to troubleshoot VM networking and provide two hands-on demonstrations of the concepts covered in the course.

Learning objectives
The troubleshooting process
Analyzing statistics
Testing connectivity
Capturing packets
Searching log files
Troubleshooting VMkernel
Troubleshooting VM networking

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationNetwork AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Troubleshooting

03 - Troubleshooting introduction
04 - Troubleshooting process
05 - vSphere networking components

2. Network Troubleshooting Tools

06 - Accessing the ESXi Shell
07 - Analyzing statistics with esxtop and vsish
08 - Testing connectivity
09 - Capturing packets
10 - Searching log files

3. Troubleshooting VMkernel Networking

11 - VMkernel routing
12 - Troubleshooting VMkernel network issues

4. Troubleshooting VM Networking

13 - VM to VM troubleshooting
14 - Virtual to physical troubleshooting
15 - Upstream network issues

5. Troubleshooting Demonstration

16 - Troubleshooting demonstration 1
17 - Troubleshooting demonstration 2

Conclusion

18 - Next steps