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VMware vSphere Install Configure Manage plus vSAN Fast Track V6.5

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5 days

Versions:

V6.5

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Overview

This five-day intensive, extended-hours course focuses on installing, configuring, managing, and mastering VMware vSphere 6.5, including VMware ESXi 6.5 and VMware vCenter Server 6.5. This course combines the content of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course with deploying and managing a software-defined storage solution with VMware vSAN 6.6. You will learn how vSAN functions as an important component in the VMware software-defined data center. Students gain practical experience with these concepts through the completion of hands-on labs.
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Attend a VMware delivered Fast Track course and receive a free Foundation Exam voucher to use toward certification.
Product Alignment

vSphere 6.5

ESXi 6.5

vCenter Server 6.5

vSAN 6.6

Audience

Intended Audience: Administrators with foundational knowledge of virtualization, and experienced system administrators, systems engineers, and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere and vSAN skills with minimal time away from the office

Skills Gained

Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe the vCenter Server architecture

Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host

Configure and manage the vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere Web Client

Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches

Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage: VMware vSphere VMFS, NFS, and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes

Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots

Create a vApp

Describe and use the content library

Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion

Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machine storage

Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools

Use VMware vRealize Operations Manager to identify and solve issues through analytics and alerts

Manage VMware vSphere High Availability and VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance

Use VMware vSphere Replication and VMware vSphere Data Protection to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery

Use VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler clusters to improve host scalability

Use VMware vSphere Update Manager to apply patches and perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter Server operations

Describe the vSAN architecture

Identify vSAN features and use cases

Configure vSAN networking components

Configure a vSAN cluster

Deploy virtual machines on a vSAN datastore

Configure virtual machine storage policies

Perform ongoing vSAN management tasks

Outline the tasks for upgrading to vSAN 6.6

Configure vSAN encryption

Control vSAN resynchronization tasks

Create and manage nested fault domains

Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance

Configure a stretched cluster and observe failover scenarios

Describe vSAN interoperability with vSphere and other products

Plan and design a vSAN cluster Certifications This course prepares you for the following certification:

VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV)

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: This course has the following prerequisites:

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course or VCA-DCV certification

Course Outline

Outline:

Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Identify additional resources
Software-Defined Data Center
- Introduce components of the software-defined data center
- Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
- Install and use vSphere Client
- Overview of ESXi and vCenter Server
Creating Virtual Machines
- Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
- Deploy a single virtual machine
vCenter Server
- Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
- Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
- Use vSphere Web Client
- Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
- Describe, create, and manage standard switches
- Describe and modify standard switches properties
- Describe the NIC teaming of a standard switch port group
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
- Introduce storage protocols and device names
- Configure ESXi with iSCSI and NFS storage
- Create and manage VMFS datastores
- Introduce virtual volumes
Virtual Machine Management
- Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
- Modify and manage virtual machines
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
- Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
- Create vSphere vApps
- Introduce content libraries
Resource Management and Monitoring
- Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
- Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
- Configure and manage resource pools
- Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance. and Protecting Data
- Explain the vSphere HA architecture
- Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
- Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
- Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
- Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
- Introduce vSphere Replication
- Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data
vSphere DRS
- Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
- Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
- Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
- Describe the new capabilities for what-if analysis and proactive vSphere DRS
- Highlight the evolution of vSphere DRS using predictive data from vRealize Operations Manager
- Perform preemptive actions to prepare for CPU or memory changes
- Describe the vCenter Server embedded vSphere Update Manager, VMware vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI, and VMware vSphere Auto Deploy capabilities
- Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity
vSphere Update Manager
- Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
- Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
- Create patch baselines
- Scan and remediate hosts
Storage Fundamentals
- Define common storage technologies
- Identify characteristics of storage devices: magnetic and flash-based devices
- Identify and explain various types of storage architectures
- Identify SAN performance factors
Introduction to vSAN
- Describe the vSAN architecture and components
- Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures
- Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN
vSAN Configuration
- Identify physical network configuration requirements
- Configure vSAN networking
- Configure a vSAN cluster
- Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
vSAN Policies and Virtual Machines
- Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
- Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
- Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
- Discuss the vsanSparse snapshot format
- Explain the considerations for vsanSparse snapshots
Managing and Operating vSAN
- Manage hardware storage devices
- Manage hardware device failures
- Identify vCenter Server alarms for vSAN events
- Configure fault domains
- Upgrade to vSAN 6.6
Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters
- Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters
- Create a stretched cluster using a two-node configuration
- Configure vSphere HA and vSphere DRS for a stretched cluster
- Demonstrate stretched cluster failover scenarios
Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN
- Use vSphere Web Client to detect problems
- Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance
- Monitor vSAN with vRealize Operations Manager
- Use ESXi commands to monitor the vSAN environment
- Monitor vSAN with Ruby vSphere Console and vSAN Observer
Interoperability with vSphere Features
- Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with vSAN
- Describe how vSAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions
Designing a vSAN Deployment
- Discuss vSAN design considerations
- Plan and design vSAN clusters
- Identify the design and sizing tools for vSAN
- Describe vSAN use cases

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