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

Outline:

1. Course Introduction
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives
   • Identify additional resources
2. 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
3. Creating Virtual Machines
   • Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
   • Deploy a single virtual machine
4. vCenter Server
   • Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
   • Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
   • Use vSphere Web Client
   • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. vSAN Configuration
    • Identify physical network configuration requirements
    • Configure vSAN networking
    • Configure a vSAN cluster
    • Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. Interoperability with vSphere Features
    • Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with vSAN
    • Describe how vSAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions
20. 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