Class overview :

Class goals :

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functions and features in vSphere 5.0 and be able to do the following:

• List and describe key enhancements in vSphere 5.0
• Upgrade a deployment from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.0
• Use Image Builder to modify and export an image profile as part of Auto Deploy
• Use Auto Deploy to Install a stateless ESXi host
• Manage a version 8 virtual machine with the next-generation Web-based VMware vSphere Client
• List and describe key networking enhancements, including the ESXi firewall and new features in vNetwork distributed switches
• Upgrade and manage a VMware vSphere VMFS5 datastore
• Understand and configure policy-driven storage management
• Create a datastore cluster and configure Storage DRS
• Configure a VMware High Availability cluster based on the new Fault Domain Manager agents
• Use the Linux-based VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Content of VMware vSphere 5: What’s New

Introduction to VMware vSphere 5.0

• Key enhancements in ESXi, vCenter Server, and VMware vSphere Upgrade Manager
• Upgrade vSphere components from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.0, including vCenter Server, Update Manager, and ESXi

Virtual Machine Management

• Describe new virtual machine version 8 hardware features
• Explain virtual machine snapshot consolidation
• Describe the vCenter Solutions Manager
• Upgrade a virtual machine to version 8 hardware
• Install, register, and use the Web-based vSphere Client

Network Management

• Describe the ESXi firewall
• Describe new features of vNetwork distributed switches including NetFlow, port mirroring, and Link Layer Discovery Protocol
• Describe enhancements to network I/O control, including 802.1p priority tagging, user-defined virtual machine resource pools, and the host-based replication traffic pool
• Configure the ESXi firewall
• Configure and test port mirroring

Storage Management

• Describe new storage features, including VMFS5, Fibre Channel over Ethernet software adapters, policy-driven storage management and vStorage API for Storage Awareness, solid-state disk support, and VMware vSphere vStorage Appliance
• Describe enhanced features, including snapshot support for VMware vSphere Storage vMotion, increased storage performance, and new primitives in the vStorage API for Array Integration
• Upgrade VMFS3 to VMFS5
• Create a storage policy

Scalability

• Scaling enhancements to resource pools and VMware vSphere vMotion
• Describe Storage DRS operation
• Create a datastore cluster for Storage DRS
• Configure Storage DRS

High Availability

• Describe enhancements to the VMware Fault Tolerance and Enhanced vMotion Compatibility features
• Describe the operation of VMware HA using the new Fault Domain Manager agents
• Create a VMware HA cluster

New VMware vSphere Deployment Alternatives

• Configure the Linux-based vCenter Server Appliance
• Use Image Builder to create an installation image profile
• Use Auto Deploy to deploy a stateless ESXi host