Class overview :

Class goals :

At the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:

• Install and configure ESXi
• Install and configure vCenter Server components
• Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage using vCenter Server
• Deploy, manage, and migrate virtual machines
• Manage user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage higher availability and data protection
• Automate VMware ESX™ configuration
• Automate provisioning virtual machines
• Automate virtual machine configuration changes
• Automate cluster operations
• Automate reportings

Content of VMware vSphere 5: Automation Fast Track

VMware Virtualization

• Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Server, network, and storage virtualization concepts
• Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces

Virtual Machines

• Virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine and virtual machine appliance

VMware vCenter Server

• vCenter Server and database requirements
• vCenter Server architecture
• Deploy a vCenter Server appliance
• View and create vCenter Server inventory objects

Configure and Manage Virtual Networks

• Create and manage a standard virtual switch
• Modify standard virtual switch properties

Configure and Manage vSphere Storage

• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Configure, deploy, and manage the VMware Virtual Storage Appliance

Virtual Machine Management

• Deploy virtual machines using templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter™
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vMotion® and Storage vMotion migrations

Access and Authentication Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• vShield Zones

Resource Management and Monitoring

• Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
• VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

Data Protection

• Strategies for backing up ESXi hosts
• Backup/recovery APIs
• Strategies for backing up virtual machines

High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Configure and manage a VMware High Availability (HA) cluster
• Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

Scalability

• Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster
• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Using VMware HA and DRS together

Patch Management

• Manage ESXi patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager
• Installing VMware vSphere 5 Components
• ESXi Installable installation
• vCenter Server installation
• Additional vCenter Server module installation

Introduction to vSphere PowerCLI

• Main vSphere PowerCLI Object
• Main commandlets in vSphere PowerCLI
• Connect to a vSphere infrastructure
• Get help for commandlets

Automating ESX Host Configuration

• Automate configuration of virtual switches on ESX hosts
• Automate configuration of datastores on ESX hosts

Virtual Machine Provisioning, Configuration, and Protection

• Automate creation of virtual machines
• Change virtual machine settings programmatically
• Run vSphere PowerCLI scripts in virtual machines
• Automate virtual machine protection

Automating Cluster Operations

• Automate virtual machine storage migration
• Automate VMware vMotion™
• Create a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler/VMware High Availability cluster
• Automate cluster configuration
• Automate resource pool creation and configuration