Class overview :

Class goals :

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

• Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage
• Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances
• Manage user access to the virtual infrastructure
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage
• Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure
• Implement business continuity solutions
• Manage changes to the vSphere environment
• Use a command-line interface to manage vSphere
• Install and configure ESXi and vCenter Server
• Use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts

Content of VMware vSphere 5: Fast Track

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Introduce virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces

Create Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine

VMware vCenter Server

• Introduce vCenter Server architecture
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties
• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms

Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage vSphere datastores
• Introduce VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance

Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere® vMotion® and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Create a vSphere vApp

Access and Authentication Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Configure and manage the ESXi firewall
• Configure ESXi lockdown mode
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• Introduce VMware® vShield Zones

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

High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Introduce new vSphere High Availability architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance

Host Scalability

• Use Host Profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Configure and manage a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
• Configure and manage vSphere Distributed Power Management

Network Scalability

• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

Storage Scalability

• Introduce Storage I/O Control
• Describe VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration and VASA
• Explain policy-driven storage
• Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile
• Describe Storage DRS operation
• Create a datastore cluster for Storage DRS
• Configure Storage DRS

Data Protection

• Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Introduce the VMware Data Recovery appliance
• Discuss solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently