Class overview :

Class goals :

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Analyze ESXi and its benefits for your environment
• Identify ESXi installation and configuration procedures
• Use scripted installations for large-scale ESXi deployments
• Employ scripting interfaces to manage ESXi

Content of VMware vSphere: Transition to ESXi

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Working with VMware ESXi

• Identify differences between ESX and ESXi
• Recognize tasks and procedures when moving to ESXi

Module 3: Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi

• Analyze ESXi Installable and ESXi Embedded
• Install and configure ESXi Installable and ESXi Embedded
• Recognize the steps for upgrading to ESXi

Module 4: Performing Management Tasks

• Identify hardware monitoring techniques
• Discuss system management and backup methodology
• Distinguish the log files
• Recognize security methodologies
• Employ file management practices
• Perform basic troubleshooting with the direct console user interface

Module 5: Large-Scale Deployment of VMware ESXi

• Identify scripted installation programs for ESXi (SDK and Weasel)
• Analyze the commands to perform scripted installation
• Discuss best practices for large-scale deployment

Module 6: Using Scripting Interfaces

• Identify the scripting interfaces for ESXi
• Discuss primary scripting interfaces
• Install VMware vSphere Management Assistant
• Identify differences between commands used with ESX and those used with ESXi
• Recognize custom commands and how to substitute VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface commands or vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets for them