VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage [v7] – VM-VICM
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
Course Code: VM-VICM
This five-day course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size.
- Duration: 5 Days
- Level: Professional
- Technology: VMware
- Delivery Method: ILT/VILT
- Training Credits: VLC
Audience Profile
Pre-requisites
Course Objectives
Associated Certification
Audience Profile
This course is intended for:
- System administrators
- System engineers
Pre-requisites
This course has the following prerequisites:
- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
Course Objectives
After completing this course, delegates will be able to:
- Describe the software-defined data center (SDDC)
- Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
- Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
- Install and configure ESXi hosts
- Deploy and configure VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™
- Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to manage the vCenter Server inventory and the vCenter Server configuration
- Manage, monitor, back up, and protect vCenter Server Appliance
- Create virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
- Describe the storage technologies supported by vSphere
- Configure virtual storage using iSCSI and NFS storage
- Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
- Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
- Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
- Manage virtual machine resource use
- Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®
- Create and manage a vSphere cluster that is enabled with VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
- Discuss solutions for managing the vSphere life cycle
- Use VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ to perform upgrades to ESXi hosts and virtual machines
Associated Certification
This course prepares delegates to write the Data Center Virtualization 2022 (VCP-DCV 2022) exam.Â
Modules
- Introductions and course logisticsÂ
- Course objectivesÂ
- Explain basic virtualization conceptsÂ
- Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructureÂ
- Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storageÂ
- Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hostsÂ
- Describe the ESXi host architectureÂ
- Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi hostÂ
- Recognize ESXi host user account best practicesÂ
- Install an ESXi hostÂ
- Use VMware Host Clientâ„¢ to configure ESXi host settingsÂ
- Describe how to proactively manage your vSphere environment using VMware SkylineÂ
- Create and provision a virtual machineÂ
- Explain the importance of VMware Toolsâ„¢Â
- Install VMware ToolsÂ
- Identify the files that make up a VMÂ
- Recognize the components of a VMÂ
- Recognize virtual devices supported by a VMÂ
- Describe the benefits and use cases for containersÂ
- Identify the parts of a container systemÂ
- Describe the vCenter Server architectureÂ
- Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter ServerÂ
- Deploy and configure vCenter Server ApplianceÂ
- Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventoryÂ
- Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter ServerÂ
- Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventoryÂ
- Back up vCenter Server ApplianceÂ
- Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance healthÂ
- Use VMware vCenter Server® High Availability to protect a vCenter Server ApplianceÂ
- Create and manage standard switchesÂ
- Describe the virtual switch connection typesÂ
- Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policiesÂ
- Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switchesÂ
- Identify storage protocols and storage device typesÂ
- Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storageÂ
- Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastoresÂ
- Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storageÂ
- Recognize the components of a VMware vSANâ„¢ configurationÂ
- Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machinesÂ
- Modify and manage virtual machinesÂ
- Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the libraryÂ
- Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machineÂ
- Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrationsÂ
- Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility featureÂ
- Create and manage virtual machine snapshotsÂ
- Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replicationâ„¢Â
- Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Data ProtectionÂ
