Mastering VMware vSphere 6.7

Introduction

• What Is Covered in This Course
• The Hardware Behind the Course
• Who Should Buy This Course

Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7

• Exploring VMware vSphere 6.7
• Why Choose vSphere?
• The Bottom Line

Planning and Installing VMware ESXi

• VMware ESXi Architecture
• Planning a VMware vSphere Deployment
• Deploying VMware ESXi
• Performing Post-installation Configuration
• The Bottom Line

Installing and Configuring vCenter Server

• Introducing vCenter Server
• Choosing the Version of vCenter Server
• Planning and Designing a vCenter Server Deployment
• Installing vCenter Server and Its Components
• Installing vCenter Server in an Enhanced Linked Mode Group
• Exploring vCenter Server
• Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
• Exploring vCenter Server's Management Features
• Managing vCenter Server Settings
• vSphere Web Client Administration
• VMware Appliance Management Administration
• The Bottom Line

vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools

• vSphere Update Manager
• vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Server Appliance
• Configuring vSphere Update Manager
• Creating Baselines
• Routine Updates
• Upgrading Hosts with vSphere Update Manager
• Performing an Orchestrated Upgrade
• Investigating Alternative Update Options
• vSphere Auto Deploy
• Deploying Hosts with Auto Deploy
• vCenter Support Tools
• The Bottom Line

Creating and Configuring a vSphere Network

• Putting Together a vSphere Network
• Working with vSphere Standard Switches
• Working with vSphere Distributed Switches
• Configuring Virtual Switch Security
• The Bottom Line

Creating and Configuring Storage Devices

• Reviewing the Importance of Storage Design
• Examining Shared Storage Fundamentals
• Implementing vSphere Storage Fundamentals
• Leveraging SAN and NAS Best Practices
• The Bottom Line

Ensuring High Availability and Business Continuity

• Understanding the Layers of High Availability
• Clustering VMs
• Implementing vSphere High Availability
• Introducing vSphere SMP Fault Tolerance
• Planning for Business Continuity
• The Bottom Line

Securing VMware vSphere

• Overview of vSphere Security
• Securing ESXi Hosts
• Securing vCenter Server
• Securing Virtual Machines
• The Bottom Line

Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

• Understanding Virtual Machines
• Creating a Virtual Machine
• Installing a Guest Operating System
• Installing VMware Tools
• Managing Virtual Machines
• Modifying Virtual Machines
• The Bottom Line

Using Templates and vApps

• Cloning VMs
• Creating Templates and Deploying Virtual Machines
• Using OVF Templates
• Using Content Libraries
• Working with vApps
• Importing Machines from Other Environments
• The Bottom Line

Managing Resource Allocation

• Reviewing Virtual Machine Resource Allocation
• Working with Virtual Machine Memory
• Managing Virtual Machine CPU Utilization
• Using Resource Pools
• Regulating Network I/O Utilization
• Controlling Storage I/O Utilization
• The Bottom Line

Balancing Resource Utilization

• Comparing Utilization with Allocation
• Exploring vMotion
• Ensuring vMotion Compatibility
• Using Storage vMotion
• Combining vMotion with Storage vMotion
• Cross-vCenter vMotion
• Exploring vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
• Working with Storage DRS
• The Bottom Line

Monitoring VMware vSphere Performance

• Overview of Performance Monitoring
• Using Alarms
• Working with Performance Charts
• Working with esxtop
• Monitoring CPU Usage
• Monitoring Memory Usage
• Monitoring Network Usage
• Monitoring Disk Usage
• The Bottom Line

Automating VMware vSphere

• Why Use Automation?
• vSphere Automation Options
• Automating with PowerCLI
• Additional Resources
• The Bottom Line

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