VMware vSphere: Fast Track V6.5

Objectives

• Describe the software-defined data center
• Explain the vSphere components and their function in the infrastructure
• Deploy an ESXi host
• Deploy VMware vCenter Server Appliance
• Use a local content library as an ISO store and deploy a virtual machine
• Describe vCenter Server architecture
• Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
• Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware Host Client and VMware vSphere Web Client
• Troubleshoot vSphere environments with VMware vSphere Management Assistant and command-line commands
• Describe virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
• Configure standard switch policies
• Troubleshoot virtual networks
• Use vCenter Server to manage various types of host storage: VMware vSphere VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, and RDM
• Examine the features and functions of Fibre Channel and VMware vSAN
• Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Create, clone, and deploy a vApp
• Describe and use the content library
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere vMotion
• Troubleshoot virtual machines
• Use VMware vSphere Storage vMotion® to migrate virtual machine storage
• Troubleshoot vSphere storage
• Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
• Use esxtop to identify and solve performance issues
• Troubleshoot ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Discuss the VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster architecture
• Configure vSphere HA
• Manage vSphere HA and VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance
• Troubleshoot vSphere HA