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VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]

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VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisite:

•    Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course    

Course Description:

In this three-day workshop, students perform various tasks that a system administrator performs on a regular basis.  These tasks include updating and upgrading an existing basic VMware vSphere® environment and troubleshooting common problems. Students apply the concepts learned during the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course while they increase their skill and competence.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

•    Explore VMware vSphere® Distributed SwitchTM configuration options
•    Construct a vSphere Distributed Switch for VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VM Traffic
•    Discuss vSphere storage concepts
•    Differentiate between VMware vSphere® VMFS and NFS datastores
•    Construct an iSCSI VMkernel Interface on a vSphere Distributed Switch
•    Create VMFS datastores
•    Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
•    Explain how to create and use vSAN disk groups and storage policies
•    Discuss vSphere vMotion migration workflow
•    Discuss VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migration workflow
•    Complete virtual machine storage migrations
•    Automate virtual machine migrations using VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource SchedulerTM
•    Configure vSphere DRS groups and rules
•    Discuss VMware vCenter Server® migration paths
•    Complete a migration of Windows vCenter Server to VMware vCenter® Server ApplianceTM
•    Discuss VMware vSphere® Update ManagerTM concepts
•    Perform VMware ESXiTM hosts upgrades using vSphere Update Manager
•    Employ host profiles to configure an ESXi host
•    Configure VMware vSphere® High Availability
•    Demonstrate the ESXi Cluster Quickstart feature
•    Create a content library
•    Create a virtual machine template
•    Create customization specifications 
•    Deploy a virtual machine from a template in the content library
•    Clone virtual machines
•    Configure vCenter Server Appliance backup
•    Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a backup
•    Forward vCenter Server Appliance log files to Remote Syslog Server
•    Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability

Intended Audience:

System administrators and engineers, with beginner to intermediate knowledge of vSphere, who want to gain proficiency in the management of the vSphere lifecycle

Course Outlines:

Course Introduction
•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Overview of modules and course objectives

vSphere Networking
•  Describe vSphere Distributed Switch architecture 
•  Create and configure a vSphere Distributed Switch for virtual machine and vMotion traffic
•  Migrate vSphere networking interfaces to a vSphere Distributed Switch

vSphere Storage
•  Identify storage protocols and iSCSI storage components
•  Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
•  Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI
•  Describe vSAN disk groups and storage policies

vSphere vMotion
•  Perform vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
•  Use vSphere DRS clusters to improve host scalability
•  View information about a vSphere DRS cluster
•  Configure DRS groups and rules

vSphere Upgrade
•  Discus vCenter Server migration paths and steps
•  Migrate and upgrade vCenter Server for Windows to vCenter Server Appliance
•  Describe the architecture, components, and capabilities of vSphere Update Manager
•  Use vSphere Update Manager to manage the update of ESXi hosts

vSphere Cluster Operations
•  Add ESXi hosts to vCenter Server
•  Describe and use host profiles
•  Customize ESXi host configuration
•  Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
•  Create and customize a cluster using the Quickstart workflow 
•  Configure VMware vSAN™ in a cluster

Virtual Machine Management
•  Define and use content libraries
•  Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
•  Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine

Native Features of vCenter Server Appliance
•  Access and configure the vCenter Server Appliance management interface
•  Create a vCenter Server Appliance backup schedule 
•  Restore vCenter Server Appliance from a backup
•  Configure vCenter Server High Availability