VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop

PT22359
Training Summary

In this five-day workshop, you 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. You apply the concepts learned during the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7] course, while you increase your skill and competence.

Prerequisites
Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7]
Duration
5 Days
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 Topics

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 • 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 • 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 • Forward vCenter Server Appliance log files to a remote syslog server • Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability

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