VSICMVSANFT6.5 – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage plus vSAN Fast Track v6.5

1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Identify additional resources

2. Software-Defined Data Center

• Introduce components of the software-defined data center
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere Client
• Overview of ESXi and vCenter Server

3. Creating Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine

4. vCenter Server

• Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
• Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Use vSphere Web Client
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

5. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage standard switches
• Describe and modify standard switches properties
• Describe the NIC teaming of a standard switch port group

6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI and NFS storage
• Create and manage VMFS datastores
• Introduce virtual volumes

7. Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Create vSphere vApps
• Introduce content libraries

8. Resource Management and Monitoring

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage

9. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance. and Protecting Data

• Explain the vSphere HA architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
• Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
• Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
• Introduce vSphere Replication
• Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data

10. vSphere DRS

• Describe the functions and benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
• Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
• Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
• Describe the new capabilities for what-if analysis and proactive vSphere DRS
• Highlight the evolution of vSphere DRS using predictive data from vRealize Operations Manager
• Perform preemptive actions to prepare for CPU or memory changes
• Describe the vCenter Server embedded vSphere Update Manager, VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI, and VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy capabilities
• Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together for business continuity

11. vSphere Update Manager

• Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
• Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Scan and remediate hosts

12. Storage Fundamentals

• Define common storage technologies
• Identify characteristics of storage devices: magnetic and flash-based devices
• Identify and explain various types of storage architectures
• Identify SAN performance factors

13. Introduction to vSAN

• Describe the vSAN architecture and components
• Describe the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures
• Describe the space-efficiency features of vSAN

14. vSAN Configuration

• Identify physical network configuration requirements
• Configure vSAN networking
• Configure a vSAN cluster
• Test and validate the vSAN configuration and functionality

15. vSAN Policies and Virtual Machines

• Explain how storage policies work with vSAN
• Define and create a virtual machine storage policy
• Apply and modify virtual machine storage policies
• Discuss the vsanSparse snapshot format
• Explain the considerations for vsanSparse snapshots

16. Managing and Operating vSAN

• Manage hardware storage devices
• Manage hardware device failures
• Identify vCenter Server alarms for vSAN events
• Configure fault domains
• Upgrade to vSAN 6.6

17. Stretched Clusters and Two-Node Clusters

• Describe the architecture for stretched clusters and two-node clusters
• Create a stretched cluster using a two-node configuration
• Configure vSphere HA and vSphere DRS for a stretched cluster
• Demonstrate stretched cluster failover scenarios

18. Monitoring and Troubleshooting vSAN

• Use vSphere Web Client to detect problems
• Use the vSAN health service to monitor health and performance
• Monitor vSAN with vRealize Operations Manager
• Use ESXi commands to monitor the vSAN environment
• Monitor vSAN with Ruby vSphere Console and vSAN Observer

19. Interoperability with vSphere Features

• Identify vSphere features and VMware products that interoperate with vSAN
• Describe how vSAN interoperates with third-party products and solutions

20. Designing a vSAN Deployment

• Discuss vSAN design considerations
• Plan and design vSAN clusters
• Identify the design and sizing tools for vSAN
• Describe vSAN use cases