VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop (VLCMWS67)

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 VMware vSphere VMFS and NFS datastores
• Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI

vSphere vMotion

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

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

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
• Configure vCenter Server High Availability