Vmare vsphere: Operate, Scale and Secure (v.8)
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INTRODUCTION
This training course is designed to provide participants with the advanced concepts and skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. This course will focus on topics such as how to configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features, when and where these features have the greatest effect, and how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization. During this course you will learn to configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure. You also discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:
- Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
- Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs
- Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
- Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
- Configure VMware vCenter Server High Availability Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi™ 8 host compliance
- Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates
- Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client
- Secure VMware vCenter 8, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment
- Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources
- Use VMware vSphere Trust Authority™ secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs
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COURSE AUDIENCE
This course is made for
- Experienced system administrators
- System engineers
- System integrator
- IT specialist
- Web application developers
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COURSE OUTLINE
DAY ONE
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
- Virtual Machine Operations
- Recognize the role of a VMware ToolsTM Repository
- Configure a VMware Tools Repository
- Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs
- Identify the components in the VMware vSphere ReplicationTM architecture
- Deploy and configure vSphere Replication and VMware Site RecoveryTM instances
- Recover replicated VMs
DAY TWO
vSphere Cluster Operations
- Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
- Describe how scalable shares work
- Describe the function of the vCLS
- Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS,VMs and Network Operations
- Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
- Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
- Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
- Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
- Describe the use cases and benefits of VMware vSphere Distributed Services EngineTM
DAY THREE
Storage Operations
- Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
- Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
- Describe storage policy-based management
- Recognize components in the VMware vSphere Virtual VolumesTM architecture
- Configure Storage I/O Control
vCenter and ESXi Operations
- Create a vCenter backup schedule
- Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
- Explain how vCenter Server High Availability works
- Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
- Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles
- Use the vSphere client and the command line to manage certificates
DAY FOUR
vSphere Monitoring
- Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine’s
performance - Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
- Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
- Create custom alarms in vCenter
- Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware SkylineTM
- Recognize uses for VMware Skyline AdvisorTM Pro vSphere
Security and Access Control
- Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines
- Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols
- Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
- Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider
DAY FIVE
vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption
- Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication
- Describe virtual machine security features
- Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
- Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs
- List VM encryption events and alarms
- Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
