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VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training Part 1

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Learn the essentials of configuring virtual networking, storage, and machines in vSphere 6.5.

Syllabus

1. Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Getting certified
  • Connect and get recognized
2. vSphere Systems
  • vSphere license editions
  • Virtualization basics
  • vCenter and the Platform Services Controller (PSC)
  • What's new in vCenter 6.5
  • Deploy vCenter Service Appliance (vCSA) 6.5
  • Licensing vCenter and ESXi
  • Demo: ESXi installation
  • Demo: Basic ESXi configuration
  • Content libraries
  • Update Manager
  • Demo: Update Manager
3. Networking
  • Virtual networking
  • vSphere standard switches
  • vSphere distributed switches
  • Virtual switch features
  • Demo: Create a vSphere standard switch
  • Demo: Create a vSphere distributed switch
  • Demo: Create vSphere distributed switch features
4. Storage
  • Storage virtualization
  • VMFS vs. NFS
  • NFS 3 vs. NFS 4.1
  • Demo: Create an NFS data store
  • Fibre Channel storage
  • LUN masking
  • Zoning
  • Fibre Channel over ethernet
  • iSCSI storage
  • Software iSCSI
  • Dependent hardware iSCSI
  • Independent hardware iSCSI Initiator
  • iSCSI target discovery
  • Demo: Dynamic discovery
  • vSAN, part 1
  • vSAN, part 2
5. VMs and Apps
  • Demo: Create a virtual machine (VM)
  • Demo: Install VMware tools
  • Demo: Inflate a thin-provisioned disk
  • Demo: Create a vApp
  • Demo: Working with templates
  • Demo: Clone a VM
  • Demo: Import an OVF template
  • Snapshots

Taught by

Rick Crisci

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