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VMware vSphere 7 Professional

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Explore key topics for understanding and using VMware vSphere 7 Professional effectively.

Syllabus

1. vSphere Networking
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • Foundations review: Virtual networking
  • vSphere 7 standard switches
  • vSphere 7 distributed switches
  • Demo: Create a vSphere distributed switch
  • Demo: Configure distributed port groups
  • NSX-T 3.0 and vSphere 7
  • Demo: vSphere 7 distributed switch features
  • Demo: Configure distributed port group security settings
  • Demo: Configure distributed port group NIC teaming and failover
  • Demo: Configure traffic shaping on a port group
  • Demo: Migrate VMs to a vSphere 7 distributed switch
  • Demo: Verify network configuration in vSphere 7
  • Network IO control (NIOC) in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Configure network IO control (NIOC)
  • Private VLANs
  • Demo: Configure private VLANs in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Configure port mirroring in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Configure NetFlow on a vSphere distributed switch (vDS)
2. vSphere Storage
  • VMware storage lab environment
  • Storage performance overview
  • VMFS and NFS datastores on vSphere 7
  • NFS version 3 and NFS version 4.1
  • Demo: Create an NFS datastore in vSphere 7
  • Introduction to iSCSI storage
  • Demo: Connect an ESXi host to an iSCSI storage array
  • Demo: Create a VMFS6 datastore
  • Demo: Expand a VMFS datastore
  • Demo: Storage port bindings and Multipathing policies
  • Dependent hardware iSCSI and ESXi 7
  • Independent hardware iSCSI and ESXi 7
  • Introduction to storage DRS (SDRS)
  • Demo: Create a storage DRS cluster (SDRS) in vSphere 7
  • vSAN vs. traditional storage arrays
  • vSAN basic architecture
  • vSAN disk groups
  • Demo: vSAN network configuration for vSphere 7
  • Demo: Create a vSAN cluster
  • Virtual volumes (VVOL)
  • Demo: Storage IO control (SIOC) for vSphere 7
3. vSphere Monitoring Tools
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • The vSphere CPU scheduler
  • Memory virtualization
  • Demo: VM performance charts in vSphere 7
  • Introduction to ESXTOP in ESXi 7
  • Demo: Using ESXTOP to monitor an ESXi 7 host
4. Securing Deployments
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • vCenter single sign-on (SSO)
  • vCenter single-sign On (SSO) configuration
  • vCenter 7 identity federation
  • Demo: Roles and permissions for vSphere 7
  • Demo: VM encryption for vSphere 7
  • Demo: Secure boot and encrypted vMotion
  • Demo: Working with the ESXi 7 host firewall
  • Demo: Configure lockdown mode on an ESXi 7 host
5. vSphere Updates and Upgrades
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • Lifecycle Manager
  • vSphere 7 update planner
  • Demo: Assign licenses to vCenter and ESXi
  • Demo: Install VMware tools on a single VM in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Update VMware tools for vSphere 7
  • Demo: Update VM virtual hardware for vSphere 7
  • Upgrading ESXi 6.7 to ESXi 7
  • Demo: Interactive ESXi 6.7 upgrade to ESXi 7
  • Demo: Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to ESXi 7 using Lifecycle Manager
  • Demo: Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance from 6.7 to 7
6. Deploying vSphere VMs and Hosts
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • About this Section
  • Demo: How to Register and Un-Register a VM in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Working with VMX Files in vSphere 7
  • Demo: VM Advanced Settings in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Deploying VMs using vCenter Converter
  • Assignable Hardware
  • Using Auto Deploy to Image ESXi Hosts
7. vSphere Resource Management
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • Demo: Resource reservations and limits on a vSphere 7 VM
  • Demo: Configuring shares on a vSphere 7 VM
  • Demo: CPU hot plug and memory hot add for VMs
  • Resource pools and vApps
  • Scalable shares in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Create resource pools in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Expandable reservations in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Configure vApps for multi-tier applications
8. Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • About this section
  • DRS enhancements in vSphere 7
  • Demo: Create a DRS cluster in vSphere 7
  • Demo: DRS VM distribution and CPU over-commitment
  • Demo: DRS Distributed Power Management (DPM)
  • Demo: Migrating hosts and resource pools to a DRS Cluster
  • Demo: Monitor a DRS cluster
  • Demo: DRS 7 affinity rules, groups, and VM overrides
  • Demo: Avoiding downtime with DRS and Maintenance Mode in vSphere 7
9. Troubleshooting, Backup, and Recovery
  • VMware troubleshooting lab environment
  • Troubleshooting using ESXi management agents
  • Working with vCenter 7 logs
  • Demo: Working with ESXi 7 host logs
10. Advanced vSphere Management
  • VMware networking lab environment
  • vCenter 7 multihoming
  • Demo: Configure vCenter 7 multihoming
  • Demo: vCenter 7 PNID and FQDN changes
  • vCenter server profiles
  • vCenter and dynamic DNS
  • Demo: Precision Time Protocol in ESXi 7
  • vSphere Cluster Quickstart
  • Introduction to microservices
  • Introduction to containers
  • vSphere and Kubernetes
  • Tanzu Kubernetes grid cluster

Taught by

Rick Crisci

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