By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Explore VMware vSphere® Distributed SwitchTM configuration options
- Construct a vSphere Distributed Switch for VMware vSphere® vMotion® and VM Traffic
- Discuss vSphere storage concepts
- Differentiate between VMware vSphere® VMFS and NFS datastores
- Construct an iSCSI VMkernel Interface on a vSphere Distributed Switch
- Create VMFS datastores
- Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
- Explain how to create and use vSAN disk groups and storage policies
- Discuss vSphere vMotion migration workflow
- Discuss VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® migration workflow
- Complete virtual machine storage migrations
- Automate virtual machine migrations using VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource SchedulerTM
- Configure vSphere DRS groups and rules
- Discuss VMware vCenter Server® migration paths
- Complete a migration of Windows vCenter Server to VMware vCenter® Server ApplianceTM
- Discuss VMware vSphere® Update ManagerTM concepts
- Perform VMware ESXiTM hosts upgrades using vSphere Update Manager
- Employ host profiles to configure an ESXi host
- Configure VMware vSphere® High Availability
- Demonstrate the ESXi Cluster Quickstart feature
- Create a content library
- Create a virtual machine template
- Create customization specifications
- Deploy a virtual machine from a template in the content library
- Clone virtual machines
- Monitor virtual machine resources
- Configure vCenter Server Appliance backup
- Restore a vCenter Server Appliance from a backup
- Forward vCenter Server Appliance log files to Remote Syslog Server
- Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability