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