Our Epic LIVE online instructor delivered class features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 7.0, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7.0 and VMware vCenter Server® 7.0. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size. It is the foundation for most other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center.
Beginner
vSphere ICM v7.0 for the Real World
Curriculum
- 11 Sections
- 55 Lessons
- 27h Duration
Introduction to Virtualization
3 Lessons
- Intro to Virtualization
- Intro to VMware’s virtualization solutions
- Licensing
Installation of ESXi
3 Lessons
- Installation
- DCUI configuration
- Host Client
vCenter Server Installation and Configuration
4 Lessons
- vCenter Server Installation
- vCenter Server Management interface
- Backing up vCenter Server
- vCenter Server Administration tour
Virtual Machines
11 Lessons
- Virtual Machine Introduction
- Virtual Machine Deployment
- Key Options of the VM
- VM Configuration Options
- Using Content Libraries
- Solutions Manager configurations
- Snapshot Management
- Using Limits, Shares, and Reservations
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Installing VM Tools
- SR-IOV basics
Networking
8 Lessons
- Networking Basics
- Understanding Portgroups
- Creating and Managing Distributed Switches
- Port Group Options
- Using Network Policies
- Traffic Filtering and Marking
- Monitoring Networking
- Paravirtualization and IPv6 deployment
Storage
6 Lessons
- Storage Introduction
- Connecting to Storage
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- iSCSI
- NFS
- Intro to VMFS Datastores
Security
5 Lessons
- Securing vSphere
- Using Single Sign On
- Applying certificates
- Using Permissions
- Hardening your vSphere environment
Resource Allocation
6 Lessons
- Resource management
- Resource pools
- Understanding DRS
- Deploying a DRS cluster
- Understanding Distributed Power Management
- Storage DRS
Host Profiles
2 Lessons
- An overview of Host Profiles
- Working with Host Profiles
Business Continuity
4 Lessons
- Introduction to Business Continuity Solutions in VMware
- Using High Availability
- Troubleshooting HA
- Fault Tolerance explained
Upgrade Process
3 Lessons
- Upgrading vCenter Server
- Upgrading a Host
- Introduction to the lifecycle manager interface
