VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]

Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you configure and optimize the VMware vSphere 8 features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure.

Attend this course to deepen your understanding of vSphere and learn how its advanced features and controls can benefit your organization.

• Experienced system administrators;
• System engineers;
• System integrators.

• Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository.
• Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs.
• Manage VM resource usage with resource pools.
• Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise.
• Configure vCenter High Availability.
• Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance.
• Use the vSphere Client to manage certificates.
• Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client.
• Secure vCenter, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment.
• Use VMware vSphere Trust Authority to secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs.
• Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources.

Attending this course meets the training requirement to achieve the following certification:

• Attend VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] course.
• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter.
• Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended.

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1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives.

2. Virtual Machine Operations

• Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository
• Configure a VMware Tools Repository
• Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs
• Identify the components in the vSphere Replication architecture
• Deploy and configure vSphere Replication
• Recover replicated VMs. 

3. vSphere Cluster Operations

• Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
• Describe how scalable shares work
• Describe the function of the vCLS
• Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs. 

4. Network Operations

• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
• Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
• Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine. 

5. Storage Operations

• Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
• Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
• Describe storage policy-based management
• Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture
• Configure Storage I/O Control. 

6. vCenter and ESXi Operations

• Create a vCenter backup schedule
• Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
• Explain how vCenter High Availability works
• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Use the vSphere client to manage vSphere certificates. 

7. vSphere Monitoring

• Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine’s performance
• Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
• Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
• Create custom alarms in vCenter
• Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
• Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro. 

8. vSphere Security and Access Control

• Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines
• Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols
• Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
• Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider.

9. vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption

• Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication
• Describe virtual machine security features
• Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
• Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs
• List VM encryption events and alarms
• Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority
• Configure vSphere Trust Authority.