VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale (v6.5)
In this five-day course, you will learn how to configure and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you will learn when and where these features have the greatest effect.
About this Course
In this five-day course, you will learn how to configure and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you will learn when and where these features have the greatest effect.
Audience Profile
Primary audience for this course are:
- Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators
At Course Completion
Upon course completion, students will be able to:
- Configure and manage VMware ESXi networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
- Use VMware vSphere Client, VMware vSphere Web Client, and VMware vSphere ESXi Shell to manage vSphere
- Use VMware vSphere Auto Deploy and host profiles to provision ESXi hosts
- Optimize the performance of all vSphere components
- Use VMware vRealize Log Insight to monitor system logs
- Deploy VMware vCenter Server Appliance to be highly available and optimized for performance
- Migrate a Windows vCenter Server system to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
- Harden the vSphere environment against security threats
- Encrypt virtual machines for additional security
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have the following knowledge or experience:
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage v6.5 course
- Experience with ESXi and vCenter Server
- Experience with working at the command prompt is recommended but not required
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course Objectives
- Additional resources for after this course
- Other VMware Education Offerings
Lesson 2: Network Scalability
- Configure and manage vSphere-distributed switches
- Distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow
Lesson 3: Storage Scalability
- vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
- Configure VMware vSphere Storage DRS and VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
- Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere
Lesson 4:Host and Management Scalability
- Uses of VMware vCenter Converter
- Use content libraries
- Use host profiles
- Use VMware vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy
Lesson 5: CPU Optimization
- CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
- Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics
Lesson 6: Memory Optimization
- Ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
- Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics
Lesson 7: Storage Optimization
- Factors that affect storage performance
- Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics
Lesson 8: Network Optimization
- Performance features of network adapters
- Performance features of vSphere networking
- Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics
Lesson 9: Analyzing vSphere
- How Proactive DRS enhances virtual machine availability
- Use vRealize Log Insight to identify and troubleshoot issues
Lesson 10: vCenter Server Availability and Performance
- Native high-availability features of vCenter Server and VMware Platform Services Controller
- Configure vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller high availability
- Understand what factors influence vCenter Server performance
Lesson 11: vSphere Security
- Configure ESXi host access and authorization
- Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
- Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
- Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps, and VMware vSphere vMotion
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