VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale - Seminar / Kurs von PROTRANET GmbH

Upon successful completion of this course and its labs you will be able to: - Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise - Manage changes to the vSphere environment - Optimize the performance of all vSphere components - Harden the vSphere environment against security threats - Troubleshoot operational faults and identify their root causes - Use VMware vSphere® ESXi? Shell and VMware vSphere® Management Assistant to manage vSphere - Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy? to provision ESXi hosts Note: About one-third of the VMware vSphere 5.5 to 6.7: What?s New (VIWN) course content is repeated in this course. The scalability topics in VMware vSphere: Fast Track (VVFT are repeated in this course.

Module 1: Course Introduction - Introductions and course logistics - Course objectives - Additional resourcesModule 2: VMware Management Resources - Understand the purpose of VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface commands - Discuss options for running vSphere CLI commands - Deploy and configure vSphere Management Assistant - Use vmware-cmd for virtual machine operationsModule 3: vSphere Security - Describe the features and benefits of the Platform Services Controller - Configure ESXi host access and authorization - Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machinesModule 4: Performance in a Virtualized Environment - Review the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology - Explain software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance - Use vSphere performance monitoring tools Module 5: Network Scalability - Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches - Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches - Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlowModule 6: Network Performance Troubleshooting - Explain the performance features of network adapters - Explain the performance features of vSphere networking - Monitor key network performance metrics - Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations - Troubleshoot common network performance problemsModule 7: Storage Scalability - Explain 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 vSphereModule 8: Storage Optimization - Diagnose storage access problems - Configure VMware vSphere® Flash Read Cache? - Monitor key storage performance metrics - Troubleshoot common storage performance problemsModule 9: CPU Performance - Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance - Monitor key CPU performance metrics - Troubleshoot common CPU performance problemsModule 10: Memory Performance - Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted - Monitor key memory performance metrics - Troubleshoot common memory performance problemsModule 11: Virtual Machine and Cluster Optimization - Describe guidelines for optimizing virtual machine configuration - Discuss how vGPU usage affects virtual machine performance - Discuss guidelines for using resource allocation settings - Discuss guidelines for using resource pools - Discuss guidelines for using vSphere DRS clusters - Troubleshoot common vSphere cluster problemsModule 12: Host and Management Scalability - Describe and use host profiles - Define and use content libraries - Upgrade ESXi and vCenter Server instances - Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI? - Use Virtual Machine Converter - Use VMware vSphere® ESXi? Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy