VMware vSphere 6: Skills for Operators

This training course is designed to help operators and administrators who create and manage virtual machines. By combining lecture and hands-on labs the course will help you gain the skills required to work effectively with VMware virtual machines. This course is based on VMware ESXi™ 6.0 and VMware vCenter Server™ 6.0.Technical professionals with system administration skills and operators responsible for managing virtual machines using ESXi and vCenter Server

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course goals and objectives
• Online vSphere resources
• Location of online vSphere documentation

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

• Identify the differences between traditional and virtual architecture
• Identify the infrastructure components that can be virtualized
• Describe VMware virtualization concepts
• Describe the components of vSphere
• Describe the inventory objects managed by vSphere
• Identify the components of vCenter Server

Module 3: VMware vSphere Web Client

• Identify the differences between the VMware vSphere® Web Client and VMware vSphere® Client™ interfaces
• Access and navigate through the vSphere Web Client interface
• Use vSphere Web Client to monitor and manage vSphere objects
• Perform searches in vSphere Web Client
• Remove stored data from vSphere Web Client
• Apply roles and permissions to users and user groups

Module 4: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

• Create and manage virtual machines
• Install a guest operating system and VMware Tools™
• Explain how to use clones and templates to manage virtual machines
• Explain the importance of content libraries
• Configure virtual machines
• Manage virtual machines using snapshots
• Explain how raw device mapping (RDM) allows a virtual machine to directly access and use a storage device

Module 5: Virtual Machine Resource Monitoring

• Explain virtual machine resource monitoring concepts
• Monitor virtual machine resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms
• Describe and monitor tasks
• Describe, monitor, and manage events
• Describe, monitor, manage, and acknowledge alarms

Module 6: Using VMware vSphere vApps

• Describe vApp(s)
• Explain the benefits of vApp(s)
• Create, edit, and manage a vApp
• Clone a vApp
• Manage the power status of a vApp

Module 7: Migrating Virtual Machines

• Describe the types of migration
• Explain the importance of vSphere vMotion
• Identify the host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
• Explain how to migrate virtual machines using vSphere vMotion
• Explain how to migrate storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
• Explain how to migrate virtual machines across virtual switches, vCenter Server systems, and long distances

Module 8: Using vSphere for Scalability and Business Continuity

• Describe the types of migration
• Explain the importance of vSphere vMotion
• Identify the host and virtual machine requirements for vSphere vMotion
• Explain how to migrate virtual machines using vSphere vMotion
• Explain how to migrate storage with vSphere Storage vMotion
• Explain how to migrate virtual machines across virtual switches, vCenter Server systems, and long distances

nvt