Course Introduction

Module 1

VMware vSphere:
Install, Configure, Manage

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Importance
Administrators must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to build and
run a VMware vSphere® environment.
You must know how to install and configure VMware ESXi™ hosts and
VMware vCenter Server™. You must also know how to manage ESXi
hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Server.

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Learner Objectives (1)
By the end of this course, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:
• Describe the software-defined data center
• Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machines
• Describe the vCenter Server architecture
• Deploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter Server™ Appliance™
• Use vCenter Server to manage an ESXi host
• Configure and manage vSphere infrastructure with VMware vSphere® Client™
and VMware vSphere® Web Client
• Configure virtual networks with vSphere standard switches
• Use vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalability
• Use vCenter Server to manage various types of storage
• Manage virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
• Create a vApp
• Describe and use the content library

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Learner Objectives (2)
By the end of this course, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:
• Migrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion®
• Use VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® to migrate virtual machine storage
• Monitor resource usage and manage resource pools
• Use VMware vRealize™ Operations Manager™ to identify and solve problems
through analytics and alerts
• Manage VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Fault
Tolerance
• Use VMware vSphere® Replication™ and VMware vSphere® Data
Protection™ to replicate virtual machines and perform data recovery
• Use vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters to improve host
scalability
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patches and perform
upgrades
• Perform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and vCenter
Server

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You Are Here

1. Course Introduction 7. Virtual Machine Management

2. Software-Defined Data Center 8. Resource Management and
Monitoring
3. Creating Virtual Machines
9. vSphere HA and vSphere Fault
4. vCenter Server Tolerance
5. Configuring and Managing 10. Host Scalability
Virtual Networks
11. vSphere Update Manager and
6. Configuring and Managing Host Maintenance
Virtual Storage
12. Installing vSphere Components

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Typographical Conventions
The following typographical conventions are used in this course.

Monospace Filenames, folder names, path

names, and command names:
Navigate to the VMS folder.
Monospace bold What the user types:
Enter ipconfig /release.
Boldface User interface controls:
Click the Configuration tab.
Italic Book titles and placeholder
variables:
• vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration
• ESXi_host_name

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References
Title Location
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Installation and Setup -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vCenter Server and Host Management -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Networking -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Security -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Resource Management -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Availability -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere
vSphere Monitoring and Performance -esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html

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VMware Online Resources
• VMware vSphere Blog: http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/
• VMware Communities: http://communities.vmware.com
• VMware Support: http://www.vmware.com/support
• VMware Education: http://www.vmware.com/education
• VMware Certifications: http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification
• VMware Education and Certification Blog: http://blogs.vmware.com/education/

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VCP-Core Certification Alignment
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage aligns with the VCP-Core
certification:
• The VCP-Core exam blueprint served as the basis for the design of this
course.
• You should use the VCP-Core exam blueprint as a reference when preparing
for the test.
• This course should not be used as the only resource for exam preparation.
• VMware certification details can be found at
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/

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VMware Education Overview
Your instructor will introduce other Education Services offerings available
to you:
• Learning Paths
• On-Demand Training
• VMware Learning Zone
• New Certification Framework

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