Course Highlights
  • Differences between VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter
  • How to setup VMware ESXi and vCenter 8
  • Building your own Virtual Machines, and keeping them healthy
  • Using advanced vCenter features such Auto Startup, vMotion, HA, FT and DRS
  • Using Virtual Networking switches
  • Managing storage and datastores
  • Diagnosing, Troubleshooting and Keeping your environment running great
Curriculum

3 Topics
Intro to course
Summary of VMware ESXi and vCenter
About VMware versions

4 Topics
Setting Vmware ESXi
ESXi Overview
Licensing you Host
Maintenance Mode

6 Topics
All about ISO's
Building your first Virtual Machine
Using the Console
Using VMware Tools
Edit VM Settings
Networking Basics

4 Topics
Downloading VMware vCenter
Setting up VMware vCenter
vCenter Overview
Datacenters Clusters + adding ESXi Hosts

3 Topics
Talking Datastores
Thin vs Thick Disk Types
Setting up a NFS Datastore (using a NAS)

5 Topics
Getting started with Migrations and vMotion
Using vMotion
Using DRS
High Availability & Fault Toleranc
Affinity Rules

2 Topics
Standard vs Distributed Virtual Switches
Access Security and Permissions

10 Topics
Alerts and Performance Logs
Importance of Snapshots
VM Hardware Compatibility and vTools
ESXi Services and SSH
Other ESXi System Features (Firewalls Certificates NTP Time)
Monitoring Storage Performance
Clones and Templates
Which Physical Host NIC is assigned to a VM
Removing an Invalid VM
Automating VM start-up and shutdown

2 Topics
Sample Interview Questions & Answers
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Administering VMware vSphere 8 (Learn, Setup ESXi + vCenter)

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