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COURSE GK1000 | 5 PUBLIC SESSION
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V4
Course Outline



I. Introduction to VMware Virtualization

  • Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components

II. VMware ESX/ESXi

  • Architecture of ESX and ESXi
  • Manually configure ESX/ESXi

III. VMware vCenter Server

  • Install and configure vCenter Server components
  • Manage vCenter Server inventory objects

IV. Networking

  • Create, configure, and manage vNetwork standard switches, network connections, and port groups

V. Storage

  • Configure ESX/ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
  • Create and manage vSphere datastores

VI. Virtual Machines

  • Deploy virtual machines using the Create New Virtual Machine wizard, templates, cloning, and VMware vCenter Converter
  • Modify and manage virtual machines
  • Perform Storage vMotion™ migrations

VII. Access Control

  • Control user access through roles and permissions

VIII. Resource Monitoring

  • Control virtual machine access to CPU, memory, and I/O resources
  • VMkernel methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
  • Monitor resource usage using vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms

IX. Data Protection

  • Back up and recover virtual machines using VMware Data Recovery

X. Scalability

  • Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories using VMware vCenter Linked Mode
  • Manage ESX/ESXi configuration compliance using Host Profiles
  • Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
  • Perform VMware vMotion migrations
  • Configure and manage a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
  • Configure and manage VMware Distributed Power Management

XI. High Availability

  • Configure and manage a VMware High Availability cluster
  • Configure fault-tolerant virtual machines using VMware Fault Tolerance

XII. Patch Management

  • Manage patching and patch compliance using vCenter Update Manager

XIII. Installing VMware ESX and ESXi

  • Introduce ESX and ESXi installable installation


Labs


Lab 1: Configuring VMware ESXi

  • Connect to an ESXi host with vSphere Client
  • View host hardware configuration
  • View virtual machine configuration
  • Configure DNS and routing information for an ESXi host
  • Configure the ESXi host as an NTP client

Lab 2: Installing VMware vCenter Server

  • Access your vCenter Server system
  • Configure a SQL Server ODBC connection to a remote database
  • Install vCenter Server
  • Install the vSphere Client on the vCenter Server system

Lab 3: Using VMware vCenter Server

  • Log in to the vCenter Server system from your desktop virtual machine
  • Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory
  • Create folder objects
  • Manage vSphere license keys

Lab 4: Standard Virtual Switches

  • View the current standard virtual switch configuration
  • Create a standard virtual switch
  • Verify that your virtual machine has proper access to the production network

Lab 5: Accessing IP Storage

  • Create a VMkernel port on a standard virtual switch
  • Configure the iSCSI software adapter
  • Configure access to an NFS datastore
  • View iSCSI and NFS storage information

Lab 6: Managing VMware vStorage VMFS Datastores

  • Review your shared storage configuration
  • View VMFS datastore information
  • Change the name of a VMFS datastore
  • Create a VMFS datastore
  • Expand the VMFS datastore to consume unused space on a LUN
  • Remove a VMFS datastore
  • Extend a VMFS datastore

Lab 7: Working with Virtual Machines

  • Create a virtual machine
  • Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine
  • Create a virtual machine on an iSCSI VMFS datastore
  • Import a virtual machine into the vCenter Server inventory
  • Install VMware Tools into a virtual machine installed with a Windows operating system
  • Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and an ESXi host

Lab 8: Using Templates and Clones

  • Configure a guest operating system customization on a vCenter Server system
  • Create a template
  • Deploy a virtual machine from a template
  • Clone a virtual machine that is powered on

Lab 9: VMware vCenter Converter

  • Install vCenter Converter
  • Configure vCenter Converter guest operating system customization
  • Install and enable the vCenter Converter plug-in
  • Prepare a system for hot cloning
  • Hot clone a system

Lab 10: Modifying a Virtual Machine

  • Increase the size of a VMDK file
  • Adjust memory allocation on a virtual machine
  • Rename a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
  • Add a raw LUN to a virtual machine and verify that the guest operating system can see it
  • Expand a thin-provisioned virtual disk

Lab 11: Managing Virtual Machines

  • Unregister a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
  • Register a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory
  • Unregister and delete virtual machines from disk
  • Take snapshots of a virtual machine
  • Revert to a snapshot
  • Migrate virtual machine files with Storage vMotion

Lab 12: Access Control

  • Configure an ESXi host to use directory services
  • Use Active Directory accounts to verify proper access to your ESXi host
  • Create a custom role in vCenter Server
  • Assign permissions on vCenter Server inventory objects
  • Verify permission usability

Lab 13: Resource Pools

  • Create CPU contention
  • Create a resource pool named Fin-Test
  • Create a resource pool names Fin-Prod
  • Verify resource pool functionality

Lab 14: Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance

  • Create CPU contention
  • Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization
  • Undo changes made to your virtual machine

Lab 15: Using Alarms

  • Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for a condition
  • Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for an event
  • Trigger virtual machine alarms and acknowledge them
  • Disable virtual machine alarms

Lab 16: VMware Data Recovery

  • Install the Data Recovery plug-in
  • Modify the Data Recovery virtual appliance
  • Do the initial setup of the Data Recovery appliance
  • Create a backup job
  • Create a restore job

Lab 17: Working with Host Profiles

  • Add a second ESXi host to the team vCenter Server system
  • Create a disparate configuration
  • Create a host profile
  • Attach a host profile to an ESXi host and check compliance
  • Apply a host profiles to an ESXi host

Lab 18: vNetwork Distributed Switches

  • Remove the vmnic from the standard virtual switch
  • Create a distributed virtual switch for the virtual machine network
  • Create a distributed virtual switch port group
  • Migrate virtual machines to a distributed switch port group
  • Verify that your virtual machine has proper access to the production network

Lab 19: Migrating Virtual Machines

  • Create a VMkernel port group for vMotion migration
  • Verify that your ESXi host meets vMotion requirements
  • Verify that your virtual machine meets vMotion requirements
  • Perform a vMotion migration of a virtual machine

Lab 20: VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler

  • Create a DRS cluster
  • Populate the DRS cluster
  • Verify proper DRS cluster functionality
  • Apply DRS recommendations
  • Create, test, and disable affinity rules
  • Create, test, and disable anti-affinity rules

Lab 21:VMware Distributed Power Management

  • Log in to your vCenter Server system and start the vSphere Client
  • Configure IPMI/iLO as the VMware DPM wake protocol
  • Configure VMware DPM
  • Test VMware DPM
  • Bring an ESXi host out of standby mode

Lab 22: Using VMware High Availability

  • Create a cluster enabled for VMware HA
  • Test VMware HA functionality

Lab 23: Working with Slot Sizes and Admission Control

  • Use the Resource Allocation tab to determine resource use
  • Manage VMware HA slot size
  • Configure a VMware HA cluster with strict admission control
  • Configure a VMware HA cluster with flexible admission control

Lab 24: Configuring VMware Fault Tolerance

  • Enable FT logging
  • Activate FT
  • Test FT
  • Disable FT

Lab 25: VMware vCenter Update Manager

  • Install Update Manager
  • Modify cluster settings
  • Install and enable the Update Manager plug-in
  • Create a patch baseline
  • Attach a baseline and scan for updates
  • Stage patches and remediate ESXi hosts