VMware vsphere: Fast Track [V5.0]

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VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.0]

Experience the ultimate in vSphere 5 skills-building and VCP exam-preparation training.

In this intensive, extended-hours course, you will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware® vSphere® 5. You will explore the topics covered in VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage in greater detail and expand upon them by learning advanced tasks and gaining expert skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.

You will gain hands-on experience installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi™ 5.0 and VMware vCenter™

Server 5.0, and you will learn about all the new features found in vSphere 5. Topics unique to this course include Fault Tolerance, vSphere

Management Assistant (vMA), Storage vMotion, and Distributed Power Management (DPM). Approximately 40% of your class time will be devoted to 32 hands-on labs.

This fast-track course aligns to the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 exam objectives more closely than any other VMware training course, and it satisfies the coursework requirements for certification. A VCP exam voucher is included.

What You'll Learn

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Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage

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Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances

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Manage user access to the virtual infrastructure

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Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage

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Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure

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Implement business continuity solutions

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Manage changes to the vSphere environment

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Use a command-line interface to manage vSphere

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Install and configure ESXi and vCenter Server

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Use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts

Who Needs to Attend

Experienced system administrators, engineers, and operators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office

Prerequisites

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Comfort with system administration and using command-line interfaces

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Readiness to participate in a demanding, high-intensity training experience

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

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Course Outline

In this comprehensive course, you will cover all these vSphere 5 features:

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Thin Provisioning

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Update Manager

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Data Recovery

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High Availability

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vMotion

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Storage APIs for Data Protection

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vCenter Server Appliance

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vSphere Storage Appliance

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Linked Mode

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Hot Add

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Fault Tolerance

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vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

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Storage APIs for Multipathing

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Storage vMotion

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Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS)

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Distributed Power Management (DPM)

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Distributed Switch

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Host Profiles

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Auto Deploy

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Storage DRS

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Profile Driven Storage

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Port Mirroring 1. VMware Virtualization

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Virtualization, virtual machines, and vSphere components

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Server, network, and storage virtualization

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Where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture

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Install and use vSphere user interfaces 2. Create Virtual Machines

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Virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files

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Deploy a single virtual machine 3. VMware vCenter Server

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vCenter Server architecture

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Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses 4. Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

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Create and manage a standard virtual switch

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Modify standard virtual switch properties

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Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms 5. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

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Storage protocols and device names

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Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage

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Create and manage vSphere datastores

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VMware vSphere Storage Appliance 6. Virtual Machine Management

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Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines

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Modify and manage virtual machines

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Create and manage virtual machine snapshots

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Perform VMware vSphere vMotion® and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations

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Create a vSphere vApp

7. Access and Authentication Control

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Control user access through roles and permissions

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Configure and manage the ESXi firewall

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Configure ESXi lockdown mode

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Integrate ESXi with Active Directory

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VMware vShield Zones

8. Resource Management and Monitoring

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Virtual CPU and memory concepts

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Methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage

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Configure and manage resource pools

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Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage

9. High Availability and Fault Tolerance

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New vSphere High Availability architecture

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Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster

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vSphere Fault Tolerance 10. Host Scalability

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Use Host Profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance

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Configure and manage a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster

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Configure and manage vSphere Distributed Power Management 11. Network Scalability

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Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

12. Storage Scalability

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Storage I/O Control

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VMware vSphere Storage APIs: Array Integration and VASA

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Policy-driven storage

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Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile

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Storage DRS operation

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Create a datastore cluster for Storage DRS

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Configure Storage DRS 13. Data Protection

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Strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server

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VMware Data Recovery appliance

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Solutions for backing up virtual machines efficiently 14. Patch Management

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Use VMware vSphere vCenter Update Manager to manage ESXi patching

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Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in

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Create patch baselines

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Scan and remediate hosts

15. VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

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Configure vMA

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esxcli and vicfg commands

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Perform command-line operations for host, network, and storage management and performance monitoring

16. Installing VMware Components

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Use vCenter Linked Mode to manage multiple vCenter Server inventories

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ESXi installation

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Boot-from-SAN requirements

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vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements

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Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)

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VMware vCenter Server Appliance

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Configure and manage vCenter Server Appliance

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Use Image Builder to create an ESXi installation image

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Use Auto Deploy to deploy a stateless ESXi host

Labs

Lab 1: Install VMware vSphere Graphical User Interfaces

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Access your student desktop system

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Install the vSphere Client

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Install the Web Client (Server) Lab 2: Configure VMware ESXi

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Connect to an ESXi host with the vSphere Client

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View host hardware configuration

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Configure DNS and routing information for an ESXi host

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Configure an ESXi host as an NTP client

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Configure an ESXi host to use directory services Lab 3: Work with Virtual Machines

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Create a virtual machine

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Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine

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Virtual machine's disk format and usage statistics

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Install VMware Tools on a virtual machine installed with a Windows operating system

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Enable time synchronization between a virtual machine and an ESXi host

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Copy programs from CD to your virtual machine Lab 4: Use VMware vCenter Server

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Install vSphere license keys

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Create a vCenter Server inventory datacenter object

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Create vCenter Server inventory folder objects

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Add your ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory Lab 5: Standard Virtual Switches

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View the current standard virtual switch configuration

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Create a standard virtual switch with a virtual machine port group

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Attach your virtual machine to a virtual switch port group Lab 6: Access IP Storage

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Add a VMkernel port group to a standard virtual switch

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Configure the iSCSI software adapter

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Configure access to NFS datastores

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View iSCSI and NFS storage information Lab 7: Manage VMware vSphere VMFS

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Review the shared storage configuration

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Change the name of a VMFS datastore

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Create a VMFS datastore

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Expand a VMFS datastore to consume unused space on a LUN

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Remove a VMFS datastore

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Extend a VMFS datastore Lab 8: Use Templates and Clones

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Copy sysprep files to the vCenter Server instance

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Create a template

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Create customization specifications

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Deploy a virtual machine from a template

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Clone a virtual machine that is powered on Lab 9: Modify a Virtual Machine

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Increase the size of a VMDK file

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Adjust memory allocation on a virtual machine

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Rename a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory

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Add a raw LUN to a virtual machine and verify that the guest operating system can see it

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Expand a thin-provisioned virtual disk Lab 10: Migrate Virtual Machines

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Configure infrastructure to use a single vCenter server

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Create a virtual switch and VMkernel port group for vMotion migration

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Verify that your ESXi host meets vMotion requirements

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Verify that your virtual machines meet vMotion requirements

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Perform a vMotion migration of a virtual machine

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Migrate virtual machine files with Storage vMotion Lab 11: Manage Virtual Machines

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Unregister a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory

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Register a virtual machine in the vCenter Server inventory

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Unregister and delete virtual machines from disk

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Take snapshots of a virtual machine

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Revert to a snapshot

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Delete an individual snapshot

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Use the Delete All function in Snapshot Manager

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Create a vApp

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Power on a vApp

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Remove a vApp

Lab 12: VMware vCenter Converter

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Prepare the system to be hot cloned

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Install Converter Standalone

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Convert a system to a virtual machine

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Verify that the conversion is successful Lab 13: Access Control

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Attempt to log in to the ESXi host directly

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Grant non-administrator access to a user

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Explore the ESX Admins AD group

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Create a custom role in vCenter Server

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Assign permissions on vCenter Server inventory objects

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Verify permission usability Lab 14: Resource Pools

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Create CPU contention

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Create a resource pool named Fin-Test

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Create a resource pool named Fin-Prod

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Verify resource pool functionality

Lab 15: Monitor Virtual Machine Performance

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Create CPU activity

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Use vCenter Server to monitor CPU utilization Lab 16: Use Alarms

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Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for a condition

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Create a virtual machine alarm that monitors for an event

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Trigger virtual machine alarms and acknowledge them

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Disable virtual machine alarms

Lab 17: Use VMware vSphere High Availability (HA)

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Create a cluster enabled for vSphere HA

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Add your ESXi host to a cluster

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Test vSphere HA functionality

Lab 18: Work with Slot Sizes and Admission Control

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Determine vSphere HA cluster resource usage

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Manage vSphere HA slot size

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Configure a vSphere HA cluster with strict admission control Lab 19: Configure VMware Fault Tolerance

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Prepare the virtual machine

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Enable Fault Tolerance logging

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Activate Fault Tolerance

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Test Fault Tolerance

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Disable Fault Tolerance Lab 20: Work with Host Profiles

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Create a host profile

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Attach a host profile to an ESXi host and check compliance

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Purposefully introduce configuration drift

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Check compliance again

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Remediate the managed host

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Detach managed host from the host profile Lab 21: vSphere DRS

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Create load imbalance

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Create a DRS cluster

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Verify proper DRS cluster functionality

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Create, test, and disable an affinity rule

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Create, test, and disable an anti-affinity rule

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Create, test, and disable a virtual machine to host affinity rule Lab 22: vNetwork Distributed Switches

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Remove the vmnics from the standard virtual switch

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Create a distributed virtual switch for the virtual machine network

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Create a distributed virtual switch port group

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Migrate virtual machines to a distributed switch port group

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Verify that your virtual machine has proper access to the Production network

Lab 23: Port Mirroring

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Install Microsoft Network Monitor

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Configure port mirroring vDS-01

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Verify that port mirroring works properly Lab 24: Profile Driven Storage

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Create a VMFS datastore configuration

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Create a user-defined storage capability

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Create a virtual machine storage profile

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Enable your host to use virtual machine storage profiles

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Associate storage profiles with virtual machines

Lab 25: Managing Datastore Clusters

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Create a datastore cluster enabled for Storage DRS

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Perform a datastore evacuation with datastore maintenance mode

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Manually run Storage DRS and apply migration recommendations

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Acknowledge Storage DRS alarms Lab 26: VMware vCenter Update Manager

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Install Update Manager

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Install the Update Manager plug-in into the vSphere Client

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Modify cluster settings

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Configure Update Manager

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Create a patch baseline

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Attach a baseline and scan for updates

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Stage patches onto ESXi hosts

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Remediate ESXi hosts Lab 27: Use vMA

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Log in to vMA and connect to your vCenter Server and ESXi host

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Create a virtual switch

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Configure storage

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Use resxtop to retrieve performance metrics on CPU, memory, networking, and storage

Lab 28: VMware vCenter Linked Mode

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Enable vCenter Linked Mode

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Perform a combined query from a Linked Mode group

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Execute administration operations in a Linked Mode group

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Isolate a vCenter Server instance from a Linked Mode group Lab 29: Install VMware vCenter Server

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Access your vCenter Server system

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Uninstall vCenter Server

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Install vCenter Server

Lab 30: Configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance

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Configure the vCenter Server Appliance with a web browser

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Configure the vCenter Server Appliance to use directory services

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Register the vSphere Web Client with the vCenter Server Appliance

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Connect to the vCenter Server Appliance with the vSphere Client

Lab 31: Configure VMware vSphere Auto Deploy on a Windows vCenter Server System

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Install Auto Deploy

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Configure the DHCP server and TFTP server for Auto Deploy

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Use vSphere PowerCLI to configure Auto Deploy

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Configure the ESXi host to boot from the network

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View the auto deployed host in the vCenter Server inventory

Lab 32: Configure VMware vSphere Auto Deploy on the vCenter Server Appliance

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Start the Auto Deploy service

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Configure the DHCP service

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Configure the TFTP service

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Use vSphere PowerCLI to configure Auto Deploy

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Configure the ESXi host to boot from the network

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View the auto deployed host in the vCenter Server inventory