VMware vSphere 6.5: Fast Track

Intra-company training

Who is the training for?

Experienced system integrators; consultants responsible for designing and deploying vSphere environments.

Level reached

Advanced

Duration

5,00 day(s)

Language(s) of service

FR

Prerequisites

Completion of the following courses:

  • VMware vSphere 6.7: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM)
  • VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale (VOS)
  • Or equivalent experience with vSphere deployments

Goals

  • Assess the business and application requirements of the current environment
  • Understand and apply a framework to a design
  • Analyze design choices and best-practice recommendations
  • Design and deploy the core management infrastructure for an enterprise
  • Design and deploy the virtual data center for an enterprise
  • Design and deploy the compute infrastructure for an enterprise
  • Design and deploy the storage and networking infrastructures for an enterprise
  • Design and deploy virtual machines to run applications in a vSphere infrastructure
  • Design and deploy security, management, and recoverability features for an enterprise

Contents

1 Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
2 Infrastructure Assessment
  • Define customer business objectives
  • Gather and analyze business and application requirements
  • Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
  • Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
  • Create a conceptual design
3 Core Management Infrastructure
  • Determine the number of vCenter Server instances to include in a design
  • Choose appropriate platforms for vCenter Server components and databases
  • Design a vCenter Server deployment topology that is appropriate for the size and requirements of the data center
  • Review a core management infrastructure design and deploy it as designed
4 Virtual Data Center Infrastructure
  • Calculate total capacity requirements for a design
  • Create a virtual data center cluster design that meets business and workload requirements
  • Evaluate the use of various management services, such as VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™, in the virtual data center design
  • Evaluate the use of resource pools in the virtual data center design
  • Deploy virtual data center components for the given vSphere design
5 Compute Infrastructure
  • Create a compute infrastructure design that includes the appropriate ESXi boot, installation, and configuration options
  • Choose the ESXi host hardware for the compute infrastructure
  • Review a compute infrastructure design and deploy it as designed
  • Configure and run a script to automate ESXi host installation
6 Storage Infrastructure
  • Calculate storage capacity and performance requirements for a design
  • Evaluate the use of different storage platform and storage management solutions
  • Design a storage platform and storage management architecture that meets the needs of the environment
  • Review a storage platform design and deploy it as designed
  • Review a storage management design and deploy it as designed
7 Network Infrastructure
  • Evaluate the use of different network component and network management solutions
  • Design a network component architecture that includes information about network segmentation and virtual switch types
  • Review a network component design and deploy it as designed
  • Design a network management architecture that meets the needs of the environment
  • Review a storage management design and deploy it as designed
8 Virtual Machine Design
  • Make virtual machine design decisions, including decisions for resources
  • Design virtual machines that meet the needs of the applications in the environment
  • Review a virtual machine design and deploy it as designed
9 Infrastructure Security
  • Make security design decisions for various layers in the vSphere environment
  • Design a security strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
  • Review an infrastructure security design and deploy it as designed
10 Infrastructure Manageability
  • Make VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ design decisions that meet the requirements of the data center
  • Review a vSphere Update Manager architecture design and deploy it as designed
  • Make infrastructure management design decisions for the required areas
  • Design an infrastructure management strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
  • Review an infrastructure management design and deploy it as designed
11 Infrastructure Recoverability
  • Make infrastructure recoverability design decisions in the required areas
  • Design an infrastructure recoverability strategy that meets the needs of the vSphere environment
  • Review an infrastructure recoverability design and deploy it as designed

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