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This intensive, extended-hours course combines instructor training with hands-on labs to focus on how to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot VMware vSphere® 6, including VMware ESXi™ 6 and VMware vCenter Server™ 6. This course combines the content of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course with troubleshooting skills needed for maintaining highly available and scalable vSphere environments. Students gain practical experience with these concepts through the completion of hands-on labs. Target Audience New and experienced system administrators, systems engineers, and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office Learning Objectives Deploy an ESXi host and create virtual machinesDeploy a vCenter Server instance or VMware vCenter™ Server Appliance™Configure and manage the vSphere infrastructure with the VMware vSphere® Client™ and the VMware vSphere® Web ClientConfigure virtual networks with vSphere standard switchesDescribe and use a content libraryMigrate virtual machines with VMware vSphere® vMotion®Use VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® to migrate virtual machine storageUse VMware vRealize™ Operations Manager™ to identify and solve issues through analytics and alertsManage VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Fault ToleranceUse VMware vSphere® Replication™ and VMware vSphere® Data Protection™ to replicate virtual machines and perform data recoveryUse VMWare vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™ clusters to improve host scalabilityUse vSphere distributed switches to improve network scalabilityUse VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to apply patchesPerform basic troubleshooting of ESXi hosts, virtual machines, vCenter Server, virtual networking, virtual storage, and other vSphere operations

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System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systemsUnderstanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course or VCA-DCV certification

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Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Software-Defined Data Center
Introduce virtualization and vSphere components
Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
Install and use vSphere user interfaces
Describe the ESXi architecture and configure various ESXi settings
Creating Virtual Machines
Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
Deploy a single virtual machine
Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
Describe how to import an OVF template
VMware vCenter Server
Introduce vCenter Server architecture
Introduce vCenter Server Appliance
Install and configure vCenter Server Appliance
Use the vSphere Web Client
Configure VMware vCenter™ Single Sign-On™ and VMware Platform Services Controller™
Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
Troubleshooting vSphere
Use a structured approach to troubleshoot issues in vSphere
Discuss options for running vSphere commands
Locate and use important vSphere log files
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Describe, create, and manage a standard switch
Describe and modify standard switch properties
Describe the NIC teaming of a standard switch port group
Describe, create, and manage a distributed switch
Troubleshoot virtual networking
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Introduce storage protocols and device names
Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
Create and manage vSphere VMFS datastores
Introduce VMware Virtual SAN™ datastores
Troubleshoot virtual storage
Virtual Machine Management
Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
Modify and manage virtual machines
Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
Create VMware vSphere® vApp™
Describe the types of content libraries
Troubleshoot virtual machines and snapshots
Resource Management and Monitoring
Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
Configure and manage resource pools
Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
Use vRealize Operations Manager to manage a software-defined data center
Troubleshoot ESXi and vCenter Server
vSphere HA and vSphere FT
Explain the vSphere HA architecture
Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
Set vSphere HA advanced parameters
Enable vSphere FT on a virtual machine
Describe vSphere Replication and vSphere Data Protection
Troubleshoot vSphere HA
Host Scalability with vSphere DRS
Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
Create a vSphere DRS cluster
View information about a vSphere DRS cluster
Troubleshoot vSphere DRS clusters
vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance
Describe, install, and configure vSphere Update Manager
Describe and use host profiles
Use baselines and remediate ESXi hosts
Perform patch management
Installing vSphere Components
Describe how to install ESXi interactively
Identify the basic requirements for an ESXi host to boot from SAN
Identify system requirements to install vCenter Server
Install vCenter Server on a supported Windows system

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