VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.5]

This five-day course will teach you advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure, and you will discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. Anyone who is ready to take their understanding of vSphere to a deeper level and learn how to use advanced features and controls will greatly benefit from this course.
Delegates will learn how to
· Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
· Manage changes to the vSphere environment
· Optimize the performance of all vSphere components
· Harden the vSphere environment against security threats
· Use VMware vSphere® Client™, VMware vSphere® Web Client, and VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell to manage vSphere
· Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to provision ESXi hosts
· Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ to monitor system logs
· Deploy VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ to be highly available and optimized for performance
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Identify additional resources for after this course
Identify other VMware Education offerings
Network Scalability
Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow
Storage Scalability
Explain vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
Configure VMware vSphere Storage DRS and VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere
Host and Management Scalability
Explain the uses of VMware vCenter® Converter™
Define and use content libraries
Describe and use host profiles
Describe and use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy
CPU Optimization
Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics
Memory Optimization
Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics
Storage Optimization
Describe factors that affect storage performance
Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics
Network Optimization
Explain the performance features of network adapters
Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics
Analyzing vSphere
Explain how Proactive DRS enhances virtual machine availability
Use vRealize Log Insight to identify and troubleshoot issues
vCenter Server Availability and Performance
Explain the native high availability feature of vCenter Server and VMware Platform Services Controller
Configure vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller high availability
Understand what factors influence vCenter Server performance
vSphere Security
Configure ESXi host access and authorization
Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps, and VMware vSphere vMotion
VMware vSphere 6.5: Install, Configure, Manage
Program Details | |
Duration | 5 Days |
Capacity | Max 12 Persons |
Training Type | Classroom / Virtual Classroom |