Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Virtual Infrastructure Overview
- Define virtualization and identify vSphere components
- Learn to use the vCenter Server management interface
- View virtual network and storage components
Module 3: Creating Virtual Machines
- Create and use templates to deploy virtual machines
- Automate guest operating system customization
Module 4: Allocating Compute Resources to Business Functions
- Hierarchically allocate CPU and memory resources
- Set virtual machine priorities on CPU and memory resources
- Create resource pools
Module 5: Migrating Virtual Machines
- Migrate live virtual machines using VMware VMotion™ and VMware Storage VMotion
Module 6: Balancing Virtual Machine Workloads
- Configure a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster and resource pools
Module 7: Monitoring the Virtual Datacenter
- Become familiar with vCenter Server graphs to monitor virtual machine performance
- Use vCenter Server alarms to monitor and proactively respond to ESX/ESXi and virtual machine state changes
Module 8: High Availability and Fault Tolerance
- Configure a VMware High Availability cluster
- Understand how VMware Fault Tolerance works
Module 9: Extending VMware vSphere Capabilities
- Discuss how different VMware products and features work together to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability of your datacenter