- Module 1 - Course Introduction
- Identify the course goals
- Identify the course objectives
- View the course module outline
Module 2 - Design Process Overview
- Clarify key terminology
- Identify and discuss design guidelines, design approaches, design sessions, and design decisions and implications, and create a design framework
- Define and describe a framework methodology
- Identify design tools, including the architecture quality matrix, Information Technology Infrastructure Library v3, and the vSphere technology stack
Module 3 - VMware vSphere Storage Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about virtual and physical storage
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative storage design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a storage design
Module 4 - VMware vSphere Network Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about virtual and physical networks
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative network design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a network design
Module 5 - Compute Resources Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about host CPU and memory
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative host design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a host design
Module 6 - Virtual Machine Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about virtual machines
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative virtual machine design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a virtual machine design
Module 7 - VMware vSphere Virtual Datacenter Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about virtual datacenters regarding management server and cluster configuration
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative virtual datacenter design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a virtual datacenter design
Module 8 - Management and Monitoring Design
- Identify useful information for making design decisions about management and monitoring
- Recognize and analyze best-practice recommendations
- Analyze alternative management and monitoring design choices
- Communicate choices and their benefits and risks to the customer
- Develop a management and monitoring design