EDU-VSOSS8: VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:

• Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
• Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs
• Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
• Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
• Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability
• Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi™ 8 host compliance
• Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates
• Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client
• Secure VMware vCenter® 8, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment
• Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources
• Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs

This course requires the following:

• Attend VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
• Equivalent knowledge and administration experience with ESXi and vCenter
• Experience with working at the command line is highly recommended.

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Virtual Machine Operations

• Recognize the role of a VMware ToolsTM Repository
• Configure a VMware Tools Repository
• Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs
• Identify the components in the VMware vSphere® ReplicationTM architecture
• Deploy and configure vSphere Replication and VMware Site RecoveryTM instances
• Recover replicated VMs

Module 3: vSphere Cluster Operations

• Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
• Describe how scalable shares work
• Describe the function of the vCLS
• Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

Module 4: Network Operations

• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
• Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
• Describe the use cases and benefits of VMware vSphere® Distributed Services EngineTM

Module 5: Storage Operations

• Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
• Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
• Describe storage policy-based management
• Recognize components in the VMware vSphere® Virtual VolumesTM architecture
• Configure Storage I/O Control

Module 6: vCenter and ESXi Operations

• Create a vCenter backup schedule
• Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
• Explain how vCenter Server High Availability works
• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles
• Use the vSphere client and the command line to manage certificates

Module 7: vSphere Monitoring

• Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance
• Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
• Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
• Create custom alarms in vCenter
• Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware SkylineTM
• Recognize uses for VMware Skyline AdvisorTM Pro

Module 8: vSphere Security and Access Control

• Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines
• Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols
• Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
• Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider

Module 9: vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption

• Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication
• Describe virtual machine security features
• Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
• Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs
• List VM encryption events and alarms
• Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority

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This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX-T™ Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 3.2 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls and advanced threat prevention, and more.

 

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