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1. Course Introduction
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Introductions and course
logistics
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Course objectives
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Describe the content of this
course
2. Introduction to vSphere and the
SoftwareDefinedData Center
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Describe the topology of a
physical data center
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Explain the vSphere virtual
infrastructure
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Define the files and components
of virtual machines
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Describe the benefits of using
virtual machines
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Explain the similarities and
differences between physical architectures and virtual architectures
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Define the purpose of ESXi
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Define the purpose of vCenter
Server
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Explain the software defined
data center
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Describe private, public, and
hybrid clouds
3. Creating Virtual Machines
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Introduce virtual machines,
virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
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Identify the files that make up
a virtual machine
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Discuss the latest virtual
machine hardware and its features
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Describe virtual machine CPU,
memory, disk, and network resource usage
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Explain the importance of
VMware Tools™
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Direct I/O, remote direct
memory access, and NVMe
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Deploy and configure virtual
machines and templates
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Identify the virtual machine
disk format
4. vCenter Server
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Introduce the vCenter Server
architecture
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Deploy and configure vCenter
Server Appliance
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Use vSphere Web Client
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Back up and restore vCenter
Server
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Examine vCenter Server
permissions and roles
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Explain the vSphere HA
architectures and features
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Manage vCenter Server inventory
objects and licenses
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Access and navigate the new
vSphere clients
5. Configuring and Managing Virtual
Networks
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Describe, create, and manage standard
switches
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Describe the virtual switch
connection types
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Contrast and compare vSphere
distributed switches and standard switches
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Firewall ports and vSphere
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Network teaming and
load-balancing
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Configure virtual switch
security and load balancing policies
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Upgrading your vDS version
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Migration to vDS
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The purpose of traffic shaping
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Traffic shaping on vDS
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Network I/O control
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About jumbo frames
6. Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
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Introduce storage protocols and
storage device types
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Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI,
NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
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Create and manage VMFS and NFS
datastores
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Describe the new features of
VMFS 6.5
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Introduce vSAN
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Describe guest file encryption
7. Virtual Machine Management
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Use templates and cloning to
deploy new virtual machines
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Modify and manage virtual
machines
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Clone a virtual machine
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Upgrade virtual machine
hardware to version 12
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Remove virtual machines from
the vCenter Server inventory and datastore
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Customize a new virtual machine
using customization specification files
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Perform vSpherevMotion and
vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
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Create and manage virtual
machine snapshots
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Create, clone, and export vApps
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Introduce the types of content
libraries and how to deploy and use them
8. Resource Management and Monitoring
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Introduce virtual CPU and
memory concepts
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Explain virtual memory
reclamation techniques
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Describe virtual machine
overcommitment and resource competition
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Configure and manage resource
pools
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Describe methods for optimizing
CPU and memory usage
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Set reservations, limits, and
shares
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Describe expandable
reservations
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Schedule changes to resource
settings
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Create, clone, and export vApps
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Use vCenter Server performance
charts and esxtop to analyze vSphere performance
9. vSphere HA, vSphere Fault Tolerance, and
Protecting Data
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Explain the vSphere HA
architecture
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Configure and manage a vSphere
HA cluster
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Use vSphere HA advanced
parameters
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Describe vSphere HA heartbeat
networks and datastore heartbeats
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Use vSphere Data Protection to
back up and restore data
10. vSphere DRS
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Describe the functions and
benefits of a vSphere DRS cluster
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Configure and manage a vSphere
DRS cluster
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Work with affinity and anti-affinity
rules
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analysis and proactive vSphere
DRS
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Highlight the evolution of
vSphere DRS using predictive data from VMware vRealize®
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Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS
together for business continuity
11. vSphere Update Manager
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Describe the new vSphere Update
Manager architecture, components, and capabilities
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Use vSphere Update Manager to
manage ESXi, virtual machine, and vApp patching
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Install vSphere Update Manager
and the vSphere Update Manager plugin
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Create patch baselines
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Use host profiles to manage
host configuration compliance
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Scan and remediate hosts
12. Optimize and Scale vSphere
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Tuning vSphere Performance
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Optimizing Virtual Machines
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Monitoring vSphere Performance
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Using Host Profiles
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Securing Your ESXi Hosts
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Automation Using PowerCLI