VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training Part 1

Course details

Learn the essentials of vSphere 6.5, the data center virtualization platform from VMware. Part 1 of this training series covers core vSphere concepts such as virtual networking, virtual storage, virtual machines, and virtual apps. It starts with installation and configuration of the core tools—vSphere, vCenter Server, and the ESXi hypervisor—and then introduces features such as vSphere switches, VMFS and NFS data stores, vSAN, templates, and cloning. Instructor Rick Crisci also demos many common tasks that you may need to perform as a vSphere administrator using the vSphere web client.

Learning objectives
vSphere editions
Installing and configuring ESXi
Virtual networking with vSphere
Working with distributed and standard switches
Virtual storage
Creating NFS data stores
iSCSI storage
vSAN
Creating virtual machines and vApps
Duplicating machines with templates and cloning

Concepts

1. Introduction

01 - Introduction
02 - Getting certified
03 - Connect and get recognized

2. vSphere Systems

04 - vSphere license editions
05 - Virtualization basics
06 - vCenter and the Platform Services Controller (PSC)
07 - What's new in vCenter 6.5
08 - Deploy vCenter Service Appliance (vCSA) 6.5
09 - Licensing vCenter and ESXi
10 - Demo - ESXi installation
11 - Demo - Basic ESXi configuration
12 - Content libraries
13 - Update Manager
14 - Demo - Update Manager

3. Networking

15 - Virtual networking
16 - vSphere standard switches
17 - vSphere distributed switches
18 - Virtual switch features
19 - Demo - Create a vSphere standard switch
20 - Demo - Create a vSphere distributed switch
21 - Demo - Create vSphere distributed switch features

4. Storage

22 - Storage virtualization
23 - VMFS vs. NFS
24 - NFS 3 vs. NFS 4.1
25 - Demo - Create an NFS data store
26 - Fibre Channel storage
27 - LUN masking
28 - Zoning
29 - Fibre Channel over ethernet
30 - iSCSI storage
31 - Software iSCSI
32 - Dependent hardware iSCSI
33 - Independent hardware iSCSI Initiator
34 - iSCSI target discovery
35 - Demo - Dynamic discovery
36 - vSAN, part 1
37 - vSAN, part 2

5. VMs and Apps

38 - Demo - Create a virtual machine (VM)
39 - Demo - Install VMware tools
40 - Demo - Inflate a thin-provisioned disk
41 - Demo - Create a vApp
42 - Demo - Working with templates
43 - Demo - Clone a VM
44 - Demo - Import an OVF template
45 - Snapshots

VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training Part 1

Authors

Rick Crisci