VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training Part 2

3h 9mBeginner2018-06-20

Authors

Rick Crisci

Technical Trainer and Information Technology Professional

Course details

Learn the essentials of vSphere 6.5, the data center virtualization platform from VMware. Part 2 of this training series covers administration, troubleshooting, and monitoring. Learn how to migrate virtual machines with vMotion, configure High Availability, and cluster ESXi hosts and related virtual machines with VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). Learn about controlling resource allocation with DRS rules and resource pools, configuring fault tolerance, and fixing common issues related to installation, storage, and virtual machines. Instructor Rick Crisci also shows how to export logs, set up alarms, and perform simple database maintenance.

Learning objectives
Configuring vMotion and Storage vMotion
vSphere High Availability (HA)
Setting DRS rules and automation levels
Fault tolerance
DRS data protection
Troubleshooting vSphere
Monitoring vSphere

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationEssential TrainingNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction

1. Administer Availability

02 - vMotion
03 - Demo - Configuring for vMotion
04 - Demo - vMotion
05 - Demo - Scheduled vMotion
06 - Storage vMotion
07 - Demo - Storage vMotion
08 - High Availability (HA) introduction
09 - Admission control
10 - vSphere 6.5 - What's new in HA
11 - Demo - HA
12 - Demo - Proactive HA

2. Administer Resource Management Features

13 - Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
14 - DRS affinity rules
15 - DRS and vCenter
16 - DRS and maintenance mode
17 - DRS and automation levels
18 - DRS and resource fragmentation
19 - vSphere 6.5 - What's new in DRS
20 - Demo - DRS
21 - Fault tolerance
22 - Demo - Fault tolerance
23 - Resource pools
24 - vSphere data protection

3. Troubleshooting vSphere 6.x

25 - vSphere data protection
26 - Demo - Verify VM network config
27 - Demo - Verify host networking
28 - ESXi management agents
29 - Demo - Troubleshoot common installation issues
30 - Demo - Troubleshoot common storage issues

4. Monitoring vSphere 6.x

31 - Demo - Troubleshoot common VM issues
32 - Gathering and uploading logs
33 - Demo - Alarms