VMware vSphere 6.7 Foundations Essential Training

Course details

In this course, Rick Crisci, a VMware Certified Instructor who has taught thousands of hours of live training directly for VMware, guides you through what you need to know about VMware vSphere 6.7 and helps you prepare for the VCP 6 NV Network Virtualization exam (2V0-642). Explore vSphere components and concepts, installation and configuration, and the Update Manager. Review best practices for administering resource management features, as well as troubleshooting and monitoring. Dive into using vMotion to migrate VMs, administering availability in vSphere 6.7, and using vSphere 6.7 storage. Plus, learn how to deploy and administer vSphere 6.7 VMs and apps and make the best use of vSphere networking. Helpful demos accompany the topics you cover.

The new VCP-NV 2019 Certification can be achieved by passing the NSX 6.2 exam that this course is based on. In order to take the VCP6-NV exam you will need to complete some course requirements from VMware as well. Be sure to check those out as you prepare to get certified.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Configuration and installation of vSphere 6.7
02 - VMware hands-on labs
03 - Connect with me

1. vSphere Components and Concepts

04 - Demo - vSphere license editions
05 - Virtualization basics
06 - vCenter and the Platform Services Controller
07 - Content libraries

2. vSphere Installation and Configuration

08 - Demo - Deploy VCSA 6.7
09 - Demo - Add ESXi hosts to vCenter inventory
10 - Demo - Licensing vCenter and ESXi
11 - Demo - ESXi 6.7 installation
12 - Demo - Basic ESXi configuration

3. Update Manager

13 - Update Manager
14 - Demo - Update Manager
15 - Next steps

4. Administer Resource Management Features in vSphere 6.7

16 - Administer resource management in vSphere
17 - Understanding vSphere resource pools
18 - Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Concepts
19 - DRS affinity rules
20 - DRS and vCenter
21 - DRS and maintenance mode
22 - DRS and automation levels
23 - DRS and resource fragmentation
24 - DRS review
25 - Demo - Configure Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in vSphere 6.7
26 - Next steps

5. vSphere 6.7 Troubleshooting and Monitoring

27 - Welcome
28 - Demo - Verify VM network configuration in vSphere 6.7
29 - Demo - Verify host networking in ESXi 6.7
30 - Demo - Troubleshoot common storage issues in vSphere 6.7
31 - Demo - Troubleshoot common VM issues in vSphere 6.7
32 - Gathering and uploading logs in vSphere 6.7
33 - Demo - Working with alarms in vSphere 6.7
34 - Next steps

6. Using vMotion to Migrate vSphere 6.7 VMs

35 - Migrate your VMs
36 - vMotion
37 - Demo - Configuring vMotion in vSphere 6.7
38 - Demo - Performing a vMotion migration in vSphere 6.7
39 - Demo - Configure a scheduled vMotion in vSphere 6.7
40 - Storage vMotion concepts
41 - Demo - Performing a storage vMotion in vSphere 6.7
42 - Demo - Changing disk formatting with Storage vMotion
43 - Demo - Shared nothing vMotion in vSphere 6.7
44 - Next steps

7. Administer Availability in vSphere 6.7

45 - High Availability architecture in vSphere
46 - Basic vSphere High Availability architecture
47 - High Availability (HA) datastore heartbeats and host isolation
48 - HA failure scenarios
49 - Demo - Basic High Availability configuration in vSphere 6.7
50 - vCenter High Availability in vSphere 6.7
51 - vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) file backup in vSphere 6.7
52 - Fault tolerance in vSphere 6.7
53 - Demo - Fault tolerance in vSphere 6.7
54 - Next steps

8. vSphere 6.7 Storage

55 - Storage foundations in vSphere
56 - Storage virtualization concepts
57 - VMFS and NFS concepts
58 - NFS version 3 versus 4.1
59 - Demo - Create an NFS datastore in vSphere 6.7
60 - Fiber channel storage
61 - LUN masking and zoning
62 - Fiber channel over ethernet
63 - iSCSI storage concepts for vSphere 6.7
64 - Demo - Configure iSCSI in vSphere 6.7
65 - Virtual SAN (VSAN)
66 - VSAN versus traditional storage
67 - Next steps

9. Deploy and Administer vSphere 6.7 VMs and Apps

68 - Deploy and administer your VMs
69 - Demo - Create a VM in vSphere 6.7
70 - Demo - Install VMware Tools in vSphere 6.7
71 - Demo - Upgrade VMware Tools on a vSphere 6.7 VM
72 - Demo - Inflate a thin-provisioned disk
73 - Demo - Create a vApp in vSphere 6.7
74 - Demo - Working with templates in vSphere 6.7
75 - Demo - Clone a VM in vSphere 6.7
76 - Demo - Import an OVF template in vSphere 6.7
77 - Snapshots
78 - Demo - Working with snapshots in vSphere 6.7
79 - Next steps

10. vSphere Networking

80 - Networking foundations
81 - Virtual networking in vSphere 6.7
82 - vSphere Standard Switches
83 - vSphere Distributed Switches
84 - Virtual switch features in vSphere 6.7
85 - Demo - Create a vSphere 6.7 Standard Switch
86 - Demo - Create a vSphere 6.7 Distributed Switch
87 - Demo - Configure virtual switch features in vSphere 6.7
88 - Next steps