vSphere 6.7 Professional Part 05: Updates and Upgrades

1h 37mBeginner2019-10-14

Authors

Rick Crisci

Technical Trainer and Information Technology Professional

Course details

VMware vSphere is an integral part of any modern networking environment. vSphere offers a virtualized data center that helps administrators scale infrastructure to meet business needs. This course is the fifth in a nine-part series designed to teach you all the essentials of configuring, managing, securing, and troubleshooting a vSphere 6.7 environment with the new HTML5 vSphere Client. In this course, instructor Rick Crisci reviews the foundations of updating and upgrading vSphere and related tools. Learn how to use Update Manager to install and apply updates to ESXi hosts and vCenter, as well as apply license keys, update VM hardware, migrate vCenter Server, and more.

Note: This series is also designed to prepare candidates for the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2019 (VCP-DCV 2019) exam.

Skills covered

vSphereVMwareVirtualizationCert PrepNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Updates and upgrades

1. Update Manager

02 - Introduction to Update Manager 6.7
03 - Configure Update Manager 6.7
04 - Demo - Using Update Manager 6.7 to patch ESXi hosts

2. Managing Licenses and VM Updates

05 - Demo - Apply vSphere 6.7 and vCenter license keys
06 - Demo - Install VMware Tools on vSphere 6.7 virtual machines
07 - Demo - Update VMware Tools for vSphere 6.7
08 - Demo - Update virtual hardware on vSphere 6.7 VMs

3. ESXi and vCenter Upgrades

09 - ESXi upgrade methods for vSphere 6.7
10 - Demo - Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to ESXi 6.7
11 - Demo - Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to ESXi 6.7 with Update Manager
12 - Demo - Migrate vCenter for Windows to vCSA 6.7
13 - Demo - Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance (6.5 to 6.7)