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Course Introduction
Module 1
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
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This course equips administrators with the knowledge, skills, and
abilities to build and run a VMware vSphere environment. It focuses
on the installation and configuration of VMware vSphere ESXi
hosts and VMware vCenter Server. It also focuses on the
management of ESXi hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Server.
This course helps prepare IT professionals to achieve the status of
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5).
Importance
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After this course, you should be able to do the following:
Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage.
Create, configure, migrate, manage, and monitor virtual machines and
virtual appliances.
Manage user access to the virtual infrastructure.
Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage.
Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure.
Plan business continuity solutions.
Manage changes to the vSphere environment.
Use a command-line interface to manage vSphere.
Install and configure ESXi and vCenter Server.
Learner Objectives
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Virtualization
Creating Virtual Machines
VMware vCenter Server
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Configuring and Managing vSphere Storage
Virtual Machine Management
Data Protection
Access and Authentication Control
Resource Management and Monitoring
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
Host Scalability
Patch Management
Installing VMware vSphere Components
You Are Here
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The following typographical conventions are used in this course:

Typographical Conventions
Monospace
Filenames, folder names, path
names, command names:
the bin directory
Monospace bold
What the user types:
Type ipconfig and press Enter.
Boldface Graphical user interface items:
the Configuration tab
Italic Book titles and emphasis:
vSphere Datacenter
Administration Guide
<filename> Placeholders:
<ESXi_host_name>
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VMware vSphere Enterprise
VMware vSphere Enterprise
Edition is an infrastructure
virtualization suite that does
the following:
Provides virtualization,
management, resource
optimization, application
availability, and operational
automation capabilities
Aggregates physical
hardware resources and
provides virtual resources
to the datacenter
What Is vSphere Enterprise?
VMware vCenter Suite
VM VM VM VM
existing applications
Application
Services
Infrastructure
Services
- VMware vSphere vMotion
- VMware vSphere Storage
vMotion
- vMotion nonshared storage
- vSphere HA
- Fault Tolerance
- Data Recovery
- Data Protection
- VMware vCloud Connector
- VMware Tools : Zero
downtime upgrades
- VMware
vShield Zones
- VMware VMsafe
- VMware vShield
Endpoint
- DRS
- Hot add
- VMware ESXi
- DRS and vSphere DPM
- Memory overcommit
- Hardware version 9
- 64-way SMP
- 1TB virtual machines
- VMFS
- Thin provisioning
- Storage I/O controls
- Storage DRS
- Profile driven
Storage
- Storage reclamation
- Enhanced
distributed switch
- Network I/O
controls
- SR-IOV support
private cloud resource pools public cloud
availability scalability
storage network
security
compute
VM VM VM VM
future applications
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The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) program is for technical
individuals who want to demonstrate their vSphere expertise and
advance their career.
VMware Certification
Expert
Advanced
Professional
Professional VCP
VCDX
VCAP-DCA
VCAP-DCD
For details on VMware certifications, go to:
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification
For the latest VCP5 Exam Blueprint, go to:
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-16726

This course can be taken to
fulfill the course requirement
for VCP5.

VMware highly recommends
taking the vSphere Optimize
and Scale course.
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VMware Communities: http://communities.vmware.com
Start a discussion and access communities and user groups.
VMware Support: http://www.vmware.com/support
Access the knowledge base, documentation, technical papers, and
compatibility guides.
VMware Education: http://www.vmware.com/education
Access the course catalog and worldwide course schedule.
Access information about advanced courses to continue on your
virtualization training path.
For easy access to online resources, install the VMware toolbar.
VMware Online Resources
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For vSphere product documentation, go to:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html
vSphere Product Documentation
See the current vSphere manuals at this Web site for information
about configuration maximums and installation requirements.
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