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Introduction to VMware vSphere and VMware Certification

2. Identifying vSphere Architecture and Solutions
3. Installing and Configuring vCenter Server
4. Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi
5. Configuring vSphere Standard Switches
6. Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches
7. Configuring vSS and vDS Policies
8. Configuring Shared Storage for vSphere
9. Creating and Configuring VMFS and NFS Datastores
10. Securing vCenter Server and ESXi
11. Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines
12. Creating and Deploying vApps
13. Managing Virtual Machine Clones and Templates
14. Administering Virtual Machines and vApps
15. Creating and Configuring VMware Clusters
16. Migrating Virtual Machines
17. Performing Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion
18. Creating and Administering Resource Pools
19. Planning and Implementing VMware Fault Tolerance
20. Backing up and Restoring Virtual Machines
21. Patching and Updating ESXi and Virtual Machines
22. Planning and Performing Upgrades of vCenter Server and VMware ESXi
23. Monitoring ESXi, vCenter Server and Virtual Machines
24. Creating and Administering vCenter Server Alarms
25. Installing, Configuring, and Administering vCenter Operations Manager
26. Bonus Nugget: Working with VSAN
27. Bonus Nugget: Implementing the vCenter Server Appliance
28. Bonus Nugget: Configuring Auto Deploy with the VCSA