Course Introduction

Module 1

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

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Importance

Administrators must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to build

and run a VMware vSphere® environment. You must know how to
install and configure VMware ESXi™ hosts and VMware® vCenter
Server™. You must also know how to manage ESXi hosts and virtual
machines with vCenter Server.
This course helps prepare IT professionals to achieve the status of
VMware® Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-
DCV).

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Learner Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:
 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

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You Are Here

Course Introduction Access and Authentication Control

Software-Defined Data Center Resource Management and Monitoring

Creating Virtual Machines

High Availability and Fault Tolerance
VMware vCenter Server
Host Scalability
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Patch Management
Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
Installing vSphere Components
Virtual Machine Management

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Typographical Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this course.

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 placeholder
variables:
• vSphere Datacenter
Administration Guide
• ESXi_host_name

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References

Title Location

VMware Communities http://communities.vmware.com/

VMware Support http://www.vmware.com/support/

VMware Education http://www.vmware.com/education

VMware Support Toolbar http://vmwaresupport.toolbar.fm

vSphere Product Documentation http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/

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About vSphere
Existing Applications Future Applications
vSphere is an VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM VM
VM

infrastructure VMware vCenter Suite

virtualization suite that
VMware vSphere Enterprise
has the following Application Availability Security Scalability

capabilities: Services -- VMware

-- VMware
VMware vSphere®
vSphere® vMotion®
VMware vSphere®
vMotion®
vSphere® Storage
Storage

 Provides virtualization, vMotion®

vMotion®
-- vMotion
vMotion nonshared
-- vSphere
nonshared storage
vSphere HA
HA
storage

management, resource -- vSphere

vSphere Fault
-- Data
Fault Tolerance
Tolerance
-- VMware®
VMware® vShield
vShield
components
components
-- DRS
DRS
-- Hot
Hot add
add
Data Recovery
Recovery
optimization, -- Data
Data Protection
-- VMware
Protection
VMware vCloud®
vCloud® Connector™
Connector™
application availability, -- VMware®
VMware® Tools™:
downtime
Tools™: Zero
Zero
downtime upgrades
upgrades
and operational
automation capabilities Infrastructure
Compute Storage Network

Services -- VMFS VMFS

 Aggregates physical
-- ESXi ESXi -- ThinThin provisioning
provisioning -- Enhanced
Enhanced
-- DRS DRS and
and vSphere
vSphere DPM
DPM -- Storage
Storage I/O
I/O controls
controls distributed
distributed switch
switch
-- Memory
Memory overcommit
overcommit
hardware resources -- Hardware
Hardware version
-- 64-way
version 10
vSMP
64-way vSMP
10
-- Storage
Storage DRS
-- Profile
DRS
Profile driven
driven
-- Network
Network I/O
controls
controls
I/O

and provides virtual -- 1TB

1TB virtual
virtual machines
machines
Storage
Storage
-- Storage
Storage reclamation
reclamation
-- SR-IOV
SR-IOV support
support

resources to the data

center
Private Cloud Resource Pools Public Cloud

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vSphere Editions

vSphere Standard vSphere Enterprise* vSphere Enterprise

Plus*

vSphere Install Configure Manage

vSphere Optimize
* Includes previous tier features and Scale

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vSphere ICM and VMware Certification

This course fulfills the For details about VMware® certifications, go to:
course requirement http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification
for VCP5-DCV.
VMware highly
recommends taking For the latest VCP5-DCV Exam Blueprint and information, go to:
the vSphere Optimize http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=12457&ui=www
and Scale course.

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VMware Learning Path Tool

To determine your learning path for VMware training, go to:

http://vmwarelearningpaths.com

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