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VMware vSphere-5.5 Administration Training

Course Duration : 20 Working Days

Class Duration : 3 hours per day

Fast Track: - Course duration 10days (Per day 8 hours)

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Module 1: VMware vSphere Introduction

What is Virtualization?

Virtual Machine Overview

How Virtualization Works

VMware History

VMware Products

vSphere 5.x Editions and licensing

Module 3: Installation & configuration Administration --- (ESX-3.5, ESX-4.x and ESXi-5.x)

Hardware Prerequisites

Difference between vSphere 4.x & vSphere 5.x

ESX Host Maximums

Configure OS Boot Options

Setup ESXi Installable

Understanding ESX & ESXi Virtual & Physical Partitions Creation

Install ESX-3.5 Server on Local Volume

Installing ESX-4.x through GUI & CUI

Installing ESXi-5.x

Login ESXi-5.x Host Physical Console After Install

Accessing ESXi-5.5 through the vSphere Client and Web Access login

Set-up ESX Host Configurations

Module 2: VMware vSphere Overview

Discussion of virtualization and virtual infrastructure components

Understand the concept of virtualization

Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine

Describe vSphere components

Describe scenarios for using virtualization

Enable the SSH login for root user

Enabling VMware web Access service

Configure VMware web Access as a startup service

Enabling ESXi Console for troubleshooting

ESX host Open in New window for managing individual

Configuring Authentication Services

Join ESX host to Domain

Select trusted domain if required

Configuring licensing features

Date & Time configuration

DNS & Routing Configuration

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Module 4: vCenter Server Installation & Configuration vCenter Server Overview

vCenter Components

vCenter Architecture

Installing vSphere Client & vCenter Server Hardware and Software Prerequisites

Ports Used by vCenter Server & vCenter Server Appliance

Install SQL-Native client drivers

Configuring ODBC database for vCenter

Installing vCenter Single Sign On

Installing vSphere Web Client

Installing vCenter Inventory Service

Deploying vCenter Server Appliance

vSphere Client & vCenter Server Configuration Add Host to vCenter-5.5 Inventory

vCenter Server Services

vSphere Client Overview

ESXi host and vCenter Server Backend Communication

Managing Across Geographies

Backup Strategy for vCenter Server

vCenter Inventory: Multiple Data Centers

vCenter Inventory: Clusters

Backing Up, Restoring, Inventory Service Database

Module 5: vCenter Linked Mode Administration

vCenter Linked Mode Overview

Linked Mode Prerequisites

Linked Mode Considerations

Joining vCenter Server to member of SSO

Join a Linked Mode Group

Isolating vCenter Server from a Linked Mode Group

URLs Configurations for vCenter Servers in Linked Mode.

Monitor vCenter Server Services

Linked Mode vCenter Server with Multiple Network Interfaces

Linked Mode Troubleshooting

Module 6: vCenter Server Administration

vCenter Server Settings Overview

vCenter Licensing

vCenter Statistics

vCenter Runtime settings

vCenter Mail alert configuration

Configure vCenter SNMP traps

vCenter SSL Settings

Configure vCenter Advanced Settings

Configuring the Max Database Connections

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Module 7: Network Administration vSwitch Comparison of Physical & Virtual Networking

Virtual Networking Components

Understanding Standard Switch

Virtual Switch vSwitch Maximums

Adding & Configuring vSphere Standard Switch

Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC

Network Connections

Virtual Switch Property: Ports

Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters

Port Group Property: VLANs

Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies

Security Policy, Traffic-Shaping Policy, NIC Teaming Policy

Design and Manage vSphere Standard Switch

Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch & portgroups

Design Load-Balancing Redundancy Networks

Detecting and Handling Network Failure

Specifying MAC Addresses ranges

Module 8: Command-Line Administration

Creating & Removing vSphere Standard Switch and port groups

from ESX ESXi command-line Adding & Configuring vSphere Standard Switch

Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC

Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through SC

Network Connections

Virtual Switch Property: Ports

Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters

Port Group Property: VLANs

Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies

Security Policy, Traffic-Shaping Policy, NIC Teaming Policy

Design and Manage vSphere Standard Switch

Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch & portgroups

Configuring vSwitch, Service Console and VMkernel using these

commands

Design Load-Balancing Redundancy Networks

Detecting and Handling Network Failure

Specifying MAC Addresses ranges

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Module 9: Storage Administration NFS iSCSI - FC vSphere Storage Overview

Benefits of using Virtual Machine File System

VMFS Storage Maximums

Difference between VMFS3 & VMFS5

How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Host

Adding & Configuring Datastore Volumes Addressing SAN LUNs in the VMkernel

Making SAN Storage Available to ESX Host

How iSCSI is used with ESX Host

How iSCSI Storage Authenticates the ESX Host

iSCSI Software and Hardware Initiators

Designing & Managing VMFS Volumes Multipathing with Fiber Channel

Multipathing with iSCSI

Manage Multiple Paths

Volume Grow / Hot VMDK Extend

How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Host

Addressing and Access Control with NFS

iSCSI Storage

Multipathing with iSCSI

VMFS Data store

Extend a VMFS

Manage Multiple Paths

Addressing and Access Control with NFS

Deploy and Configure the vSphere Storage Appliance

Design & Configure iSCSI Storage Hardware & Software ESXi Hosts and Multiple Storage Arrays

Setting Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters

Configuring Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters

Configuring Software iSCSI Adapter

Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters

Setting Up iSCSI Network

Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI

Securing and Optimizing iSCSI Storage Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters

Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters

Configuring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI

iSCSI Session Management

Modifying iSCSI Storage Systems for ESXi

iSCSI Targets in vApps

Optimizing iSCSI SAN Storage Performance

Managing Duplicate VMFS Datastores

Upgrading & Increasing VMFS Datastores

Turn off Storage Filters

Set Up Dynamic Disk Mirroring

Creating a Diagnostic Partition

Host-Based Failover with iSCSI

Managing Multiple Paths

Using vmkfstools *

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Module 10: Virtual Machine Administration Virtual Machine Overview

Virtual Machine Maximums

Creating & Managing Virtual Machines Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the vSphere Client

Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the webAccess

Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware in the vSphere Web Client

Configuring Virtual Machine Options in the vSphere Web Client

Virtual Machine File types / Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware

Creating Virtual Machine using typical mode

Creating Virtual Machine using custom mode

Virtual Machine Console

Install Guest Operating System into a Virtual Machine

Deploying Virtual Machines in the vSphere Web Client

Deploying OVF Templates / Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tool

Managing Multi-Tiered Applications with vSphere vApp in the vSphere Web Client

Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager

Managing Virtual Machines / Upgrading Virtual Machines

VMware Tools Components, Configuration Options, and Security Requirements

Design & Optimize Virtual Machine Move VM Between ESX Hosts: Cold Migration

Modify Virtual Machine Settings

Create a Virtual Machine

Allow Virtual Machine Access to a Raw LUN

Accessing Virtual Machines in vCenter

VM Operation using command-lets

Module 11: Cloning & Templates Administration What is mean by Clone?

What is mean by Template?

Clone VM to VM

Clone the VM to Template

Convert the VM to Template

Deploy a Virtual Machine from Template

Hot Cloning

Cold Cloning

Guest Operating System Customization

Module 12: VMware Converter Standalone

Converter Standalone Components

Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone

Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine

Configure Virtual Machines

Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks

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Module 13: Host Profiles Administration

Host Profile Overview

Host Profile Maximums

Creating a Host Profile

Editing a Host Profile

Attaching the Profile to ESX hosts

Associating & Applying a Host Profile

Checking for Host Profile compliance

Applying a Host Profiles

Exporting/Importing Host Profiles

Module 14: vSphere Cluster Administration Overview of VMware Clustering

VMware Cluster Components

VMware Cluster Prerequisites

Prepare the ESX hosts for clustering

Understanding VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)

Configure a Virtual Machine Swapfile Location for a Cluster

Overview of App HA / Using vSphere App HA

Policies in vSphere App HA / Managing Services

Enable a vSphere App HA Plug-In

Disable a vSphere App HA Plug-In

Setting Up vSphere App HA

Module 15: VMware HA Cluster Administration HA Cluster Overview / HA Cluster Maximums

Creating vSwitch and PortGroups Network for HA

Creating a vCenter High Availability (HA) Cluster

Adding Hosts to High Availability (HA) Cluster

Add the LUN 2 and 4 to your first ESX Host. This is shared LUNs for your VMs. The second

ESX Host should see this LUN after performing a rescan

Enable or Disable VMware HA

Configure VMware HA Options

Customize HA for Virtual Machines

Clustering Inside VMs for High Availability

22.0: Using VMware HA

22.1: Checking HA network failovers & 22.1: Checking HA VM failovers

Module 16: Fault Tolerance Administration Fault Tolerance Overview

Fault Tolerance Configuration Requirements

Preparing Cluster, Hosts and VM for Fault Tolerance

Turning On Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines

Failing Primary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine

Failing Secondary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine

Checking Secondary Fault Tolerance VM to become Primary Fault Tolerance VM

Troubleshooting Fault Tolerance

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Module 17: DRS Cluster Administration Distributed Resource Scheduler

What a DRS Cluster Is

Create a DRS Cluster

Enable or Disable VMware DRS

Configure Advanced Options

Configure the DRS Automation Level

Using Affinity Rules

Managing DRS Groups

Customize DRS for Virtual Machines

Move VM Between ESX Hosts: VMotion Migration

How VMotion Works

Virtual Machine Requirements for VMotion

Host Requirements for VMotion

Set Cluster Power Management Options

Monitor Cluster Usage

Planned Downtime: Maintenance Mode

Migrate Virtual Machines Using vMotion

Checking Resource balancing

VMware vCenter DPM/IPMI

Enabling IPMI

Enabling Power Management in a Cluster

Module 18: Resource Pool Administration Resource Pool Overview

Creating Standalone Resource Pool

Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster

Managing resource allocations

Manage CPU Reservation & Limitation allocations

Manage RAM Reservation & Limitation allocations

Manage Storage Reservation & Limitation allocations

Using NUMA Systems with ESXi

Advanced Attributes / Fault Definitions

Administering Memory Resources

View Graphics Information

Module 19: vApp Administration vApp Overview

Create a vApp

Edit vApp Settings

Configuring IP Pools for vApp

Power On / Off a vApp

Export vApp into OVF & OVA formats

Export and deploy vApp

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Module 20: Performance Monitoring Administration Systems for Optimizing VM Resource Use

Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance

Performance-Tuning Methodology

Monitoring VM Resource Use with Performance Graphs

Tools for Improving VM CPU and Memory Performance

Monitoring Using Performance-Based Alarms

Monitor Virtual Machine Performance

Host-Based and VM-Based Performance Alarms

Checking ESX performance through Service Console

Checking VM performance Statistics through Service Console

Module 21: Hardware Status Monitoring Architectural Overview

Hardware Status Information

Available diagnostic data

Enabling/Disabling CIM providers

Module 22: Events & Logs Administration Generating ESX Log bundles for VMware Support

Generating vSphere vCenter Server Log Bundle

Generating vSphere Client Server Log Bundle

Changing vCenter Server log generation Options

Clearing Events & Logs from Database

Module 23: VMDirectPath Administration Overview of VMDirectPath

available & unavailable features

Enabling DirectPath for VMNIC

Assigning physical VMNIC to Virtual Machine

Enabling DirectPath for USB

Assigning physical USB to Virtual Machine

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Module 24: vCenter Schedules Administration Schedules Overview

Virtual Machine Schedules Administration

Host Schedules Administration

Resource Pool Schedules Administration

Monitoring Current Schedules

Module 25: Alarms Administration

vSphere Alarms Overview

Configuring Alarms in vCenter level

Configuring Alarms in Datacenter, Networking level

Configuring Alarms in Host & Cluster level

Configuring Alarms in Data store & VM level

Configuring Alarms actions

Module 26: Security Administration vSphere Security Overview

vSphere Security Components

Security Profile Administration Enable & Disable the ESX Services

Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic

Firewall Security Administration Port Enabling & Disabling for ESX Services

Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic

Module 27: Access Control Administration Controlling administrator rights

Security Model Overview

Creating and Defining Users and Groups in ESX Host and vCenter Server

Creating Roles in Host Connection

Creating Roles in VC Connection

Creating Roles and checking dependencies

Creating Roles using Privileges

Assigning Roles to Users and Groups in ESX session and vCenter Server session.

User sessions Administration

Configuring session authentication time out

Configure Active Directory list View

vCenter-5.5 Security Model

ESX Host Security Model

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Module 30: Update Manager Administration Module 28: Security Administration vCenter-Level vSphere Security Overview

vSphere Security Components

Security in the vSphere Environment

vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On

vSphere Security Certificates and Encryption

Understanding vSphere Data Protection

Installing and Configuring vSphere Data Protection

Deploy the OVF Template - Configure and Install the VDP Appliance

Changing vSphere Data Protection Configuration

Creating or Editing Backup Jobs

Setting the Retention Policy

Managing Backup Jobs - Editing a Backup Job - Cloning a Backup Job

Enabling or Disabling a Backup Job - Locking and Unlocking a Backup

Restoring Backups

Deleting a Backup

Module 29: Data Protection Administration

Configure Database for update-manager

Create a 32-Bit DSN on a 64-Bit OS

Installing Update Manager

Configuring update manager patch downloads

Configuring update manager Settings

Importing Host Upgrade Release Files

Creating Baselines and Baseline Groups

Attaching Baselines and Baseline Groups

Scanning Selected vSphere Objects

Remediating Selected hosts

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This Course Specially designed for Mastering of vSphere Administration

Terms & Conditions He/She must have any one of the Administration knowledge of IT infrastructure as mentioned below.

System administrators of (Windows, Linux, Unix, MAC etc.)

Systems engineers

Storage administrators

Network administrators

Network Security administrators etc.

Online LAB Access will be provided 24/7 for 30days as per additional payment only.

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