VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
• Configure vSphere Replication and recover replicated VMs
• Manage VM resource usage with resource pools
• Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
• Configure VMware vCenter Server® High Availability
• Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi™ 8 host compliance
• Use the vSphere Client and the command line to manage certificates
• Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client
• Secure VMware vCenter® 8, ESXi, and VMs in your vSphere environment
• Use Identity Federation to configure the vCenter to use external identity sources
• Use VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™ secure the infrastructure for encrypted VMs

1. Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2. Virtual Machine Operations
• Recognize the role of a VMware Tools™ Repository
• Configure a VMware Tools Repository
• Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs
• Identify the components in the VMware vSphere® Replication™ architecture
• Deploy and configure vSphere Replication and VMware Site Recovery™ instances
• Recover replicated VMs

3. vSphere Cluster Operations
• Create and manage resource pools in a cluster
• Describe how scalable shares work
• Describe the function of the vCLS
• Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

4. Network Operations
• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring and NetFlow
• Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
• Describe the use cases and benefits of VMware vSphere® Distributed Services Engine™

5. Storage Operations
• Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies
• Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
• Describe storage policy-based management
• Recognize components in the VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ architecture
• Configure Storage I/O Control

6. vCenter and ESXi Operations
• Create a vCenter backup schedule
• Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
• Explain how vCenter Server High Availability works
• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles
• Use the vSphere client and the command line to manage certificates

7. vSphere Monitoring
• Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance
• Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
• Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
• Create custom alarms in vCenter
• Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline™
• Recognize uses for VMware Skyline Advisor™ Pro

8. vSphere Security and Access Control
• Recognize strategies for securing vSphere components, such as vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines
• Describe vSphere support for security standards and protocols
• Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
• Configure identity federation to allow vCenter to use an external identity provider

9. vSphere Trusted Environments and VM Encryption
• Configure ESXi Host Access and Authentication
• Describe virtual machine security features
• Describe the components of a VM encryption architecture
• Create, manage, and migrate encrypted VMs
• List VM encryption events and alarms
• Describe the benefits and use cases of vSphere Trust Authority