Table of Contents
MODULE 1 Course Introduction 1
Importance 2
Learner Objectives 3
You Are Here 4
Typographical Conventions 5
What Is vSphere Enterprise? 6
VMware Certification 7
VMware Online Resources 9
vSphere Product Documentation 10
MODULE 2 Introduction to Virtualization 11
You Are Here 12
Importance 13
Module Lessons 14
Lesson 1: Introduction to Virtualization 15
Learner Objectives 16
Different vSphere Editions 17
Physical Infrastructure 18
Virtual Infrastructure 19
Physical and Virtual Architecture 20
vSphere and the Software Defined Datacenter 21
Why Use Virtual Machines? 22
Resource Sharing 24
CPU Virtualization 25
Physical and Virtualized Host Memory Usage 26
Physical and Virtual Networking 27
Physical File Systems and VMware vSphere VMFS 29
Encapsulation 30
File-System Layouts 31
How vSphere Fits into Cloud Computing 32
What Is a Private Cloud? 33
What Is a Public Cloud? 34
What Is a Hybrid Cloud? 35
Review of Learner Objectives 36
Lesson 2: vSphere User Interfaces 37
Learner Objectives 38
User Interfaces. 39
Downloading vSphere Client 40
Using the vSphere Client 41
vSphere Client: Configuration Tab 42
Viewing Processor and Memory Configuration 43
Viewing ESXi System Logs 44
Viewing Licensed Features 45
vSphere Web Client 46
vSphere Web Client Architecture 47
vSphere Web Client Plug-in Packages 48
vSphere Web Client: Object Navigator 49
Managing ESXi from the Command Prompt 50
Labi 52
Review of Learner Objectives 53
Lesson 3: Overview of ESXi 54
Learner Objectives 55
YMware ESXi 56
ESXi Architecture 57
Configuring ESXi 59
Configuring ESXi: root Access 60
Configuring ESXi: Management Network 61
Configuring ESXi: Other Settings 62
ESXi as an NTP Client 63
Network Settings: DNS and Routing 64
Remote Access Settings: Security Profile 65
ESXi User Account Best Practices 66
Lab 2 67
Review of Learner Objectives 68
Key Points 69
MODULE 3 Creating Virtual Machines 71
You Are Here 72
Importance 73
Module Lessons 74
Lesson 1: Virtual Machine Concepts 75
Learner Objectives 76
What Is a Virtual Machine? 77
Files That Make Up a Virtual Machine 78
Displaying a Virtual Machine's Files 80
Using the Storage Views Tab to Display Files 81
Virtual Machine Hardware 82
CPU and Memory 84
Virtual Disk 85
Virtual Network Interface Card 86
Other Devices 88
Virtual Machine Console 90
Review of Learner Objectives 91
Lesson 2: Creating a Virtual Machine 92
Learner Objectives 93
Provisioning a Virtual Machine 94
Create New Virtual Machine Wizard 95
Choosing the Typical Configuration 96
Storage Virtual Disk Thin Provisioning 98
Choosing the Custom Configuration 99
Raw Device Mapping 100
Installing the Guest Operating System 101
VMware Tools 102
Virtual Appliances 103
Deploying an OVF Template 104
Lab 3 105
Review of Learner Objectives 106
Key Points 107
MODULE 4 VMware vCenter Server 109
You Are Here 110
Importance 111
Module Lessons 112
Lesson 1: vCenter Server Architecture 113
Learner Objectives 114
vCenter Server: Management Platform 115
vCenter Architecture 116
ESXi and vCenter Server Communication 117
vCenter Server Components 118
Additional vCenter Server Modules 119
Default vCenter Server Plug-Ins 120
vCenter Single Sign On 122
Single Sign-On Server 124
Single Sign On: Components Installed 125
About Identity Sources 126
Adding Identity Sources 127
Inventory Object: Tagging 128
Review of Learner Objectives 129
Lesson 2: Managing vCenter Server Inventory 130
Learner Objectives 131
Datacenter Object 132
Organizing Inventory Objects into Folders 133
Navigating the vSphere Client 134
vCenter Server Views: Hosts and Clusters, VMs, and Templates . ... 135
vCenter Server Views: Datastores and Networks 136
Adding a Host to the vCenter Server Inventory 137
vCenter License Overview 138
vCenter Server Events 139
vCenter Server System Logs 140
Lab 4 141
Review of Learner Objectives 142
Key Points 143
MODULE 5 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks 145
You Are Here 146
Importance 147
Module Lessons 148
Lesson 1: Introduction to vNetwork Standard Switches 149
Learner Objectives 150
What Is a Virtual Network? What Is a Virtual Switch? 151
Types of Virtual Switch Connections 152
Virtual Switch Connection Examples 153
Types of Virtual Switches 154
Standard Virtual Switch Components 155
Default Standard Virtual Switch Configuration 156
Standard Virtual Switch Ports 157
Network Adapter Properties 158
VLANs * 159
Physical Network Considerations 160
Lab 5 161
Review of Learner Objectives 162
Lesson 2: Configuring Standard Virtual Switch Policies . .163
Learner Objectives 164
Network Policies 165
Security Policy 166
Traffic-Shaping Policy 168
Configuring Traffic Shaping 169
NIC Teaming Policy 170
Load-Balancing Method: Originating Virtual Port ID 171
Load-Balancing Method: Source MAC Hash 172
Load-Balancing Method: IP-Hash 173
Detecting and Handling Network Failure 174
Review of Learner Objectives 176
Key Points 177
MODULE 6 Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage 179
You Are Here 180
Importance 181
Module Lessons 182
Lesson 1: Storage Concepts 183
Learner Objectives 184
Storage Overview 185