VMware vSphere: Install Configure Manage [8.0] Training

This five-day intensive training focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 8, including VMware ESXi™ 8 and VMware vCenter® 8. It prepares participants to administer a modern virtualization infrastructure for organizations of any size.

This course serves as the foundation for most VMware technologies within the software-defined data center (SDDC).

Product Alignment

• VMware ESXi 8.0

• VMware vCenter 8.0

• VMware vSphere

System administration experience with Microsoft Windows or Linux

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Install and configure ESXi hosts

• Deploy and configure vCenter

• Use vSphere Client to manage inventory and permissions

• Create and manage networks with standard and distributed switches

• Configure storage with VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel

• Create, manage, and clone VMs, templates, and snapshots

• Manage templates with Content Libraries

• Perform VM migrations with vMotion and Storage vMotion

• Build clusters with High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

• Manage lifecycle tasks with vSphere Lifecycle Manager

1. Introduction

• Course objectives and logistics

2. vSphere and Virtualization Overview

• Basics of virtualization

• vSphere in SDDC and cloud infrastructure

• CPU, memory, network, and storage integration

3. Installing and Configuring ESXi

• ESXi installation and setup

• User account management

• DCUI and Host Client usage

4. Deploying and Configuring vCenter

• vCenter Server Appliance deployment

• Licensing and inventory organization

• Permissions and logging

5. Configuring Networking

• Standard vs Distributed switches

• Network policies and configurations

6. Configuring Storage

• Datastore types

• VMFS and NFS setup

• iSCSI and Fibre Channel configuration

7. Deploying Virtual Machines

• VM provisioning and configuration

• VMware Tools

• Templates, clones, snapshots

• Content Libraries

8. Managing Virtual Machines

• vMotion and Storage vMotion

• Snapshot lifecycle

• CPU and memory resource allocation

9. Configuring vSphere Clusters

• HA and DRS clusters

• Failover responses

• Network redundancy and Fault Tolerance

10. Managing the vSphere Lifecycle

• Lifecycle Manager overview

• Upgrading vCenter and ESXi

• Cluster image compliance

• VMware Tools and VM hardware upgrades