VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8] Training

This 5-day intensive course takes participants from introductory to advanced vSphere® 8 management skills. Covering both VMware ESXi™ 8 and VMware vCenter Server® 8, the course blends lectures and hands-on labs to provide deep technical expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing scalable and highly available virtual infrastructures.

Attending this course also satisfies the training requirement for the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) certification.

• Windows or Linux system administration experience

• VMware MyLearn account for e-courseware access

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure ESXi hosts

• Deploy and manage vCenter

• Configure user roles and permissions in vSphere Client

• Create and manage networks with Standard & Distributed Switches

• Configure and manage datastores (VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel)

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

• Create and manage a VMware Tools Repository

• Perform vMotion & Storage vMotion migrations

• Create and configure vSphere HA & DRS clusters

• Manage host and VM lifecycle with vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize vSphere performance

1. Course Introduction

• Objectives and logistics

2. vSphere and Virtualization Overview

• Basic virtualization concepts

• vSphere in SDDC and Cloud Infrastructure

3. vCenter Management

• vCenter Server Appliance deployment

• License management

• High Availability configuration

4. vSphere Networking

• Standard & Distributed Switches

• Networking policies

• Network I/O Control, Distributed Services Engine

5. vSphere Storage

• VMFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel

• vSAN architecture and Storage Policies

6. Virtual Machine Management

• VM creation, cloning, snapshots

• Resource allocation and optimization

• VMware Tools Repository

7. Cluster Management

• DRS & HA configuration

• Fault Tolerance

• vCLS functions

8. Lifecycle Management

• vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• ESXi image management

• VMware Tools & VM Hardware upgrades

9. Operations and Monitoring

• Performance monitoring

• Alarm creation

• VMware Skyline & Advisor Pro