This five-day instructor-led course provides the knowledge and practical skills to deploy, configure, and manage VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0.
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of:
The vSphere Foundation architecture,
Compute, storage, and network resources,
Licensing and lifecycle management,
Integration with VCF Operations 9.0, vCenter 9.0, and ESX 9.0.
This course is designed to build confidence in administering and operating a complete vSphere Foundation environment.
Participants should have working knowledge and experience with:
VMware vSphere, VMware NSX, and vSAN environments
Ideal for professionals such as:
System Administrators
Solution Engineers
Consultants and Architects
Technical Support Personnel
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Define the key features, use cases, and capabilities of vSphere Foundation
Navigate the VCF Operations and vSphere User Interfaces
Manage and assign licenses
Install and configure ESXi hosts
Create and manage Standard and Distributed Switches
Configure datastores (VMFS, iSCSI, NFS)
Create, clone, and manage virtual machines
Use vMotion and Storage vMotion for VM migration
Configure vSphere HA and DRS Clusters
Manage vSAN clusters and monitor performance
Deploy and configure vSphere Kubernetes Services
Work with VCF Operations metrics, dashboards, and alerts
Deploy and manage VCF Operations components
Use Lifecycle Manager for updates and upgrades
Course Introduction
Objectives and logistics
vSphere Foundation Overview and Architecture
Core features, components, and use cases
Overview of VCF Operations
License Management
Managing and assigning licenses
vCenter integration
Compute Configuration
Virtualization concepts and ESXi installation
Managing vCenter inventory
Networking
Creating and configuring Standard and Distributed switches
Setting and managing networking policies
Storage
vSphere storage technologies and datastore management
Configuring VMFS, NFS, and iSCSI storage
Deploying Virtual Machines
Creating, cloning, and managing VMs
Managing templates and content libraries
Virtual Machine Management
Performing vMotion, Storage vMotion, and Snapshots
Managing resource allocation (CPU, Memory)
Deploying and Configuring Clusters
Configuring vSphere HA and DRS
Understanding HA and DRS operations and design
vSAN Management
Features, differences between ESA and OSA
Object health and RAID configuration
vSphere Kubernetes Service
Deploying and managing vSphere Supervisor clusters
Configuring namespaces and VKS clusters
VCF Operations Metrics and Dashboards
Creating views, reports, and dashboards
Configuring alerts and widget interactions
vSphere Foundation Deployment
Deployment planning, prerequisites, and installation
Using VCF Installer UI and JSON spec file
Deploying VCF Operations components
Lifecycle Management
Using vCenter Update Planner
Managing updates via Lifecycle Manager
Practical labs include:
Deploying and managing ESXi hosts
Configuring networking and storage
Creating and migrating VMs
Setting up HA/DRS clusters
Managing vSAN and Kubernetes services
This course prepares learners for the:
VMware Certified Professional – vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) exam.
(Exam available separately.)