VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) is a perfect class for administrators that already have VMware vSphere experience, but would like to improve their skills, knowledge, and diagnostic abilities!
In the days of the vSphere Web Client, command-line skills are rapidly becoming a must-have for vSphere Administrators! We supplement use of the vSphere HTML5 Client by teaching commands and command-line utilities like the VMware vSphere CLI, SSH, and PowerShell.
For Q4 2022 we have a 100% new book, including an exclusive section on advanced VMFS Volume management, vSphere Security and STIGs, diagnostics and recovery that you will not find in any other vSphere class.
Exclusive to VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID):
• NEW EXCLUSIVE: VMware vSphere Security and Hardening with: vSphere Security Configuration Guide, STIGs and more
• ESXi Diagnostic Consoles (find out what’s wrong, FAST!!!)
• Advanced VMFS Volume diagnostic and recovery
• VMware On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA)
• vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) formerly VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM)
Our VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) features over 60 interactive Step-By-Step Labs (SBS LAB ™), complete with detailed instructions and full-color screenshots of all steps. What makes our approach so unique is that every participant builds an actual datacenter environment on real servers, from beginning to end. Most importantly, we use the same procedures, in the same order, as they would be implemented in your own datacenter!
• Custom SBS labs available to supplement and enhance training
• Use your classroom IaaS resources for at least one week after class for testing and practice
• Our instructors are real-world consultants that will personally tell you all of the latest news and trends
• Keep up with the latest in emerging vSphere critical knowledge
Compatibility
This class is based on VMware vSphere 8 and fully compatible with vSphere 7
Objectives
• Redirect ESXi system logging & scratch partitions
• Understand and use esxcli ESXi Host configuration command set
• Understand and use vim-cmd ESXi Host and Virtual Machine management command set
• Understand and use vmkfstools VMFS Volume and Virtual disk command set
• Backup and restore ESXi Host configuration
• Check and fix VMFS filesystem using: vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA)
• Advanced VMFS Volume diagnostic and recovery
• Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
• Install and configure VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROM)
• Migrate from VMware Standard vSwitch (vSS) to vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS)
• Configure and test Jumbo Frames the right way for iSCSI
• Understand and apply VMware vSphere Path Selection Policy (PSP): VMware fixed, Round Robin, Most Recently Used
• vSphere access control with Roles, Privileges and Permissions
• Advanced Cluster Configuration for HA and DRS
• Implement VMkernel with vMotion TCP/IP Stack
• Implement Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) and Storage Distributed Resource Scheduling (sDRS)
• Implement High Availability (HA)
• Manage resources with Resource Pools
• Utilize and integrate 3rd Party Tools into the datacenter environment
• Monitor performance using advanced tools and commands
Each objective will be reinforced with over 80 hands-on Step-by-Step Labs (SBS LABs)!
Who should attend?
Administrators who would like to improve their skills in managing, diagnosing and securing a VMware vSphere™ environment.
Prerequisites
The VMware® vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) is intended for IT professionals experienced with Windows Server and TCP/IP Networking as well as some Windows or Linux Command Line use.
Course Outline
Module 1. Introduction
1.1. What you will find in this book
Module 2. Grounds for Virtualization and Cloud Computing
2.1. Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds
2.2. Virtualization defined
2.3. What's in it for me?
2.4. What is a hypervisor?
2.5. Hypervisor Classifications
2.6. Comparison of production hypervisors
Module 3. VMware® vSphere™
3.1. What is VMware® vSphere™?
3.2. VMware® vSphere™ Components
3.3. What's new in VMware® vSphere™
Module 4. Managing ESXi
SBS LAB 1. Using ESXi Diagnostic Consoles
SBS LAB 2. Initial configuration using the DCUI (Console)
SBS LAB 3. Accessing the ESXi HTML5 Embedded Host Client
Module 5. Time in a vSphere Environment
5.1. NTP (Linux) Time
5.2. Windows Time
SBS LAB 4. ESXi and NTP
Module 6. Active Directory and ESXi / vSphere
SBS LAB 5. Joining ESXi to Active Directory
Module 7. Command Line Administration of ESXi
SBS LAB 6. When is SSH appropriate – use cases
SBS LAB 7. Remote command line with Putty and SSH
SBS LAB 8. Validating ESXi Host configurations at the command line with SSH
SBS LAB 9. Validating Time configuration on your ESXi Host
7.2. The ESXCLI Command Set
SBS LAB 10. Run three commands with ESXCLI
7.3. The vim-cmd Command Set
SBS LAB 11. Using vim-cmd
SBS LAB 12. Command Line patching of ESXi host with: esxcli and vim-cmd
7.4. The vSphere Command Line Interface (vCLI)
SBS LAB 13. Installing the via
SBS LAB 14. Running commands with the via
7.5. SAN Jumpstart
SBS LAB 15. SAN Jumpstart
7.6. Final Preparation of a diskless ESXi installation
SBS LAB 16. Relocating ESXi log files to persistent storage
SBS LAB 17. Advanced Logging Behavior
SBS LAB 18. Redirecting the ESXi scratch partition
Module 8. Virtual Machines
8.1. The Virtual Machine Remote Console (VMRC)
8.2. Virtual Machine Best Practices
8.3. Windows VMs – The Perfect Windows VM Build
SBS LAB 19. Windows Server 2019
SBS LAB 20. VMware tools for Windows Server 2019
8.4. Linux Virtual Machines - The Perfect Windows VM Build
SBS LAB 21. Building a VMware Photon VM
SBS LAB 22. Installing open-vm-tools
SBS LAB 23. Patching and updating
8.5. Virtual Appliances – OVF and OVA
SBS LAB 24. Export a VM to OFV
SBS LAB 25. Import a VM from OVF
8.6. Virtual Machine File Types
SBS LAB 26. Virtual machine Files and Folders
SBS LAB 27. Files and Folders using Putty
8.7. Managing Virtual Machine Disks - vmkfstools command
SBS LAB 28. Using vmkfstools
8.8. VM Configuration Parameters
SBS LAB 29. Typematic Resolution
8.9. Timekeeping in Virtual Machines
SBS LAB 30. Disable Timekeeping for Windows Server VM
8.10. Understanding Snapshots
SBS LAB 31. Creating, Deleting, and Consolidating Snapshots
Module 9. vCenter Server
9.1. vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)
SBS LAB 32. Installing the vCSA
9.2. vCenter Consoles, Clients and connections
SBS LAB 33. SSH Connection to vCenter
SBS LAB 34. vCenter Server HTML5 Web Client - supported for production use
9.3. Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Web console
SBS LAB 35. Backing up the VCSA with VAMI
SBS LAB 36. Password Policy for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Operating System
Module 10. vSphere Management With vCenter Server
SBS LAB 37. Adding AD as LDAPs ID Source
SBS LAB 38. Initial Global Permission assignment
SBS LAB 39. Adding ESXI server(s)
SBS LAB 40. Licensing
SBS LAB 41. Disabling SSH alarm
SBS LAB 42. Configuring vCenter to send and receive email
Module 11. Virtual Networking
11.1. 802.2 Networking Terms
11.2. Virtual Switches
SBS LAB 43. Create a VMware Standard Virtual Switch (vSS)
11.3. Port Groups and VLANs
SBS LAB 44. Create a Port Group using VLANs
11.4. Best Practices Network Configuration
SBS LAB 45. Add physical NICs and create redundancy
SBS LAB 46. Create separate network for non-management VMs (production)
11.5. Standard vSwitch Properties
SBS LAB 47. Security policy
SBS LAB 48. Set Load Balancing
SBS LAB 49. Set Failover Policy
11.6. vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS)
SBS LAB 50. Create a vDS and Port Group
SBS LAB 51. Migrate VMs to vDS
SBS LAB 52. Add Port Group to vDS
SBS LAB 53. vDS Security, Traffic Shaping, and Load Balancing
SBS LAB 54. Migrate VMs from a vDS to vSS
SBS LAB 55. Remove vDS
Module 12. The VMkernel port group
12.1. What is a VMkernel in reality?
12.2. Properties of the VMkernel
SBS LAB 56. Create Redundant iSCSI Network Connections
SBS LAB 57. Set vSwitch Load Balancing for compliance with vSphere Port Binding requirements
Module 13. vSphere Storage
13.1. Terms
13.2. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
13.3. Local Storage
13.4. Virtual SAN (HP VSA, VSA)
13.5. SAN Storage
13.6. Presenting Block Storage to vSphere
SBS LAB 58. Add ISCSI SAN Storage Adapter
SBS LAB 59. Set Port Binding for iSCSI
13.7. Understanding the VMFS File System versions 5 and 6
SBS LAB 60. Formatting a LUN as VMFS 6
SBS LAB 61. Setting the Path Selection Policy (PSP) for one LUN (GUI)
SBS LAB 62. Setting the default Path Selection Policy (PSP) for all LUNs (CLI)
SBS LAB 63. Changing the Threshold for Round Robin (CLI)
Module 14. Advanced VMFS Diagnostics, recovery and Volume Management
14.1. vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer
SBS LAB 64. Check and fix VMFS filesystem using: vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA)
14.2. Command Line volume and disk management with vmkfstools
SBS LAB 65. Clone a disk with vmkfstools
SBS LAB 66. Inflating a Virtual disk to Eager Zeroed with vmkfstools
SBS LAB 67. Locate a locked Virtual Disk with vmkfstools
SBS LAB 68. Unlock a Virtual Disk with vmkfstools
14.3. Recreate damaged VMFS Volume with partedUtil
SBS LAB 69. Recreate a corrupted VMFS Volume (partition) with partedUtil
Module 15. VMware HA and DRS Clusters
15.1. VMware vSphere Clusters overview
15.2. VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
15.3. VMware vSphere High Availability (HA)
15.4. vMotion and Fault Tolerance (FT)
15.5. vMotion
SBS LAB 70. Create VMkernel interface for vMotion
SBS LAB 71. Join Class data center
SBS LAB 72. Test vMotion
15.6. Cluster Management
SBS LAB 73. Create HA and DRS cluster
SBS LAB 74. Advanced cluster parameters
SBS LAB 75. vMotion Troubleshooting
SBS LAB 76. Diagnose vMotion Network Errors
SBS LAB 77. HA Troubleshooting
SBS LAB 78. HA Slot Calculations
Module 16. vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) formerly VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM)
16.1. Images vs. Baselines
16.2. What is an Image?
SBS LAB 79. Create your Image
SBS LAB 80. Remediating ESXi Hosts with Images
SBS LAB 81. Exporting Images
Module 17. Advanced vSphere Permissions, Cloud Computing and Resource Pools
17.1. Understanding vSphere Roles and Privileges
SBS LAB 82. Create a vSphere Role for users/groups
17.2. Understanding Resource Pools
SBS LAB 83. Create Resource Pool(s)
17.3. Understanding vSphere Permissions
SBS LAB 84. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a Resource Pool
SBS LAB 85. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a vNetwork (Port Group)
SBS LAB 86. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a Storage Volume
Module 18. Resource Management
18.1. Shares, Reservations, and Limits
SBS LAB 87. Test Shares, Reservations and limits using CPU Busy
18.2. Using esxtop
SBS LAB 88. Run esxtop to monitor performance
SBS LAB 89. Gather esxtop results for a period of time
18.3. Performance Charts and Monitoring
SBS LAB 90. Using Performance Chart
SBS LAB 91. Using ESXTOP to view resources/performance in real-time
