VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.7] - On Demand

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
• Use VMware vSphere® Client™, VMware vSphere® Web Client, and VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell to manage vSphere
• Create a content library for deploying virtual machines
• Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ and host profiles to provision VMware ESXi™ hosts and manage
• ESXi host compliance
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators for compute, storage, and networking resources for ESXi hosts
• Optimize the performance of ESXi and VMware vCenter Server®
• Harden the vSphere environment against security threats
• Encrypt virtual machines for additional security

• Experienced system administrators, system engineers, and system integrators

1  Course Introduction
•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives
•  Identify additional resources for after this course
•  Identify other VMware Education offerings

2  Network Scalability
•  Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
•  Describe how VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control enhances performance
•  Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow

3  Storage Scalability
•  Explain why VMware vSphere® VMFS is a high-performance, scalable file system
•  Explain VMware vSphere® Storage APIs - Array Integration, VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™, and vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering
•  Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
•  Create vSAN storage policies
•  Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control

4  Host and Management Scalability
•  Define and use content libraries
•  Describe and use host profiles
•  Describe and use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy

5  CPU Optimization
•  Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance
•  Explain NUMA and vNUMA support
•  Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics

6 Memory Optimization
•  Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
•  Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics

7  Storage Optimization
•  Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
•  Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics

8  Network Optimization
•  Explain the performance features of network adapters
•  Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
•  Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics

9  vCenter Server Performance Optimization
•  Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance
•  Use VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ tools to monitor resource usage

10  vSphere Security
•  Configure ESXi host access and authorization
•  Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
•  Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
•  Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps and VMware vSphere® vMotion® migrations