VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale

Descripción del curso

It teaches advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will configure and optimize the vSphere features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. Anyone who is ready to take their understanding of vSphere to a deeper level and learn how to use advanced features and controls will greatly benefit from this course. The course is based on VMware ESXi™ 6 and VMware vCenter Server™ 6.

Objetivos del curso

• Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
• Manage changes to the vSphere environment
• Optimize the performance of all vSphere components
• Harden the vSphere environment against security threats
• Troubleshoot operational faults and identify their root causes  
• Use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell and VMware vSphere® Management Assistant to manage vSphere
• Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to provision ESXi hosts

Destinatarios

Experienced system administrators, Systems engineers and System integrators

Duración del curso

Cinco (5) días de formación de extendida en clase impartida por instructor. 60 % teoría, 40 % laboratorio práctico

Módulos del curso

1. Course Introduction
   
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives
   • Additional resources
2. vSphere Security
   
   • Describe the features and benefits of VMware Platform Services Controller™
   • Configure ESXi host access and authorization
   • Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
   • Upgrade ESXi and vCenter Server instances
3. VMware Management Resources
   
   • Understand the purpose of VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface commands
   • Discuss options for running vSphere CLI commands
   • Deploy and configure vSphere Management Assistant
   • Use vmware-cmd for virtual machine operations
4. Performance in a Virtualized Environment
   
   • Review the vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
   • Explain software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance
   • Use vSphere performance monitoring tools
5. Network Scalability
   
   • Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
   • Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
   • Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow
6. Network Optimization
   
   • Explain the performance features of network adapters
   • Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
   • Monitor key network performance metrics
   • Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations
   • Troubleshoot common network performance problems
7. Storage Scalability
   
   • Explain vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
   • Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
   • Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control
   • Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere
8. Storage Optimization
   
   • Diagnose storage access problems
   • Configure VMware vSphere® Flash Read Cache™
   • Monitor key storage performance metrics
   • Troubleshoot common storage performance problems
9. CPU Optimization
   
   • Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
   • Monitor key CPU performance metrics
   • Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
10. Memory Optimization
    
    • Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
    • Monitor key memory performance metrics
    • Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
11. Virtual Machine and Cluster Optimization
    
    • Describe guidelines for optimizing virtual machine configuration
    • Discuss how vGPU usage affects virtual machine performance
    • Discuss guidelines for using resource allocation settings
    • Discuss guidelines for using resource pools
    • Discuss guidelines for using vSphere DRS clusters
    • Troubleshoot common vSphere cluster problems
12. Host and Management Scalability
    
    • Describe and use host profiles
    • Define and use content libraries
    • Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™
    • Use Virtual Machine Converter
    • Use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy