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• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

• Introduce components of the software-defined data center
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere Client
• Overview of ESXi

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Create and work with virtual machines

• Introduce the vCenter Server architecture
• Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Install and use vSphere Web Client
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses
• Explain the benefits of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

• Describe, create, and manage standard switches
• Describe and modify standard switch properties
• Configure virtual switch load-balancing algorithms
• Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches, network connections, and port groups

• Introduce storage protocols and storage device names
• Discuss ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
• Introduce VMware Virtual SAN™

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Create a vApp
• Introduce the various types of content libraries and how to deploy and use them

• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage
• Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events
• Introduce vRealize Operations Manager for data center monitoring and management

• Explain the vSphere HA architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Use vSphere HA advanced parameters
• Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance
• Enable vSphere Fault Tolerance on virtual machines
• Introduce vSphere Replication
• Use vSphere Data Protection to back up and restore data

• Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
• Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster
• Work with affinity and anti-affinity rules
• Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together

• Use vSphere Update Manager to manage ESXi patching
• Install vSphere Update Manager and the vSphere Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Scan and remediate hosts

• Introduce ESXi installation
• Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
• Introduce vCenter Server deployment options
• Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Discuss installation of vCenter Server Appliance and a vCenter Server instance