Duration: 5 DaysCourse Overview
This hands-on training workshop provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware© vSphere© environment. This workshop also increases your skill and competence in using the command line to analyze problems. The workshop is based on VMware ESXi 5.5 and VMware vCenter Server 5.5. You will spend approximately 75% of class in hands-on labs.
- Use the VMware vSphere Web Client, the command line, and log files to diagnose and correct problems in vSphere
- Configure SSL certificate issues
- Troubleshoot networking issues
- Troubleshoot storage issues
- Troubleshoot single sign-on issues
- Troubleshoot vCenter Server issues
- Troubleshoot ESXi host issues
- Troubleshoot VMware vSphere High Availability cluster issues
- Troubleshoot VMware vSphere vMotion© issues
- Troubleshoot virtual machine issues
- System administrators
- System integrators
1. Introduction to Troubleshooting
- Using a structured approach to troubleshooting
2. Troubleshooting Tools
- Adding the VMware vSphere Management Assistant to an Active Directory environment
- Using commands to record information about your vSphere configuration
- Locating important log files
- Installing the VMware vSphere Syslog Collector
- Gathering log bundles for technical support
3. SSL Certificates
- Implementing SSL certificates for vCenter Server
- Implementing SSL certificates for ESXi
4. Networking
- Troubleshooting standard switch issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting management network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting distributed switch issues
5. Storage
- Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting multipathing issues
6. Cluster Management
- Troubleshooting vSphere cluster issues
- Troubleshooting vSphere vMotion issues
7. vCenter Server and ESXi
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server service issues
- Troubleshooting ESXi host issues
8. Virtual Machines
- Troubleshooting virtual machine state issues
- Troubleshooting VMware Tools installation issues
- Troubleshooting VMware snapshot issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine power-on issues
You will spend approximately 75% of class in hands-on labs.