Duration: 2 Days
This hands-on training course explores new features in VMware® vCenter™ Server™ 5.5 and VMware ESXi™ 5.5. You will learn about VMware vSphere® 5.5 installation and how to upgrade from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.5.
What You Will Learn
- Key enhancements in vSphere 5
- The upgrade process from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.5
- VMware vCenter Server Appliance™ and the VMware vSphere Web Client to manage the vSphere platform
- How VMware vCenter Single Sign-On works
- Upgrade and manage a VMware vSphere VMFS-5 datastore
- Create a port mirroring session
- Configure virtual machine storage policies
- Create a datastore cluster and configure VMware vSphere Storage DRS™
- Monitor VMware vSphere High Availability cluster activity
- Use VMware vSphere Auto Deploy™ to provision an ESXi host
Audience
- System administrators
- IT managers
- System architects
- Individuals responsible for implementing or managing vSphere environments
Prerequistes
vSphere 4.x administration experience or training
Course Outline
1. Course Introduction
- Introduction, logistics, goals, and objectives
- vSphere 5 documentation resources
2. Introducing VMware vSphere 5.5
- Key enhancements in ESXi and vCenter Server
- The upgrade process from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.5
- Use vCenter Server Appliance to manage the vSphere Platform
- Use the vSphere Web Client to search for objects and view object information
- Use vCenter Single Sign-On to add users and assign roles
3. Virtual Machine Management
- Describe Virtual Machine hardware features introduced in vSphere 5.x
- Describe Virtual Machine enhancements introduce in vSphere 5.5
4. Network Management
- New features of distributed switches
- Describe enhancements to VMware vSphere Network I/O Control
- Configure and test port mirroring
5. Storage Management
- New storage features
- Enhancements to VMware vSphere storage
- Upgrade VMFS-3 to VMFS-5
- Create user-defined storage capabilities and Virtual Machines storage policies
6. Scalability
- vSphere Storage DRS and VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
- Create a database cluster
- Configure vSphere Storage DRS
7. Availability
- Features, benefits, and architecture of VMware vSphere Data Protection
- Features, benefits, and architecture VMware vSphere Replication
- Enhancements to vSphere HA
- vSphere HA cluster activity
8. VMware vSphere Deployment Alternatives
- Use VMware vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI to create and export an image profile
- Use vSphere auto deploy to provision an ESXi host
Course Labs
Lab activities comprise 30% of the class.
