Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Software-Defined Data Center

• Introduce virtualization and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces
• Describe the ESXi architecture and configure various ESXi settings

Module 3: Creating Virtual Machines

• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine
• Deploy virtual machine vSphere 6 Content Library.
• Install Vmware Remote Console (VMRC)

Module 4: VMware vCenter Server

• Introduce vCenter Server architecture
• Introduce vCenter Server Appliance v6
• Install and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Using the VMware vSphere Web Client
• Configuring VMware vCenter Single Sign-On
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

Module 5: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Describe, create, and manage a standard switch
• Describe and modify standard switch properties
• Describe the NIC teaming of a standard switch port group

Module 6: Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Introduce storage protocols and device names
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage VMware vSphere VMFS datastores
• Introduce VMware Virtual SAN datastores
• VMware Virtual Volumes VVOLS

Module 7: Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Create a VMware vSphere vApp

Module 8: Access and Authentication Control

• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Discuss ESXi host access and authentication
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• Lockdown Mode VMware vSphere 6

Module 9: High Availability and Fault Tolerance

• Explain the vSphere HA architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Set vSphere HA advanced parameters
• Enable vSphere FT on a virtual machine VMware vSphere 6
• Describe VMware vSphere Replication

Module 10: HOst Scalability

• Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Configure and manage a VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
• Configure Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
• Use vSphere HA and vSphere DRS together

Module 11: Installing VMware Components

• Describe vCenter Linked Mode to manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
• Introduce ESXi installation
• Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
• Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)