VMware vSphere® 8 Training: Installation, Configuration, and Management

Description

Discover our VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV 2024) certification training, designed to provide you with in-depth expertise in the installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere 8. This software suite is essential for consolidating hardware resources, optimizing operational efficiency, and ensuring high availability of applications in modern data centers.

During this intensive 5-day program, you will explore in detail the key components of vSphere 8, including VMware ESXi 8 and VMware vCenter Server 8. The focus will be on hands-on practice, allowing you to master advanced features such as VMware vMotion, the new vCenter, and vSphere Lifecycle Manager.

By the end of this training, you will be fully capable of managing a vSphere infrastructure suitable for businesses of all sizes. Additionally, this training will effectively prepare you for the VMware vSphere 8.x Professional certification exam (2V0-21.23), which is included in our offering. This certification is a fundamental step toward obtaining more advanced VMware certifications and strengthening your expertise in data center virtualization.

🗓 Day 1: Introduction & Fundamentals of vSphere 8

  • General overview of the training and learning objectives
  • Overview of the training program and VMware certification path
  • Introduction to the VMware Education environment and available resources
  • Introduction to virtualization: key concepts and benefits for data centers
  • VMware vSphere 8 architecture: integration into the cloud and software infrastructures
  • Presentation of user interfaces (vSphere Client, DCUI, etc.)
  • Interaction of vSphere with system resources (CPU, memory, storage, network, GPU)

🗓 Day 2: Deploying the vSphere 8 Infrastructure

  • Installation and configuration of VMware ESXi 8 hypervisor
  • Best practices for user account management
  • Using the DCUI interface and host client
  • Deploying and configuring vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
  • Managing licenses, settings, and permissions in vCenter
  • Organizing the vCenter inventory (objects, roles, events, logs)

🗓 Day 3: Networking & Storage in vSphere

  • Networking configuration in vSphere 8
  • Standard switches vs distributed switches
  • Defining network policies (failover, load balancing, VLAN, etc.)
  • Managing storage in vSphere
  • Types of datastores (VMFS, NFS, iSCSI)
  • Configuring iSCSI and NFS storage
  • Creating and managing datastores

🗓 Day 4: Managing Virtual Machines & Migrations

  • Creating, deploying, and managing virtual machines (VMs)
  • Cloning, templates, snapshots, content libraries
  • Dynamic resource management (CPU, memory, disks, etc.)
  • VM migrations
  • Using vMotion and Storage vMotion
  • vMotion compatibility between hosts and clusters

🗓 Day 5: Clustering & vSphere Lifecycle

  • Setting up vSphere clusters with DRS & HA
  • Operation, configuration, and monitoring
  • Fault management, fault tolerance, network redundancy
  • vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
  • Managing host and VM updates (baselines vs images)
  • Compliance checking, updating VMware tools, and virtual hardware
  • Preparing for the 2V0-21.23 certification exam – VMware vSphere 8.x Professional

This training is intended for the following individuals:

  • System administrators
  • System engineers and operators responsible for ESXi and vCenter servers
  • Candidates wishing to obtain the Data Center Virtualization certification (VCP-DCV 2024)

It is also aimed at the following profiles:

  • System administrators
  • System engineers
  • Chief Information Officers (CIOs)

Participation in the vSphere 8 – Installation, Configuration, and Management training requires the following prerequisites:

  • Prior experience in system administration on Microsoft Windows or Linux

  • A solid understanding of data center infrastructures, enterprise networks, and basic storage principles.

By the end of the vSphere 8 training on installation, configuration, and management, you will be able to:

  • Install and configure VMware ESXi 8 hosts.
  • Deploy and configure VMware vCenter Server 8.
  • Use the vSphere 8 client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to users.
  • Configure virtual networks using vSphere standard and distributed switches.
  • Create and configure datastores by leveraging various storage technologies compatible with vSphere.
  • Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots.
  • Establish content libraries to manage templates and deploy virtual machines.
  • Manage resource allocation across multiple virtual machines.
  • Migrate virtual machines using VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion.
  • Create and configure an active vSphere cluster using VMware vSphere High Availability and VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler.
  • Manage the vSphere 8 lifecycle to update vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines.
  • Prepare for and pass the 2V0-21.23 exam (Professional VMware vSphere 8.x).

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