VMware vSphere 6.5 Essential Training Part 1

Learn the essentials of configuring virtual networking, storage, and machines in vSphere 6.5.

1. Introduction

• Introduction
• Getting certified
• Connect and get recognized

2. vSphere Systems

• vSphere license editions
• Virtualization basics
• vCenter and the Platform Services Controller (PSC)
• What's new in vCenter 6.5
• Deploy vCenter Service Appliance (vCSA) 6.5
• Licensing vCenter and ESXi
• Demo: ESXi installation
• Demo: Basic ESXi configuration
• Content libraries
• Update Manager
• Demo: Update Manager

3. Networking

• Virtual networking
• vSphere standard switches
• vSphere distributed switches
• Virtual switch features
• Demo: Create a vSphere standard switch
• Demo: Create a vSphere distributed switch
• Demo: Create vSphere distributed switch features

4. Storage

• Storage virtualization
• VMFS vs. NFS
• NFS 3 vs. NFS 4.1
• Demo: Create an NFS data store
• Fibre Channel storage
• LUN masking
• Zoning
• Fibre Channel over ethernet
• iSCSI storage
• Software iSCSI
• Dependent hardware iSCSI
• Independent hardware iSCSI Initiator
• iSCSI target discovery
• Demo: Dynamic discovery
• vSAN, part 1
• vSAN, part 2

5. VMs and Apps

• Demo: Create a virtual machine (VM)
• Demo: Install VMware tools
• Demo: Inflate a thin-provisioned disk
• Demo: Create a vApp
• Demo: Working with templates
• Demo: Clone a VM
• Demo: Import an OVF template
• Snapshots