VMware vSphere: Deploy and Consolidate a Data Center

Explore how to consolidate virtual machines and deploy host profiles within a data center. Prepare for the VMware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization exam.

Explore how to consolidate virtual machines and deploy host profiles and Auto Deploy within your data center. This course also helps you prepare for the VMware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization exam. Russell Long begins with an overview of Auto Deploy, a centrally managed vSphere tool that can be used to deploy ESXi images to hosts. Next, Russell introduces the concept of host profiles, and shows how to use this feature to create and modify hosts, as well as how to attach hosts to a profile. Finally, he demonstrates how to consolidate physical workloads using VMware Converter, explaining how to install vCenter Converter, convert a machine using vCenter Converter, and troubleshoot conversion errors.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you need to know

1. Auto Deploy

• Introduction to Auto Deploy
• Auto Deploy configuration
• Auto Deploy configuration demonstration
• Introduction to ImageBuilder GUI
• Deploy images with Auto Deploy GUI

2. Host Profiles

• Introduction to host profiles
• Create a host profile
• Attach hosts to a profile
• Scan and remediate with host profiles
• Modify a host profile
• Add host profiles to an Auto Deploy image
• Detach a host from a host profile

3. Consolidating Physical Workloads using VMware Converter

• Introduction to vCenter Converter
• Install vCenter Converter
• Convert a machine using vCenter Converter
• Troubleshoot conversion errors
• Conversion completion

Conclusion

• Next steps