VMware Cloud Foundation: Automate and Operate [9.0]

Course outline

Module 1: VCF Automation Overview and Architecture

Describe the features, benefits, and purposes of VCF Automation

Explain the architecture of VCF Automation

Module 2: Provider Infrastructure Management

Describe the provider management and provider consumption portals

List the supported options for provider administrator from the provider portal

Explain managing tasks and events from the provider portal

Describe the features of the provider consumption organization

Describe how to discover infrastructure resources

Explain how to manage IP spaces and provider gateways

Module 3: Provider Identity Management

Explain how to enable VCF SSO for the VCF Automation appliance

Discuss configuring VMware Cloud Foundation® Identity Broker as the identity provider

List the supported IdP (ODIC, SAML, LDAP)

Discuss how to register a provider-scoped identity provider

Explain managing VCF Automation roles and rights

Discuss managing VCF Automation users and groups

Discuss provider-scoped service accounts

Module 4: Regions

Explain the basics of a region

Identify the utilization of the region

Discuss prerequisites and available options for creating a region

Module 5: Organizations

Describe the different organizations offered in VCF Automation

Identify the use cases for manual setup and multitenancy

Identify use cases for quick setup

Create a VCF Automation VM apps organization

Create a VCF Automation all apps organization

Module 6: Provider Networking

Discuss prerequisites for creating the provider network

Discuss the workflow for configuring the provider network

Describe IP spaces

Discuss edge nodes, edge clusters, and the network services it offers

Configure IP spaces and verify the configuration

Configure the provider gateway and verify the status

Synchronize edge clusters and verify the status

Configure regional networking for an organization

Discuss steps to verify the creation of network resources in VMware NSX®, VMware vCenter®, and VCF Automation

Discuss the mapping of resources between VCF Automation, NSX, and vCenter

Module 7: Organization Networking with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Discuss organization networking

Discuss the architecture of the VPC

Discuss access modes and subnet types in VPC

Describe the scope of different subnet types in VPC

Discuss outbound routing and network address translations in VPC

Configure VPC with a default, custom connectivity profile, and verify its status

Configure private-TGW IP block, associate it with a VPC, and verify its status

Module 8: Provider Content Library

Describe the provider content library creation workflow

Explain publishing and subscribing to a content library

Module 9: Organization Management

Identify the key components of an all apps organization

Explain namespace classes

Explain creating and managing projects

Discuss chargeback for organizations

Integrate identity providers into organizations

Manage users and groups in an organization

Create and manage deployment-centric policies

Create and manage supervisor resource-centric policies

Module 10: Organization Content Management

Identify and manage the different content available in content hub

Differentiate between catalog self-service versus IaaS self-service

Publish content to catalog for end-user consumption

Deploy and modify catalog items

Configure and use custom forms

Explain the role of YAML in configuring and managing infrastructure as code

Publish content to catalog for end user consumption

Discuss the use of the embedded orchestrator

Discuss the use cases of an external orchestrator

Describe orchestrator workflows

Module 11: IaaS Platform Architecture and Deployment

Explain supervisor architecture

Discuss supervisor requirements

List supervisor use cases

Discuss the vSphere administrator workflow

List the components of the supervisor

Discuss the types of supervisor deployment

Discuss the requirements of supervisor deployment

Describe supervisor deployment during the VI workload domain creation

Module 12: Deploying Modern Apps with IaaS

Discuss self-service consumption with IaaS services in VCF 9

Discuss the features of the IaaS console

Describe how to get instance information from the console

Explain the YAML spec for the VM service

Discuss VCF CLI commands

Module 13: VCF Operations Overview

List the key features of VCF Operations

Outline VCF Operations use cases

Navigate the VCF Operations console

Identify the components of a VCF Operations node

Describe the different roles of the node in a VCF Operations cluster

Module 14: VCF Metrics, Views, and Reports

Outline the role of metrics in VCF Operations

Outline the role of views in VCF Operations

List the steps to create a basic custom view and configure view settings

Outline the roles of reports in VCF Operations

List the steps to create a basic report and configure report settings

Module 15: VCF Dashboards

Describe the functions of dashboards

Create dashboards that use predefined and custom widgets

Manage dashboards by grouping and sharing with users

Explain the use cases of predefined dashboards and custom dashboards

List VCF Operations use cases

Module 16: VCF Symptoms and Alerts

Describe the purpose of using alerts

Identify the components of an alert definition

Create symptom definitions

View and manage triggered alerts in the VCF Operations console

Configure a custom alert using the create alert definition workflow

Module 17: VCF Health and Diagnostics

Outline the role of VCF Health and Diagnostics

Describe the VCF Health and Diagnostic findings features

Monitor the operational state of VCF instances

Explain troubleshooting workbench

Enable support teams with full context using log assist

Module 18: VCF Logs, Storage, and Network Operations

Describe the VCF Operations for logs overview

Describe the key benefits of the VCF Operations for logs

Describe the capabilities of VCF Operations for logs

Describe the VCF Storage Operations overview

Identify performance and health issues with the storage clusters

Describe the benchmarking and optimization tool to detect issues for a new cluster

Describe the VCF Network Operations overview

Discuss the different widgets available in VCF Network Operations

Identify the performance and health issues with the VCF Network object

Module 19: VCF Operations Policies

Describe the purposes of policies in VCF Operations

Configure policies and other components

Module 20: VCF Centralized Monitoring

Describe the infrastructure services monitoring capabilities

Describe the application monitoring capabilities

Describe the different types of application metrics

Outline the requirements to enable service discovery and application monitoring

Describe the different types of service metrics

Use collected metrics to interpret the status of services

VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage & Troubleshooting

 

VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

 

Course Modules

1 Course Introduction

2 VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center

• Introduce the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision

• Discuss NSX-T Data Center solutions, use cases,and benefits

• Explain NSX-T Data Center architecture and

components

• Describe the VMware NSXTM product portfolio and

features

• Explain the management, control, data, and

consumption planes and function

3 Preparing the NSX-T Data Center Infrastructure

• Describe NSX Management Cluster

• Deploy VMware NSXTM ManagerTM nodes on

VMware ESXi and KVM hypervisors

• Navigate through the NSX Manager UI

• Explain data-plane components such as

N-VDS/VDS, transport nodes, transport zones,

profiles, and more

• Perform transport node preparation and establish

the data center infrastructure

• Verify transport node status and connectivity

4 NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching

• Introduce key components and terminology in

logical switching

• Describe the function and types of L2 segments

• Explain tunneling and the GENEVE encapsulation

• Configure logical segments and attach hosts using

NSX Manager UI

• Describe the function and types of segment profiles

• Create segment profiles and apply them to

segments and ports

• Explain the function of MAC, ARP, and TEP tables

used in packet forwarding

• Demonstrate L2 unicast packet flow

• Explain ARP suppression and BUM traffic handling

5 NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing

• Describe the logical routing function and use cases

• Introduce the two-tier routing architecture,

topologies, and components

• Explain the Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateway functions

• Describe the logical router components: Service

Router and Distributed Router

• Discuss the architecture and function of NSX Edge

nodes

• Discuss deployment options of NSX Edge nodes

• Configure NSX Edge nodes and create NSX Edge

clusters

• Configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways

• Examine the single-tier and multitier packet flow

• Configure static routing and dynamic routing,

including BGP and OSPF

• Enable ECMP on Tier-0 Gateway

• Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection, and

failback modes

• Configure VRF Lite

6 NSX-T Data Center Bridging

• Describe the function of logical bridging

• Discuss the logical bridging use cases

• Compare routing and bridging solutions

• Explain the components of logical bridging

• Create bridge clusters and bridge profiles

7 NSX-T Data Center Firewalls

• Describe NSX segmentation

• Identify the steps to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX

segmentation

• Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture,

components, and function

• Configure Distributed Firewall sections and rules

• Configure the Distributed Firewall on VDS

• Describe the Gateway Firewall architecture,

components, and function

• Configure Gateway Firewall sections and rules

8 NSX-T Data Center Advanced Threat Prevention

• Explain NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases

• Configure NSX IDS/IPS

• Deploy the NSX Application Platform

• Identify the components and architecture of NSX

Malware Prevention

• Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west

and north-south traffic

• Describe the use cases and architecture of NSX

Intelligence

• Identify the components and architecture of

VMware NSX® Network Detection and Response™

• Use NSX Network Detection and Response to

analyze network traffic events.

9 NSX-T Data Center Services

• Describe NSX-T Data Center services

• Explain and configure Network Address Translation

(NAT)

• Explain and configure DNS and DHCP services

• Describe VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™

architecture, components, topologies, and use

cases.

• Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Discuss the IPSec VPN and L2 VPN function and

use cases

• Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX

Manager UI

10 NSX-T Data Center User and Role Management

• Describe the function and benefits of VMware

Identity Manager™ in NSX-T Data Center

• Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX-T

Data Center

• Integrate LDAP with NSX-T Data Center

• Identify the various types of users, authentication

policies, and permissions

• Use role-based access control to restrict user

access

11 NSX-T Data Center Federation

• Introduce the NSX-T Data Center Federation key

concepts, terminology, and use-cases.

• Explain the onboarding process of NSX-T Data

Center Federation

• Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation

switching and routing functions.

• Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation security concepts.

 

 

VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations

 

 

Course Modules

1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics

 

2 NSX-T Data Center Operations and Tools

• Explain and validate the native troubleshooting

tools (dashboards, Traceflow, live traffic analysis,

port mirroring) for the NSX-T Data Center

environment

• Configure syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the

NSX-T Data Center environment

• Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize Log

Insight and vRealize Network Insight

• Validate and review the API methods available to

configure the NSX-T Data Center environment

 

3 Troubleshooting the NSX Management Cluster

• Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture,

components, and communication channels

• Identify the workflows involved in configuring the

NSX Management cluster

• Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management

cluster formation

4 Troubleshooting Infrastructure Preparation

• Describe the data plane architecture, components,

and communication channels

• Explain and troubleshoot VMware ESXi™ transport

node preparation issues

• Explain and troubleshoot KVM transport node

preparation issues

• Explain and troubleshoot VMware NSX® Edge™

transport node preparation issue

5 Troubleshooting Logical Switching

• Describe the architecture of logical switching

• List the modules and processes involved in

configuring logical switching

• Explain the importance of N-VDS and VDS in

transport nodes

• Describe the procedure to migrate from N-VDS to

VDS

• Review the architecture and workflows involved in

attaching workloads to segments

• Identify and troubleshoot common logical switching

issues

6 Troubleshooting Logical Routing

• Review the architecture of logical routing and NSX

Edge nodes

• Explain the workflows involved in the configuration

of Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways

• Explain the high availability modes and validate

logical router placements

• Identify and troubleshoot common logical routing

issues using both BGP and OSPF

7 Troubleshooting Security

• Review the architecture of the Distributed Firewall

• Explain the workflows involved in configuring the

Distributed Firewall

• Review the architecture of the Gateway Firewall

• Explain the workflows involved in configuring the

Gateway Firewall

• Identify and troubleshoot common distributed

firewall and Gateway Firewall issues

8 Troubleshooting Services

• Review the NSX Advanced Load Balancer

architecture and components

• Identify and troubleshoot common NSX Advanced

Load Balancer issues

• Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and

components

• Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2

VPN issues

9 Datapath Walkthrough

• Verify and validate the path of the packet on the

NSX datapath (East-West and South-North)

• Identify and perform packet captures at various

points in the datapath

• Use NSX CLI and native hypervisor commands to

retrieve configurations involved in the NSX datapath

VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V 8.3]

 

VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V 8.3]

 

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

2 vRealize Automation Overview and Architecture

• Describe the purpose and functionality of vRealize

Automation

• Describe the vRealize Automation architecture

• Describe the use of VMware Workspace ONE®

AccessTM

• Describe the relationship between Kubernetes

clusters, containers, and vRealize Automation

services

• Describe CLI commands for vRealize Automation 8

cluster management

• Describe Cloud Assembly

• Describe Service Broker

• Describe Code Stream

3 Installing vRealize Automation

• List the different vRealize Automation deployment

types

• Describe the purpose of vRealize easy installer

• Describe the vRealize Automation installation

process

4 Authentication and Authorization

• Identity the steps involved in integrating

Workspace One with Active Directory

• Describe features of Workspace One

• Describe the user roles available in vRealize

Automation

• Identify the key tasks performed by each user role

• Define custom roles

• Configure branding and multitenancy

5 Basic Initial Configuration

• Quickly create a basic configuration with a cloud

account, cloud zone, project, flavor mapping, and

image mapping.

6 VMware Cloud Templates

• Configure and deploy a basic cloud template

• Create cloud templates that can run on any cloud

• Use cloudConfig to run commands, install software,

and create users

• Use YAML for inputs, variables, and conditional

Deployments

 

7 Tags and Storage Configuration

• Configure tags

• Describe different types of tags

• Manage tags

• Configure storage profiles

• Use tags and storage profiles

 

8 Integrating NSX-T Data Center

• List the capabilities and use cases of NSX-T Data

Center

• Describe the NSX-T Data Center architecture and

components

• Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize

Automation

• List the supported network profiles in vRealize

Automation

• Use NSX-T Data Center components to design a

multitier application Cloud Template

• Identify the network and security options available

in design canvas

• Create and manage on-demand networks and

security groups

• Configure NSX-T day 2 actions

 

9 Integrating with Public Clouds

• Configure and use VMware Cloud Foundation

accounts

• Configure and use an AWS cloud account

• Configure and use an Azure cloud account

• Configure and use a Google Cloud Platform cloud

Account

 

10 Using Service Broker for Catalog Management

• Release a VMware Cloud Template™

• Define content source and content sharing

• Define Service Broker policy enforcement

• Use custom forms for catalog items

 

11 vRealize Automation Extensibility

• Describe Extensibility

• Use event topics

• Create a subscription

• Call a vRealize Orchestrator workflow

• Create ABX actions

 

12 Using Code Stream

• Introduction to Code Stream

• The CI/CD process

• Integrate GitLab with Code Stream and Cloud

Assembly

• Use Code Stream to install software

 

13 Using Terraform

• Integrate Cloud Assembly with Terraform

• Use Terraform with a VMware Cloud Template

• Use Terraform with Code Stream

 

14 Using Kubernetes Clusters

• Introduction to Kubernetes

• Connect to an existing Kubernetes Cluster

• Integrate VMware Tanzu™ Grid Integrated Edition

• Create a Supervisor Namespace as a catalog item

 

15 Using SaltStack for Configuration Management

• Introduction SaltStack with vRealize Automation

• Use SaltStack for software deployment

• Use SaltStack for configuration management

• Use SaltStack with event-driven orchestration

 

16 vRealize Automation Troubleshooting and Integration

• Location of logs

• Using Activity

• Monitoring deployment history

• Basic troubleshooting

• CLI commands

• Collecting logs (VAMI console)

• Integration with VMware vRealize® Log Insight™

• Integration with vRealize Operations

• Migrating vRealize Automation 7.x to 8

VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]

 VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]

• List the vRealize Operations use cases
• Identify features and benefits of vRealize Operations
• Determine the vRealize Operations cluster that meets your monitoring requirements
• Deploy and configure a vRealize Operations cluster
• Use interface features to assess and troubleshoot operational problems
• Describe vRealize Operations certificates
• Create policies to meet the operational needs of your environment
• Recognize effective ways to optimize performance, capacity, and cost in data centers
• Troubleshoot and manage problems using workbench, alerts, and predefined dashboards
• Manage configurations
• Configure application monitoring using VMware vRealize® Operations Cloud Appliance™
• Create custom symptoms and alert definitions, reports, and views
• Create various custom dashboards using the dashboard creation canvas
• Configure widgets and widget interactions for dashboards
• Create super metrics
• Set up users and user groups for controlled access to your environment
• Extend the capabilities of vRealize Operations by adding management packs and configuring solutions
• Monitor the health of the vRealize Operations cluster by using self-monitoring dashboards

VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility

 

VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility

Prerequisites This course requires the following prerequisites:

• Knowledge of VMware vSphere®

• VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course or equivalent knowledge

 • Working knowledge of scripting or programming using JavaScript, Windows PowerShell, Perl, Java, Python, or similar languages. All code is provided during class.

Course Modules

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2 Overview of vRealize Automation and vRealize

Orchestrator

• Define the purpose of vRealize Automation

• Outline the purpose of vRealize Orchestrator

• Describe the main components of vRealize

Automation

• Describe the main components of vRealize

Orchestrator

3 Creating Schema Elements

• Invoking JavaScript from a vRealize Orchestrator

workflow

• Invoking a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow from a

vRealize Orchestrator workflow

• Invoking an action from a vRealize Orchestrator

workflow

• Using vRealize Orchestrator workflows both

synchronously and asynchronously

4 Working with Variables

• Defining inputs, outputs, and variables in

vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Binding variables in vRealize Orchestrator

workflows

• Wrapping vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Using APIs and the API Explorer

• Creating actions in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using vRealize Orchestrator input forms

• Handling user interactions in vRealize Orchestrator

5 Handling Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging

• Handling exceptions in vRealize Orchestrator

workflows

• Using logs in vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Debugging vRealize Orchestrator workflows

6 Branching and Looping

• Using branching in vRealize Orchestrator workflows

• Using loops in vRealize Orchestrator workflows

7 Working with Assets

• Using configuration elements in vRealize

Orchestrator

• Using resources in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using packages in vRealize Orchestrator

8 Working with Plug-Ins

• Downloading and installing Plug-Ins

• Using the SSH plug-In in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using the REST plug-in in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using the vRealize Automation plug-in in vRealize

Orchestrator

• Using the PowerShell plug-in in vRealize

Orchestrator

9 Working with Versioning and Git

• Using versioning in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using Git in vRealize Orchestrator

10 Scheduling, Sleeping, and Waiting

• Using scheduling in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using sleeping in vRealize Orchestrator

• Using waiting in vRealize Orchestrator

11 Introduction to vRealize Automation Extensibility

• Introduction to extensibility

• Using ABX actions

• Using Python

• Using Nodejs

• Using PowerShell

• Using vRealize Automation Lifecycle

12 Extending vRealize Automation with Event Broker

• Overview of vRealize Automation Event Broker

• Creating vRealize Automation subscriptions

• Data exchange between vRealize Automation and

vRealize Orchestrator

13 Using ABX Actions

• Overview of Action Based Extensibility (ABX)

• Comparison of vRealize Orchestrator and ABX

• Creating ABX Actions scripts, REST, and flows

• Using Day-2 Actions in vRealize Automation

• Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX

Network Detection and Response

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

 

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]

Course Modules

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

2 vSphere and Virtualization Overview

• Explain basic virtualization concepts

• Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined

data center and the cloud infrastructure

• Recognize the user interfaces for accessing

vSphere

• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory,

networks, storage, and GPUs

3 Installing and Configuring ESXi

• Install an ESXi host

• Recognize ESXi user account best practices

• Configure the ESXi host settings using the DCUI and

VMware Host Client

4 Deploying and Configuring vCenter

• Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter

• Deploy vCenter Server Appliance

• Configure vCenter settings

• Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license

keys

• Create and organize vCenter inventory objects

• Recognize the rules for applying vCenter

permissions

• View vCenter logs and events

5 Configuring vSphere Networking

• Configure and view standard switch configurations

• Configure and view distributed switch

configurations

• Recognize the difference between standard

switches and distributed switches

• Explain how to set networking policies on standard

and distributed switches

6 Configuring vSphere Storage

 

• Recognize vSphere storage technologies

• Identify types of vSphere datastores

• Describe Fibre Channel components and

addressing

• Describe iSCSI components and addressing

• Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi

• Create and manage VMFS datastores

• Configure and manage NFS datastores

7 Deploying Virtual Machines

• Create and provision VMs

• Explain the importance of VMware Tools

• Identify the files that make up a VM

• Recognize the components of a VM

• Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM

settings and options

• Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources

• Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them

• Clone VMs

• Create customization specifications for guest

operating systems

• Create local, published, and subscribed content

libraries

• Deploy VMs from content libraries

• Manage multiple versions of VM templates in

content libraries

8 Managing Virtual Machines

• Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can

perform within a vCenter instance and across

vCenter instances

• Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion

• Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion

Compatibility in migrations

• Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion

• Take a snapshot of a VM

• Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots

• Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a

virtualized environment

• Describe how VMs compete for resources

• Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and

Limits

9 Deploying and Configuring vSphere Clusters

• Create a vSphere cluster enabled for vSphere DRS

and vSphere HA

• View information about a vSphere cluster

• Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM

placement on hosts in the cluster

• Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings

• Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster

• Describe how vSphere HA responds to various

types of failures

• Identify options for configuring network

redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster

• Recognize vSphere HA design considerations

• Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA

settings

• Configure a vSphere HA cluster

• Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance

 

 

 10 Managing the vSphere Lifecycle

• Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere

cluster

• Describe features of the vCenter Update Planner

• Run vCenter upgrade prechecks and

interoperability reports

• Recognize features of VMware vSphere® Lifecycle

ManagerTM

• Distinguish between managing hosts using

baselines and managing hosts using images

• Describe how to update hosts using baselines

• Describe ESXi images

• Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster

image and update ESXi hosts

• Update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle

Manager

• Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic

recommendations

• Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade

VMware Tools and VM hardware

vSphere 7.0 ICM - Updated Course Contents

 

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] Course Overview

Introduction to vSphere and the Software-Defined Data Center

• Explain basic virtualization concepts
• Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage
• Recognize the user interfaces for accessing the vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
• Describe the ESXi host architecture
• Navigate the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) to configure an ESXi host
• Recognize ESXi host user account best practices
• Install an ESXi host
• Use VMware Host Client™ to configure ESXi host settings

 vCenter Server

• Describe the vCenter Server architecture
• Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
• Deploy and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory
• Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server
• Use roles and permissions to enable users to access objects in the vCenter Server inventory
• Back up vCenter Server Appliance
• Monitor vCenter Server tasks, events, and appliance health
• Use VMware vCenter Server® High Availability to protect a vCenter Server Appliance

Virtual Machines

• Create and provision a virtual machine
• Explain the importance of VMware Tools™
• Install VMware Tools
• Identify the files that make up a VM
• Recognize the components of a VM
• Recognize virtual devices supported by a VM
• Describe the benefits and use cases for containers
• Identify the parts of a container system

 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Create and manage standard switches
• Describe the virtual switch connection types
• Configure virtual switch security, traffic-shaping, and load-balancing policies
• Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches

Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage

• Identify storage protocols and storage device types
• Discuss ESXi hosts using iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage VMFS and NFS datastores
• Explain how multipathing works with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Recognize the components of a VMware vSAN™ configuration

 

 Virtual Machine Management

• Use templates and cloning to deploy new virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create a content library and deploy virtual machines from templates in the library
• Use customization specification files to customize a new virtual machine
• Perform vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Describe the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility feature
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Replication™
• Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Data Protection

Resource Management and Monitoring

• Discuss CPU and memory concepts in a virtualized environment
• Describe what overcommitment of a resource means
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Use various tools to monitor resource use
• Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events

vSphere Clusters

• Describe the functions of a vSphere DRS cluster
• Create a vSphere DRS cluster
• Monitor a vSphere cluster configuration
• Describe options for making a vSphere environment highly available
• Explain the vSphere HA architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Examine the features and functions of VMware vSphere® Fault Tolerance

 vSphere Lifecycle Management

• Recognize the importance of vCenter Server Update Planner
• Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™ works
• Describe how to update ESXi hosts using baselines
• Validate ESXi host compliance using a cluster image
• Describe how to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware