VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]

 Installation and Upgrade
•  Describe the new vCenter Server Appliance deployment model
•  Upgrade a vCenter Server Appliance instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0
•  Migrate a Windows vCenter Server instance to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0
•  Identify enhancements to vCenter Server Appliance
•  Upgrade an ESXi host to version 7.0

  Management Enhancements
•  Recognize how to create and apply vCenter Server profiles
•  Identify the scaling and performance improvements for vCenter Server Appliance
•  Describe the support provided for dynamic DNS
•  Recognize how to change the IP address or FQDN of vCenter Server
•  Identify enhancements to the vCenter Server file-based backup
•  Identify enhancements to tools provided by the vSphere Client Developer Center
•  Describe prefix-based MAC address allocation
•  Identify VMware NSX-T™ logical switches and their properties in the vSphere Client
•  Use virtual distributed port groups to connect to NSX-T Data Center logical switches
•  Use vSphere Bitfusion to support artificial intelligence and machine learning based workloads
•  Describe version control and management of VM templates in Content Library
•  Perform a VM template in-place update in Content Library
•  Describe identity federation and recognize its use cases
•  Configure identity federation
•  Manage certificates using the vSphere Client
•  Explain the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline™

 ESXi Enhancements
•  Recognize the enhancements made to ESXi security
•  Identify hardware support updates in ESXi 7.0
•  Describe the support for AMD SEV-ES in vSphere 7
•  Recognize layout changes in the ESXi 7.0 system storage partitions
•  Describe the enhancements made to ESXi timekeeping options in vSphere 7
•  Describe the enhancement to vSphere vMotion in vSphere 7

  VM Enhancements
•  Identify the characteristics of VM compatibility level for ESXi 7.0
•  Describe the support provided for new virtual devices in vSphere 7
•  Recognize improvements to guest customization
•  Migrate VMs with attached devices

  Storage Enhancements
•  Describe the enhancements to NVMe support
•  Describe the enhancements to VMware Pluggable Storage Architecture
•  Describe the purpose of the High-Performance Plug-in
•  Describe the support for iSER in vSphere 7
•  Describe support for iSER in vSphere 7
•  Identify VMware vSAN™ enhancements for vSphere 7

  Security Enhancements
•  Describe the enhancements to cloning, migration, and encryption operations
•  Identify the enhancements to the VM encryption architecture in vSphere 7
•  Recognize new VM encryption events and alarms
•  Describe the benefits and use cases of VMware vSphere® Trust Authority™
•  Explain the general architecture of vSphere Trust Authority
•  Configure vSphere Trust Authority

 Cluster Enhancements
•  Recognize how to configure clusters using the vSphere Cluster Quickstart workflow
•  Recognize improvements to vSphere DRS
•  Identify improvements to vSphere ESX Agent Manager
•  Describe scalable shares
•  Configure VMware vSphere® DirectPath I/O™

 vSphere Lifecycle Management
•  Describe features of vCenter Server Update Planner
•  Run vCenter Server upgrade prechecks and interoperability reports
•  Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager
•  Compare vSphere Lifecycle Manager to vSphere Update Manager
•  Identify the components of an ESXi image
•  Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager and NSX-T Data Center integration
•  Define a cluster image and update ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager

  Introduction to VMware vSphere® with Tanzu
•  Differentiate between containers and virtual machines
•  Identify the parts of a container system
•  Recognize the steps in a basic Docker workflow
•  Explain the importance of Kubernetes
•  Recognize the basic architecture of Kubernetes
•  Describe a basic Kubernetes workflow
•  Identify the capabilities and benefits of vSphere with Tanzu
•  Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service