Get VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] Certification With VMware vSphere Training Course

• Describe how vSphere fits into the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure 

• Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, and storage 

• Use vSphere Client to access and manage your vCenter Server system and ESXi host 

• Compare virtual machine hardware version 14 to other versions 

• Identify the virtual network adapters, and describe the enhanced VMXNET3 

• Compare the types of virtual disk provisioning 

• Install and configure ESXi host settings 

• Identify the advantages of ESXi Quick Boot 

• 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 ClientTM to configure ESXi host settings

• Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine 

• Explain the importance of VMware Tools™ 

• Describe how to import a virtual appliance OVF template 

• 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

• Describe the vCenter Server architecture 

• Discuss how ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server 

• Access and configure vCenter Server Appliance 

• Use vSphere Client to manage the vCenter Server inventory 

• Add data center, organizational objects, and hosts to vCenter Server 

• Create custom inventory tags 

• Describe the rules for applying permissions 

• Create a custom role in vCenter Server 

• Create a vCenter Server Appliance backup schedule 

• Restore vCenter Server Appliance from a backup 

• Monitor vCenter Server Appliance 

• 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

• 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

• 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 

• Identify the advantages of VMware vSAN™ configuration

• 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® ReplicationTM 

• Describe the benefits of VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Data Protection

• 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 usage 

• Create and use alarms to report certain conditions or events

• Explain the vSphere HA architecture 

• 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

• Recognize the importance of vCenter Server Update Planner 

• Describe how VMware vSphere® Lifecycle ManagerTM 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