Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Hands-on-labs
Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking
  • Review - Virtual Networking
  • Review - vSphere Standard Switches
  • vSphere Distributed Switches
  • vSphere Distributed Switch Features
  • Demo: Create a vSphere Distributed Switch
  • Demo: Configure vDS Policies and Port Blocking
  • Demo: Migrate VMs to a vSphere Distributed Switch
  • Demo: Verify Network Configuration
  • Demo - Manage Physical Network Adapters (VMNICs) on an ESXI host
  • Demo: Configure Traffic Shaping
  • Network IO Control and Storage IO Control
  • Demo: Configure Network I/O Control
  • Private VLANs
  • Demo: Configure Private VLANs
  • Demo: TCP/IP Stacks
  • Demo: Configure Port Mirroring
  • Demo: Configure Netflow
vSphere 6.5 Security
  • vCenter Single Sign-On
  • Demo: Configure vCenter SSO
  • Demo: Configure Roles and Permissions
  • Demo: Secure VMs
  • Demo: Configure Encrypted vMotion
  • Demo: Harden ESXi Hosts
Advanced vSphere 6.5 Storage
  • vSphere Storage Performance Overview
  • VMFS and NFS Datastores
  • NFS 3 and NFS 4.1 Datastores
  • Demo - Create an NFS Datastore in vSphere 6.5
  • Introduction to iSCSI
  • Software iSCSI
  • Demo: Configure Software iSCSI on an ESXi Host
  • Demo: Create a VMFS Datastore on iSCSI
  • Dependent Hardware iSCSI Initiators and ESXi
  • Independent Hardware iSCSI Initiators and ESXi
  • Demo: Verify ESXi Host Storage Configuration
  • Review: Storage DRS for Datastore Clusters
  • Introduction to vSAN (Virtual SAN) - Disk Groups, Hybrid, and All-Flash
  • vSAN Network and Object Storage
  • Demo: Working with Virtual SAN (vSAN)
  • Virtual Volumes (VVOL)
  • Demo - Storage Multipathing Plugins (NMP, SATP, MPP)
  • Demo: Storage IO Control (SIOC) on VMFS Datastores
  • VMFS Metadata Consistency
vSphere 6.5 Updates and Upgrades
  • Introduction to Update Manager
  • Demo: Update Manager 6.5 Configuration
  • Demo: Using Update Manager 6.5 to Perform Updates
  • Demo: Install VMware Tools on vSpher 6.5 Virtual Machines
  • Demo: Update VMware Tools on vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machines
  • Demo: Update Virtual Hardware on vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine
  • ESXi Upgrade Methods for vSphere 6.5 and 6.7
  • Demo: Upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5
  • Demo: Upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 with Update Manager
  • Demo: Upgrade Windows vCenter 6 to Windows vCenter 6.5
  • Demo: Migrate vCenter for Windows to vCSA 6.7
Deploying VMs and Hosts in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo: Deploy VMs from Template
  • Demo - Create Content Libraries with vCenter 6.5
  • Using Auto Deploy to Image ESXi 6.5 Hosts
  • Host Profiles with ESXi 6.5
  • Working with VMX Files and vSphere 6.5 VMs
  • Demo - Create a vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine (VM)
  • Demo: Advanced VM Settings in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo - Deploying VMs using vCenter Converter 6.5
Resource Management for vSphere 6.5
  • Demo - Verify Virtual Machine (VM) Resource Configuration
  • Resource Pools and vApps
  • Demo: Create Resource Pools
  • Demo: Expandable Reservations and Resource Pools in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo: Configure vApps for Multi-Tier Applications in vSphere 6.5
  • DRS in vSphere 6.5 - What's New?
  • Demo: Create a DRS Cluster in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo: DRS Affinity Rules and VM Overrides in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo: Avoiding Outages with DRS and Maintenance Mode in vSphere 6.5
  • Demo: DRS Host Cluster Monitoring using vCenter 6.5
vSphere 6.5 Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting using ESXi 6.5 Management Agents
  • Demo - Collect vSphere Diagnostic Data
  • Demo - Create vSphere 6.5 Log Bundles
vSphere 6.5 Backup and Recovery
  • vSphere Data Protection EOA
  • vSphere Data Protection
  • Review Demo: HA Configuration in vSphere 6.5
  • HA and VMCP in vSphere 6.5
Wrap up and Next Steps
  • Bonus Lecture