Course Objective & Scope
Keeping data centre virtual machines running without interruption depends on properly configured ESXi hosts, redundant network and storage paths, and balanced cluster rules. This course builds end-to-end skills for deploying, operating and troubleshooting VMware vSphere infrastructure.
ESXi and vCenter Server architecture, standard and distributed virtual switches (vDS), VMFS and NFS datastores, templates and content libraries, vMotion, vSphere HA, DRS affinity rules and vSphere Lifecycle Manager are covered in hands-on labs. Participants prepare a cluster design and health checklist for their own environment.
Who Should Attend?
- System administrators managing virtualisation and data centre infrastructure
- Systems engineers working on private cloud and hybrid infrastructure
- IT specialists involved in server consolidation and business continuity projects
- Prerequisite: basic server, storage and TCP/IP networking knowledge
Key Takeaways
- Configure ESXi hosts and vCenter Server according to enterprise standards
- Segment virtual networking with VLANs, NIC teaming and vSphere Distributed Switches
- Manage VMFS, NFS and vSAN datastores and plan capacity
- Achieve zero-downtime maintenance and high availability with vMotion, DRS and vSphere HA
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks such as CPU ready, memory ballooning and disk latency
Curriculum
vSphere Architecture, ESXi and vCenter Deployment
- ESXi installation, DCUI and NTP/DNS/SSH settings
- vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA), SSO and role-based access
Virtual Networking: Standard and Distributed Switches
- Port groups, VMkernel adapters and VLAN tagging
- vDS, NIC teaming, load balancing and traffic shaping
Storage Architecture: VMFS, NFS and vSAN
- iSCSI, Fibre Channel and NFS datastores
- Storage vMotion and thin/thick provisioning
- Overview of vSAN architecture
VM Lifecycle and Cluster Management
- VM templates, cloning, Content Libraries and snapshot discipline
- vMotion, DRS (affinity/anti-affinity) and vSphere HA
Resource Management, Patching and Troubleshooting
- Using shares, reservations, limits and Resource Pools
- Patch management with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
- Performance analysis with esxtop and vCenter charts
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