Diploma in VMware vSphere 6.0

Stand out in your IT admin career with the help of this free course on VMware vSphere 6.0! This course analyzes the functions of hypervisors in a virtual machine and shows you how to integrate the ESXi Active Directory. Explore ways to export virtual machines to open virtualization format (OVF) and the functions of the distributed resource scheduler (DRS) cluster. Start this course today and upgrade your senior solutions engineering skills.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Introduction and Virtualization Overview

Learn about the course methodology along with the expert tips that will aid your assimilation of the entire course from this module. Get to know about the software-defined data centre (SDDC), how it simplifies your data management, and the two types of hypervisors referred to as ESXi hosts in VMware.

Planning and Installing ESXi

Learn about the minimum physical hardware requirements for the installation of the ESXi from this module. Get to identify the factors that affect the design and configuration of an ESXi environment. This module also analyzes how to locally configure the ESXi 6.0 using the direct console user interface (DUCI).

Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment

Examine the various tools available to administer a VMware environment from this module. Have an understanding of the Windows-based Secured Copy program (WinSCP), the function of the vSphere command-line interface (vCLI) in ESXi management, and the log files available when troubleshooting for the vSphere client.

vCenter Server 6.0 Licensing and Installation

Learn how vCenter server 6.0 licensing is done from this module. Get to learn about the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS), how to create the vDS, manage scheduled tasks in the vCenter Server, as well as how to clear the vCenter server service (vpxd) errors.

Configuring Networking in VMware

Examine the definition of some networking terms from this module. Get to learn about the Standard Virtual Switches (vSS) serving as a conduit between networks, the functions of vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) in VMware, and the different 3rd party distributed switches in VMware.

Configuring Storage in VMware

Examine the different ways of configuring storage in VMware from this module. Get to identify the difference between the Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) in vSphere, as well as how to do multipathing with fibre channel, and the characteristics of the vSphere virtual volumes (VVols).

Diploma in VMware vSphere 6.0 – First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

VM Creation, Configuration, and Snapshot

Evaluate the processes involved in the creation of virtual machines and the configuration of virtual machine hardware from this module. Get to learn how to create multiple VMs, how to export VM to OVF Format, and the functions of virtual machines snapshot in VMware vSphere 6.0.

Security and Permissions

Learn how user access and passwords are managed in the ESXi host from this module. Get to examine the functions of the ESXi Active Directory (AD) integration, how to manage ESXi firewalls to avoid breakdown, the functions of TCP and UDP ports in ESXi firewalls, and how to manage data encryption.

Server and VM Monitoring

Examine the functions of transparent memory page sharing (TPS) in VMware 6.0 from this module. Learn how to configure the resource pool along with the process of deploying extremely latency-sensitive applications. Get to discuss the functions of monitoring performance in VMware vSphere 6.0.

Advanced ESXi and vCenter Server Management

This module demonstrates how to generate a vCenter storage report in VMware 6.0. Learn how to use as well as configure storage vMotion migration and the functions of distributed resource scheduler (DRS) cluster. Get to learn the process of creating, editing, and attaching host profiles in VMware vSphere 6.0.

Patching and Upgrading ESXi

Examine the installation process of the ESXi standalone patch from this module. Learn how to patch the VMware vCenter Server (vSCA) 6.0 through the command line and how to update Manager remediation Defaults. Get to study the configuration options in the vCenter environment and how to use the Web Client to upgrade the VMware tools.

Disaster Recovery and Backup

This module analyzes the updates in the vSphere replication version 6. Get to learn about the features of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) in VMware 6.0, VMware Fault Tolerance, and the virtualization of the Microsoft clusters.

Diploma in VMware vSphere 6.0 – Second Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

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