VMware Management Course

It’s no secret that VMware is a very challenging program to learn. Management of a VMware shop can be just as challenging. Tech Training Solutions, Inc. offers an online 24 hour VMware Management Course (VMC) broken down into a half-day Friday and a full-day Saturday, for two consecutive weeks. This is not a video course. It is taught live by a VCP certified instructor who works daily in a VMware environment. The course is designed around an extensive hands-on lab environment. Managers will learn about real-world processes and procedures. They will be exposed to practical third-party tools. Those seeking a certificate may take our course exam. This interactive course is designed for IT Managers who are responsible for other VMware professionals, overseeing a virtual infrastructure, and have a limited amount of time or budget for training.

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Prerequisite & Course Objectives

Prerequisites: This course requires the following prerequisites:

Three years of current or very recent VMware production environment experience
Familiar with VMware processes and procedures in versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.1 or 6.5
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

Course Objectives: You should be able to meet the following objectives:

Review, install, and manage ESXi
Create networking switches, Port Groups, NICs
Review storage concepts and types, best practices
Understand VMKernel ports, NFS storage
Using the Desktop Client and Web Client
Build, customize, and manage virtual machines
Create, configure, customize, and manage virtual machines
Install, upgrade, accessing, and exploring vCenter Server
When and when not use snapshots
Converting to template, effectively using templates
Hot Add, partitions, formatting disks
Managing CPU and memory configurations
vCenter Administrator Permissions
Working with shared storage
Configuring alarms
Managing Resource and Resource Pools
The power behind migration and migration options
Distributed Resource Scheduling Clusters
Being prepared with High Availability and Fault Tolerance
Using Replication features
Managing the overall performance of a VMware environment

Course Outline

Module 01: Course Introduction

Introductions, objectives, and course logistics
The lab environment and course tools

Module 02: Managing ESXi

Install ESXi
Configure ESXi including the Management Network
Configure DNS
Test Management Network
Enable Local, Remote Troubleshooting
Install/Use the vSphere Client 6.x Map Two Network Drives
Host Licensing
Rename Your Datastore
Managing Local and Domain Users
Connect to Active Directory
Configure ESXi Clock Services
Switch Power to Use High Performance
Working with ESXi Log Files
Troubleshooting ESXi

Module 03: Networking

Overview of Networking and Current Virtual Networking Configuration
Rename the VM Network Port Group
Create a New Switch

Module 04: Storage

Review of storage terms, options, configurations
Create a new VMKernel Port for NFS
Connect to the NFS Shares
Browse the NFS-ISOs Datastore
Storage best practices

Module 05: Virtual Machines

Build a Virtual Machine
Install Windows Server 2008 into the New Virtual Machine
Install VMware Tools
Customizing a Virtual Machine
Configure Windows Update
Add programs to a Virtual Machine
Update the Virtual Machine
Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
Install Firefox (Required - needed for future labs)
Tune the Virtual Machine for Performance
Working with Virtual Machine Inventory
Working with Virtual Machine Snapshots
Working with OVF / AVA Virtual Machine Files (Optional)
Prepare the Virtual Machine to Export in OVA Format (Optional)
Export Your Virtual Machine in OVA Format (Optional)
Import an OVA Virtual Machine (Optional)
Post Deployment Testing and Considerations (Optional)

Module 06: vCenter Server

Install and Configure the vCenter Server Appliance
Troubleshooting Tips
Upgrade and Updating vCenter Appliance’s Hardware
Join Your vCenter Service Appliance to an AD Domain
Accessing Your vCSA Appliance
Update SSO
Update vCenter Server Permissions
Test Domain Account Access
Create Inventory Objects
Import Your ESXi Host into vCenter

Module 07: Clones and Templates

Commit and Snapshots
Convert Your Virtual Machine to a Template
Deploy a Virtual Machine from Template
Troubleshooting Tips
Clone Your New Virtual Machine to a Template

Module 08: Virtual Disks

Select a Virtual Machine and Hot Add a Virtual Disk
Find, Partition and Format the Disk
Hot Extend a Virtual Disk
Increase the Size of Your Virtual Machine E: Drive
Grow the vDisk 1 Partition
Remove a Virtual Disk from a Virtual Machine
Grow a Virtual Machine System Disk

Module 09: Virtual CPUs and Memory

Explore vCPU Properties
Hotplug Memory

Module 10: Permissions

Establish vCenter Administrator Permissions
Test Root Permissions
Updating Permissions

Module 11: Shared Storage

Private LUNs
Identify Existing Storage Volumes
Configure the ESXi Software Adapter
Rescan iSCSI Storage
Updated the Storage Volumes Roster
Custom Name Your LUNs
Assigned LUNs for each ESXi Host
Renaming LUNs

Module 12: VMFS Volumes

Create and Grow a VMFS
Create a Span by Adding a Second LUN to a VMFS
Upgrade to Round Robin Multipathing

Module 13: Alarms

Start the trap Receiver in Your vCenter Virtual Machine
Configure vCenter Trap Receiver Properties
Configure a Virtual Machine Alarm
Generate a Virtual Machine High CPU Load

Module 14: Resource and Resource Pools

Create a Resource Pool
Run the CPU Load Generator
Controlling a Virtual Machine’s vCPU Resources
Resource Management with Resource Pools

Module 15: Migration

Reduce Your Virtual Machine Population
Cold Migrate a Windows Virtual Machine
Hot Migrate Your Windows Virtual Machines
Add an ESXi Host to vCenter
Consolidate 2+ ESXi Hosts onto One vCenter Virtual Machine
Prepare for vMotion
vMotion Migrate a Virtual Machine
Stress Test vMotion
Migrate a Local Virtual Machine Using Storage vMotion

Module 16: Distributed Resource Scheduling Clusters

Create a DRS Cluster
Add Hosts to the Cluster

Module 17: High Availability

Delete Unneeded Virtual Machines / Move vCenter to Production
Move vCenter to the Production VMFS
Configure High Availability on Your DRS Cluster
Test vMotioning Your Shared vCenter Server Appliance
Enable and Configure High Availability
Admission Control

Module 18: Replication

Import and Configure the vSphere Replication Virtual Machine
Work with vSphere Replication Web GUI
Configure a Virtual Machine for Replication
Review vSphere Replication
Recover Your Virtual Machine
Power On Recovered Virtual Machine
Recover the Old Virtual Machine
Clean Up

Module 19: Performance

Perform a Disk Benchmark
Add a New Virtual Disk to Your Virtual Machine
Monitor Disk I/O Using the Web Client
Install IOMeter into Your Virtual Machine
Review Disk I/O Performance
Web Client Performance Chart Data
Measure Network I/O Bandwidth
Gather Needed Information
Local IOMeter Network Performance Tests
VM to VM IOMeter Network Performance Tests

Module 20: Course Conclusion

Review subjects learned during the course
Review any lab processes
Complete any testing for certificate

NOTE: Some labs may not be completed based on available bandwidth, time to complete labs, or at the discretion of the instructor. Other labs may be added depending on the needs of the class. Students should not share any personal information or proprietary corporate information. These labs are for learning purposes only. Actual corporate infrastructures or datacenter environments may be different and require different processes, procedures, or steps to complete similar labs. Labs may be changed without notice. VMware® and other registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Copyright © 2017.