VMware vSphere 5 Training
- Overview of VMware vSphere 5
o vSphere 5 Overview
o vSphere 5 Components
o Packaging and Versions
o Cloud Computing
- Installing VMware ESXi 5
o ESXi Installation Requirements
o What Happened to ESX Server?
o Downloading VMware ESXi 5
o Installing VMware ESXi 5
o ESXi Initial Configuration
o Installing the vSphere Client
o What is vCenter Server?
o vCenter Server Blueprint
o vCenter Server Physical or Virtual?
o vCenter Server Pre-installation
o vCenter Server Features
o HW and SW Requirements
o Database Requirements
o Port Requirements
o How to EvaluatevCenter 5?
o Installing vCenter 5
- Installing vCenter 5 as a Linux Appliance (vCSA)
o What is the vCenter Server Appliance?
o Pros and Cons to Using vCenter as an Appliance
o Deploying the vCenter Server 5 Appliance (vCSA)
- Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
o vSphere 5 Web Client Overview
o Installing the Server for the Web Client
o Authorizing the Web Client Server
o Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
- What’s New in vSphere 5
o vSphere 5 Platform Enhancements
o vSphere Storage
o vSphere Networking
o vCenter 5.0
o VM Enhancement Capabilities
o Auto Deploy and Image Builder
o Storage DRS
o Profile Driven Storage
o VMFS-5
o VMware View Accelerator
o The New High Availability – HA
o vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5
o vCloud Director 1.5
o vShield 5.0
- Navigating vSphere using the vSphere Client
o vSphere Terminology (Lingo)
o Using the vSphere Client
o Performing VM Guest Remote Control
o Navigating the vSphere Client with Hotkeys
o Searching the Virtual Infrastructure
o Sorting and Filtering in the vSphere Client
o Exporting Data
o Running Reports
- vCenter 5 – Configuring Your New Virtual Infrastructure
o Planning the Virtual Infrastructure
o Naming Convention
o vSphere Network Virtualization Diagram
o Adding Datacenters and Hosts
o Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP
o Configuring vSphere Licensing
o Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status
o Removing “Getting Started” Tabs
o Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status
o vCenter Server Settings and Plugins
o Adding Folders
- Creating and Modifying Virtual Guest Machines
o Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines
o Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace
o VMware Guest OS Install Guide
o Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM
o Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media
o Creating a Library of ISO Installation Media
o Using the vSphereDatastore Browser
o Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere
o Accessing ESXi Using SSH
o Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install
o vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option
o Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines
o Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace
o VMware Guest OS Install Guide
o Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM
o Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media
o Creating a Library of ISO Installation Media
o Using the vSphereDatastore Browser
o Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere
o Accessing ESXi Using SSH
o Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install
o vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option
- Installing and Configuring VMware Tools
- Why You Need VMware Tools
o Installing VMware Tools in Windows
o Installing VMware Tools in Linux
o Searching and Sorting to Check VMware Status
o Updating VMware Tools
o Performing VMware Tools Installation
o Configuring VMware Tools with VMware Toolbox
- Understanding and Using Tasks, Events, and Alarms
o Understanding Tasks and Events
o Configuring SNMP and SMTP Email in vCenter
o Alerting You with vCenter Alarms
o Viewing, Filtering, and Exporting Tasks and Events
o Adding and Managing Alarms
o Disabling Alarm Actions
o Performing Configuration of SNMP and SMTP
o vCenter Service Status
- Virtual Storage 101 and Storage Terminology
o Storage 101 – Virtual Disks and VMFS
o Data Transfer
o Comparing Storage Technologies
o Storage Area Network (SAN) 101
o Fiber Channel SAN Components
o Fiber Channel HBAs
o Fiber Channel Connectivity
o Zoning
o Managing FC Storage
o Addressing FC SAN LUNs
o Understanding iSCSI Storage
o Why You Need a SAN
o Configuring iSCSI Storage
o Configuring NFS Storage
o Properties of Fiber Channel Datastore
o Storage Terms You Must Know
o What is in a Datastore?
o ESXi Server Storage Options
o VMFS Specs and Maximums
- vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)
o vSphere Storage Appliance Overview
o What Makes VSA Unique
o VSA Cluster Design Options
o VSA SAN Maintenance Mode
o VSA Installation Gotchas
- Creating a Free iSCSI SAN with OpenFiler
o Why Use OpenFiler?
o Downloading OpenFiler
o Installing OpenFiler
o Configuring OpenFiler as an iSCSI SAN
o Connecting vSphere to the OpenFileriSCSI SAN
- Administering VMware ESXi Server Security
o Basics of vSphere Security
o Default vSphere Security Roles
o Adding, Modifying, and Removing ESXi Users and Groups
o Using Windows AD Users and Groups to Secure vSphere
o Defining and Applying Roles and Permissions
o vShield Overview
o Securing Guest Virtual Machines
- vSphere Virtual Networking
o Virtual Networking
o Network Adapters
o Virtual Standard Switches (vSS)
o vSS Functionality
o Similarities Between pSwitch and vSS
o Differences Between pSwitch and vSwitch
o Types of vSwitches
o Virtual Switch Ports
o What is a VLAN?
o MAC Address Changes
o Forged Transmits
o NIC Teaming
- Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch (dvswitch)
o vSphere Distributed Switch
o Private VLANS – pVLANs
o pVLANs Secondary Mode Nodes
o Networking Policies
o Configuration Tasks
o Creating a New dvswitch
o Creating a dvPort Group
o Migrating Legacy vSwitches and VM Networks to dvswitch
o Migrating VMKernel Virtual Adapters to dvswitch
o Configuring Private VLANs
- Moving Virtual Machines with vMotion
o Why You Need vMotion
o vMotion Requirements
o vMotioning Virtual Machines
o vMotion Configuration
o Performing vMotion
o Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- Moving Virtual Storage with svMotion
o What is svMotion?
o svMotion Requirements
o svMotion and Thin Provisioning
o Using svMotion
o Migrating VMs with Snapshots – New in vSphere 5
- Performance Optimization with Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
o Introduction to Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
o DRS Requirements
o Creating a DRS Enabled Cluster
o DRS/HA Cluster Settings
o Understanding Resource Pools
o Creating Resource Pools in Your DRS Cluster
- Implementing High Availability with VMware HA (VMHA)
o Why Do You Need High Availability (HA)?
o VMHA Saving the Day
o VMHA Master / Slave
o Requirements for VMHA
o Best Practices for VMHA
o Configuring VMHA
- Super High Availability with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
- Introduction to VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
o Requirements of FT
o Constraints of FT
o Testing to See If You Can Use FT with VMware Site Survey
o Enabling VMware FT
o Testing Failover with a Virtual Machine Using FT
- Upgrading from VMware vSphere 4 to vSphere 5
o Upgrade Prerequisites
o Upgrade Steps
o Upgrade to vCenter 5
o Update Manager Upgrade
o ESX/ESXi Upgrade
o VM Upgrade
o Upgrading vCenter Server and Client
o Upgrading Update Manager
o Upgrading ESXi
- vSphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Options
o Administering vSphere Using the CLI
o Four vSphere CLI Options
o Using ESXi Tech Support Mode
o Using esxcfg and esxcli Commands
o Getting Started with PowerCLI
o Project Onyx
o vCLI Basics
o Installing and Using vMA
o What is Auto Deploy?
o Auto Deploy Components
o Auto Deploy First Boot Process
o Infrastructure Requirements
o Installation and Configuration Tasks
o Lab Environment Setup
o Installing Auto Deploy and TFTP Server
o Adding ESXi Host to vCenter
o Moving Host Profile from Staging to Production Area
Installing Dump and Syslog Collectors
o Setting Dump Collector
o Setting Up Syslog Server
o Test and Repair Rules Compliance
o Auto Deploy PowerCLI Commands
o Storage DRS Explained
o Datastore Clusters Explained
o SDRS Initial Placement
o SDRS Load Balancing
o Datastore Maintenance with SDRS
o SDRS Affinity Rules
o Configuring and Using Storage DRS
o Policy-driven Storage Explained
o Storage Vendor Profiles and VASA
o Configuration of Policy-driven Storage
- Understanding the New vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing
o Why is vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing So Important?
o 3 Major Changes with vSphere 5 Licensing
o vRAM Pooled Pricing in Action
o vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements
o Requirements to Access vRAM Pooled Pricing Reports
o vSphere 5 License Validator Script
o Using vSphere License Advisor
o 4 Ways to Reduce Your vRAM Pool Utilization
- Network I/O Control (NIOC)
o What is Network I/O Control?
o New in vSphere 5 NIOC
o Configuring Network I/O Control
- Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
o Why You Need Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
o How SIOC Works
o SIOC Requirements
o Enabling SIOC in vSphere
o Monitoring SIOC Performance
o ESXi Firewall Defined
o Configuration Files
o Rule Set Add
o Service Behavior
o ESXI Shell Firewall Configuration
- VMware Data Recovery (VDR) 2
o Introduction to VMware Data Recovery (VDR) 2
o New VDR Features in vSphere 5
o Limitations of VDR
o Installing VDR
o VDR Initial Configuration
o Installing VDR Client Plug-in
o Backing Up with Data Recovery
o Restoring with Data Recovery