Topic A: Series Introduction and Methodology

Module 02 – Virtualization Overview  – 22m

Topic A: VMware Virtualization
Topic B: Other VMware & 3rd Party Virtualization Technologies

Module 03 – Planning and Installing ESXi – 42m

Topic A: Planning the ESXi Deployment
Topic B: vSphere 5.x Deployment Guidelines
Topic C: vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Installation
Topic D: Configuring Hostname Resolution and NTP
Topic E: Troubleshooting ESXi

Module 04 – Using Tools to Administer a VMware Environment – 51m

Topic A: Overview of 3rd Party Tools
Topic B: ESXi Management
Topic C: Linux Command Review
Topic D: Troubleshooting the vSphere Client (VIC)
Demo 01 – Tools to Administer
Demo 02 – Deploy Windows 2012 VM for vCenter

Module 05 – vCenter Server 5.5 and Licensing  – 1hr 45m

Topic A: Licensing
Topic B: vCenter Server Installation
Topic C: vSphere Web Client
Topic D: vCenter Server Inventory
Demo 01 – Add Host to vCenter Inventory
Demo 02 – Install vCenter Server
Topic E: Managing vCenter Server
Demo 01 – vSphere Web Client
Topic F: Planning vCenter Server Deployment
Topic G: Troubleshooting vCenter Server and Database

Module 06 – Configuring Networking  – 1hr 42m

Topic A: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks
Demo 01 – Create Virtual Switches
Topic B: vSphere Distributed Switches
Demo 01 – Creating vSphere Distributed Switches
Topic C: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks Using CLI
Demo 01 – Create Virtual Switch CLI

Module 07 – Configuring Storage – 2hr 15m

Topic A: Storage Concepts
Topic B: iSCSI Storage (GUI & Command Line)
Demo 01 – Configure iSCSI via GUI
Demo 02 – Verify iSCSI via CLI
Topic C: Fibre Channel Storage
Topic D: VMFS Datastores (GUI & Command Line)
Demo 01 – Create VMFS Datastore
Demo 02 – Extend a VMFS Datastore
Topic E: NAS Storage and NFS Datastores (GUI & Command Line)
Demo 01 – Create NFS Datastore
Demo 02 – Create and Install a VM using vCenter
Topic F: Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
Topic G: Solid State Disks (SSD)
Topic H: Storage & Management Solutions

Module 08 – VM Creation, Configuration, and Snapshots 3hr 38m

Topic A: Create a VM
Demo 01 – Configure a VM for Optimal Performance
Topic B: Create Multiple VMs, Templates & Clones
Topic C: Virtual Appliances
Demo 01 – Work with vCenter’s Template Provisioning
Demo 02 – Work with Virtual Appliance OVF
Topic D: Configuration and Use of vApps
Topic E: VMware Converter (P2V – V2V)
Demo 01 – Using VMware Converter
Topic F: Manage VMs
Demo 01 – Extending VMDK Files
Demo 02 – Rename Virtual Machine Files
Topic G: Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown
Demo 01 – VM Startup/Shutdown
Topic H: Virtual Machine Snapshots
Demo 01 – Snapshots
Topic I: Virtual Machine Troubleshooting & Best Practices
Demo 01 – Raw Device Map (RDM)
Demo 02 – Using vSphere Distributed Switches and VLANs
Demo 03 – vSphere Distributed Switches User Defined Resource Pools

Module 09 – Security and Permissions – 52m

Topic A: Controlling User Access and Passwords
Demo 01 – Control Administrative Access to vCenter
Topic B: ESXi Active Directory (AD) Integration
Demo 01 – AD Integration
Topic C: Managing Firewalls & Certificates
Demo 01 – Implementing ESXi 5.1 Firewall
Topic D: vCloud VMsafe and vShield

Module 10 – Server and VM Monitoring  – 2hr 25m

Topic A: Optimizing Resources
Topic B: Resource Pools
Topic C: Latency Sensitive Applications
Topic D: Performance Monitoring
Demo 01 – Monitoring CPU, Disk & Memory on a VM
Topic E: Configuring Alarms
Demo 01 – Create Alarms in vCenter
Topic F: ESXi & vCenter Logs
Demo 01 – Troubleshooting – Reviewing Log Files
Demo 02 – Troubleshooting – Using esxtop
Demo 03 – Troubleshooting – Diagnostic Data Collection

Module 11 – Advanced ESXi and vCenter Server Management – 2hr 38m

Topic A: Storage Views & Topology Maps
Topic B: Storage vMotion
Demo 01 – Advanced Storage vMotion using the GUI
Demo 02 – Storage vMotion using the CLI
Topic C: Configuring vMotion
Topic D: Enhanced vMotion
Demo 01 – vMotion & Enhanced vMotion Migration of a VM
Topic E: Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Cluster
Demo 01 – Create a DRS Cluster
Topic F: Profile Driven Storage, Datastore Clusters & Storage DRS (SDRS)
Demo 01 – User Defined Storage Profiles
Demo 02 – Storage Cluster and Storage DRS (SDRS)
Topic G: DRS Cluster Monitoring
Demo 01 – Controlling Resources in a DRS Cluster by using Resource Pools
Topic H: Host Profiles
Demo 01 – Configuring and Using Host Profiles
Topic I: Linked Mode Group of vCenter Servers
Topic J: vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA)
Topic K: VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN)

Module 12 – Patching and Upgrading ESXi – 56m

Module 13 – Disaster Recovery and Backup – 1hr 42m

Final Exam Practice