VMware vSphere-5.5 Administration Training
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vSphere-5.5 L1 Administration
vSphere-5.5 L2 Administration
Course Duration: 20 days
Class Duration: 3 Hours
Fee = 15000
Fast Track Training
Course Duration: 20 days
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Course Duration : 10 days
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Class Duration: 8 hours per day
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vSphere L1 Administration Training
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vCenter Server Overview
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vCenter Components / vCenter Architecture
 Installing vSphere Client & vCenter Server
 Hardware and Software Prerequisites
 Ports Used by vCenter Server & vCenter Server Appliance
 Configuring ODBC database for vCenter
 Installing vCenter Single Sign On
 Installing vSphere Web Client
 Installing vCenter Inventory Service / vCenter Server Service
 Deploying vCenter Server Appliance
Understand the concept of virtualization
Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine
Describe vSphere components
Module 3: Installation ESXi-3.5, 4.x, 5.x
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Module 4: vCenter Server Installation
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What is Virtualization?
VMware History
vSphere 5.x Editions and licensing
Module 2: VMware vSphere Overview
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Module 1: VMware vSphere Introduction
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Hardware Prerequisites
Difference between vSphere 4.x & vSphere 5.x
ESXi Host Maximums
Configure OS Boot Options
Setup ESXi Installable
Understanding ESXi Partitions
Install ESXi-3.x
Installing ESXi-4.x
Installing ESXi-5.x
Login ESXi-5.x Host Console After Install
Module 5: vSphere Client & vCenter Configuration
 vSphere Client & vCenter Server Configuration
 Add Host to vCenter-5.5 Inventory
 vCenter Server Services / vSphere Client Overview
 ESXi host and vCenter Server Backend Communication
 Managing Across Geographies
 Backup Strategy for vCenter Server
 vCenter Inventory: Multiple Data Centers
 vCenter Inventory: Clusters
 Backing Up, Restoring, Inventory Service Database
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vSphere L1 Administration Training
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Module 6: Network Administration
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Comparison of Physical & Virtual Networking
Virtual Networking Components
Understanding Standard Switch
Virtual Switch “vSwitch Maximums”
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Module 7: Storage Administration
vSphere Storage Overview
 VMFS Storage Maximums
 Difference between VMFS3 & VMFS5
 How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Host
 Adding & Configuring Datastore Volumes
 Add VMFS Volume
 Making SAN Storage Available to ESX Host
 How iSCSI is used with ESX Host
 How iSCSI Storage Authenticates the ESX Host
 iSCSI Software and Hardware Initiators
 Designing & Managing VMFS Volumes
 Multiple Paths Overview
 Volume Grow / Hot VMDK Extend
 How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Host
 iSCSI Storage
 VMFS Data store
 Extend a VMFS
 Manage Multiple Paths
 Adding & Configuring vSphere Standard Switch
 Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC
 Network Connections
 Virtual Switch Property: Ports
 Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters
 Port Group Property: VLANs
 Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies
 Security Policy, Traffic-Shaping Policy, NIC Teaming Policy
 Design and Manage vSphere Standard Switch
 Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch & portgroups
 Design “Load-Balancing – Redundancy” Networks
 Detecting and Handling Network Failure
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vSphere L1 Administration Training
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Module 8: Virtual Machine Administration
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Virtual Machine Overview
 Virtual Machine Maximums
 Creating & Managing Virtual Machines
 Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware in the vSphere Web Client
 Configuring Virtual Machine Options in the vSphere Web Client
 Virtual Machine File types / Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware
 Creating Virtual Machine using typical mode
 Creating Virtual Machine using custom mode
 Virtual Machine Console
 Install Guest Operating System into a Virtual Machine
 Managing Virtual Machines / Upgrading Virtual Machine Hardware
 VMware Tools Components, Configuration Options, and Security
Requirements
 Design & Optimize Virtual Machine
 Move VM Between ESX Hosts: Cold Migration
 Modify Virtual Machine Settings
 Create a Virtual Machine
 Allow Virtual Machine Access to a Raw LUN
 Accessing Virtual Machines in vCenter
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Module 9: Cloning & Templates Administration
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What is mean by Clone?
What is mean by Template?
Clone VM to VM
Clone the VM to Template
Convert the VM to Template
Deploy a Virtual Machine from Template
Hot Cloning
Cold Cloning
Guest Operating System Customization
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Module 10: VMware Converter Standalone
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Converter Standalone Components
Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone
Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine
Configure Virtual Machines
Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks
vSphere L1 Administration Training
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Module 11: vSphere Cluster Administration
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Module 13: DRS Cluster Administration
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Overview of VMware Clustering
VMware Cluster Components
VMware Cluster Prerequisites
Prepare the ESX hosts for clustering
Understanding VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
Configure a Virtual Machine Swapfile Location for a Cluster
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Module 12: VMware HA Cluster Administration
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What a DRS Cluster Is
Create a DRS Cluster
Enable or Disable VMware DRS
Configure Advanced Options
Configure the DRS Automation Level
Using Affinity Rules
Managing DRS Groups
Customize DRS for Virtual Machines
Move VM Between ESX Hosts: VMotion Migration
How VMotion Works
Virtual Machine Requirements for VMotion
Host Requirements for VMotion
Set Cluster Power Management Options
Monitor Cluster Usage
Planned Downtime: Maintenance Mode
Migrate Virtual Machines Using vMotion
Checking Resource balancing
VMware vCenter DPM/IPMI
Enabling IPMI
Enabling Power Management in a Cluster
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HA Cluster Overview / HA Cluster Maximums
Creating vSwitch and Portgroup Network for HA
Creating a vCenter High Availability (HA) Cluster
Adding Hosts to High Availability (HA) Cluster
Add the LUN 2 and 4 to your first ESX Host. This is shared LUNs for your VMs.
The second ESX Host should see this LUN after performing a rescan
Enable or Disable VMware HA
Configure VMware HA Options
Customize HA for Virtual Machines
Clustering Inside VMs for High Availability
22.0: Using VMware HA
22.1: Checking HA network failovers & 22.1: Checking HA VM failovers
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Module 14: Resource Pool Administration
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Resource Pool Overview
Creating Standalone Resource Pool
Resource Pools in a DRS Cluster
Managing resource allocations
Manage CPU Reservation & Limitation allocations
Manage RAM Reservation & Limitation allocations
Manage Storage Reservation & Limitation allocations
Using NUMA Systems with ESXi
Advanced Attributes / Fault Definitions
Administering Memory Resources
View Graphics Information
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Module 15: vApp Administration
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vApp Overview
Create a vApp
Edit vApp Settings
Configuring IP Pools for vApp
Power On / Off a vApp
Export vApp into OVF & OVA formats
Export and deploy vApp
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Module 16: Performance Monitoring Administration
Systems for Optimizing VM Resource Use
Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance
Performance-Tuning Methodology
Monitoring VM Resource Use with Performance Graphs
Tools for Improving VM CPU and Memory Performance
Monitor Virtual Machine Performance
Host-Based and VM-Based Performance Alarms
Checking ESX performance through Service Console
Checking VM performance Statistics through Service Console
Hardware Status Monitoring
 ESXi Hardware Status Information
 Available diagnostic data
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Module 17: Events & Logs Administration
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Generating ESX Log bundles for VMware Support
Generating vSphere vCenter Server Log Bundle
Generating vSphere Client Server Log Bundle
Changing vCenter Server log generation Options
Clearing Events & Logs from Database
vSphere L1 Administration Training
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Module 18: vCenter Server Management
 vCenter Schedules Administration
 Creating Schedules
 Executing & Managing Schedules
 Alarms Administration
 vSphere Alarms Overview
 Configuring Alarms in vCenter level, Datacenter, Host & Cluster level,
Networking level
 Data store & VM level, Configuring Alarms actions
 Security Administration
 Security Profile Administration
 Enable & Disable the ESX Services
 Firewall Security Administration
 Port Enabling & Disabling for ESX Services
 Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic
 Access Control Administration
 Creating Roles in VC Connection
 Creating Roles and checking dependencies
 Assigning Roles to Users and Groups
 User sessions Administration
 Configuring session authentication timeout
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Module 19: Host Management
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Configuring Authentication Services
Join ESX host to Domain
Select trusted domain if required
Configuring licensing features
Date & Time configuration
DNS & Routing Configuration
Advanced Settings (VM-Direct Path I/O)
VM Startup / Shutdown
VM Swap File Configuration
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Module 20: Data Protection Administration
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Understanding vSphere Data Protection
Installing and Configuring vSphere Data Protection
Deploy the OVF Template - Configure and Install the VDP Appliance
Changing vSphere Data Protection Configuration
Creating or Editing Backup Jobs | Setting the Retention Policy
Managing Backup Jobs - Editing a Backup Job - Cloning a Backup Job
Enabling or Disabling a Backup Job - Locking and Unlocking a Backup
Restoring Backups / Deleting a Backup
vSphere L1 Administration Training
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Module 21: Host Profiles Administration
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Host Profile Overview
Host Profile Maximums
Creating a Host Profile | Editing a Host Profile
Attaching the Profile to ESX hosts
Associating & Applying a Host Profile
Checking for Host Profile compliance
Applying a Host Profiles | Exporting/Importing Host Profiles
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Module 22: Update Manager Administration
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Configure Database for update-manager
Create a 32-Bit DSN on a 64-Bit OS
Installing Update Manager
Configuring update manager patch downloads
Configuring update manager Settings
Importing Host Upgrade Release Files
Creating Baselines and Baseline Groups
Attaching Baselines and Baseline Groups
Scanning Selected vSphere Objects / Remediating Selected hosts
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Module 23: vSwitch Command Line Administration
 Creating & Removing vSphere Standard Switch and port groups from
ESX – ESXi command-line
 Adding & Configuring vSphere Standard Switch
 Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through VC
 Adding & Configuring vSwitch Through SC
 Network Connections
 Virtual Switch Property: Ports
 Virtual Switch Property: Network Adapters
 Port Group Property: VLANs
 Virtual Switch and Port Group Policies
 Security Policy, Traffic-Shaping Policy, NIC Teaming Policy
Design and Manage vSphere Standard Switch
 Adding & Configuring NIC Teaming for vSwitch & portgroups
 Configuring vSwitch, Service Console and VMkernel using these
commands
 Design “Load-Balancing – Redundancy” Networks
 Detecting and Handling Network Failure
 Specifying MAC Addresses ranges
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vSphere L2 Administration Training
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Module 1: Storage DRS
 Creating a Datastore Cluster vSphere Web Client
 Initial Placement and Ongoing Balancing
 Storage Migration Recommendations
 Enable and Disable Storage DRS in the vSphere Web Client
 Set the Automation Level in the vSphere Web Client
 Setting the Aggressiveness Level for Storage DRS
 Datastore Cluster Requirements
 Adding and Removing Datastores from a Datastore Cluster
 Using Datastore Clusters to Manage Storage Resourcs
 Using Storage DRS Maintenance Mode
 Applying Storage DRS Recommendations
 Change Storage DRS Automation Level for a Virtual Machine
 Storage DRS Anti-Affinity Rules
 Clear Storage DRS Statistics in the vSphere Web Client
 Storage vMotion Compatibility with Datastore Clusters
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Module 2: vNetwork Distributed Switch (DvSwitch, vDS)
Understanding Distributed Virtual Switch | vSphere Distributed Switch Maximums
 Adding & Configuring
 Creating DvSwitch and DvPortGroups
 Configuring a vNetwork Distributed Switch
 Configuring dvPort Groups & Configure VLANs
 Adding ESX hosts to DvSwitch
 Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch Network Adapters
 Manage Physical & virtual adapters
 Migrating vSwitch Configurations VMkernels to DvSwitch
 Migrating VMs from DvSwitch PortGroups to Standard vSwitch
 Managing Network Resources
 vSphere Network I/O Control
 TCP Segmentation Offload and Jumbo Frames
 NetQueue and Networking Performance
 Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
 Managing Networking Policies Administration
 Load Balancing and Failover Policy
 VLAN Policy | Security Policy | Traffic Shaping Policy
 Resource Allocation Policy
 Monitoring Policy | Port Blocking Policies
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vSphere L2 Administration Training
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Module 3: VMware vCenter Operations Manager
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vCenter Operations Manager Overview
Installing & Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager
vCenter Operations Manager User Management
Configuring Resources
Configuring and Managing Users
Configuring Alert Notifications
vCops Administration Tasks
Working with Faults and Alerts
Using and Configuring Widgets
Designing Your Workspace
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Module 4: vCenter Linked Mode Administration
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vCenter Linked Mode Overview
Linked Mode Prerequisites
Linked Mode Considerations
Joining vCenter Server to member of SSO
Join a Linked Mode Group
Isolating vCenter Server from a Linked Mode Group
URLs Configurations for vCenter Servers in Linked Mode.
Linked Mode vCenter Server with Multiple Network Interfaces
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Module 5: vSphere Management Assistant ( vMA)
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vSphere vMA Overview
Deploy vMA
Managing vMA Through Console and Web UI
Enabling vi‐user Account
vMA User Account Privileges
Add Target Servers to vMA
Running vSphere CLI for the Targets
Reconfigure a Target Server
Remove Target Servers from vMA
vMA Interfaces
Modifying Scripts
vSphere L2 Administration Training
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Module 6: vShield Manager Administration
Module 7: vShield App Administration
 vShield App Management
 View the Current System Status of a vShield App
 Force a vShield App to Synchronize with the vShield Manager
 Restart a vShield App
 View Traffic Statistics by vShield App Interface
 Flow Monitoring
 View a Specific Application in the Flow Monitoring Charts
 Change the Date Range of the Flow Monitoring Charts
 View the Flow Monitoring Report
 Add an App Firewall Rule from the Flow Monitoring Report
 Delete All Recorded Flows
 Editing Port Mappings
 App Firewall Management
 Using App Firewall
 Create an App Firewall Rule
 Create a Layer 2/Layer 3 App Firewall Rule
 Creating and Protecting Security Groups
 Validating Active Sessions against the App Firewall Rules
 Revert to a Previous App Firewall Configuration
 Delete an App Firewall Rule
vShield Overview
vShield Components
Deploying vShield Manager appliance
Configure vShield Manager appliance
Deploying vShield appliance
Converting vShield to Template
Setting up the vShield Manager network and time
vShield Manager User Interface Basics
Installing vShield using vShield Manager
Backing Up vShield Manager Data
Uninstall vShield through the vShield Manager
User Management
 Configure Single Sign On
 Managing User Rights
 Managing the Default User Account
 Add / Edit a User Account
 Change a User Role
 Disable or Enable a User Account 36
 Delete a User Account
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vSphere L2 Administration Training
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Module 8: vShield Edge Administration
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vShield Edge Management
View the Status of a vShield Edge
Specify a Remote Syslog Server
Managing the vShield Edge Firewall
Create a vShield Edge Firewall Rule
Validate Active Sessions Against Current vShield Edge Firewall Rules
Manage NAT Rules
Manage DHCP Service
Manage VPN Service
Manage Load Balancer Service
Start or Stop vShield Edge Services
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Module 9: vShield Endpoint Administration
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vShield Endpoint Events and Alarms
View vShield Endpoint Status
Host, SVM and VM Alarms
Events
Audit Messages
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Module 10: vShield Endpoint Administration
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vShield Data Security Management
vShield Data Security User Roles
Defining a Data Security Policy
Editing a Data Security Policy
Running a Data Security Scan
Viewing and Downloading Reports
Available Content Blades
Supported File Formats
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This Course Specially designed for Mastering of vSphere Administration
Terms & Conditions
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He/She must have any one of the Administration knowledge of IT infrastructure as mentioned below.
 System administrators of (Windows, Linux, Unix, MAC …etc.)
 Systems engineers
 Storage administrators
 Network administrators
 Network Security administrators …etc.
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Online LAB Access will be provided 24/7 for 30day’s as per additional payment only.
The course content can be changed as per the technology with or without prior notice.
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