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Designing VMware Infrastructure
View All CoursesThis course will teach vSphere administrators how to properly design their vSphere environments to prevent painful performance, application outages, and lost profits for their companies. You'll learn about the key concepts behind vSphere design along with the main phases that make up the design process. Taking into consideration availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security, will soon have you well on your way to passing the VCAP-DCD exam. To get the most out of this course, you should have experience working with VMware vSphere and a solid understanding of virtualization fundamentals and concepts.
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- Introduction
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- Introduction
- Introducing the Role of a vSphere Architect
- Examining the Components of a vSphere Design
- Reviewing a vSphere Design
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Seeing the Need for Design Terminology
- Understanding Requirements
- Examining Risks
- Explaining Assumptions
- Reviewing Constraints
- Fitting All These Together
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Determining the Design Factors
- Gathering Information for Requirements
- Defining Requirements
- Identifying Risks, Constraints, and Assumptions
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Understanding Logical and Physical Designs
- Comparing Logical and Physical Designs
- Explaining the Role of a Logical Design
- Mapping Service Dependencies
- Examining the Components of a Logical Design
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Defining a Logical Compute Design
- Determining Values to Specify
- Looking at Example Logical Compute Designs
- Examining Related Areas
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Defining a Logical Network Design
- Deriving the Logical Network Design
- Describing the Virtual Network Topology
- Describing the Physical Network Topology
- Examining Related Areas
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Examining a Logical Storage Design
- Calculating Logical Storage Design Specifications
- Exploring Related Areas
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Reviewing Available Security Solutions
- Mapping Requirements to Security Solutions
- Considering Related Areas
- Examining Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Examining Backup and Availability Needs
- Surveying Backup and Availability Solutions
- Identifying Backup and Availability Requirements
- Evaluating Solutions Based on Requirements
- Reviewing Related Areas
- Analyzing Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Reviewing Broad Management Strategies
- Incorporating Security Solutions
- Incorporating Backup and Availability Solutions
- Accommodating Other Management Components
- Identifying Dependencies and Impacts
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Reviewing What We’ve Covered So Far
- Taking the Next Step in the Design Process
- Examining How to Map Solutions
- Selecting Solutions
- Analyzing for Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Reviewing the Logical Storage Design
- Examining the Key Storage Solution Decisions
- Choosing the Physical Storage Solution
- Incorporating VMware Technologies
- Analyzing for Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Reexamining the Logical Network Design
- Listing the Key Network Design Decisions
- Building the Physical Network Design
- Analyzing for Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Looking Back at the Logical Compute Design
- Sizing Hosts
- Creating Clusters
- Scoping Resource Pools
- Putting Things Together
- Analyzing for Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Fitting VM Configuration into the Design
- Allocating Resources to VMs
- Configuring VMs for Availability
- Deploying VMs
- Analyzing for Design Impact
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Examining Implementation Planning
- Creating an Implementation Plan
- Understanding the Need for Test Plans
- Reviewing the Types of Testing
- Documenting Your Testing
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Setting the Stage
- Working Through the Scenario
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
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- Introduction
Instructor
Scott Lowe
Scott Lowe has been working in IT for more than 17 years and is currently CTO for the global vSpecialist team at EMC. He specializes in the integration of solutions and technologies across differing vendor platforms and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Scott is the author of the best-selling book, Mastering vSphere 5
