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VMware vSphere 5
View All CoursesThis comprehensive course will show you how to virtualize your server and network infrastructure in an innovative, efficient, and reliable way using VMware vSphere 5. You’ll walk away from this course able to install and configure ESXi 5 and vCenter 5 and able to manage virtual machines, virtual storage, networking and you’ll also know how to leverage advanced features such as VMware High Availability, VMware Fault Tolerance and more. To get the most from this course, you should know the basics of virtualization, and some experience working with VMware vSphere will be helpful, but is not required.
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- Introduction
- About Your Instructors
- Who Should Watch this Course?
- What is VMware vSphere?
- What We Cover in the Course
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- Introduction
- Why Build a Lab?
- Two Ways to Build a Virtualization Lab
- Limitations to a Virtual Lab
- Importance of Shared Storage
- Running vSphere in Workstation
- vSphere 5 Lab Setups
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- Introduction
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- Introduction
- vSphere 5 Overview
- vSphere 5 Components
- Packaging and Versions
- Cloud Computing
- Ecosystem
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- ESXi Installation Requirements
- What Happened to ESX Server?
- Downloading VMware ESXi 5
- Installing VMware ESXi 5
- ESXi Initial Configuration
- Installing the vSphere Client
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- What is vCenter Server?
- vCenter Server Blueprint
- vCenter Server Physical or Virtual?
- vCenter Server Pre-installation
- vCenter Server Features
- HW and SW Requirements
- Database Requirements
- Port Requirements
- How to Evaluate vCenter 5
- Installing vCenter 5
- Verifying Installation of vCenter 5
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- What is the vCenter Server Appliance?
- Pros and Cons to Using vCenter as an Appliance
- Deploying the vCenter Server 5 Appliance (vCSA)
- Configuring vCSA
- Testing vCSA with the vSphere Client
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- vSphere 5 Web Client Overview
- Installing the Server for the Web Client
- Authorizing the Web Client Server
- Using the vSphere 5 Web Client
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- vSphere 5 Platform Enhancements
- vSphere Storage
- vSphere Networking
- vCenter 5.0
- VM Enhancement Capabilities
- Auto Deploy and Image Builder
- Storage DRS
- Profile Driven Storage
- VMFS-5
- VMware View Accelerator
- The New High Availability – HA
- vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5
- vCloud Director 1.5
- vShield 5.0
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- vSphere Terminology (Lingo)
- Using the vSphere Client
- Performing VM Guest Remote Control
- Navigating the vSphere Client with Hotkeys
- Searching the Virtual Infrastructure
- Sorting and Filtering in the vSphere Client
- Exporting Data
- Running Reports
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Planning the Virtual Infrastructure
- Naming Convention
- vSphere Network Virtualization Diagram
- Adding Datacenters and Hosts
- Configuring the ESXi Server Clock and NTP
- Configuring vSphere Licensing
- Reviewing System Logs, vCenter Sessions, and Service Status
- Removing "Getting Started" Tabs
- Monitoring ESXi Host Health Hardware Status
- vCenter Server Settings and Plugins
- Adding Folders
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Three Ways to Create Virtual Machines
- Downloading VMs from Virtual Appliance Marketplace
- VMware Guest OS Install Guide
- Changing BIOS Settings in a Guest VM
- Creating ISO Images of CD/DVD Install Media
- Creating a Library of ISO Installation Media
- Using the vSphere Datastore Browser
- Using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) with vSphere
- Accessing ESXi Using SSH
- Creating a New Virtual Machine with a Fresh OS Install
- vSphere 5 EFI Firmware Option
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why You Need VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools in Windows
- Installing VMware Tools in Linux
- Searching and Sorting to Check VMware Status
- Updating VMware Tools
- Performing VMware Tools Installation
- Configuring VMware Tools with VMware Toolbox
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Understanding Tasks and Events
- Configuring SNMP and SMTP Email in vCenter
- Alerting You with vCenter Alarms
- Viewing, Filtering, and Exporting Tasks and Events
- Adding and Managing Alarms
- Disabling Alarm Actions
- Performing Configuration of SNMP and SMTP
- vCenter Service Status
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Storage 101 – Virtual Disks and VMFS
- Data Transfer
- Comparing Storage Technologies
- Storage Area Network (SAN) 101
- Fiber Channel SAN Components
- Fiber Channel HBAs
- Fiber Channel Connectivity
- Zoning
- Managing FC Storage
- Addressing FC SAN LUNs
- Understanding iSCSI Storage
- Why You Need a SAN
- Configuring iSCSI Storage
- Configuring NFS Storage
- Properties of Fiber Channel Datastore
- Storage Terms You Must Know
- What is in a Datastore?
- ESXi Server Storage Options
- VMFS Specs and Maximums
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- vSphere Storage Appliance Overview
- What Makes VSA Unique
- VSA Cluster Design Options
- VSA SAN Maintenance Mode
- VSA Installation Gotchas
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why Use OpenFiler?
- Downloading OpenFiler
- Installing OpenFiler
- Configuring OpenFiler as an iSCSI SAN
- Connecting vSphere to the OpenFiler iSCSI SAN
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Basics of vSphere Security
- Default vSphere Security Roles
- Adding, Modifying, and Removing ESXi Users and Groups
- Using Windows AD Users and Groups to Secure vSphere
- Defining and Applying Roles and Permissions
- vShield Overview
- Securing Guest Virtual Machines
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Virtual Networking
- Network Adapters
- Virtual Standard Switches (vSS)
- vSS Functionality
- Similarities Between pSwitch and vSS
- Differences Between pSwicth and vSwicth
- Types of vSwitches
- Virtual Switch Ports
- What is a VLAN?
- MAC Address Changes
- Forged Transmits
- NIC Teaming
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- vSphere Distributed Switch
- Private VLANS – pVLANs
- pVLANs Secondary Mode Notes
- Networking Policies
- Configuration Tasks
- Creating a New dvSwitch
- Creating a dvPort Group
- Migrating Legacy vSwitches and VM Networks to dvSwitch
- Migrating VMKernel Virtual Adaptors to dvSwitch
- Configuring Private VLANs
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why You Need vMotion
- vMotion Requirements
- vMotioning Virtual Machines
- vMotion Configuration
- Performing vMotion
- Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- What is svMotion?
- svMotion Requirements
- svMotion and Thin Provisioning
- Using svMotion
- Migrating VMs with Snapshots – New in vSphere 5
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Introduction to Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
- DRS Requirements
- Creating a DRS Enabled Cluster
- DRS/HA Cluster Settings
- Understanding Resource Pools
- Creating Resource Pools in Your DRS Cluster
- Additional Resources
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why Do You Need High Availability (HA)?
- VMHA Saving the Day
- VMHA Master / Slave
- Requirements for VMHA
- Best Practices for VMHA
- Configuring VMHA
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Introduction to VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
- Requirements of FT
- Constraints of FT
- Testing to See If You Can Use FT with VMware Site Survey
- Enabling VMware FT
- Testing Failover with a Virtual Machine Using FT
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Upgrade Prerequisites
- Upgrade Steps
- Upgrade to vCenter 5
- Update Manager Upgrade
- ESX/ESXi Upgrade
- VM Upgrade
- Upgrading vCenter Server and Client
- Upgrading Update Manager
- Upgrading ESXi
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Administering vSphere Using the CLI
- Four vSphere CLI Options
- Using ESXi Tech Support Mode
- Using esxcfg and esxcli Commands
- Getting Started with PowerCLI
- Project Onyx
- vCLI Basics
- Installing and Using vMA
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- What is Auto Deploy?
- Auto Deploy Components
- Auto Deploy First Boot Process
- Infrastructure Requirements
- Installation and Configuration Tasks
- Lab Environment Setup
- Installing Auto Deploy and TFTP Server
- Adding ESXi Host to vCenter
- Moving Host Profile from Staging to Production Area
- Installing Dump and Syslog Collectors
- Setting Dump Collector
- Setting Up Syslog Server
- Test and Repair Rules Compliance
- Auto Deploy PowerCLI Commands
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Storage DRS Explained
- Datastore Clusters Explained
- SDRS Initial Placement
- SDRS Load Balancing
- Datastore Maintenance with SDRS
- SDRS Affinity Rules
- Configuring and Using Storage DRS
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Policy-driven Storage Explained
- Storage Vendor Profiles and VASA
- Configuration of Policy-driven Storage
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why is vSphere 5 vRAM Pooled Pricing So Important?
- 3 Major Changes with vSphere 5 Licensing
- vRAM Pooled Pricing in Action
- vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements
- Requirements to Access vRAM Pooled Pricing Reports
- vSphere 5 License Validator Script
- Using vSphere License Advisor
- 4 Ways to Reduce Your vRAM Pool Utilization
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- What is Network I/O Control?
- New in vSphere 5 NIOC
- Configuring Network I/O Control
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Why You Need Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
- How SIOC Works
- SIOC Requirements
- Enabling SIOC in vSphere
- Monitoring SIOC Performance
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- ESXi Firewall Defined
- Configuration Files
- Rule Set Add
- Service Behavior
- ESXI Shell Firewall Configuration
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Introduction to VMware Data Recovery (VDR)
- New VDR Features in vSphere 5
- Limitations of VDR
- Installing VDR
- VDR Initial Configuration
- Installing VDR Client Plug-in
- Backing Up with Data Recovery
- Restoring with Data Recovery
- What We Covered
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- Introduction
- Features of the vSphere Client for iPad
- Requirements for the vSphere Client for iPad
- Installing vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA)
- Installing vSphere Client for iPad
- Administering vSphere Using an iPad
- What We Covered
Instructors
David Davis
David has been in the IT industry for over 18 years. He has served as a server/network admin, IT manager, and independent contractor. Today, David is a full-time instructor for TrainSignal.com where he has created over 20 different IT training courses.
Additionally, he has written hundreds of IT articles on the Internet, written for Virtualization Review magazine, served as a judge at VMware product competitions, and spoke on virtualization at conferences in the USA, Canada, and Europe. David's "real-world" experience combined with his diversity of skills (Virtualization, Windows Server, and Cisco Networking) gives you a powerful learning resource that can't be matched.
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Elias Khnaser
Elias Khnaser is an author, speaker, and IT consultant specializing in Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware virtualization technologies. With more than 14 years of experience, Elias is one of the world's leading experts on Virtualization and Cloud Computing, and a recipient of the VMware vExpert award. Elias is the Practice Manager for Virtualization and Cloud Computing at Artemis Technology and well known for his ability to relate highly technical concepts to align IT with business needs. Elias is highly sought-after and top rated speaker for live and recorded events. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes and InformationWeek. He has written hundreds of whitepapers and countless articles. Elias has authored and co-authored many books and computer based training for EliasKhnaser.com and TrainSignal.com. From a hands on perspective, Elias has designed and deployed some of the largest Citrix and VMware implementations in the world.
