VMware vSphere-5.5 L2 Administration Training Course Course Duration : 20Days Class Duration : 3 hours per day ( Fast Track Course duration 10days “ Per day 8 hours “ ) Classroom Training ₹ Fast-Track Training: Online Training: - ₹          Module 1: VMware vSphere Introduction Module 2: VMware vSphere Overview      What is Virtualization? Virtual Machine Overview How Virtualization Works VMware History VMware Products vSphere 5.x Editions and licensing Discussion of virtualization and virtual infrastructure components Understand the concept of virtualization Identify the benefits of using a virtual machine Describe vSphere components Describe scenarios for using virtualization Module 3: Installation & configuration Administration --- (ESX-3.5, ESX-4.x and ESXi-5.x)                        Hardware Prerequisites Difference between vSphere 4.x & vSphere 5.x ESX Host Maximums Configure OS Boot Options Setup ESXi Installable Understanding ESX & ESXi Virtual & Physical Partitions Creation Install ESX-3.5 Server on Local Volume Installing ESX-4.x through “GUI & CUI” Installing ESXi-5.x Login ESXi-5.x Host Physical Console After Install Accessing ESXi-5.5 through the vSphere Client and Web Access login Set-up ESX Host Configurations 2 Enable the SSH login for root user Enabling VMware –web Access service Configure VMware –web Access as a startup service Enabling ESXi Console for troubleshooting ESX host Open in New window for managing individual Configuring Authentication Services Join ESX host to Domain Select trusted domain if required Configuring licensing features Date & Time configuration DNS & Routing Configuration     Module 4: vCenter Server Installation & Configuration vCenter Server Overview vCenter Components vCenter Architecture  Installing vSphere Client & vCenter Server         Hardware and Software Prerequisites Ports Used by vCenter Server & vCenter Server Appliance Install SQL-Native client drivers Configuring ODBC database for vCenter Installing vCenter Single Sign On Installing vSphere Web Client Installing vCenter Inventory Service Deploying vCenter Server Appliance  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 3  Module 5: vCenter Linked Mode Administration           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. Monitor vCenter Server Services Linked Mode vCenter Server with Multiple Network Interfaces Linked Mode Troubleshooting  Module 6: vCenter Server Administration          vCenter Server Settings Overview vCenter Licensing vCenter Statistics vCenter Runtime settings vCenter Mail alert configuration Configure vCenter SNMP traps vCenter SSL Settings Configure vCenter Advanced Settings Configuring the Max Database Connections  Module 7: Network Administration “vSwitch”   Comparison of Physical & Virtual Networking Virtual Networking Components Understanding Standard Switch Virtual Switch “vSwitch Maximums”  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      Module 8: Command-Line Administration 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 4 esxcfg-route esxcfg-nics esxcfg-info esxcfg-dumppart esxupdate esxcfg-vswitch esxcfg-vswif esxcfg-vmknic vim-cmd esxcli esxcli esxcli fcoe esxcli hardware esxcli iscsi esxcli network esxcli sched esxcli software esxcli storage esxcli system esxcli vm       Module 9: Storage Administration “NFS – iSCSI - FC”  vSphere Storage Overview Benefits of using Virtual Machine File System VMFS Storage Maximums Difference between VMFS3 & VMFS5 How Fibre Channel is used with ESX Host  Design & Configure iSCSI Storage “Hardware & Software”         Adding & Configuring Datastore Volumes      Addressing SAN LUNs in the VMkernel 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 ESXi Hosts and Multiple Storage Arrays Setting Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters Configuring Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters Configuring Software iSCSI Adapter Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters Setting Up iSCSI Network Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI  Securing and Optimizing iSCSI Storage                Designing & Managing VMFS Volumes             Deploy and Configure the vSphere Storage Appliance Multipathing with Fiber Channel Multipathing with iSCSI Manage Multiple Paths Volume Grow / Hot VMDK Extend How NAS/NFS is used with ESX Host Addressing and Access Control with NFS iSCSI Storage Multipathing with iSCSI VMFS Data store Extend a VMFS Manage Multiple Paths Addressing and Access Control with NFS Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters Configuring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI iSCSI Session Management Modifying iSCSI Storage Systems for ESXi iSCSI Targets in vApps Optimizing iSCSI SAN Storage Performance Managing Duplicate VMFS Datastores Upgrading & Increasing VMFS Datastores Turn off Storage Filters Set Up Dynamic Disk Mirroring Creating a Diagnostic Partition Host-Based Failover with iSCSI Managing Multiple Paths  Using vmkfstools * 5  Module 10: Virtual Machine Administration  Module 11: Cloning & Templates Administration  Virtual Machine Overview Virtual Machine Maximums          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  Module 12: VMware Converter Standalone      Converter Standalone Components Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure Virtual Machines Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks   Creating & Managing Virtual Machines                Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the vSphere Client Display a Virtual Machine's Files using the webAccess 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 Deploying Virtual Machines in the vSphere Web Client Deploying OVF Templates / Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tool Managing Multi-Tiered Applications with vSphere vApp in the vSphere Web Client Monitoring Solutions with the vCenter Solutions Manager Managing Virtual Machines / Upgrading Virtual Machines 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 VM Operation using command-lets 6  Module 13: Host Profiles Administration          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  Module 14: vSphere Cluster Administration            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 Overview of App HA / Using vSphere App HA Policies in vSphere App HA / Managing Services Enable a vSphere App HA Plug-In Disable a vSphere App HA Plug-In Setting Up vSphere App HA 7  Module 15: VMware HA Cluster Administration            HA Cluster Overview / HA Cluster Maximums Creating vSwitch and PortGroups 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  Module 16: Fault Tolerance Administration         Fault Tolerance Overview Fault Tolerance Configuration Requirements Preparing Cluster, Hosts and VM for Fault Tolerance Turning On Fault Tolerance for Virtual Machines Failing Primary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine Failing Secondary Fault Tolerance Virtual Machine Checking Secondary Fault Tolerance VM to become Primary Fault Tolerance VM Troubleshooting Fault Tolerance  Module 17: DRS Cluster Administration                      “Distributed Resource Scheduler” 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 8  Module 18: Resource Pool Administration            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  Module 19: vApp Administration        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  Module 20: Performance Monitoring Administration  Module 22: Events & Logs 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 Monitoring Using Performance-Based Alarms Monitor Virtual Machine Performance Host-Based and VM-Based Performance Alarms Checking ESX performance through Service Console Checking VM performance Statistics through Service Console      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  Module 21: Hardware Status Monitoring  Module 23: VMDirectPath Administration     Architectural Overview Hardware Status Information Available diagnostic data Enabling/Disabling CIM providers       Overview of VMDirectPath available & unavailable features Enabling DirectPath for VMNIC Assigning physical VMNIC to Virtual Machine Enabling DirectPath for USB Assigning physical USB to Virtual Machine 9  Module 24: vCenter Schedules Administration       Schedules Overview Virtual Machine Schedules Administration Host Schedules Administration Resource Pool Schedules Administration Monitoring Current Schedules  vSphere Security Overview  vSphere Security Components Module 26: Security Administration  Security Profile Administration  Enable & Disable the ESX Services  Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic  Firewall Security Administration  Port Enabling & Disabling for ESX Services  Allow & Deny incoming & outgoing network traffic  Module 25: Alarms Administration       vSphere Alarms Overview Configuring Alarms in vCenter level Configuring Alarms in Datacenter, Networking level Configuring Alarms in Host & Cluster level Configuring Alarms in Data store & VM level Configuring Alarms actions 10  Module 27: Access Control Administration              Controlling administrator rights Security Model Overview Creating and Defining Users and Groups in ESX Host and vCenter Server Creating Roles in Host Connection Creating Roles in VC Connection Creating Roles and checking dependencies Creating Roles using Privileges Assigning Roles to Users and Groups in ESX session and vCenter Server session. User sessions Administration Configuring session authentication time out Configure Active Directory list View vCenter-5.5 Security Model ESX Host Security Model  Module 28: Security Administration vCenter-Level  Module 30: Update Manager Administration      vSphere Security Overview vSphere Security Components Security in the vSphere Environment vSphere Authentication with vCenter Single Sign-On vSphere Security Certificates and Encryption           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  Module 29: Data Protection Administration           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 11   This Course Specially designed for Mastering of vSphere Administration Terms & Conditions  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.  Online LAB Access will be provided 24/7 for 30day’s as per additional payment only. 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