VMware vSphere: Design [V8.0]

Master the art of designing robust VMware vSphere 8 virtual infrastructures, focusing on availability, performance, and security, ideal for IT professionals aiming to elevate their virtualization expertise.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design a vSphere infrastructure with high availability and security.

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Analyze and optimize design choices for vCenter, ESXi, and related components.

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Implement a systematic framework assessing business objectives and requirements.

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Ensure environment manageability through scalability and lifecycle management.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 3 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • System integrators
  • Consultants
  • Solution architects

Description

This three-day course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design a VMware vSphere 8 virtual infrastructure. You follow a proven approach to design a virtualization solution that ensures availability, manageability, performance, recoverability, and security. The approach presented follows VMware best practices. This course discusses the benefits and risks of available design alternatives and provides information to support making sound design decisions.

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Upcoming Course Dates

July 7-9, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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$2775

August 18-20, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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September 2-4, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Course Introduction

  1. Introductions and course logistics

  2. Course objectives

Module 2: Infrastructure Assessment

  1. Describe various design framework principles

  2. Follow a proven process to design a virtualization solution

  3. Define customer business objectives and requirements

  4. Use a systematic method to evaluate and document a conceptual model

  5. Create a logical design from a conceptual model

  6. Recognize key information contained in the physical design

Module 3: Designing for Manageability: Capacity Planning

  1. Make capacity planning design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design capacity planning strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

  3. Calculate compute and storage requirements for the VMs in the vSphere environment

Module 4: Designing for Manageability: Scalability

  1. Make scalability design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design scalability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 5: Designing for Manageability: Lifecycle Management

  1. Make lifecycle management design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design lifecycle management strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 6: Designing for Availability

  1. Make availability design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design availability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 7: Designing for Performance

  1. Make performance design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design performance strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 8: Designing for Security

  1. Make security design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design security strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

Module 9: Designing for Recoverability

  1. Make recoverability design decisions that adhere to business requirements

  2. Design recoverability strategies that meet the needs of the vSphere environment and follow VMware best practices

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