VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8.0]

Master VMware vSphere 8.0 troubleshooting skills to enhance IT infrastructure performance and reliability, ideal for system architects and administrators aiming for expertise in virtual environments.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Introduce troubleshooting principles and procedures

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Use command-line tools and interfaces to diagnose and resolve vSphere issues

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Identify and resolve networking, storage, and performance problems

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Troubleshoot vSphere clusters, virtual machines, and server issues

Format

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

Audience

  • System architects
  • System administrators
  • IT infrastructure specialists
  • VMware professionals

Description

This five-day training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere® 8 environment. This course increases your skill level and competence in using the command-line interface, VMware vSphere® ClientTM, log files, and other tools to analyze and solve problems.

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Upcoming Course Dates

July 21-25, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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August 18-22, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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September 22-26, 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: Introduction to Troubleshooting

  1. Define the scope of troubleshooting

  2. Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems

  3. Apply troubleshooting methodology to diagnose faults

Module 3: Troubleshooting Tools

  1. Discuss methods to run commands

  2. Accessing ESXi Shell options

  3. Viewing, configuring, and managing vSphere components using commands

  4. Using vSphere CLI

  5. Executing ESXCLI commands from vSphere CLI

  6. Using Data Center CLI commands

  7. Choosing the best tool for CLI troubleshooting

  8. Identifying important log files for troubleshooting

  9. Understanding VMware Skyline capabilities

  10. Benefits and functions of VMware Skyline Health and Advisor

Module 4: Troubleshooting Virtual Networking

  1. Analyze and troubleshoot standard switch issues

  2. Virtual machine connectivity troubleshooting

  3. Management network problem-solving

  4. Distributed switch problem analysis

Module 5: Troubleshooting Storage

  1. Understanding vSphere storage architecture

  2. Causes of various datastore problems

  3. Storage connectivity and configuration issues

  4. Resolving connectivity problems and restoring LUN visibility

  5. Using ESXi and Linux commands for storage issues

  6. Analyzing log files for root cause

  7. Troubleshooting snapshots and storage performance

  8. Understanding multipathing and solving path issues

Module 6: Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters

  1. vSphere HA problem identification and troubleshooting

  2. Solving vSphere vMotion issues

  3. Diagnosing vSphere DRS problems

Module 7: Troubleshooting Virtual Machines

  1. Discuss virtual machine files and disk IDs

  2. Snapshot problem-solving

  3. Virtual machine power-on troubleshooting

  4. Resolving connection state problems

  5. VMware Tools installation issue recovery

Module 8: Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi

  1. Solving vCenter Server service and database issues

  2. Using shell interfaces for problem identification

  3. Troubleshooting ESXi host issues

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