Module 1: Course Introduction

1. Introductions and course logistics

2. Course objectives

Module 2: Virtualization and vSphere Concepts

1. Describe how virtual machines (VMs) work

2. Recognize the purpose of a hypervisor

3. Describe how VMs share resources in a virtualized environment

4. Recognize the components of an SDDC

5. Describe the relationship between vSphere, the SDDC, and cloud computing

6. Recognize the functions of the components in a vSphere environment

7. Access and view vSphere graphical user interfaces

8. Identify VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in the SDDC

Module 3: Navigating the vSphere Client

1. View and organize the inventory objects managed by vCenter Server

2. Add and assign vSphere licenses

3. Change the log level of vCenter Server

4. Edit the startup policy of ESXi services

5. Describe how vCenter Server roles and permissions work

6. Add permissions to virtual machines

Module 4: Lifecycle of Virtual Machines

1. Add and remove VM virtual hardware components

2. Identify the purpose of different VM files

3. Configure VM settings

4. Create and delete virtual machines

5. Recognize the benefits of installing VMware Tools™

6. Install VMware Tools into a guest operating system

7. Upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware compatibility

Module 5: vSphere Networking

1. Describe virtual networking

2. Recognize ways that virtual switches connect VMs and ESXi hosts to the network

3. View components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration

4. View a vSphere distributed switch configuration in vSphere Client

5. Recognize when and how to use the settings for the security networking policy

6. Recognize when and how to use the settings for the traffic shaping networking policy

7. Describe how the NIC teaming and failover policy helps maintain network connectivity

8. Perform basic checks to diagnose VM connectivity issues

Module 6: vSphere Storage

1. Describe the function of a datastore

2. Recognize types of vSphere datastores

3. View datastore information in vSphere Client

4. Monitor datastore usage in vSphere Client

Module 7: Virtual Machine Management

1. Recognize the benefits of using VM templates

2. Create and update a VM template

3. Deploy a VM from an existing template

4. Clone a virtual machine

5. Recognize how to use guest OS customization specifications

6. Deploy VMs from a content library

7. Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template

8. Perform a hot and cold migrations of VMs

9. Identify requirements for using VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion®

10. Perform a vSphere Storage vMotion migration

11. Identify use cases for VM snapshots

12. Create and manage snapshots of a virtual machine

Module 8: Resource Monitoring

1. Recognize the purpose of each type of VM resource control

2. Configure the resource allocation settings of a VM

3. Observe the behavior of virtual machines with different share values

4. Manage and acknowledge vSphere alarms

5. Use performance charts to monitor VM CPU and memory usage

6. Monitor tasks and events in vSphere Client

Module 9: vSphere Clusters

1. View information about the services that a vSphere cluster offers

2. Recognize how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures

3. Monitor vSphere HA during a host failure

4. Describe how vSphere DRS works

5. Interpret DRS scores given to VMs

6. Recognize how to apply the appropriate vSphere DRS automation and migration threshold levels

7. Describe how vSphere Fault Tolerance works

8. Recognize how Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works