VMware vSphere 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID)

Overview VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) is a perfect class for administrators that already have VMware vSphere experience, but would like to improve their skills, knowledge, and diagnostic abilities! _ In the days of the vSphere Web Client, command-line skills are rapidly becoming a must-have for vSphere Administrators! We supplement use of the vSphere HTML5 Client by teaching commands and command-line utilities like the VMware vSphere CLI, SSH, and PowerShell. _ This book and training includes an exclusive section on advanced VMFS Volume management, vSphere Security and STIGs, diagnostics and recovery that you will not find in any other vSphere class! _ Exclusive to VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID): •NEW EXCLUSIVE: VMware vSphere Security and Hardening with: vSphere Security Configuration Guide, STIGs and more •ESXi Diagnostic Consoles (find out what’s wrong, FAST!!!) •Advanced VMFS Volume diagnostic and recovery •VMware On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA) •vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) formerly VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) _ Our VMware vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) features over 60 interactive Step-By-Step Labs (SBS LAB ™), complete with detailed instructions and full-color screenshots of all steps. What makes our approach so unique is that every participant builds an actual datacenter environment on real servers, from beginning to end. Most importantly, we use the same procedures, in the same order, as they would be implemented in your own datacenter! •Custom SBS labs available to supplement and enhance training •Use your classroom IaaS resources for at least one week after class for testing and practice •Our instructors are real-world consultants that will personally tell you all of the latest news and trends •Keep up with the latest in emerging vSphere critical knowledge Length 4 Days (30 hours of instruction) Compatibility This class is based on VMware vSphere 8 and fully compatible with vSphere 7 Why choose this class? Our instructors are real working consultants whose job is managing VMware Infrastructures from 3 to 300 Hosts. You will benefit from the same skills and knowledge that the instructor has applied to mission-critical systems for the Fortune 500, Government and companies just like yours! _ What makes our approach so unique is that we teach people what they actually need to know! Every participant builds a Best Practices Private Cloud from the ground up. Most importantly, we use the same procedures, in the same order, as they would be implemented in your own datacenter! Your book is your manual for successful VMware vSphere administration for years to come! Objectives •Redirect ESXi system logging & scratch partitions •Understand and use esxcli ESXi Host configuration command set •Understand and use vim-cmd ESXi Host and Virtual Machine management command set •Understand and use vmkfstools VMFS Volume and Virtual disk command set •Backup and restore ESXi Host configuration •Check and fix VMFS filesystem using: vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA) •Advanced VMFS Volume diagnostic and recovery •Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) •Install and configure VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROM) •Migrate from VMware Standard vSwitch (vSS) to vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS) •Configure and test Jumbo Frames the right way for iSCSI •Understand and apply VMware vSphere Path Selection Policy (PSP): VMware fixed, Round Robin, Most Recently Used •vSphere access control with Roles, Privileges and Permissions •Advanced Cluster Configuration for HA and DRS •Implement VMkernel with vMotion TCP/IP Stack •Implement Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) and Storage Distributed Resource Scheduling (sDRS) •Implement High Availability (HA) •Manage resources with Resource Pools •Utilize and integrate 3rd Party Tools into the datacenter environment •Monitor performance using advanced tools and commands _ Each objective will be reinforced with over 80 hands-on Step-by-Step Labs (SBS LABs)! Who should attend? Administrators who would like to improve their skills in managing, diagnosing and securing a VMware vSphere™ environment. Prerequisites The VMware® vSphere™ 8 Advanced Infrastructure Deployment (AID) is intended for IT professionals experienced with Windows Server and TCP/IP Networking as well as some Windows or Linux Command Line use. Course Outline Module 1. Introduction 1.1. What you will find in this book Module 2. Grounds for Virtualization and Cloud Computing 2.1. Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds 2.2. Virtualization defined 2.3. What's in it for me? 2.4. What is a hypervisor? 2.5. Hypervisor Classifications 2.6. Comparison of production hypervisors Module 3. VMware® vSphere™ 3.1. What is VMware® vSphere™? 3.2. VMware® vSphere™ Components 3.3. What's new in VMware® vSphere™ Module 4. Managing ESXi SBS LAB 1. Using ESXi Diagnostic Consoles SBS LAB 2. Initial configuration using the DCUI (Console) SBS LAB 3. Accessing the ESXi HTML5 Embedded Host Client Module 5. Time in a vSphere Environment 5.1. NTP (Linux) Time 5.2. Windows Time SBS LAB 4. ESXi and NTP Module 6. Active Directory and ESXi / vSphere SBS LAB 5. Joining ESXi to Active Directory Module 7. Command Line Administration of ESXi SBS LAB 6. When is SSH appropriate – use cases SBS LAB 7. Remote command line with Putty and SSH SBS LAB 8. Validating ESXi Host configurations at the command line with SSH SBS LAB 9. Validating Time configuration on your ESXi Host 7.2. The ESXCLI Command Set SBS LAB 10. Run three commands with ESXCLI 7.3. The vim-cmd Command Set SBS LAB 11. Using vim-cmd SBS LAB 12. Command Line patching of ESXi host with: esxcli and vim-cmd 7.4. The vSphere Command Line Interface (vCLI) SBS LAB 13. Installing the via SBS LAB 14. Running commands with the via 7.5. SAN Jumpstart SBS LAB 15. SAN Jumpstart 7.6. Final Preparation of a diskless ESXi installation SBS LAB 16. Relocating ESXi log files to persistent storage SBS LAB 17. Advanced Logging Behavior SBS LAB 18. Redirecting the ESXi scratch partition Module 8. Virtual Machines 8.1. The Virtual Machine Remote Console (VMRC) 8.2. Virtual Machine Best Practices 8.3. Windows VMs – The Perfect Windows VM Build SBS LAB 19. Windows Server 2019 SBS LAB 20. VMware tools for Windows Server 2019 8.4. Linux Virtual Machines - The Perfect Windows VM Build SBS LAB 21. Building a VMware Photon VM SBS LAB 22. Installing open-vm-tools SBS LAB 23. Patching and updating 8.5. Virtual Appliances – OVF and OVA SBS LAB 24. Export a VM to OFV SBS LAB 25. Import a VM from OVF 8.6. Virtual Machine File Types SBS LAB 26. Virtual machine Files and Folders SBS LAB 27. Files and Folders using Putty 8.7. Managing Virtual Machine Disks - vmkfstools command SBS LAB 28. Using vmkfstools 8.8. VM Configuration Parameters SBS LAB 29. Typematic Resolution 8.9. Timekeeping in Virtual Machines SBS LAB 30. Disable Timekeeping for Windows Server VM 8.10. Understanding Snapshots SBS LAB 31. Creating, Deleting, and Consolidating Snapshots Module 9. vCenter Server 9.1. vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) SBS LAB 32. Installing the vCSA 9.2. vCenter Consoles, Clients and connections SBS LAB 33. SSH Connection to vCenter SBS LAB 34. vCenter Server HTML5 Web Client - supported for production use 9.3. Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Web console SBS LAB 35. Backing up the VCSA with VAMI SBS LAB 36. Password Policy for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Operating System Module 10. vSphere Management With vCenter Server SBS LAB 37. Adding AD as LDAPs ID Source SBS LAB 38. Initial Global Permission assignment SBS LAB 39. Adding ESXI server(s) SBS LAB 40. Licensing SBS LAB 41. Disabling SSH alarm SBS LAB 42. Configuring vCenter to send and receive email Module 11. Virtual Networking 11.1. 802.2 Networking Terms 11.2. Virtual Switches SBS LAB 43. Create a VMware Standard Virtual Switch (vSS) 11.3. Port Groups and VLANs SBS LAB 44. Create a Port Group using VLANs 11.4. Best Practices Network Configuration SBS LAB 45. Add physical NICs and create redundancy SBS LAB 46. Create separate network for non-management VMs (production) 11.5. Standard vSwitch Properties SBS LAB 47. Security policy SBS LAB 48. Set Load Balancing SBS LAB 49. Set Failover Policy 11.6. vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS) SBS LAB 50. Create a vDS and Port Group SBS LAB 51. Migrate VMs to vDS SBS LAB 52. Add Port Group to vDS SBS LAB 53. vDS Security, Traffic Shaping, and Load Balancing SBS LAB 54. Migrate VMs from a vDS to vSS SBS LAB 55. Remove vDS Module 12. The VMkernel port group 12.1. What is a VMkernel in reality? 12.2. Properties of the VMkernel SBS LAB 56. Create Redundant iSCSI Network Connections SBS LAB 57. Set vSwitch Load Balancing for compliance with vSphere Port Binding requirements Module 13. vSphere Storage 13.1. Terms 13.2. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 13.3. Local Storage 13.4. Virtual SAN (HP VSA, VSA) 13.5. SAN Storage 13.6. Presenting Block Storage to vSphere SBS LAB 58. Add ISCSI SAN Storage Adapter SBS LAB 59. Set Port Binding for iSCSI 13.7. Understanding the VMFS File System versions 5 and 6 SBS LAB 60. Formatting a LUN as VMFS 6 SBS LAB 61. Setting the Path Selection Policy (PSP) for one LUN (GUI) SBS LAB 62. Setting the default Path Selection Policy (PSP) for all LUNs (CLI) SBS LAB 63. Changing the Threshold for Round Robin (CLI) Module 14. Advanced VMFS Diagnostics, recovery and Volume Management 14.1. vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer SBS LAB 64. Check and fix VMFS filesystem using: vSphere On-disk Metadata Analyzer (VOMA) 14.2. Command Line volume and disk management with vmkfstools SBS LAB 65. Clone a disk with vmkfstools SBS LAB 66. Inflating a Virtual disk to Eager Zeroed with vmkfstools SBS LAB 67. Locate a locked Virtual Disk with vmkfstools SBS LAB 68. Unlock a Virtual Disk with vmkfstools 14.3. Recreate damaged VMFS Volume with partedUtil SBS LAB 69. Recreate a corrupted VMFS Volume (partition) with partedUtil Module 15. VMware HA and DRS Clusters 15.1. VMware vSphere Clusters overview 15.2. VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) 15.3. VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) 15.4. vMotion and Fault Tolerance (FT) 15.5. vMotion SBS LAB 70. Create VMkernel interface for vMotion SBS LAB 71. Join Class data center SBS LAB 72. Test vMotion 15.6. Cluster Management SBS LAB 73. Create HA and DRS cluster SBS LAB 74. Advanced cluster parameters SBS LAB 75. vMotion Troubleshooting SBS LAB 76. Diagnose vMotion Network Errors SBS LAB 77. HA Troubleshooting SBS LAB 78. HA Slot Calculations Module 16. vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) formerly VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) 16.1. Images vs. Baselines 16.2. What is an Image? SBS LAB 79. Create your Image SBS LAB 80. Remediating ESXi Hosts with Images SBS LAB 81. Exporting Images Module 17. Advanced vSphere Permissions, Cloud Computing and Resource Pools 17.1. Understanding vSphere Roles and Privileges SBS LAB 82. Create a vSphere Role for users/groups 17.2. Understanding Resource Pools SBS LAB 83. Create Resource Pool(s) 17.3. Understanding vSphere Permissions SBS LAB 84. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a Resource Pool SBS LAB 85. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a vNetwork (Port Group) SBS LAB 86. Apply vSphere user-defined Role to a Storage Volume Module 18. Resource Management 18.1. Shares, Reservations, and Limits SBS LAB 87. Test Shares, Reservations and limits using CPU Busy 18.2. Using esxtop SBS LAB 88. Run esxtop to monitor performance SBS LAB 89. Gather esxtop results for a period of time 18.3. Performance Charts and Monitoring SBS LAB 90. Using Performance Chart SBS LAB 91. Using ESXTOP to view resources/performance in real-time