VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track
- System administrators
- System integrators
Prerequisite
- Minimum one year of experience using vSphere
Expected Duration
5 day
Description
This intense, hands-on, training course is a blend of the VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale and VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting classes; it brings the best of each of these advanced courses into a single unique offering that equips experienced VMware administrators with the knowledge to effectively optimize and troubleshoot vSphere at an expert level. It also provides excellent preparation for a variety of vSphere certifications such as the VCP-DCV, VCAP-DCA, and the VCIX-DCV.
Objective
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course goals and objectives
2. Performance in a Virtual Environment
- vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
- Software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance
- Use vSphere performance monitoring tools
3. Troubleshooting Tools
- Adding the VMware Management Assistant to an Active Directory environment
- Using commands to interrogate your vSphere environment
- Locating important log files
- Gathering log bundles for technical support
4. Secure vSphere
- Features and benefits of VMware Platform Services Controller
- Configure ESXi host access and authorization
- Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
- Upgrade ESXi and vCenter Server instances
5. Network Scalability
- Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches
- Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
- Distributed switch features such as private VLANs, VMware vSphere Network I/O Control, port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow
6. Network Optimization
- Performance features of network adapters
- Performance features of vSphere networking
- Monitor key network performance metrics
- Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations
- Troubleshoot common network performance problems
7. Network Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting standard switch issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting management network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting distributed switch issues
8. Storage Scalability
- vSphere storage APIs for array integration and storage awareness
- Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
- Configure VMware vSphere Storage DRS and VMware vSphere Storage I/O Control
- Create and use virtual volumes in vSphere
9. Storage Optimization
- Diagnose storage access problems
- How storage protocols, VMware vSphere VMFS configuration, load balancing, and queuing affect performance
- Configure vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Monitor key storage performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common storage performance problems
10. Storage Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting multi pathing issues
11. CPU Optimization
- CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
- Monitor key CPU performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
12. Memory Optimization
- Ballooning and memory compression
- Host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
- Monitor key memory performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
13. VM and Cluster Optimization
- Guidelines for optimizing virtual machine configuration
- How vGPU usage affects virtual machine performance
- Guidelines for using resource allocation settings and resource pools
- Guidelines for using vSphere DRS clusters
- Troubleshoot common vSphere cluster problems
14. Cluster Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting vSphere cluster issues
- Troubleshooting vSphere vMotion issues
15. VM Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting virtual machine state issues
- Troubleshooting VMware Tools installation issues
- Troubleshooting VMware snapshot issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine power-on issues
16. Host Management and Scalability
- Use host profiles
- Use content libraries
- Use VMware vSphere PowerCLI
- Use Virtual Machine Converter
- Use VMware vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy
17. vCenter Server and ESXi Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi issues