Programm
- Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course goals and objectives
- Performance in a Virtual Environment
- vSphere performance troubleshooting methodology
- Software and hardware virtualization techniques and their effects on performance.
- Use vSphere performance monitoring tools
- 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
- Secure vSphere
- Describe the 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
- Network Scalability
- Create, configure, and manage vSphere distributed switches
- Migrate virtual machines from standard switches to distributed switches
- Explain distributed switch features such as private VLANs, VMware vSphere® Network I/O Control, port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow
- Network Optimization
- Explain the performance features of network adapters
- Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
- Monitor key network performance metrics
- Use vSphere Management Assistant to manage virtual network configurations
- Troubleshoot common network performance problems
- Network Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting standard switch issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting management network connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting distributed switch issues
- Storage Scalability
- Explain 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
- Storage Optimization
- Diagnose storage access problems
- Explain 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
- Storage Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues
- Troubleshooting multi pathing issues
- CPU Optimization
- Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
- Monitor key CPU performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common CPU performance problems
- Memory Optimization
- Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
- Monitor key memory performance metrics
- Troubleshoot common memory performance problems
- VM and Cluster Optimization
- Describe guidelines for optimizing virtual machine configuration
- Discuss how vGPU usage affects virtual machine performance
- Discuss guidelines for using resource allocation settings & resource pools.
- Discuss guidelines for using vSphere DRS clusters
- Troubleshoot common vSphere cluster problems
- Cluster Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting vSphere cluster issues
- Troubleshooting vSphere vMotion issues
- VM Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting virtual machine state issues
- Troubleshooting VMware® Tools™ installation issues
- Troubleshooting VMware snapshot issues
- Troubleshooting virtual machine power-on issues
- Host Management and Scalability
- Describe and use host profiles
- Define and use content libraries
- Use VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™
- Use Virtual Machine Converter
- Use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy
- vCenter Server & ESXi Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server & ESXi issues
Ziele
Nach Abschluss dieses Seminars haben die Teilnehmer Wissen zu folgenden Themen:
- Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise.
- Manage changes to the vSphere environment.
- Optimize the performance of all vSphere components.
- Use VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Shell and VMware vSphere® Management Assistant to manage vSphere
- Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy™ to provision ESXi hosts.
- Harden the vSphere environment against security threats.
- Use the VMware vSphere® Web Client, the command-line interface, and log files to diagnose and correct problems in vSphere.
- Troubleshoot networking, storage, vCenter Server, ESXi host, vSphere cluster, vMotion® & virtual machine issues.
Voraussetzungen
Für dieses Seminar werden folgende Kenntnisse empfohlen:
- 1+ years hands on experience with vSphere.