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VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8.0] (VSFT8)

5 Days (Virtual or Physical Classroom)

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Take your VMware expertise to the next level with our VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8.0] Boot Camp. This intensive, five-day course offers advanced training to elevate your skills in managing a vSphere infrastructure.

Course Highlights:

  • Advanced Training: Master the installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere 8, including VMware ESXi 8 and VMware vCenter 8.
  • Expert Instruction: Benefit from industry-certified instructors with deep knowledge of VMware technologies.
  • Hands-On Labs: Engage in practical, real-world lab exercises that reinforce advanced concepts and techniques.
  • Exam Preparation: This course not only enhances your VMware vSphere skills but also prepares you for the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) exam.

Our VMware boot camp is designed to provide both advanced theoretical insights and hands-on experience, enabling you to apply what you learn directly in your professional environment. Led by experienced instructors, you’ll work through complex lab exercises that simulate the challenges you’ll encounter in the field.

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the expertise to install, configure, and manage VMware vSphere 8, and be well-prepared to pass the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) exam.

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  • Install and configure ESXi hosts
  • Deploy and configure vCenter
  • Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users
  • Configure vCenter High Availability
  • Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches
  • Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere
  • Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots
  • Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository
  • Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines
  • Manage virtual machine resource use
  • Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion
  • Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date
  • Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise
  • Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance
  • Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems

vSphere and Virtualization Overview

  • Explain basic virtualization concepts
  • Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure
  • Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere
  • Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs
  • Install an ESXi host

vCenter Management

  • Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter
  • Deploy vCenter Server Appliance
  • Configure vCenter settings
  • Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys
  • Create and organize vCenter inventory objects
  • Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions
  • View vSphere tasks and events
  • Create a vCenter backup schedule
  • Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability
  • Explain how vCenter High Availability works

Deploying Virtual Machines

  • Create and provision VMs
  • Explain the importance of VMware Tools
  • Identify the files that make up a VM
  • Recognize the components of a VM
  • Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options
  • Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources
  • Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them
  • Clone VMs
  • Create customization specifications for guest operating systems
  • Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries
  • Deploy VMs from content libraries
  • Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries

Configure and Manage vSphere Networking

  • Configure and view standard switch configurations
  • Configure and view distributed switch configurations
  • Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches
  • Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches

Configure and Manage vSphere Storage

  • Recognize vSphere storage technologies
  • Identify types of vSphere datastores
  • Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing
  • Describe iSCSI components and addressing
  • Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi
  • Create and manage VMFS datastores
  • Configure and manage NFS datastores
  • Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies

Managing Virtual Machines

  • Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances
  • Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion
  • Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations
  • Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion
  • Take a snapshot of a VM
  • Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots
  • Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment
  • Describe how VMs compete for resources
  • Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits
  • Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository
  • Configure a VMware Tools Repository
  • Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs

vSphere Monitoring

  • Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine’s performance
  • Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance
  • Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use
  • Create custom alarms in vCenter
  • Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline
  • Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro

Deploying and Configuring vSphere Cluster

  • Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster
  • View information about a vSphere cluster
  • Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster
  • Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings
  • Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster
  • Describe how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures
  • Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster
  • Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings
  • Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA
  • Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance
  • Describe the function of the vCLS
  • Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs

ESXi Operations

  • Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
  • Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles

Managing the vSphere Lifecycle

  • Generate vCenter interoperability reports
  • Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager
  • Describe ESXi images and image depots
  • Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster
  • Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
  • Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations
  • Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware

Network Operations

  • Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
  • Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance
  • Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine
  • Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine

Storage Operations

  • Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration
  • Describe storage policy-based management
  • Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture
  • Configure Storage I/O Control

The primary difference lies in the scope and pace. The Fast Track course is an accelerated program that covers both foundational and advanced vSphere topics, while the ICM course focuses on the core, foundational skills needed to install, configure, and manage a VMware vSphere environment.

The Fast Track course is ideal for experienced IT professionals who need a comprehensive, fast-paced overview of vSphere, including advanced features. The ICM course is better suited for beginners or those with limited VMware experience who need to build a strong foundation in vSphere management.

The ICM course covers essential topics like installing and configuring ESXi hosts, managing vCenter Server, virtual networking, storage, and basic VM management. The Fast Track course includes all these topics but also dives into advanced features such as vSphere High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and resource management.

Both courses provide a strong foundation for VMware certification exams, particularly the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) exam. However, the Fast Track course offers more extensive preparation due to its coverage of both basic and advanced topics.

If you are new to VMware vSphere, the ICM [V8.0] course is recommended. It provides a more gradual introduction to vSphere, ensuring you build a strong foundation before tackling more advanced topics.

Yes, the Fast Track course is an excellent preparation for the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) exam. It covers all the necessary topics and provides extensive hands-on experience to ensure you’re ready for the certification.

This course is ideal for system administrators, engineers, and architects who are responsible for deploying, managing, and supporting VMware vSphere environments. It is also suitable for those preparing for the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification and want a fast-paced, in-depth learning experience.

Participants should have a basic understanding of virtualization concepts and experience with working in a Windows or Linux environment. Familiarity with VMware vSphere is helpful but not required, as the course covers both introductory and advanced topics.

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Sophia Marten

IT Consultant

The course material was comprehensive, and the hands-on experience was critical for my role as a consultant. I’m now better equipped to help my clients with their VMware implementations

David Patel

FN Technologies

The instructors were top-notch, and the hands-on labs were invaluable. I highly recommend this training to anyone looking to specialize in VMware.

Rachel B

Technical Support Engineer

The VCP boot camp exceeded my expectations. The real-world lab exercises were so helpful. A+

John Skell

System Administrator

The VMware boot camp was intense but incredibly rewarding. The hands-on labs were particularly helpful in solidifying my understanding of VMware vSphere. I feel well-prepared for the certification exam.

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